Some Crops Flattened
SYDNEY, Mon.: Crops almost ready for harvesting have been flattened in parts of NSW under a severe storm which began…
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“The Wheels of Progress” Watch Our Farmlands Disappear
WHEN a town reaches the dignity of a city, there is much rejoicing and puffing out of the civic chest. It is hailed as a sign of progress. Albury is now a city and its environs embrace the village…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gaoled for Cattle Stealing
MELBOURNE, Tues: On a charge of cattle stealing, Warwick Thomas Whitehead, 38, was sentenced to six months’…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Holbrook Special Sheep Saie
Dalgety &c Co. conducted at Holbrook yesterday a most successful sale of off-shears local fat and store sheep; 10,000 very good sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Commercial Albury Sheep Market
The following is the order of sale for today's Albury- sheep market: New Zealand Loan, Dalgety & Co. John McNamara & Co, Goldsbrough Mort, AML…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →40-[?] Wheat [?] Expected
Winning crop in the Wagga district growing crop competition was that of Messrs T. E. Gorman [?] Son. of [?] Creek. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Take-all Menacing Wheat Crops in Rutherglen District
WHEAT farmers in the Rutherglen district are gravely concerned at the damage being done by what is known as take-all in crops. The crops are infected without exception and in numerous cases…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Merino Wool Production Rising
MELBOURNE, Tues: Merino wool production in the five major for exporting countries had been rising steadily since the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Jap Wool-buyer Wants to Visit Australia
TOKYO, Tues. A Japanese wool buyer has applied for permission visit Australia and New Zealand apparently in anticipation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Britain Need Not Pay Full Price For Australian Wheat” LONDON
THERE was no obligation on Britain to bid a maximum price for Australian wheat, declared the London “Daily Telegraph” today. It was commenting on a statement quoting Mr. R. A. O’Neill, Australian Wheat Board member, as saying at Berrigan (N.S.W.) that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trapped Cattle Freed Quickly as Possible
MELBOURNE. Wed.: The cattle that were trapped in the trucks following the railway crash at Newmarket were freed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Breed of Sheep in Us
CHICAGO, Wed. : A new American breed of sheep which was under development for 17 years, will appear in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£24 Million in Wool Cheques
SYDNEY, Wed: An interim distribution of £24,337,850 will be made to wool growers on November 30 from profits arising out of the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Japan on Wheat- Buying Spree Tokio, Wednesday(A.A.P.-Reuter)
JAPAN has embarked on a world-wide grain buying programme and hopes to obtain two million tons this year, Mr Akira Kodaki, chief administrator of Japan’s International…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hillston Sheep Sale
Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Narrandera, in conjunction with Len Wilson and Co., Hillston, report having conducted a very successful special…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rust Misses Albury District Wheat Crops
Wbeatgrowers in the Albury district are experiencing a freak growing year. Generally take—all and rust…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Melbourne Wool Sales
The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that at the fourth series of sales for the 1949-50 season held on November 7th to 10th, the average price realised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool and Stock
Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson and Lavender Ltd.), wired under yesterday's date:—…
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