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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

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England Buys 56,000,000 Bushels Wheat, 150,000 Tons Flour ADELAIDE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) announced last night that the British Government had accepted the Australian Wheat Board's offer for the purchase of 56,000,000 bushels of wheat and 150,000 tons of flour…

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Wool Appraisements 1,450,000 Bales Worth £A25,299,147 Further Payments Expected

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 4

From October to December. 1,450,000 bales of wool were appraised, at a value of £A25,299,147. The average per lb. of greasy woool was 12.16d…

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Australian Wheat for Britain 58,000,000 Bushels to be ALSO 150,000 Tons Flour Total Cheque £10,000,000 ADELAIDE

The Inverell Times · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, announced last night that the British Government had…

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Jealous of Stranger Believed Cause of Farmer's Death MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 1

The body of Arthur Nightingale (30), a farmer in the Bailarat district, was found with a bullet wound in the head…

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Kentucky Soldiers' Settlement Inquiries Into Crop Prospects

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 7

The Minister for Education (Mr. D. H. Drummond) has been advised by the Minister for Lands, that arrangements are being made for an…

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Sheep Blowfly Department's Experiments Limited Success

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 3

Successful attack on the sheep blow-fly was a feature of the work for 1939 of the entomology cal branch of the Department of…

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Wool Payment Making Up Difference

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2

Shortly after June 30, large payments would be made to suppliers of wool to make up the difference between the flat rate at…

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Wool American Purchases LONDON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 1

Dr. Clunies Ross. Australian representative on the Wool Secretariat, who has returned said America would take large quantities of wool from the…

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War and Wool Possible Trade Changes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: War-time conditions produce trading problems in all countries, but particularly for…

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Wool Prospects Prices May Be High Influence of War

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 6

It is possible that as the war goes on some very high prices will be recorded for wool In countries outside the United…

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MURDERED? Missing Dairyman Police Seek Bicycle Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 1

Detectives inquiring into the disappearance of Ernest Albert Avery (36) who has been missing for eighteen months are…

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The Farm Home Lawns for Country Homes Methods of Establishment

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 8

Lawns are a decided asset to a home in any circumstances, and in arid and semi-arid regions a well tended lawn is often an…

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Wheat Certificates

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 4

For the information of those farmers who may not understand the procedure we are asked to say that on receipt of their wheat certificates…

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Wool Report

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd, reports on 10th inst -- Our Appraisement Catalogue No. 10 comprising 12,638 bales was…

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Bush Fire Great Damage Sheep, Crops and Fencing Destroyed WAGGA

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 1

Many sheep, thousands of acres of crops and grass, and miles of fencing were destroyed in a terrific bush Ore yesterday…

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Wool Appraisements Brokers' Reports

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 7

Schute Bell Badgery Lumby Ltd. report:—In conformity with a recent promise, the Central Wool Committee has now issued a statement to the effect…

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WHEAT To-day's Prices SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 1

The Australian Wheat Board's quotation for export wheat was unchanged. Bulk lots were quoted at 3/91, bagged…

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Wallamumbi Wool Nine Bales Appraised At 25¼d

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1940 · page 3

Nine bales of AAA w wool, a/c of P. A. Wright and Sons Pty., Ltd., "Wallamumbi," were appraised at Newcastle on Friday at 25¼d. Other…

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Wheat Sale To British Government

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 8

The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Clive McPherson) announced in Melbourne yesterday that in the agreement…

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STOCK & Property Queensland Markets Better Fat Cattle Supplies

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 7

The supply of cattle at last week's Brisbane market included more from the coast than for some time, there being several…

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