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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

275 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 13 of 14

Brisbane Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 November 1924 · page 7

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., received [he following wire from their Brisbane office:—"Wool sales opened with better selection. Finer quality…

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Wool and Its Sale. Sheep Flocks and Supplies

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1924 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: At the start of this season the opinion was freely expressed that opening wool sales were likely to prove…

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Five Wool Records. a Very Strong Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 November 1924 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: At no time has demand for wool in Australia been keener and more general than at our Sydney sale last…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 4

Schute, Bell & Co., Ltd., report:—It is often said that there is no sentiment in business, but nevertheless it is surprising how sentiment does…

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More Wool Records

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 8

The present Sydney selling season is making wool history. Three fresh price records were made on Wednesday, after the five records of the…

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Wool and Its Price. German Activity

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: Developments occur in most unexpected quartern which give a fillip to the consumption of wool. It would…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 2

During last week the wool market was all that could be desired. Good general competition prevailed, America being prominent…

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Big Prices for Yass Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 2

At the Sydney wool sales yesterday the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. submitted a good catalogue, drawn from various parts of…

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The Level of Wool Prices German Purchasing

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write; Record prices have been secured recently in such abundance at Australian auctions of late that the…

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Wool Sales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: We sold 6300 bales of wool at our Sydney sale on Tuesday. America, Japan, the Continent and Yorkshire…

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Cattle Industry in Queensland

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 8

Mr. John Watts, of Gap Glen, Newton Boyd, who has just returned from a trip to the country fringing on the Queensland Northern Territory…

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London Wool Prospects

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 5

The wool trade iu England is awaiting with the keenest interest the opening of the London sales on Tuesday, for everyone is anxious to…

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Nose Prints. Identification of Cattle

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 7

Nose prints for cattle are the latest phase of work for the finger-print expert. Within a few days there will be taken at the Hawkesbury…

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Record Price for Wool

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 2

A message from Melbourne states that the highest price—51½—a lb.—ever paid in Australia was secured for six bales of greasy wool, branded…

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Sydney Wool Sales Spirited Market. Firm Values

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 6

The Secretary, Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Co., writes:— At our sale on the 18th inst. we offered an average catalogue from the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Spirited Market. Firm Values

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 3

The Secretary, Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co. writes:— At our sale on the 18th-instant we offered an average catalogue…

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Rural Workers. Farm Hands' Wages

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 7

A case of interest to the farming community was heard at the Cowra Industrial Court, before Mr. H. H. Chippindall, relieving S.M. Roy Billion, a young Maltese laborer,…

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Farms and Factories. Henry Ford's Vision—big Cities Doomed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 November 1924 · page 1

According to Henry Ford the big city is doomed. In the America of the future, he suggests, there will be no New Yorks or Chicagos or other…

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Wool Report

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 3

Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd. report :—The fifth series of auctions in this centre terminated on 26th instant and the…

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Wool Trade Results. Market Strength

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1924 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: It is difficult to compare prices for greasy wool from year to year. The condition of the pastures is such an…

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