Prime Minister Absolves France In Wool Racket
CANBERRA, Friday.—Mr. Chifley to-day absolved the French Government of complicity in reselling of Australian wool and other…
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Farming & the land, 1948
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Wool Exports To U.S. Earn 62M. Dollars
CANBERRA, Friday.—Exports of greasy wool to the United States in July earned Australia more than 62 million dollars…
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SYDNEY.—An additional 500 railway trucks had been provided for moving the remainder of last year's wheat…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The wool market to-day declined 5 per cent. for all descriptions, except good skirtings, which were unchanged…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Cabinet decided to-day to proceed with the establishment of a mental hospital of the farm colony…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Wins Appeal On Pamphlet Fines
SYDNEY, Thursday.—An appeal against convictions and fines of £30 imposed on a man for having allegedly published an electoral…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Lose Jobs In Wool Dispute
SYDNEY, Monday.—Several hundred employees of F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., the big Botany wool company, were given a week's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Continue Tea, Butter Ration
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Rationing of tea and butter would continue next year, the Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inch of Rain Delights Graziers and Wheat-growers
SYDNEY: Soaking rains in central districts and the Riverina are reported to be falling to the delight of graziers and wheat growers. About an inch has fallen in many districts…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— Wheat-growers in the central and Riverina districts are greatly heartened by soaking rains which fell over…
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Newcastle silos emptied yesterday for the first time this year. The Wearpool will resume loading this morning, when another…
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TOKYO. Sept. 16. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Heavy damage to Japan's rice crop is feared as the result of a typhoon which struck the central…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—N.S.W. butter production last month was 1533 tons. This compares with 1265 tons for the same period last year…
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Rain which extended over the Central Tableland districts yesterday covered almost entire four and three-quarter million acres under wheat. Department of Agriculture…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A dispute over the number of men employed in the holds threw idle three ships loading wool and caused more than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loading Dispute May Affect Wool Auctions
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney wool sales next week may have to be cancelled if a threatened water-front hold-up is not settled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the Beam Helicopters Save Time In Dusting Crops
WITH AUSTRALAIA'S shortage of farm labour, and farmers and orchardists realising time is money, crop-dusting from the air…
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Since July 1 Newcastle wool stores have received 7922 bales more than for the same period last year…
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Newcastle wheat silos are empty now after having handled 8,600,000 bushels of the current harvest. Employed cleaning-up…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—All descriptions of merino wool were from par to 5 per cent. lower at Sydney wool sales to-day. The greatest decline was on…
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