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Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 43 of 128

Wool Sales Values in Brisbane BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 10

Brisbane wool sales were continued when 11,780 bales were offered. The selection was a good to average one, and similar to offerings on preceding…

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Wool Trade Australia Warned Jap: Retaliation Tokio, April 29

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 2

A warning that Australia had a great deal to lose by provoking Japan to economic retaliation was given today by Mr. Shigeyasu Ijima, managing…

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Farmers' Relief Provisions of the Act

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 April 1936 · page 6

The Acting Treasurer, Mr. E. S. Spooner, has advised Tarro Shire Council that the proposal providing for an amendment of the Farmers'…

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Dairy Cattle

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

Dairy cattle entries this year showed a pronounced decrease on the previous year. This was due in the main to the exceedingly dry season…

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Cattle Pens

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

It was decided that guttering be placed at the dairy and beef cattle sheds, and that feed boxes be supplied for the dairy cattle as well us for…

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Japan's Wool Policy

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

The opinion that Japan might buy more wool from South Africa is Australia "provoked trade protection" is expected by Mr. Shigeyasu Ijima,…

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Publications Received the Cattle King

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 8

With this book Mr Idriess has put in the literary Valhalla one of Australiaa striking portrait of one of her greatest men. Sir Sidney Kidman was great…

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Sheep Killed Moss VALE,Friday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

Twenty-three snoop were killed and 38 were saved from injury through being released by a break down gang when the goods train which left Moss…

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Butter Industry Production Declining Weekly Review

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 3

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly review, state that in most dairying centres production is steadily falling off. Arrivals have been somewhat…

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GLOUCESTER Cattle Man's Success Comedy Players Gloucester

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 3

Mr. J. G. Wilson, of Gloucester, won a large number of prizes at the Stroud show with his string of Jersey cattle…

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Wheat Quiet The Sydney Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

Business was quiet and almost at a standstill in the city wheat market yesterday which opened with sellers of bulk wheath asking 3/8 7-8d,February…

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Risk Oh Tetanus Sheep on Football' Fields LITHGOW

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

The Board of Health has advised the Lithgow. Municipal 'Council that the grazing of animals on football fields would increase the risk of tetanus as…

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Wool Sales Brisbane Series Ends BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 5

Tho wool sales concluded, when 12,519, bales were offered. The selection was a good to average one, being similar to the wools offered on the…

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Australia Warned Wool Trade Jap. Retaliation. Tokio, April 29

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

A warning that Australia had a great deal to lose by provoking Japan to economic retaliation was given to-day by Mr. Shigeyasu Ijima,…

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Heavy Tariff on Australian Wool. Reported Japanese Decision. TOKYO

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 2

Business men to-day forecast that the Tariff Commission to-morrow will recommend the summary imposition of a 12 per cent, tariff on raw wool imports from Australia…

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Wool Imports Imposition of SurtaX Japanese Move London, April 30

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

Japan is expected to put a surtax on Imports of Australian wool, making it as dear as the South African product,says the correspondent of…

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Wool Imports From Australia Japanese 12 Per Cent. Tariff. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) TOKIO

Singleton Argus · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 1

Business men here forecast that the Tariff Commission to-morrow will recommend the summary imposition of a 12 per cent, tariff on raw wool imports…

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Minister Stresses Value of Dairy industry Many Employed Official Opening Dungog Show Dungog

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 7

"To-day which employment is so vital to our well-being, there are over 130,000 persons occupied In dairy farming," said the Minister…

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Potato Crop District Competition Scale of Points

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 7

The Bolwarra branch of the Agri-cultural Bureau has received from the Department of Agriculture a suggested scale of points for the potato crop…

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Junior Farmers' Movement

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1936 · page 6

Mr. St. Smith said nothing further had been done in regard to the Junior Farmers' movement. He had suggested that a departmental junior…

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