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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Britain Buys Wheat From Dollar Area Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

Britain is buying wheat for dollars from North America, the Chancellor of the Ex-chequer (Mr. Butler)…

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Warning on Wheat Issued in Interests of Growers, Says Mr. G. HOY "Made On Sound Business Principles"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 1

The warning, by the Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board (Sir John Teasdale) that farmers should reduce wheat acreages this year, had been made in the interests of growers, Mr. G. Hoy, of…

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Sheep Stolen Near Bathurst

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

Sheep thieves, reported to be operating around Bathurst, have not extended their operations to Dubbo, a…

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Vitamins From Wool Grease

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 4

Wool grease is a rich source of vitamins. This was reported to the Wool Education Society in Leeds by Dr. E. G. Carter,…

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France Bids Freely For Wool SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

Greasy, merino and crossbred wool was eagerly sought by French interests at the Sydney wool sales yesterday…

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Storage For 60 Million Bushels Of Wheat SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 1

Australia can store a possible surplus of 60,000,000 bushells of wheat this season, officials have advised the Commonwealth Government. Official sources state that confidence in…

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Correspondence Wheat and Overproduction

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 9

SIR: The statement in the metropolitan press, on Saturday that Sir John Teasdale, chairman of the Australian Wheat…

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[?]Ety’s Report [?] Wool Sale

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

[?] Australian Mills buy[?] actively than at any [?] sale this season and [?] taking a substantial…

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Values Unchanged Sydney Wool Sales

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 10

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., advise having sold 11,000 bales of wool at auction and privately at their opening…

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US Buyers Active At Wool Sales SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

Continental countries dominated the market at the Sydney wool sales yesterday, when American buyers were…

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Wool Textile Production Falls in Usa New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The United States textile industry showed substantial production gains in 1953 in all categories except wool, says a…

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US Will Not Lift Tariff On Wool New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

America has decided not to increase the United States tariff on wool imports. The President's decision was…

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Amazing Wheat Harvest Nearing Its End Warning By Expert On Five Above-Average Seasons SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

The NSW phenomenal wheat harvest is rapidly drawing to a close now with the total yield expected to exceed 60,000,000 bushels. The crop is at last 3,000,000 bushels more than…

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Junior Farmers’ Meeting Well Attended

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

There was a large attendance of members of the Coonabarabran Junior Farmers’ Club and of the advisory…

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Russia And Japan Bid For Wool SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Russia bid freely at the Sydney wool sales yesterday and Japanese agents bought freely at the Albury wool sales…

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Dalgety's wool sale SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 8

With Australian mills buying more actively than any previous sale this season, and America taking substantial weight, best…

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Merino Wool Price Boosted MELBOURNE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

Merino wool prices were boosted up to 5 per cent, at the opening of the seventh series of Melbourne wool sales…

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Atom Blast Did Not Kill Sheep New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

The Atomic Energy Commission has concluded that radioactivity from last year's atom-bomb tests in Nevada did not…

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Big Wool Thefts: 12 Charged SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 1

Police inquiries will have to extend as far as England in the case in which 12 men are charged with stealing and…

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