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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,730 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 59 of 87

Wool Tax to Continue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

The wool tax of 20 per cent, on all wool sold will be applied at least to the commencement of the new wool selling season to open…

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No Butter Next Week For Sydney, Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY: Sydney and Newcastle will be without butter next week, unless supplies are maintained from country districts. According to distributors, stocks in Sydney cold stores…

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Fashiions in Wool. Spring Tailleurs from London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 6

FB8/15 Australian Wool Board Photograph. "BELVEDERE" is the name of this impeccable tailored suit,…

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Wool Freeze Lifted (A.A.P.-Recter)

Maitland Mercury · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.): The Prime Minister (Mr. S. Holland) announced that the Government’s compulsory wool proceeds…

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Bus Crashes Into Cattle Truck. Fifteen People Injured. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 2

Fifteen people were injured, four seriously, when a big passenger bus was ripped open in a collision with a parked cattle…

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District Council for Junior Farmers

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 5

Maitland Junior Farmers' Club advisory committee will support trie formation of a district council at Maitland…

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Dairyman Misplaces Stock Permit

Singleton Argus · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

Mr. W. G. Russell of the "Old Farm," Mount Thorley, said at the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that he did…

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Dried Vine Fruit Crop

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 5

“Vine pruning in the Murray River district has been delayed by wet weather, but prospects for next season’s crop are…

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Wheat Crop Hangs on Indian Jute

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

CALCUTTA, Friday—Australian Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, has told a meeting of jute growers…

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Wool Referendum

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—Woolgrowers have rejected the Commonwealth Stabilisation Plan by a majority of four to one…

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Cattle Dearer; Lambs Cheaper

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery report: 10,884 sheep and iambs penned, sheep scarce, prime lambs well supplied. Sheep were firm and…

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Legal Action to Obtain Butter

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

The Queensland Government will take legal action to obtain butter. The Acting Premier of…

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Australian Wheat For India

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

CALCUTTA: Australia was setting apart from her next wheat crop all the wheat she could possibly spare India, the…

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Butter Price Rise Date Not Fixed

Singleton Argus · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 4

New South Wales and Queensland are expected to. raise the price of butter by 6d to 2/8 per Ib. this week…

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Drop at Wool Sales

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Wool values dropped at least five per cent. at the opening of the new season’s wool sales to-day…

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Caucus May Request Higher Price For Butter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY: Vital decisions on the price of butter are expected to be made at three important meetings on Wedaesday…

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Voting on Wool Price Plan

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 3

CANBERRA: Woolgrowers rejected the Commonwealth Government’s wool price stabilisation pal by a four-to-one majority…

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Forecast of World Wool Production

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

A report issued in London by the Commonwealth Economic Committee states that further expansion in world wool…

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Wool Dearer At New Zealand Sales (A.A.P. Reuter)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

WANGANUI (N.Z.) : Although buyers were restrained and slow in bidding, fleeces at today’s sales sold ten per cent higher this…

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Payments to Dairymen

Maitland Mercury · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 2

GLOUCESTER: The Gloucester Dairy Co. paid dairymen £16,084 for cream and milk during July, this being an…

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