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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Croppa Creek Trust. Appointments By The Minister

North West Champion · Thursday 27 November 1947 · page 2

Establishment of a trust to control the reserve at Croppa Creek for the erection of a war memorial was approved by the Minister…

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Bright Outlook [?] Wool

The North Western Courier · Monday 1 December 1947 · page 6

Keen as the demand for [?] today, the more distant future [?] promise of providing a more [?] demand than now prevails. The…

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101½d. Realised for Yass Wool. State Record Price Created at Country Producers Sale

North West Champion · Monday 1 December 1947 · page 1

The Country Producers Selling Co., Ltd., obtained a New South Wales record price for wool at their sale in Sydney on Thursday last, 101½d. per…

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Dairy Products Prices Rise

North West Champion · Monday 1 December 1947 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—The retail price of butter in Sydney was increased last night to 1/11½ a lb., representing a maximum rise of 3½d. Elsewhere in New South Wales…

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Single Unit Farms for Ex-servicemen. Long Country Party Fight Proves Successful

North West Champion · Monday 1 December 1947 · page 5

Repeated attempts by the Country Party to get the State Government to allow ex-servicemen to be settled on single unit farms have at last brought…

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Wool Report

North West Champion · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 8

The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. reports under date November 25:—We offered a representative selection of merino, comeback and…

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What of the Wheat Crisis

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 December 1947 · page 10

Harvesting of a record Australian Wheat crop has begun, and seasonal conditions generally are good in most parts of the…

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Wool Report

North West Champion · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 3
Also in The North Western Courier

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-Operative Grain Insurance and Agency Company Limited, report 2nd December:—…

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Wool Storage Risk Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 1

Fire officers are taking special precautions to guard against the risk to 300,000 bales of wool held up in wool stores 'owing to the…

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Special Guard for Wool. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 7

Fire officers are taking special precautions to guard against any risk to 300,000 bales of wool held up in the wool stores owing to a tally clerks'…

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Shortage of Wool Tops Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 1

Weaving mill representatives said today that short supplies of woollen clothes are due to a serious shortage of wool Tops. They said…

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Final Wheat Forecast For N.S.W.

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 2

A final forecast of 112 million bushels for the New South Wales wheat harvest was released by the Minister for Agriculture…

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Britain's Farm Produce

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 4

Cheaper distribution and more efficient marketing of food grown on Britain's farms is being planned. A Committee appointed to review the…

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New Hire Purchase Scheme for Farmers

North West Champion · Monday 8 December 1947 · page 7

The Industrial Finance Department of the Commonwealth Bank has announced a new "Farmers Plan" Hire Purchase scheme…

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Newcastle Wool Prices

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 2

At Winchcombe Carson Ltd's Newcastle sale they secured: H. R. Thompson, Narrabri, 'ewes 50d; A. T. Whiteman, Narrabri, ewes, 32d…

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Farmers' Hire Purchase Plan

The North Western Courier · Thursday 11 December 1947 · page 6

The industrial finance department of the Commonwealth Bank has announced a new "farmers' plan" hire purchase scheme, designed specially…

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Progressive Farmer Competition Vital Stage Reached

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 2

The ten finalists in the Rural Bank "Progressive Farmer Competition" will meet the State Judges in Sydney this week. The youngest competitor…

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Experiment Farm Supported

The North Western Courier · Monday 15 December 1947 · page 4

Narrabri P.P. Board has supported the move by the Chamber of Commerce in their move for establishment of an experiment farm in the…

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Accident Ties Up Wheat Ship Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 December 1947 · page 1

An accident in the engine room of the overseas freighter Gatineau Park which is loaded with flour and wheat for the Middle East, is likely to…

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