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

Farming & the land, 1949

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 13,107 bales were catalogued. At auction, 13,052 bales were…

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Successful Crookwell Cattle Sale

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 10

Pitt, Son & Badgery Ltd., report having conducted a successful cattle sale at Crookwell on Friday, 2nd December…

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Record Wool Price

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 1

Winchcombe Carson report having sold 9,200 bales of wool at their Sydney auction yesterday. Values were buoyant and…

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District Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 6

At a recent Sydney auction Winchcombe Carson Ltd., obtained A/c- Arthur S. Scanes & Son, Lewis Farm Stud, Yass, Superfine…

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125d for Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 6

Included in Pitt Son & Badgery’s Sydney wool catalogue of the 24th November was the well known local brand,…

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Learning To Farm

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 6

“Some years ago ... all too many, I am afraid .. . when I had just completed my time as a farm pupil learning to farm, I was very…

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Wool Sales Next Week

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 1

Record prices are expected at Goulburn wool sales next week, The hales will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday and…

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140½d For Wool

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 2

MR. BILL. GLOVER of “Kings” Bowning, secured 140½d. per 1b. at the Sydney wool sale last week, thus annexing the season’s…

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"Black Sheep" Evidence

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 3

Evidence that a 19-year-old youth who shot himself at North Wagga on October 25, thought he was "the black sheep of the…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 8

MELBOURNE: One bale of super lambs' wool, branded HP/Hillend from Cavendish in The Western District, brought…

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Wool Report

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

Goldsbrough (Mort and Company Limited report that they offered their eighth catalogue for the current season when…

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High Price For Tuena Wool

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd. report that at their last wool sale, held on the 7th inst., a well-known district…

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Wool Sale in Goulburn Record For Crossbred

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 4

A choice selection of come-back and crossbred wools, about 3000 bales, drawn principally from the…

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U.S.A. Buying More Wool The Clip And Consumption

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— American wool buying has extended in Australia this season. The total exports to the United States for the preceding 12 months, 255,614 bales, are likely to be exceeded. In 1947/48 the quantity shipped to…

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Over 700 Farms Allotted Soldier Settlers

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 5

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said that over 700 farms in the Eastern and Central divisions of the State have…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

On Wednesday of last week, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. brought forward a catalogue totalling 6220…

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Wool goes to your HEAD

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 9

Pastel coloured felts, wool fabrics and feather mounts make the newest hats shown by Paris milliners. Tartan and wool jersey are the…

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Record for Merino Wool at Goulburn Sales

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 3

Mr. H. E. (“Babe”) Curran of “Deaseland,” Ginninderra, who was in Yass this morning, yesterday secured season’s record…

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50 Years Ago Yass Had Wool Scouring and Tannery

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 December 1949 · page 2

Reading the article in a recent issue of the “Tribune-Courier” in which Cr. Tate, chairman of Cumberland County Council,…

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Wool Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY: At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday 13,099 bales were catalogued. The clearance, including…

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