Wool Prices in Melbourne
MELBOURNE. Mon.: Woolbrokers report that the seventh series of the Melbourne wool sales this season opened today when approximately 10,000…
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Victorian Wheat Competitions Wangaratta District
The judge, Mr H. Formby, of Bunbartha, reported:— Five crops [?]own in the 1947 Wangaratta wheat crop competition were…
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NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MERCAN TILE AGENCY CO. LTD. (inc. in England) report having held a most satisfactory sale of store sheep at this…
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JOHN McNAMARA & CO. PTY. LTD. report having conducted, in association with GOLDSBROUGH MORT & CO. LTD., a special sheep…
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CRAWFORD DOWLING PTY. LTD. report having conducted their annual January special sale of store sheep on Thursday, January 15…
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SYDNEY. Mon. — Devaluation of the franc may encourage investment of money in wool in “hard currency nations, which include…
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SYDNEY, Mon: Twenty-two lit[?] brothers, the eldest aged 17, [?]rived by sea from England t[?] to work on NSW farms…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Following settlement of industrial disputes in their factories, the major meat companies combined with the trade to bid…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Australia’s wheat harvest has been estimated to yield 205,000,000 bushels, compared with an estimate of…
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SYDNEY, Tues. — All the best features of the previous day’s auctions were again in evidence at Sydney wool sales to-day…
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LONDON, Tues.: A Foreign Office spokesman said that Britain, to prevent wheat stocks in Iraq from running out before the end of February,…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Commonwealth proposals for the stabilisation of the wheat industry will be one of the most important items…
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Grape crops at Newtown, near Albury, are almost a total failure this year. This means a loss of about £2000 to the two main…
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New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report:— On Thursday, 22nd January, in conjunction with Messrs. J. M…
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CANBERRA Wed.: A last-minute survey prepared by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr H. Wilson) estimates that Australia’s wheat crop…
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SYDNEY. Wed.: Under animated and sustained competition from all sections of buyers, the market at today’s wool sales reflected all the best…
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WASHINGTON, Wed: The prospects for a world agreement on wheat prices and export quotas are at present bright, and it is…
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MELBOURNE, Wed. — Fire brigades, from four Metropolitan stations were called out to-night when a fire broke out in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Record for Crossbred Wool
MELBOURNE, Wed.: What is stated to be an all-time Australian record for a crossbred wool—82d—was obtained for a Polwarth clip branded…
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Statistics prepared by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia from returns in all centres show that average…
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