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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Charged with £33,864 Wool Theft Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 4

Collingwood detectives yesterday arrested a man, who was later charged with the theft of Wool waste worth £33,864 from Yarra Falls…

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Not Anxious to Sell Wool Australia’s Attitude to Japan Tokio

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 2

The Tokio correspondent of the New York “Times” reports that attempts to obtain adequate supplies of Australian wool for Japanese industry have been…

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Farmers Are Disgusted MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 April 1947 · page 4

[?] farmers are disgusted With the report by the Department of Agriculture officers that the mice plague which has been ravaging many areas…

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Crops for Dairy Stock Foe Autumn and Winter Feed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 8

The-good rains which have just been experienced on the North Coast will have a very beneficial effect on the fodder position, particularly with respect…

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Inferior Wool for Japan Australia to Sell 7300 Bales Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 2

The Federal Government’s decision to release 7300 bales of wool to Japan provides for mostly inferior grades, as finer fleeces are being…

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Preservation Crops As Silage Actually a Pickling Process

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 3

The preservation of crop material as silage is actually a pickling process similar to the preservation of pickled onions or…

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Cheaper Power for Farms Electricity Development Authority's Ten-year Plan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 1

The programme planned by the recently instituted Electricity Development Authority for implementation over the next decade…

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Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

The Associated Agents selling In the following order: Farmers and Graziers’ Co-op. Co. Ltd., John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd., Dalgety and Co. .Ltd., Youngbusband Ltd…

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Perth Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Albury, have received the following telegram from their Perth office, dated yesterday: “Today’s sale competition keen and fairly general…

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Newmarket Fat Sheep Sales Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Today’s penning of approximately 20,000 fat sheep showed a falling off in quality compared with last week. Ewes again predominated, useful and medium types were…

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More Wheat Pool Payments Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Approval of a final advance of 1½d. a bushel for the 1944-45 season’s wheat in No. 8 pool and a further advance of 6d. a bushel on the…

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Is Wheat Stabilisation Plan Dead? Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government had received no notification from any State Government that it would not co-operate and not successfully…

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Wheat & Woolgrowers Annual Meeting of Rennie Branch

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Vic[?] Wheat and Woolgrowers’ [?] held at [?] Mr D. R. O’D[?]yor was re-elected [?]…

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Wool In Demand At Sydney Sales SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 2

Greasy merino fleece sold to 49d. a lb. for five bales of W. H/YASS at the Sydney wool sales to-day. All the principal features of the previous day’s…

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[?] the Farmer

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 April 1947 · page 8

Sir,— With the South Australian defeat of the wheat referendum providing a happy release for [?] of his promise to Implement the Federal…

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Price of Butter May Be Increased Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 8

Any Increase in the price of [?]decided upon as a result of investigations of the Joint Dairy Industry Committee would be made…

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Albury Loses an Industry Wool Washing Plant

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 4

Because the waste water could not be disposed of through the city sewerage system. a wool washing plant -will not be established at Albury woollen mill…

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Wheat Agreement Sensation Rejection by Britain London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 1

The leader of the United Kingdom delegation at the international wheat conference (Sir Herbert Broadley) announced that Britain was unable…

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Farmers Angry Minister’s Statement On Mice MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr McKenzie) was to-day challenged by farmers from the dry areas on the truth of his statement yesterday that…

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Wool Payments

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 1

Owing to continuance of shipping difficulties. Melbourne Brokers have agreed to extend the period of payment for wool purchased at auction…

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