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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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New Wool Fabric In Lovely Shades Featured In Coronation Collections

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

Beautiful wool fabrics in a host of new shades are starred in Coronation collections of spring fashions now being shown in London. Weaves play an important part and…

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World Wool Consumption Improved In 1952 U.K. Mills Recruit More Workers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 3

World demand for wool showed a gradual but progressive improvement 'dur-ing 1952 and, at the latest date for which figures ore available, consumption was…

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Farmers In Fight in Timber Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 5

Mildura.—About 130 farmers returned to their homes after fighting one of the biggest fires the Mallee has…

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Farmers In Fight in Timber Fire

Barrier Miner · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 5

Mildura—About 130 farmers returned to their homes after fighting one of the biggest fires the Mallee has…

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Wool Profits

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

Canberra February 1.—[?] will receive [?] totalling about £15,000,000 on March 5,…

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Jap Ships for Wheat

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 3

Sydney.—Two Japanese ships will take 18,200 tons of wheat from Australia to Japan within the next…

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Money for Wool Men

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 4

Canberra.—£15,600,000 will be distributed to woolgrowers on Friday, March 6, from Joint Wool…

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Wool Still Best Fibre

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

Sydney, February 1.—Wool is still the world's outstanding textile fibrs, and is unlikely to be…

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Tractor Kills Farmer

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 2

Lithgow.—Arthur James Charlton (48), of Willow Farm, near Lithgow, was killed while ploughing a…

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The Threat To Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 2

For some, weeks past there has been a constant stream of statements made regarding the threat to wool by…

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London Wool Sales Closing Report

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 4

A total of 34,836 boles was offered in the third series of London wool sales of the seoson, which opened on January 12 and closed on January 23. The clearance was…

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Wool at Record

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 5

Hobart.—A bale of extra superfine combing merino fetched 352d.—an Australasian record for this season—…

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More Competition For Ausn. Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 6

Wider competition from Britain, Italy, Germany, and Japan and the first really concentrated buying by U.S.A. restored stability to the wool market in the most…

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Beetles Eat Maize Crop

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

Casino. — A plague of brown beetles has destroyed hundreds of acres of maize in the Casino…

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Farmer Kills His Mother and Brother

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 7

New York, Wednesday.—A farmer, who was angered because his mother sold his cows, shot her dead today. He killed his cripple brother and a youth, wounded a lorry driver, and fought an hour-long gun battle with the police before they…

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Wool in Many Shades

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 9

Beautiful wool fabrics in new shades are starred in Coronation collections of spring fashions being…

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Wool Price Record

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 1

Brisbane.—Season's top price records for greasy and scoured wool were set when the fifth series of Brisbane…

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Danger Seen to Aus. Wool

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 4

New York, Mon.: Imported woollen goods and cheap South American tops are driving American buyers from the Australian and New Zealand wool markets…

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U.S. Wheat Price In Dispute

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 3

Washington, February 8.—Importing-nation members of the International Wheat Council consider that the…

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Terrorists Kill Farmer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 February 1953 · page 5

Nairobi, Monday. — Mau Mau terrorists yesterday murdered a European farm manager and ransacked his…

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