17,000 Sheep Cleared at Hay Sale
The selling agents, Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co Ltd. and Younghusband Ltd., acting in conjunction, report…
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16,000 Sheep at Echuca Special Steep Sale
John McNamara (Echuca) Pty. Ltd., Echuca report having conducted at Echuca last week in conjunction with John…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Farmer Killed
MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 55-year-old farmer was killed tonight when the car in which he was a passenger overturned on the…
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A good clearance with rates ruling at other centres is expected for 18,000 bales of wool to be offered at the fourth series of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A.W.U’s new move on wheat dispute
MELBOURNE, Tues.: Moves to enlist support of five other unions in the wheat handling dispute were made today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Crop Competition
The eight entries in the wheat crop competition conducted by the Berrigan A. and H. Society, were judged on Thursday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Island farmers fear convicts
MELBOURNE, Tues.: A French Island farmer said today that, because of the possibility of escapes from the Mcleod penal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bank’s £53,000 to aid farm output
MELBOURNE, Tues.; The Governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Dr. Coombs) announced today that the bank had…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Commercial Sydney Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Wed.: Values, when compared with the previous day, ruled firm for all the better styled merino and comeback wools at fee Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Large wool stealing racket alleged
SYDNEY, Wed.: Fifty thousand pounds might be involved in wool stealing from wharves and trucks over the last 18 months, Redfern Court was told today. Four men were charged with stealing wool valued at £39,600 and ,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Increase in bread and Wheat prices expected
SYDNEY, Wed, : Bread and wheat prices are expected to increase next week in Sydney and country areas…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Payment for Wheat Crop
Wheat growers will soon receive a first advance payment on their 1953-54 crops. They will be eligible to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Central Savages’ Drew with the “Pastoral Pirates” (Contributed)
In an exciting cricket match at Mathoura on Sunday, âCentral Savages,â from Deniliquin, captained by Frank Davies,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Wool Sales DALGETY & Co. Ltd
At the opening of Melbourne wool sales on Monday competition was keen and prices for all grades held firm on best levels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Sign of Wool Demand Easing
With the wool market within three weeks of its half-time recess, world demand shows no signs of slackening, nor are there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Survey Improved Farming Practices
A survey now being carried out by economists of the Department of Agriculture will probe trends in the adoption of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Price Incentives for Dairymen
The tremendous recovery in the dairy industry in New South Wales has been the result of the only effective incentive in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers’ Needs Now Being Met
CANBERRA, Thurs.: Back lags in the supply of fencing wire, galvanised iron and steel fence posts were being steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Hold Key To Prosperity Exports Vital to Australia
“With at feast three-quarters of our export income dependent upon primary products, encouragement must be offered to expand output and to develop overseas markets likely to be reasonably firm on a long-term assessment” said the Chairman of The National Bank of Australasia…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →1274 stud sheep for show, sale
Leading studs in Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania are represented in the large entry of 1248 rams and 26 ewes for the…
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