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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Gaol Sentences for Men Who Stole Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

Three men pleaded guilty in the Dubbo Police Court this morning to charges of stealing wool valued at £98. They were:…

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Record Prices Again Paid for Wool Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Record world wool prices were broker at sales at Goulburn and Geelong yesterday. A total of 32,000 bales sold for…

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Economist Urges Producers to Mechanise Farms Sydnney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 2

Higher prices for farm products and a worsening of the rural labor position are forecast by Mr. Albert Date, Rural Bank economist. He urged farmers to prepare for the growing…

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Youth Injured Last Night in Farm Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 1

A 16-year-old youth was pinned helpless between a tractor and a plough for five hours near Eumungerie last night…

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Wheat Lumpers Earn £10 Day

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 2

Two wheat lumpers employed by the Australian Wheat Board at Deniliquin earned £98 during the week proceeding Christmas…

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Wool Boom Is Magnet for Migrants Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 1

The boom in Australian primary industries, with record wool prices, has acted as a magnet to hundreds of people in…

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Bank Sponsors Junior Farmer School

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 3

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a 10 days school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at…

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World Record Price for Wool Broken

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

Five bales of merino wool from Armidale sold at 313[?]d, lb at the Sydney sales yesterday, a new world record…

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Sheep Rustling Prevalent at Trangie Alleges P.P. DIRECTOR "Stock Vanish In The Night": Extra Police Sought

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1951 · page 1

Sheep rustling was prevalent in the Trangie district, alleged a director (Mr. K. G. Mackinnon) at yesterday's meeting of the Dubbo Pastures Protection Board…

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District Wool

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: We sold 8,375 bales of wool at auction and privately in Sydney on Monday. Superfine…

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Sheep Dearer Dunedoo Stock Sale

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 23

Store sheep, advanced from 6/- to 8/- and In some cases up to 20/- at the Dunedoo stock sale of O. L. Milling and Co…

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Correspondence Wool Tax Disliked

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

SIR: I can assure Mr. McKenzie I dislike paying the wool tax and what’s more I don’t know of any woolgrower who does…

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Wheat Guaranteed Rice 1950/51

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 4

An increase of 9d. to 7/10 a bushel f.o.r. ports is the guaranteed price to growers for the 1950/51 wheat crop…

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Town Dogs kill Sheep Mendooran Man Takes Action

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 18

After receiving word, town dogs were attacking sheep on his property on the outskirts of the town on Tuesday morning, Mr. F. P…

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Some Abnormal Factors in Wool Trends

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 2

The wool market has risen to a marked degree and its present level is attributable to causes outside the usual factors which influence values. Wool is in short supply compared with world…

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Bank Sponsorship Junior Farmers

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

Again this year the Bank of New South Wales will sponsor a 10 days school of instruction for 60 selected Junior Farmers at…

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Tragic Death of District Farmer John McCALLOM Killed in Accident

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 January 1951 · page 3

Mr. John McCallum, 31, of Glenmore, Coonabarabran, was killed yesterday when his tractor overturned into a ditch at…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 7

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows on Tuesday:—We sold 8375 bales of wool at auction and privately on Monday. Superfine…

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Weather Halts Blow Fly Strike at Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 3

Recent dry weather has brought to an abrupt halt the ravages of the blow fly among sheep in the Central Western…

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Record Wool Price for South Africa Durban

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 January 1951 · page 2

Excited buyers, shouting and whistling, held up the Durban wool sales for several minutes yesterday when a new South…

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