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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

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The Rural Workers and the Farmers. The "Black" Wheat Question. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

There does not appear any fear of immediate trouble in Sydney over the question of "black" wheat, but if the unionists at Darling Harbor railway…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

Rates for all sorts were firm at recent rates at the London wool sales on Friday. American bidders were operating more freely for xbreds, while Russian buyers also were…

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Farmers May Hit Back. Writs to Answer Blacklist. Geelong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 2

More is now likely to be heard of the recent boycott of chaff grown by those district farmers who assisted the sewerage contractors with their work,…

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Wheat Trains Cancelled. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

Waterside workers at Wallaroo, who have struck work on account of a dispute with the Employers' Federation regarding the payment to be made for carrying, have adhered…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. report: We held our first sale of he second serles to-day, when in submitting some 6100 bales we brought…

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London Wool Sales. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued yesterday, when the market was firm for all sorts. Yorkshire buyers were competing strongly yesterday…

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"Black" Wheat Opposed. Labor Bodies to Co-operate. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

Now that the New South Wiles branch of the Australasian Federation of Labor has received an official request from the Australian Workers' Union to render…

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English Wheat-market

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

The Department of Agriculture has received the following report on the state of the English wheat market: "London, January 10—Wheat market quiet…

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London Wool Sales. Geelong Wool Sells Well. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 2

The London wool sales were continued yesterday, when a selection of best Geelong wools excited spirited competition, and brought high prices…

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Wheat Handling

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 6

There is an ugly aspect to the present industrial position, becasue of its clashing with the unsolved wheat problem. On the one hand, there is…

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Wheat Quality Standard

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

Weighing of samples of wheat for fixing the f.a.q. standard was conducted on Monday by the grain trade sectional committee of Sydney Chamber of…

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Wheat Loading Trouble

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

The statements made in reports from the country to the effect that wheat carted to the railway by farmers or by drivers not approved by…

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Wheat Harvesting in Riverina. Good Average Crops Around Balldale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 17

Balldale as a wheat centre has always been in the forefront of Southern Riverina during the past seven years, when the little town was first established…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

The second series of wool sales opened in Victoria to-day, January 19, 1914, Dalgetys offering a large and representative catalogue of 6500 bales, which…

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The Weight of Wheat

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

The following records show at a glance how farmers may arrive at the number of bushels of wheat contained in a given load…

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Latest by Wire. Wheat Market. Wheat, 35½ to 36. BURGLARS

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 7

A gang of burglars forced their way into the Venice Cafe in George-street, early yesterday morning, and attacked a big steel safe. Finding the task too…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

Messrs Dalgety and Company. Ltd., Melbourne, wire under Mo[?]:— The second series of [?] sales were opened in Victoria to-day. Dalgety…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Melbourne, wire:—After an interval of four weeks, the second series of sales was opened in Melbourne on…

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Record Wheat Harvest in Russia

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 1

Russia will be the largest exporter of wheat this season. Her yield last year was a record—121,930,000 quarters, or 975,440,000 bushels. This is an…

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Melbourne Wheat Market. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

Steadiness rules in wheat, the tone of the market being them locally, owing to the smallness of offerings, January delivery is worth [?], with odd sellers at 3/6 [?]. Buyers offer…

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