Mr. Abbott on Wheat Sale
The letter of the Australian Wheat Board's chairman (Sir Louis Bussau), published in the "Northern Daily Leader" recently, only deepened the…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Wool Wardrobe For “Miss Australia”
LONDON, Sept. 17.—The international Wool Secretariat held a reception to “Miss Australia” H[?]oadda Kelly, before her…
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Wool values at the sales in Brisbane yesterday were up to 10 per cent. higher than the closing rates in Sydney (from 10 to 60 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Zone Dairymen's Council. Application for Drought Subsidy
The general secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, Mr. Sedgwick, advises that due to the severity of the drought being experienced…
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The Director of Rationing Mr. J. B. Cumming) announced that when the last of the 52 coupons marked butter, on page…
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Mr. R. W. Alison; who was absent from the annual meeting of the Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, put some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Committee Set Up to Consider Drought Relief for Dairymen "Matter of Exereme Urgency," Says M.z.d.c. Secretary
A special committee has been appointed by the Premier (Mr. McKell) to consider an application by the Mills Zone…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Winch combe Carson Ltd report: 38,069 sheep penned prime was scarce The Market opened [?] Best…
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The Health Officer, Mr. Convoy reported on E. T. Cohen's application. He said the premises were causing some concern due to old age and faulty…
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BRISBANE: Thurs.—Competition was again keen and animated at the wool sales yesterday when 13.627 bales were offered…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Wool valued at £250,000 was endangered when a fire, which police fear may have been the work of…
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Quite a number of dairy farmers in the Hunter Valley area are experiencing trouble with low butter-fat test of milk supplies…
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The Director of Rationing (Mr. J. B. Cumming) announced today that when the last of the 52 coupons marked butter on page 5 of the food ration book…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory
At the melting of Directors of the above factory on Monday last, the resignation of Mr. R. W. Alison, who has been Chairman since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imported Sheep for Merriwa Property
District fat lamb breeders will be interested to know that Mr. J. J. Dulhunty has returned from Sydney, where he arranged with Mr. E. A…
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On Sunday last the largest load of wool ever to be seen in Muswellbrook passed through the town. The load was four bales high and occupied the full…
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Another wool transport record was broken on Sunday night, when 118 bales, weighing 17 tons, were brought by road to Newcastle. It is…
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More than 1,000,000 sheep and 75,000 cattle were transported by rail in New South Wales during August, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) said this week. Of that number, 250,000 sheep and 15,000 cattle were conveyed…
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A letter received from a resident of Narrabrl states that things are so bad in the northwest that one of the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Prices Very Firm In London
LONDON, Sept. 20. — There was strong competition throughout yesterday’s wool sales and prices were very [?] and…
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