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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,532 stories in Murray's papers · page 53 of 77

Copland Wool Tax Plan Criticised

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.: Professor A. Bland today described the Copland scheme to impose a compulsory levy on woolgrowers as…

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Wool Market Firm at Reduced Levels

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tues.: The wool market today was generally firm at yesterday’s reduced levels Greater discrimination was shown…

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Dealers’ Wool— 200d. a Lb.; Merino 185d

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues: The top price 185d a lb was paid for merino combings from Wanganella at the Melbourne wool sales today…

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Parties Divided on Wool Tax. Revaluation Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 3

Separate meetings of the Federal Liberal and Country Parties today were completely divided on the adoption of a woof export tax or revaluation of the £A as an immediate means of checking inflation. There was an outspoken…

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Special Taxation of Wool Growers (To The Editor)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 5

Sir,—It is gratifying that leaders of various primary producers’ organisations are combining to organise a monster meeting in…

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Expects Big Gains” for Dairy Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tues.: It is very probable that Australian dairy farmers will gain a substantial rise in the price of export butter…

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W.a. Farmer Accuses British Government

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.: In a letter published by “The Times” yesterday, an Australian farmer, Mr C. J. Stapleton, condemned the…

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Farmers to Protest to Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 September 1950 · page 5

WAGGA, Tues: At a meeting of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union today it was decided to send messages of…

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Alleged Lice in Sheep

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 6

In the local Court of Petty Sessions on Monday of last week, before Mr. Smith, S.M., Emlyn Scott Rogers, Stock Inspector to the…

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Govt. Disowns Wool Tax Plan

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wed.: Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) said in the House of Representatives today that the views expressed by Prof…

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Now Blame the Wool-Grower"

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 3

"There is no madness like political lunacy," said Mr. Hugh S. Roberton, M.H.R. for Riverina, speaking in Sydney on Tuesday of last…

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Labor Attack on Wheat Board Sacking

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 8

CANBERRA; Wed. : Labor Opposition today decided to attack the Commonwealth Government on the removal of Mr Cullen as…

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Proposed Wool Tax Government May Modify

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday : Commonwealth Government will modify the wool export tax to meet objections raised…

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Graziers' Protest Against Proposed Wool Tax

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 6

An important meeting is being convened by the Jerilderie branch of the Graziers' Association and will be held In the Memorial Rooms…

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Albury Meeting Demands Abandonment of Wool Tax

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 2

Albury district wooIgrowers lost night adopted unanimously a resolution demanding that the Prime Minister (Mr Menzies) and the Federal Treasurer (Mr Fadden) abandon the…

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181 d. for Eight Bales of Merino Wool

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed. : Eight bales of merino wool brought 181d a lb. at fee Melbourne wool sales today…

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Wheat Weighing Direction Attacked

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A direction by the chairman of the Wheat Board (Mr Teasdale) that every bag of wheat should in future be…

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Anti Wool Tax Campaign

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 2

What has been described as the strongest protest to be made to Canberra since the Bank Nationalisation legislation was…

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Bruxner Condemns Wool Tax

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 3

"All the talk about revaluing the £ and taxing wool is moonshine", declared the State Leader of the Country Party,…

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New Award for Wool Industry Employees

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 September 1950 · page 3

A NEW award for sheep industry employees, to operate for three years from October 2, was released by Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. J. R. Donovan) in Sydney last week…

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