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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Tailored Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 9

THIS grey flannel dress is notable for its kimonocut sleeves and extravagantly cuffed hip pockets…

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Wool is Fashion News in London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 10

Tweed is the most fashionable fabric in London this season and, in bold checks, herringbones, corded and flecked types, is used in all manner of ingenious ways. Contrasting fabrics are…

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Spring Ensemble in Wool Jersey

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 9

This ensemble features a sleeveless wool jersey dress with a gathered skirt worn beneath a smartly…

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Varied Career of Former B.h. Man: in Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 October 1952 · page 7

A former local resident (Mr. F. Land), who since leaving the city in 1935, has had a varied career, was the official representative of the Australian Wool…

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Wool Prices High Again

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 October 1952 · page 7

Under pressure from U.K. buyers, wool prices this week reached the highest point of the season. In Sydney on October 16 Dalgety's catalogue of 8291 bales sold to…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 28 October 1952 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. issues the following wool report:…

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Prompt U.K. Action Prevents Food Crisis In Pakistan Australian Wheat Diverted In Mid-Ocean

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 30 October 1952 · page 2

The immediate response by Britain to an urgent appeal for wheat will enable the critical period of…

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Pastoral Increases

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 2

All station employees in Australia will receive additional wages, with slight variations in different…

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Confidence in Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 8

DUESSELDORF, The world's wool producers are confident that natural wool can face any possible competition from synthetic textiles,…

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Wool Levy Opposed

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 October 1952 · page 6

New York.—The U.S. Government was likely to modify proposals for increased duties on imported…

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New Pastoral Award Rates

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 1 November 1952 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Beston, secretary of the local P.P. Board, has just received details of the new award rates under the…

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Tailored Wool

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 9

A Lanvin-Castillo suit in fine beige wool. The coat highlights square collar which can be…

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Myxo Toll Aids Sheep Breeding

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 1

Melbourne, November 2.—Slaughter of rabbits by myxomatosis has already made it possible for…

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Week-End Racing and Sporting Results © :~7} -.hit->'??•:' Disease Strikes U.S. Sheep

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 4

Washington, November 2.—California's sheep flocks are threatened by an outbreak of sheep disease…

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Farmer Killed by Lightning

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 November 1952 · page 3

Adelaide.—Glen Kingsley Blaser (23), farmer, of Mylor, was killed when struck by lightning on his father's…

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639 Sheep Missing

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 8

A report has been made to the Ivanhoe police that 639 sheep are missing from a station in that area…

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Sheep Boy gets up Ladder

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 1

Sydney.—Mr. Spyros O. Slcouras, president of the 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, who arrived in…

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Wool Gives Way to Cotton

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 November 1952 · page 6

New York, Monday.—The United States Navy solemnly announced that it had finally solved an…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, November 4.—Only best and finest wools were sold at prices equal to those of the previous…

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Wool Flows With Feminine Lines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 November 1952 · page 4

With the trend toward fluid feminine lines, wool jersey has come into the limelight in Paris this season, and leading designers introduce it for models to be worn…

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