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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 69

To-day's Sheep Market

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 4

JOHN McNAMARA & CO. report: Fat sheep firm to dearer, lambs 1/ dearer, good breeding ewes 3/ to 4/ dearer. Other store sheep 1/ to 2/…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 3

The Melbourne Wool Brokers announce that wool sales will recommence in Melbourne on Monday, 5th April. Prompt will be 28 days…

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“Pollard Wheat Plan” Likely

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon.: The Federal Government' was considering introducing new wheat stabilisation legislation following…

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N.Z. Out Of Luck No More Cheap Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 3

CANBERRA, Mon. — The Federal Government does not propose to sell any wheat to New Zealand at reduced rates other…

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Lack of Rain “Farmers Not Really Concerned”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 3

Wheat farmers generally were not greatly concerned at the absence of rain at this time of the year, as preparation of land for…

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Alleged Attempt to Sell Diseased Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.: A Mudgee farmer who attempted to sell diseased sheep at Flemington saleyards last October was today fined…

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Collapse Of Wheat Prices Forecast by Britain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 6

CANBERRA, Toes.—A breakdown of the International wheat agreement is foreseen by some members of the Federal…

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No Stock-piling of Raw Wool

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wed.—US defence officials have rejected a proposal to stock-pile raw wool as part of a preparedness…

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Chinese Fined £50 for Exporting Knitting Wool

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Charged in the Special Federal Court today with having exported Australian knitting wool (a prohibited export) to China,…

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Resumption of Farms for Soldier Settlement

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 1

The Legislative Assembly last week agreed to the resumption of two properties for soldier settlement. They are "Ellerslie" estate,…

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Farm Tractors

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 4

Mr. E. T. Kendell, M.L.A., asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly recently whether it was a fact that importation of all makes…

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Wagga Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

WAGGA, Thurs.: Associated Agents of Wagga report having held their usual fortnightly sheep sale today. There was a total of 16,300 yarded,…

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Successful Special Sheep Sale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 4

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.. (Inc. in England). report having conducted a most successful special sheep sale at…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 2

New Zealand Loan & M. A. Co., Ltd. (Inc. in England), Albury, have receive 1 from their Melbourne office the folowing telegram: “Offered 7900…

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Wheat Growers Meet at Henty

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

Only about 20 farmers attended a public meeting at Henty last Tuesday afternoon, at which Mr. C. Renshaw, producers' representative on the…

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Post J. 0. Wool Marketing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 3

The fourth meeting of. the committee appointed by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council to Investigate the problem of Post J.O. Wool…

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Wheat Stabilisation Minister Confers with Growers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 7

The State Minister for Agriculture (Mr E. H. Graham, MLA) said yesterday he had convened a conference of wheatgrowers recently…

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International Wheat Agreement Mr. Roberton’s Attitude Attacked At Rand Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 7

“Mr. Hugh Roberton, president of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association, presumes that no one else but himself is to be trusted or believed, sail that there is nothing else for it but the law of the jungle,” said Mr. C. Rensbaw, of the…

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Farmers Not Concerned by Lack of Rain

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 7

Wheat farmers generally were not greatly concerned at the absence of rain at this time of the year, as preparation of land for sowing did not go…

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Balldale Farmers & Settlers' Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

The annual meeting of the above was held in the hall on Thursday night, April 1 Owing to the branch being without--a…

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