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

Farming & the land, 1954

731 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 20 of 37

Wool Season Ends

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 7

The Australian wool season closed yesterday with firm values…

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Local Wool Men Praise Sydney Conference

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 2

Goulburn's delegates to the sixth annual conference of the Australian Primary Producers' Union, which was held in Sydney…

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Council Recommends Disposel Of Surplus Wheat To Asia Request To State And Federal Members To Take Up Proposal

Boorowa News · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

AT LAST MONDAY'S BOOROWA SHIRE COUNCIL MEETING, CR. R. J. FORSTER GAINED UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR HIS PROPOSAL TO URGE BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE A GIFT OF AUSTRALIA'S SURPLUS WHEAT IN THE INTERESTS OF ECONOMICS AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLES OF ASIA. IT WAS DECIDED TO REQUEST BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL MEMBERS TO TAKE UP THE MATTER WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENTS AS A MATTER OF…

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No Aust. Protest on Butter Sales

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday: Australian and New Zealand authorities, here said to-day they did not, plan to make an official…

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This Week in Wool Wool Wealth £1,738 m. IN 4 YEARS

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 6

(Dalgety’s News Service) With a cheque for £390 million, Australian woolgrowers closed their books last…

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Good Sale Of District Cattle

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

An outstanding line of export quality shorthorn bullocks, weighing up to 1052 lbs. and realising up to £60…

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Black Disease In Sheep Reported

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 2

Sheep in parts of the Goulburn district have been found to be suffering from Black Disease and sheep…

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Smart Wool Day Dress

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 6

Unusual side buttoning and neckline treatment—with contrasting half collar—gives added character to…

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This Week in Wool Third Biggest Cheque Empty Wool Stores Show Complete Clearance(From Dalgety’s News. Service)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 4

While statistical officers are busily calculating the precise amount of Australia’s .third biggest wool cheque and its average…

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600 Farms Flooded

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 3

Floodwaters yesterday still completely covered about 600 farms on the lover flats of the Clarence and Richmond Rivers…

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Wool and the Price Problem

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 8

Winchombe, Carson Ltd. report The level of the wool market at the closing sales in Australia last week maintained the…

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"Less Wheat" Wanted Warning To Farmers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Delegates to the 25th annual conference of the N.S.W. Wheatgrowers' Union were to-day urged, to restrict wheat acreages and help restore. "sanity" to the wheatgrowing industry…

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Third Richest Wool Season

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 3

With a cheque for £390 million, Australian woolgrowers closed their books last week for the third richest season in wool's…

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The Close of Wool Season

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 8

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd., report With the wool trade nearing the final week of the 1953-54 selling season in Aus[?]ra[?]ia,…

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Ten Million Pounds for Wool Story of Goulburn Wool Sales

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 6

Goulburn wool sales, to which large numbers of graziers throughout the Crookwell and Taralga districts send their clips, brought over ten million pounds sterling…

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Soft-line Wool Jersey Dress

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 7

This Dougles Cox dress is made in knobbly wool jersey with a softy draped V neckline and gathered skirt. The colour is guava red…

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Lean Time For Cattle Sheep Position Not Serious

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

Cattle in the Yass P.P. Board District are all on the decline, showing the effects of the grave food shortage and cold…

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Plan For Use Of Sewerage Farms

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 7

At, last night's Goulburn City Council meeting, it was suggested that local sewerage farms should be…

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Fodder, Pasture and Farm Management Competition

Boorowa News · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 2

A final reminder to intending competitiors that entries for the above competition close on July 31…

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Victoria Opposes Wheat Stabilisation Plan

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: Mr. J. Cain, Premier of Victoria, at the Premiers' Conference to-day said his Government was not prepared to change its stand on the wheat stabilisation plan…

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