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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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District Wool New Zealand Loan Sales

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 8

Sales by the New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co. Ltd from their No. 10 catalogue of the Sydney wool auctions,…

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Letters to the Editor— Wool Deduction and Tax Matters

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 8

SIR: With regard to “Eyedrop’s” dislike to paying the wool deduction (’Times” 25/1 51)where is the person who…

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Mystery Rabbit Disease Now in Dubbo District Mosquitoes Aid Man In War On The Farmers' Enemy

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

Myxomatosis, the mystery rabbit-killing disease, has spread to the Dubbo Pastures Protection Board District. The Dubbo Stock Inspector (Mr. N. H…

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District Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson have reported that they sold 7400 bales of wool at their Sydney auction on Tuesday, Competition was…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Dalgety's wired as follows on Thursday:—Mainland records were again broken at Sydney on Wednesday,…

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150 Sheep Poin[?] By Blue Couch Grass

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

One hundred and fifty sheep died in about ten minutes in the Forbes PP area recently, after eating blue couch…

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The Russian Wool Stock Pile

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

"Reports that the U.S.S.R. and other Cominform countries have been stock-piling wool by purchases in the…

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Gold Rush Days Surpassed by the Merino Sheep

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

"The opulent gold-rush days of Ophir, Bendigo, Ballarat, and Coolgardie have paled into insignificance beside the sensational…

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This Sheep Had Not Been Shorn for 4 Years

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

A party of fishermen on the Murrumbidgee had a windfall recently when they found a Merino wether which it is believed had not been…

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Hundreds of Sheep Mysteriously Vanish at Forbes Forbes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 3

Hundreds of sheep have mysteriously vanished in the Forbes district in recent weeks. Reports of losses of 40 and 50 sheep are common, while one farmer says that he lost 450…

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Cheeful Wool Outlook Civilian And Government Trade

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

The wool market has shown evidence of a more widely dis­tributed demand at recent sales although no further upward…

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Local and General Britain to Stockpile Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 6

Britain's decision to stockpile wool as part of its re-armament programme is certain to cause further price rises. Sections of the…

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How Australian Merinos Dominate World's Wool Clip

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 12

Four successive seasons of abundant pasture, and wool prices rising progressively to fabulous levels, are reflected in the increasing…

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Cheerful Wool Outlook Civilian and Government Trade

The Western Herald · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report : The wool market has shown evidence of a more widely distributed demand at recent sales although no…

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Stole Wheat to Feed Fowls: Man Fined £20

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

A man who stole wheat to feed his fowls was fined £20 in the Dubbo Police Court this morning…

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Home Price for Wool Alternative To Deduction Scheme

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 5

"Critics of the wool sales defection scheme have failed to produce any acceptable alternative," says the bulletin of…

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Wool Firms As U.S. Enters British Market London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 2

The United States and Switzerland resumed buying or Merino wools at the London wool sales yesterday and…

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Dubbo Postal Workers Transferred to Wool Stores Post Office Building To Be Renovated

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 1

A mass transfer of postal workers from the Post Office building to the former Wool Store at North Dubbo is now under way. Structural alterations and the installation of offices…

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Successful Trangie Cattle Sale

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 February 1951 · page 8

Graziers from a wide area of the West, bounded by Warren, Cobar, Nyngan and Dubbo competed keenly at…

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District Wool

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 1

At the Sydney wool sales Country Producers secured the following prices for district wool:…

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