Wool Sales to Go on
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Melbourne woolbuyers decided to-day to continue with the current Melbourne series of auctions, despite the…
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Farming & the land, 1946
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Ten Die In Farm Fire
EAST HAMPTON (Connecticut), Wednesday.—Ten of a family of 11 were burned to death when an oil burner exploded and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Compulsory Conference On Wool Clerks' Dispute
SYDNEY: The wool clerks' dispute at Dalgety's Ltd. has been referred to the Arbitration Court. Mr. J. C. Walbourn (Assistant…
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BRISBANE, Friday. — The shipment of wool from Brisbane on behalf of Dalgety and Co. Ltd. was banned from midnight to-night by…
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Newcastle will be without water and rock melons for Christmas. Crops in the Hunter Valley were three to six weeks late, the District…
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Mr. J. A. Beasley (right) looks over an old-fashioned loom with Dr. E. Booth, the Australian representative and Chairman of the International Wool Secretariat at the wool exhibition at Australia House, London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clerks' Dispute Again Holds Up Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Monday.—Sydney's fourth series of wool sales, which were due to commence to-day, were suspended. No advance towards a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clerks Ban Second Wool Firm
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federated Clerks' Union to-night placed a Commonwealth-wide ban on all wool handled by the…
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Tally clerks at Lee Wharf sheds today refused to take delivery of 10,000 bales of wool for the Queen Adelaide because Dalgety…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A special committee to investigate dairy industry costs will be set up, probably next week…
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Sir, — In your sub-editorial ("N.M.H.," 23/10/'46), you state: "Any indication that Russia is thinking less in terms of guns and more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£9000 Wool Store for Wickham
The Greater Newcastle Works Committee last night considered a building application by the New Zealand and Mercantile Agency for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Progress at Wool Talks
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Some progress was reported to have been made at a compulsory conference to-day in the…
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The vessel Queen Adelaide was again held up in Newcastle harbor this morning because tally-clerks refused to take delivery of 10,000 bales of wool to be loaded into the ship. Some wool was taken this morning…
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The Queen Adelaide, which was to have started loading 10,500 bales of wool from Dalgety and Co.'s store for the United Kingdom at Newcastle Yesterday. As the company is involved in a dispute with the Clerks'. Union, 109 waterside workers refused to handle the cargo. Story page 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tentative Agreement in Wool Dispute
The union black ban on wool handled by Dalgety and Co. Ltd, and the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. will be lifted immediately wool brokers in other States agree to settlement terms reached…
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SYDNEY: The Clerks' Union black ban of wool handled by Dalgety and Co. and the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. may be lifted next week. Wool sales in Newcastle and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Warned; Poisonous Weed In Millet Seed
Dairy farmers and stockowners in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast area were warned yesterday that millet seed sold in the district this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5600 Miles Air Trip for Cattle
ATHENS: Nicolas B. Mavrocordatos, Greek Under-Secretary of State for Information recently formally accepted two six-months-old heifers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Wool May Be Sold in Sydney
Wool from the second Newcastle sales will be sold in Sydney on Wednesday if arrangements for a settlement of the dispute involving wool…
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