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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

1,255 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 46 of 63

Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 10

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., writing 13th Sept., report:— Chief interest has been centred during the week in sales which…

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Wool Report

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 10

6 Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., writing 13th Sept., report:— Under present roster arrangement our next wool catalogue is to…

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Information for Sheep Owners

The Young Chronicle · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Smith, Inspector of Stock sends us the following, which should be carefully scanned by sheep owners:--I again take the…

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Turnips As Sheep Food

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 5

Mr. Stan. Cullen, Laggan, had a heavy Swede [?] crop this year, the yield being 25 tons to the acre. There was practically no market for…

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Sheep Decrease by Over 3,000,000 State's Last Wool Ceip Worth £36,123,000

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 10

The Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) has made available a staement showing the number of sheep and the quantity of wool g…

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Wool Sales Cancelled

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: —Owing to the strike, no wool auctions will take place in Sydney this week. The stoppage is most…

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Old Man Murdered for Tucker Raids on Cattle

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 4

Details of the murder of Frederick Brookes, an elderly prospector, who was battred by natives with boomerangs, yamsticks, and tomahawks,…

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Wool Market Fabric Prices Compared Waterfront Hold Up

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The wool market is constantly blamed for the increased price of fabrics compared with pre-war times. Even at…

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Alleged Conspiracy to Defraud in Connection with Sale of Wheat

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 2

At the West Wyalong Police Court, before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., Leonard Stanley McBeth (26) and Bruce Andrew McBeth (28) were charged…

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The Man on the Land. Supplies of Wool Still a Strong Force

The Burrowa News · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., writing 12/9/'28, report:—At the end of June last the quantity of imported wool on hand in the United Kingdom…

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Southern Stone Fruit Record Crop Foreshadowed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 4

A tour of the southern fruit. growing districts has convinced the Department of Agriculture inspector Mr. H. A. Mills, that the…

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Father and Daughter Shot By Farm Hand MELBOURNE

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 8

Henry Duell, 75 years, a farmer, and his daughter Alice, about 30 were shot by a farm hand, who after wards committed suicide, at their…

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Big Cherry Crop Expected. Growers Discuss Means of Disposal

The Young Chronicle · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 5

On Tuesday night the fruitgrowers met in the School of Arts to discuss preliminaries for arranging better marketing in the event of the…

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London Wool Sales

The Yass Courier · Monday 24 September 1928 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., write :— We are in receipt of cable advice from our London Office, stating that…

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Wool Sales Again Postponed

The Yass Courier · Monday 24 September 1928 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. advises : —Owing to the continuance of the waterfront strike, Sydney wool sales have been postponed for a further…

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Wool Sales New Zealand Loan Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 24 September 1928 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., report: The position in regard to the maritime strike has shown no material change during the week…

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Primary Producers Agricultural, Pastoral and Horticultural Notes Herd Testing What a Farmer Thinks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 5

Is it possible to recognise the productive cow on sight, or is the check provided by the Babcock and scales essential? In the…

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The Marketing Act. Will the Butter Men Rush in Where the Wheat Men Feared to Tread

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 7

The wheat men have expressed their opinion of compulsory pooling and of the Marketing Act in no uncertain manner. By a majority of 1,439…

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Steady Dairy Turnover Bright Farm Produce Trade SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 3

Steady turnover at unvaried quotations was reported by most city dairy produce houses yesterday. Egg supplies were still increasing, and most…

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Wool Market Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report: SYDNEY, September 20

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 26 September 1928 · page 9

Owing to the trouble on the wharves and the inability of buyers to ship, no sales in the Commonwealth are possible at the time of writing…

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