Vegetable Crops Hit By Floods
SYDNEY.—Wide flood damage to vegetable crops caused a big drop in wholesale prices at the City Markets today…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Wool Styles From London
Left: An embroidered super-fine black wool negligee, designed by Joy Ricardo. Right: White pyjamas in super-fine wool, designed by Anna Reich. Both styles were shown by the International Wool Secretariat in London…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Greasy Wool Record Goes
BRISBANE, Wednesday—Twelve bales of greasy wool from Gore, in South-west Queensland, brought the State record price of 108½d at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Popeye" Is A Climbing Sheep
A sheep, which is living in the rocks at the base of Nobbys headland, has been adopted by officers of Nobbys signal station as a mascot. They have called him "Popeye." HE WAS noticed first leisurely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Men's Nylon Socks Feel Like Wool
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Men's socks being made in America of nylon looked and felt like wool, Mr. Norman Routley said to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.K. Biggest Buyer Of Greasy Wool
CANBERRA, Thursday. — The United Kingdom remained the big-best buyer of greasy wool from Australia during the five mouths…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hitch In Loading Wool For Russia
WELLINGTON, Jan. 14. A.A.P.—Reuter. —Plans to load wool for a Russian Black Sea port on the former Liberty ship, Wye Valley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales "May Be Postponed"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Sydney wool sales may be postponed indefinitely unless Sydney waterfront tally clerks' dispute is settled soon. Woolselling brokers'…
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The Phaeax H. (7060 tons) is expected to reach Newcastle to-day from Calcutta to load 8500 tons of wheat for India…
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CANBERRA: Australia's wheat cheque for this season's crop sold overseas and locally should be more than…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£100M. Wheat Cheque
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia's cheque for the 1948-49 wheat harvest would amount to about £100 million, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SameFarm 50 Years
HOBART: A man who has worked 50 years on the same farm in Tasmania has always refused to take a holiday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russia's Entry "Complicates" Wheat Proposal
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. A.A.P. —The unexpected decision of Russia and the Argentine to attend the international wheat conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Sales Being Watched Carefully
SYDNEY—Wool men throughout Australia are watching the opening of the Sydney Wool Sales today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle, Sheep Face Starvation In America "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.— Hundreds of thousands of sheep and cattle face starvation on the snow-bound ranges in the western States…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Starve In Blizzard
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.). —Seventeen big cargo planes will start Operation "Haylift" today in a battle to save more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Slow Arrival of Wheat at Local Silos Delays Shipping
The slow arrival of wheat trucks at the Newcastle silos is causing serious delays in the loading of overseas ships. At present only about 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Brings 150d
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Greasy merino fleece hold to 150d for six bales super AAAwe of TS/Narrallen, from Boorowa, at the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Record For Wool—171d
HOBART, Wednesday.—A new Australasian record price of 17ld a lb was paid for two bales of superfine merino wool from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sales Next Week
In three days next week about 31,900 bales of wool, valued about £1,915,960. will be offered for sale in Newcastle…
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