“Sheep Allowed to Die to Save Taxation”
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1
BRISBANE, Tues.: An allegation by Mr. Aikens (Ind., Mundingburra) that Queensland graziers were letting stock die off to save income tax was made in Parliament to-day. He quoted a letter from a north-western grazier, who claimed that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Crop of 240 Million Bushels?
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Tues.—The wheat yield for the whole of Australia this season is unofficially forecast at 240,000.000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bank Nationalisation Farmers Protest Big Meeting At Balldale Nationalisation a Blow at Freedom
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 3
At a large public meeting convened by local farmers and business men to protest to the Federal Government against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer’s Claim Against Commonwealth
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 2
In the Supreme Court at Wagga yesterday, Oliver Septimus Baker, farmer, of Gumley Park, claimed unspecified damages from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Competition
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1947 · page 5
A crop competition will.be held under the auspices of the Berrigan A. and H. Society, entries for which else on 22nd October, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers “Fail” for Racketeers Wheat Sack Black-market
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 2
SYDNEY, Wed.—Racketeers are cashing in on a likely shortage of wheat sacks and whereas the fixed price is 28/ a dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →First Advance on Wheat
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3
Mr. Langtry. M.H.R. for Riverina, asked the following question in the House of Representatives:— In view of the very high price…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Records at Goulburn
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 2
GOULBURN, Wed.: Records for crossbred and comeback wools were established at Goulburn wool sales today. For a bale of AAA, XD, a/c…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ministers May Discuss Wheat Stabilisation
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 3
SYDNEY, Wed.— The Premier (Mr McGirr) in the Legislative Assembly today said he would take up with the Prime Minister the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Wool Student Tops State
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 4
In recent State-wide examinations, Albury full-time sheep and wool classes at the Technical. College scored particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Cheque Of £115 Million—All-Time High
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 1
SYDNEY, Wed.: Australasian wool cheque for 1916-47 reached an all-time high of £115,737,220, according to the annual review by Dalgety and Co., of Australian and New Zealand wool trade. Of the total sum, £92,601,206 went to Australia. The review…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airmen Will Help Farmers
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 2
More than 350 members of the RAAF from the Forest Hill flying school have volunteered to work on properties in the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anxiety About Harvesting District Wheat Crops
Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 4
District farmers are anxious about getting the harvest in this year. An acute labor shortage is expected, with grain exposed to risk of weather damage much longer than usual. Heavy losses may result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Films
The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1
The Wool Board films to be screened in Deniliquin next Saturday will be at 2 p.m. in the Town Hall and not at 8 p.m. as previously notified…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →5th Wheat Advance
The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 2
The Australian Wheat Board advises that the fifth advance on No. 9 pool (season 1945-46) wheat (as recently announced by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Special Sheep Sale
The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1
YOUNGHUSBANDS LTD., in conjunction with DALGETY & CO. LTD., Wagga Wagga, report holding their October special sheep sale at Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Record at Goulburn
Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 6
GOULBURN, Thurs.— A Commonwealth record price of 76d was obtained for greasy wool at Goulburn sales today. Previous record…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Commercial Record Sheep Sale at Deniliquin
The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 1
THE AUSTRALIAN ESTATES CO. LTD. report having held a highly successful opening special sheep sale at Deniliquin, when probable records…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chicago Wheat Reaches Highest Point Ever
Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 4
NEW YORK, Thurs.: Wheat for December delivery sold on the Chicago Board of Trade today for three dollars per bushel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →“No Black Market in Used Wheat Bags”
Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 October 1947 · page 5
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Minister for Commerce (Mr Pollard) said in the House of Representatives today that he had no evidence of…
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