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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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U.S. Wool Trend "Away From Australia And New Zealand"

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 February 1953 · page 3

New York, February 10.—An article in the "New York Times" says that the trend of U.S. wool manufacturers away from the wool markets of Australia and New Zealand…

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SA Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 4

Adelaide, February 11.—Although best Merino wools remained firm compared with the last sale…

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Bright Outlook for Wool Trade

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 7

With the sensitivity of a seismograph, the wool market in Sydney this week registered the tremors that followed President Eisenhower's announcement to…

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Wool Dress with "POWER-PUFF" Hemline

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 5

[?] A Be[?]ful new note in [?] skin fas[?]ian. The dress In of wool [?]…

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S.a. Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 6

Adelaide, February 12.—Although the wool sales today opened in the sellers favor, strong and burry types…

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Synthetics Costly to U.S. Wool Firm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 9

New York, Friday.—One of America's biggest woollen companies revealed that a wool textile slump had driven it nearly £5,000,000 into the red last year…

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Synthetics Costly to U.S. Wool Firm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 9

New York, Friday.—One of America's biggest woollen companies revealed that a wool textile slump had driven it nearly £5,000,000 into the red last year…

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Cattle for S. Aus

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

About 282 head of cattle will arrive here early tomorrow morning on their 1700-mile trip in a special…

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Wool Cost Cut in New Tests

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 February 1953 · page 7

Canberra: The Minister for National Development, Senator W. H. Spooner, said that hsi department was experimenting with improved methods of handling the Australian…

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Sheep Theft at B.h. Abattoirs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 1

Detectives are investigating the theft of three sheep from the Abattoirs pens last Thursday night. Twenty-seven sheep had…

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Jap. Buyers Want Sth. African Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 5

If the price of wool "remains right" South Africa seems set to do a lot of business with Japan,…

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Sheep Thift From Local Abattoirs?

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 4

There sheep missing from the abattoirs are believed to have been stolen. They have been…

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Farmer Is Mad About Nothing

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Bathurst. — Mr. R. Woolard, Blayney farmer, has just received a cheque for nothing…

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Australian Wool Marketing Methods [?] Paper Ridicules Professor's Suggestion

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 4

Hardly a week goes by without somebody either proclaiming the doom of the wool [?]hre or else pleading…

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Hungry Sheep Get Food

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 12

Sydney.—Flying low over swirling floodwaters in north-western N.S.W. today, a…

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Wheat Price Bargaining

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

Washington, Thurs.: Representatives of 40 nations meeting in Washington have not yet agreed on prices for…

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Defence of Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 3

Canberra.—The Federal Government has decided to transfer to the Australian Wool Board £2,750,000 to…

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Food From Air For Stranded People & Sheep

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 4

Sydney, Feb. 26.—Aircraft today dropped food and fodder to starving sheep and parachuted food supplies to…

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Wool in Picture of Paris Mode

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 9

New featherweight woolls are attracting attention at Paris spring shows and come into the picture for suits, coats and dresses. Manguin likes fine, light,…

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Crop ley Agency 47 Years Old

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

Mr. Edwin H. Cropley, of 387 Argent St., has an expanding business, started in a small way in the Palace Hotel Buildings 47 years ago, as a sharebroker, insurance and general…

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