Strong Demand for Sheep Skins Sydney
Sydney Wool Selling Brokers’ Association reports that 63,502 sheep skins were offered for sale to-day. There was a strong general demand and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farming & the land, 1939
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Rayon in Pursuit of Wool
In an article dealing with the development of the rayon industry, a writer in "The Wool Record and Textile World" states that while rayon to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dipping of Sheep. Perfectly Safe If Carried Out Properly
Referring to the serious mortality amongst sheep in the central west following dipping the Acting Chief Veterinary Surgeon of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Price for Wheat Growers Not Satisfied Want Spirit of Act Carried Out Sydney
The general secretary of the Fanners and Settlers’ Association (Mr. W. C. Cambridge) stated to-day that a deputation from the Farmers and Settlers’…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burnt to Death on Farm Tragedy Near Geelong Geelong
Neighbors at 5.30 a.m. to-day found that all that remained of Patrick Callahan’s six-roomed weatherboard house on his farm near Barwon Downs [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rice Crop Jeopardised Restrictions at Burrinjuck Rice-growers Will Fight Sydney
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) said to-day that the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission would decide at the end of next week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm-boy Migrants London, February 9
The Duke of Gloucester farewelled 28 boys who will leave for the Fairbridge farm school on Saturday. He paid tribute to the goodwill and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales
Under strong competition from the Continent and Yorkshire and good support from Japan and local mills, the market at the Sydney wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
Under good competition from the Continent and Yorkshire, and with good support from Japan, the market at the wool sales to-day rule firm at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Melbourne Wool Auctions
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 11th February, 1939,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. Yesterday's Market. SYDNEY, Monday Night
Under good competition from the Yorkshire and the Continent and with good support from Japan, the market at the wool sales to-day ruled firm at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exports in Wartime Wool Industry Confers Melbourne
Representatives of the wool industry conferred to-day with the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page), the assistant Minister (Mr. Thompson) and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wealthy Grazier's Lapse. Pleads Guilty to Sheep Stealing. MELBOURNE
Thomas Joseph Morgan (27), a wealthy grazier, pleaded guilty at the Melbourne General Sessions to five charges of sheep stealing. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Love Disappointment Blamed for Lapse Young Grazier’s Phobia Led to Sheep Stealing Melbourne
Described by a psychiatrist as having had his self-reliance and sense of security Shattered by a disappointment in love, a young grazier in comfortable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slump in Victorian Wheat Harvest Railways Estimated Loading at 5½Million Bags MELBOURNE
Available figures indicated that the total number of bags of wheat which would be loaded by the Railways Department for the present financial year…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rural Electrification 600 Farms Added to Victorian System Melbourne
During the first half of the current financial year the State Electricity Commission gave service to 603 additional farms, bringing the total on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newmarket Sheep Sales Melbourne
The entry of 26,000 fat sheep at Newmarket to-day was 1000 more than last Tuesday’s offering. Good to prime young crossbred wethers were fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Market Sydney
Sydney wheat market was quiet and unchanged to-day. Buyers quoted bulk new season’s parcels at 2/5½ and bagged new lots at 2/8 a bushel. For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overseas Wheat Market London, February 13
Cargoes were restureless on the London wheat market to-day, with prices barely maintained, orders from the Far East apparently having been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool Greater Quantities Exported Help to Balance Price Fall Japan Doubles Her Purchases CANBERRA
Increased purchases of Australian greasy wool overseas during the last half of 1938 offset to a marked degree the effect of lower wool prices, according to export figures released by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. Roland Wilson) to-day…
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