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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Woman's Parade London Designed Dresses In Wool For Australia

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 3

Australian women will soon be able to buy copies of dresses shown in an advance autumn collection of all wool clothes produced for the wholesale trade by London designer Frederick Starke. Buyers from other countries, including the United States, Canada and…

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Wheat Price Problem

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 3

Melbourne: The Premier (Mr. Cain) said last night that Victoria would raise the whole question of wheat…

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Canada Slashes Wheat Prices; Depression Fears

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 8

Winnipeg. June 8.—Canada has followed the lead of the United Slates and slashed wheat prices by…

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Commonwealth Wool Conference

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 11 June 1954 · page 9

London. June 9.—Delegates to the Commonwealth Wool Conference at Pretoria, South Africa, decided to…

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Opposition by Minister to Wheat Limiting

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 June 1954 · page 1

Sydney, June 11: Complete opposition to any scheme for limitation of wheat growing was expressed by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) at the Rural…

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One of Wool's Most Important Properties Ability To Absord Moisture And Give Out Heat

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 7

Taken out of doors from a dry room on a winter's day, a 21b. woollen jacket generates enough heat to boil o kettle of water as it absorbs moisture from the air!" Dr. C. H…

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Big Demand for Wool Last Year

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 8

Sydney: World wool consumption in 1953 reached a total of 2600 million 1b. (clean), with one exception the highest ever recorded. This is stated in "World Consumption of…

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Averting Crisis for Farmers

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 June 1954 · page 1

Canberra: State Agriculture Minister have been asked to attend wheat crisis talks in Canberra on July 26 and 27. The Commonwealth wants…

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White Wool Alpaca

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 3

Australian Wool Bureau Photograph Vita Nebbia of Turin designs this unusual white…

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Lower Freights For Wool Sought

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 5

Adelaide. June 16.—Wool exporters have given notice that they will end their present agreement with…

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Wool Experts' Views on Synthetics

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 8

Sydney, June 16: Returning wool authorities have offered different views of the struggle of wool against synthetics in…

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Wheat Chief In London

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

London, June 17: Sir John Teasdale, chairman of the Australian Wheat Board arrived in London by air…

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Direct Subsidies To US Farmers

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 5

New York, June 17.—The Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives voted to increase U.S. price supports on dairy products and wool and recommended a system…

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Dairy Quotas Fixed by U.S.

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 3

Washington, Thurs.: The United States Agriculture Department announced that import quotas on dairy products…

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Butter May Rise

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 8

Canberra: Butter may cost more after the end of thia month. Hie price will be deter…

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Butter May Rise

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 8

Canberra: Butter may cost more after thc end of thia month. The price will be deter…

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US Retains Butter Quotas

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 2

Washington, June 18: The US Agriculture Department announced that import quotas on dairy products…

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C.W.A. Wool Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 6

The annual wool and han dicraft exhibition of the C.W.A. will be held in the New Masonic Hall on June…

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"Wicked Thing" If Butter, Tea Subsidies Cut

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 6

Sydney, June 20: A decrease or the abolition of Federal Government subsidies on butter and tea would…

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Crop ef Week End Smashes

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 12

Local police were kept busy over the weekend attending to a record number of motor accidents. Several persons…

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