Minister Sees Wool Boom Danger
The Federal Minister for Agriculture Mr. [?] warned Australian farmers against trying [?] ''Cash in'' by switching to wool from…
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Links potato shortage with high wool prices
SYDNEY, Mon.: The price of wool had a lot to do with the shortage of potatoes, but decontrol was not the answer to the shortage. Prices Minister (Mr. Finnan) said today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Average £7/4/6 at Hay Successful June Sale
SHEEP sold at Hay on Saturday at a special sale conducted by Younghusband Ltd. and the A.M.L. & F. Coy., brought an average price of £7/4/6. Some of the big lines of sheep sold were March shorn so that the average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Food Shortage May Grow Worse, a Farmers’ Spokesman Warns Sydney
Unless food growing was made more profitable, vital food shortages would grow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm and Fodder Competition Judging
Albury Show Society farm and fodder competition will be judged this month and entries will close next Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Panic buying of butter in Perth
PERTH, Tues.: Panic buying of butter has caused a shortage in the city in the past few days and stores have limited sales to as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Savaged by Dogs Near Albury
W[?] in resting paddocks near Albury on Saturday night, 17 sheep out of a flock of 400 were savaged by dogs. Ten of the sheep were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →“New railways needed to aid cattle industry”
BRISBANE, Tues.: The president of the Graziers’ Federal Council of Australia (Mr. P. A. Wright) today stressed the need…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Another Drop in Wool Prices
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A further marked drop in the price of raw wool at Australian auctions last week is revealed in a statement…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Advance on No.. 13 Wheat Pool
The chairman of the Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) announced last week that approval had been granted for the payment of the fifth advance,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Graziers’ Association against the wool plan (To the Editor.)
Sir,—The Graziers’ Association of Riverina is emphatically opposed to the proposed wool marketing plan and recommends woolgrowers to vote “No” in the referendum which is to be held to determine if the plan shall be…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →District Wheat Bulkheads
The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., announced on Thursday the names of another seven centres at which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further cut in butter supplies
SYDNEY, Wed.: Producers’ Co-op. Distributing Society has notified grocers that butter supplies will be cut further…
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CANBERRA, Wed.: Minister for Commerce (Mr. McEwen) told Mr. Eggins (C.P., N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales Levy Off
CANBERRA, Wed.: Federal Government would abandon the 7¼ per cent. levy on wool sales as from June 30 last, the…
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WASHINGTON Wed.: The US Government might give some direct assistance to industry to accelerate the production of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bale of Wool for Visit
LONDON, Wed: A gift of a bale of wool may enable Mr A. J. Anderson, Mayor of the town of Rochester (Kent), to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.K.’s £62 million profit on wool
LONDON, Wed.: The British Government made a profit of £63,870,432 on accumulated war-time stocks of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Talks on “Dumping” Wool Auctions Australian Govt, to take part
CANBERRA, Wed.—The Commonwealth Government has agreed to participate in talks at Washington which could result in an abandonment of the open auction system for wool sales in Australia in favor of the allocation system for this strategic material among Allied powers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Pays for Poisoned Cattle
The Goodradigbee (Yass) Shire Council has Just paid out £475 to people whose stock died after eating poisoned weeds on the council's…
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