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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

1,532 stories in Murray's papers · page 68 of 77

208d. a lb.—Queensland Wool Record

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 14

BRISBANE, Thurs: A new State record for greasy of 208d a lb was set at the Brisbane wool sales today for six boles from Tenterfield…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales Melbourne Woolbrokers

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 8

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the fourth series of Melbourne wool sales continued on November 1, when a selection…

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Refund of Wheat Tax No. 11 Pool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 7

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, has announced that the Government had decided to refund the…

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Fire Menaces Wool Worth wm £2 Million

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

What could easily have been the biggest fire in Albury’s history was averted by the action of two men last evening. fire was in younghusband’s wool stone, Young street, in…

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Confiscatory Wool Plans Rejected by Federal Government

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

"By adopting" the Wool Sales Deduction Scheme to counteract inflationary effects of high prices and rejecting more drastic alternatives…

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Special Sheep Sale New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 8

New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (inc. in England), in association with Messrs. John McNamara & Co. Ptd. Ltd.,…

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Sheep Body Strike Trial Projected Scone Graziers Co-operate with Department

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 4

A large trial has been arranged to teat various treatments for sheep body strike in the Scone area-research officers of the Department of…

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A.p.p.u. to Test Validity of Wool Sales Deduction Bill

The Observer · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 6

"The decision of the Australian Primary Producers' Union to test the validity of the Wool Sales Deduction (Administration) Bill, better known as…

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Wool Leaving for Russia

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sun.: About 15,000 bales of wool from this season’s sales will be leaded on the Shaw Savill freighter…

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Record Cheque From Geelong Wool Soles

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 14

GEELONG, San.: A record-breaking turnover of £5,963,144 for bales was made on the Geelong wool market this week,…

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Rain Brings Worry To District Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 November 1950 · page 2

“The position could not be more serious,” said the District Agronomist at Albury (Mr G. C. Bartlett) lost evening. He was referring to rain which commenced to fall throughout the wheat…

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Wheat Farmers Warned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 4

Mr. R. A. O’Neill, growers’ representative on the Australian Wheat Board, warns Deniliquin and Finley district…

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Disease Ruins Wheat Crops

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Wheat crops in the north-west have been badly hit by several types of disease…

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Wool Sales

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 2

Commenting on the wool sales held recently in Brisbane, and Geelong the Country Producers' Selling Co. Ltd. says that values in the Queensland…

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Butter Cheese Production Up

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon.: The weather during October favored dairy production and the output of butter mad [?] from N.S.W…

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Wool Will Be Safe

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 2

Wangaratta police were advised last evening that several bales of wool, part of a load being taken to Melbourne by motor transport,…

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Grain Elevators Ready to Handle Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Mon.: According to the chairman of the Grain Elevators Board (Mr. H. Glowery) most elevators in the…

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Wheat--Number 14 Pool First Advance

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 3

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwen, has announced the rates for the first advance to wheatgrowers on the…

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Letters to the Editor Pre-emption of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 5

Madam, Not only woolgrowers, but all Australians are entitled to know What arrangements were made at…

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A.P.P.U. Holds District Meeting at Wakool Opposes Wool Tax

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 21 November 1950 · page 1

The Southern Riverina District Council of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union met at Wakool recently when all…

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