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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

308 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 16

Wool Sales. Concession to Small Dealers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 3

Referring to representations' made in the Federal Parliament and to newspaper comments as to the effect of the prohibition…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., write us as follows:— "The work of appraising the values at which the balance of…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

John Bridge & Co., Ltd., report: Operations under the new conditions now obtaining in the wool market commenced on Wednesday, the 3rd…

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Sydney Wool Market. Business Resumed

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., write us as follows :-"The work of appraising the values at which the balance of…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

Winchcombe Cargon Ltd. report Prices for our first appraisement of wool catalogue of 6500 bales included:—Jas, and J. H. Lockett, Wagga,…

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Wool Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2

The wool sales have now been resumed, and the prices fixed between the assessors for the British Government and the…

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Cattle Values Rise Again

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

Beef prices were decidedly in owners' favor at Homebush last Monday. Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., state that rates were 10…

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Farm & Field. Original Articles Advantages of Liming

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

The advantages to be derived from. the practice—nowadays too often neglected—of periodical applications of lime, have been described by no less…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

John Bridge & Co., Ltd, report under date 13th January:—The appraisement of our catalogue of the 9th instant is proceeding steadily,…

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Cuppacumbalong Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

Commenting on Mr. A. G. McKeahnie's Cuppacumbalong wool clip, from Queanbeyan, which made to 26¼d per lb. at Winchcombe,…

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Local and General. Crossbred Wool From Mona

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

The parcel of 16 bales of crossbred fleece wool from Mr. Henry F. Maddrell, "Mona," Braidwood, which was appraised at 19½ per…

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Training Women Farmers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 3

In a review of the operations of the Department of Labor and Industry for 1916 reference is made to the agricultural…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7
Also in The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., have received the following wire from their Brisbane office:—Grieve Bros.' Dalveen greasy fleece…

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Payment for Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that the Prime Minister has officially announced that payment for wool will be made 14 days…

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The Wool Deal

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7

Mr. Hughes says in connection with the purchase of the Australian wool clip by the Imperial Government that time occupied in…

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Next Wheat Chop. Proposed State Guarantee

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 8

An important statement has been made by Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, in regard to the next wheat crop In…

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Wool Appraisements. Some "John Bridge" Figures

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

We publish hereunder some figures in connection with John Bridge & Co's first wool appraisement:—Estate late E. A. Fitzgerald,…

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Wool-trade Economy. Endorsement of "John Bridge" Policy

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Nearly twelve months ago, the firm of John Bridge & Co., Ltd, inaugurated, in the interests of Woolgrowers, their campaign of economy in the…

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