U.S. Wool Tax May Be Modified Washington
Modification of the Wool Bill to meet at least part of the State Department’s objection to the imposition of 50 per cent ad valorem tax…
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He Liked Butter Flies Ex-R.A.A.F. Man Fined £100 LONDON
Colin William Wyatt, aged 39, wellknown [?] and former British skilling champion and a member of the Australian Air Force during the war. was fined…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Farmers Worried Rain Urgently Needed MELBOURNE
The spell of dry weather which has been experienced throughout Victoria shows no signs of breaking. Farmers, particularly in the northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oaklands Farmers Sow Big Area But Rain Urgently Needed
When seeding is finished in Oaklands district one of the largest areas for years will be under Wheat, and farmers consider that this year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dipping Fees for Sheep- In- The-wool Increased
A suggestion by the herdsman (Mr. N. Coe) that dipping fees for sheep in the wool be raised to 3d per sheep was adopted at Wednesday night's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Sheep Pens
Due to collaboration between stock agents and the municipal engineer, plans for the construction of urgently needed-fat sheep pens at the saleyards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Dingoes” Killing Sheep? LITHGOW
Farmers who have been losing sheep think the animals have been stolen and killed for the black market. Harris Bros. have lost £200 worth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Sheep to 47/10 at Henty Market
Farmers' and Graziers Co. Ltd., Albury, and J. H. Wehrman and Co., Henty, agents in conjunction, report holding their monthly stock sale of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Wool Sales Not Popular With Buyers
Woolbuyers are determined not to attend any country wool sales outside the programme already arranged for the season in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Sheep Show Over 1000 of Our Best on Parade Sydney
More than [?] will be paraded at [?] on June [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Commercial Wangaratta Cattle Market
At the Wangaratta cattle market on Thursday the light yarding was about on a par with late markets. In most cases competition was satisfactory, and although…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Skin Sales Sydney
A god demand prevailed for 52,002 sheepskins offered for sale today, and prices were on a par to a farthing, and at times ½d [?] lb. dearer. Quotations: Merino, full…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scraps of Wool Wanted
Now that knitting is popular, Albury Red Cross members feel sure that an appeal by them for scraps of colored wool will not go unheeded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Himmler’s Chief Arrested Working as Farmer MUNICH
American War Crimes investigators after a two years’ search have captured Brigadier-General Eric Neumann, Himmler’s chief adjutant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Production Costs Inquiry Suggested Canberra
The Leader of the Country Party (Mr Fadden) in the House of Representatives today urged the appointment of an [?] body to inquire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hopes Centred On Truman And Senate How Canberra Views U.S. Wool Tariff Move Brokers Confident About Future CANBERRA
Although the U.S House of Representatives has approved the Wool Bill authorising a 50 per cent import fee on foreign wool, Commonwealth authorities tonight were optimistic about the measure being vetoed by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Saved Many Crops
Rain averaging about half an inch and more fell in Albury district on Friday night and Saturday, bringing considerable relief to farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Production May Stop? SYDNEY
Unless dairymen were given a higher price for their products they would stop producing, said the divisional secretary of the Australian Institute of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →[?] Sheep Decrease in Canada OTTAWA
[?] number of sheep on farms has [?] declining since 1944, from a high [?]13,725,000 head to 3,378,000 at June 1946 a 10 per cent. decrease, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What Breed of Sheep? Dr. Booth’s Advice Disputed
I was sorry to read Dr. Edgar Booth’s widespread publicity regarding the necessity for concentrating upon fine merino wool in Australia,…
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