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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Obituary MR. A. K. BUTTER

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 5

The flags at the Memorial Hall and the Bowling Club were flown at half-mast when the sad news of the passing of Mr…

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Wool Report 1954/55 Sales Roster

The Western Herald · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: The roster for the opening sales commencing in Sydney on the 30th of this month…

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Bourke Pastoral & Agricultural Association Show and Rodeo August 20 AND 21

The Western Herald · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 11

A well attended meeting of committeemen of the above Association was held in the Council Chambers…

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Sold Wool Under Alias Evaded Tax SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

A Cobar grazier who avoided payment of over £1000 in income tax by selling wool under a false name was fined…

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Australia's Wheat Export Quota Only 57½ p.c. LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

Australia will be able to sell only 57½ per cent of its wheat export quota of last year under the International Wheat…

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Wool Is Ahead of Synthetics Says Csiro Officer Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 2

"Wool is keepig ahead of synthetics," Dr. F. G. Lennox, Senior Officer-in-Charge of CSIRO's Wool Textile Research Laboratories, reported on arrival in Melbourne on the RMS Orion…

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[?] Star [?] Farmer

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

The committee elected for the purpose of electing Narromine's "Star" [?] Farmer for 1954 have [?] the…

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Narromine Junior Farmer Club Notes

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

A general meeting of the Narromine Junior Farmer Club was held in the Rural School Hall on July [?]…

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Demand For New Wheat Crop, Lively LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 2

Transactions under the International Wheat Agreement for the first nine days of the new crop-year which…

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Dalgety's and Wool Dealings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 3

Mr. E. J. Barnett, Sydney manager of Dalgety and Coy. said yesterday that Dalgety and Co. Ltd. has never bought wool,…

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Wool and Stock Markets at Homebush Yesterday Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 5

A total yarding of 24,445 head comprising 11,279 sheap and 13,166 lambs and hogge's was made at Homebush yesterday…

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Sth. Africa Producing More Wool

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 5

South African wool sold during the 1953-54 season exceeded sales of the previous season by 11½ million lb. or an increase…

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Wool Prices Too Low Say Graziers

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 3

The base price for greasy wool was still below the cost of production and a change should be…

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Round-Up Of World Wool News

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 5

The new British Wool Season opened at Leicester on July 28 and competition was reported as being animated…

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Wheat Sales Abroad Twice Previous Years London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

The International Wheat Council yesterday disclosed that sales under the new Wheat Agreement which…

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Bigger Wool Clip Likely As World Stocks Drop

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 4

The weather conditions of the past few weeks have made a very substantial alteration on the prospects for the coming season so far as many wool-growing areas of the Commonwealth are concerned…

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Monthly Review of Crop Conditions 400,000 acres under wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

During the month further evidence was secured to confirm the original estimate of the wheat area, this being approximately equal to the 1953-54 season, when roughly 400,000 acres were harvested…

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Five Year Wheat Plan Good News

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 7

Mr. M. R. Bourke, president of the Central Division of the Wheatgrowers’ Union said last week the…

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Wool Piles Up in Brokers Stores

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 2

The first serica of wool auctions for the 1954-55 wool selling season will bo commenced in Sydney oh Monday, August…

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Wool Men To Get J.O. Profits Soon CANBERRA

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) said yesterday that the final dispersal of Joint Organisation…

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