Big Wool Shortage, Says Minister
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Record wool prices clearly indicated that there was a world shortage, the Minister for Commerce (Mr…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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To Load Wool for Japan
The Australian Oriental Line motor ship Sinkiang will make a brief visit to Newcastle at the weekend to load about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Two Pastoral "Kings"
AUSTRALIA has had only a few "pastoral kings," if kings are reckoned in terms of great wealth, since the days when John…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Maroons 2200 Sheep
SYDNEY, Friday.—Floods 20 miles from the main Murrumbidgee River stream marooned 2200 sheep, valued at £10,000, on a property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought Drives Cattle From Alice Springs
ALICE SPRINGS, Friday.—Because of a severe drought, 10,000 cattle are being moved overland to Queensland. Arrangements have…
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BUENOS AIRES, April 24. A.A.P.—The Argentine Government has banned the import of livestock from Australia, India and Iran…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fat Cattle, Pigs Firm At Maitland
Fat cattle and pigs were firm at Maitland stock sales yesterday. Fat sheep and calves were unchanged. The fat cattle yarding of 900, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Dip Flown To Fly Area
BRISBANE, Monday.—Four tons of sheep dip will be flown to Longreach on Thursday to fight the State's worst blowfly plague…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Wool Sales Records
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 24. A.A.P.-Reuter.—New Zealand records in three types of wool were eclipsed before noon in the fourth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Secret Fabrics Threat To Wool "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, April 24.—Production of America's new wonder synthetic materials such as orion, vicara and dynel is almost as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State Millet Crop Decrease Likely
SYDNEY, Monday.—State production of millet in the 1949-50 season was expected to be lower than the previous year, an officer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prices For Dairy Stock Rising
Prices were beginning to rise for all classes of dairy cows and heifers the Dairy Officer for the Hunter (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer's Ordeal With Smashed Leg
BRISBANE.—With his leg so badly smashed following a fall from a tree that a bone was protruding, a Dayborough…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Interim Award For Pastoral Workers
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pastoral workers in five States will be granted an interim award by the Federal Conciliation Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Shipment To Be Loaded For Egypt
The freighter Graigaur will be fitted out at the State Dockyard before it loads grain at the silos…
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The freighter Java, with 14,600 bales of wool, and the Epinal, 2600 bales, are expected to sail from Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →High Jip Pleased In Spirit At Eagle Farm
BRISBANE (O.S.R.) : Sydney sprinter, High Jip, perhaps the best backed of the QTC Stradbroke Handicap contestants this week, came further into the boom for Saturday's rich…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Sheep Plentiful At Waratah
There was a full supply of grown sheep at Waratah saleyards yesterday, chiefly of wethers, with ordinary consignments of ewes mostly of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hired Plane To Seek Cattle But Chased Car Thief
SYDNEY: A rich Quambone grazier hired a plane yesterday to look for £8000 worth of cattle stranded by floods. He ended up chasing an alleged car thief. The grazier is Douglas Went- ,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumbarumba Land For Soldier Farms
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Lands (Mr. Sheahan) said to-day that three farms on "Willingobung" Estate, 10 miles north…
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