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

Farming & the land, 1948

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Wool Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY: New Zealand Loan report: We offered a good selection embracing a wide array of types, ranging from the…

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Windellama Wool Makes 67½d

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 1

New Zealand Loan reports as follows on the last wool sate: We offered a good selection drawn from a wide area of the…

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Tumbarumba Dingo Shot Killed £1000 Worth of District Sheep

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 27 January 1948 · page 1

A dingo believed to have killed £1000 worth of sheep in the past seven years was shot at Tumbarumba…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 2

We submitted a catalogue of 7,420 bales on Monday, 19th Inst., comprising a generally good selection with a number…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 6

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. in their last sale offered the "ZJTuena" wool clip, account Mr J. V. Hearn, of "Wrens Nest." Tuena…

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First 1948 Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 8

The first wool sales of 1948 opened in Goulburn this afternoon. A large number of buyers…

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Wool with a Flare

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 3

Grey worsted with the finest white chalk stripe chosen for this suit by Lucian Lelong. White pique waistcoat, white straw sailor, team up with the jauntily cut jacket and help to emphasis the flare…

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Wool for Japan Rise in Prices

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report:--Purchasing of wool for the Japanese mills has been a notable feature of New Year sales. The supplies bought…

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New Wool Jerseys Hailed By Leading French Designers

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 3

Biggest fabric story in Paris just now is the appearance of a wide range of wool jerseys which leading designers are using for dresses, and tailormades, for coats, evening dresses and evening cloaks. Ranging from light to heavy weights, these new jerseys count their elasticity and resistance to stretch among their…

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250 Farms Available for Land Settlement in N.s.w. During Next Two Months

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 1

"During the next two month s there will be 250 farms available able for soldier settlement in N.S.W.," said the Minister for Lands, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, I.L.A., when addressing members of the Returned Soldiers' League at Booroowa…

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Assistance to Farmers: Hire Purchase Scheme

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 January 1948 · page 2

The industrial finance department of the Commonwealth Bank has instituted a "farmers' plan" hire purchase scheme…

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Cattle Section Should Be Strong Well-known Studs Exhibiting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

The Show office, adjoining Colvin’s is now open and intending exhibitors are asked to send in their entries as…

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Wool Tops and Values Fine And Coarse Crossbreds

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. re[?]ort:—Prices for tops in Bradford were freed from control last October and the quotation for average 64's was 79d. Values have been advancing since that time and 64's are now n[?]king 86d. The closest…

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Model Self-contained Farm Surrounded by Timber

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 4

Production on this highly improved farm, surrounded by timber country, ranges from a fine wool merino stud, to leghorns, turkeys, kelpies and eucalyptus distilling…

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Local Cattle

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

A. S. Blomfield, Yass, secured to £19 / 16 /- avg. £19 / 8 /- for 2 cows and to £15, avg. £11 / 2 /-for 14 vealers at Winchcombe…

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Wool Sale

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd. report: Our catalogue No: 9 was submitted for auction on the 27th instant…

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Wool In Use

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 5

From Vienese knitting mills, is another garment made for the Australian Wool Board. The dress is simply but beautifully…

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District Wool Clips

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

The A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd, report having sold the following district clips in their sale in Sydney on the 21st January…

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Sheep Branding Now Optional In Tasmania

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

Amendments to the Stock Act in Tasmania, which have recently become law, make the branding of sheep optional…

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Review of Inland Potato Crops

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

Reviewing the inland potato crops, the Department of Agriculture report states: Contingent with conditions, practically throughout the…

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