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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Wool Congestion

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

No wool has yet been shipped abroad since the British Government announced in the first week of the war that it would buy the whole…

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Cattle Between Planes and Warships

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—The "Daily Mail" correspondent reports that a battle between six warships and 12 planes occurred off Schierminnikog…

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Wool Ships Held Up

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

Serious delays have occurred in shipping Australian wool to England under the British purchase plan. It was learned in Sydney this week…

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Wool Appraisement First Catalogue

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 1

Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd. report: At our first Sydney wool appraisement of the season, held on Thursday, October 12, we submitted 5,889…

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Ticks in Sheep Cooma Wants Regulations Modified

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

At last meeting of Cooma P.P. Board a letter was read from Mr. W. W. Hedges, M.L.A., forwarding advice from the Minister for…

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Unique Shearing Contest But What of the Sheep ?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 3

A Breadalbane message says:— The shearing shed at Mr. Hilary Sullivan's Cullerin properly was the scene of a unique contest recently…

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Given Notice 1,000 Wool Workers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 4

One thousand employees of F. W. Hughes Pry. Ltd.. Botany, received one week’s notice of dismissal on Wednesday…

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Sheep Blowfly Dressings Zinc Sulphate and Boric Acid Compounds

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 1

The ideal blowfly dressing should possess the following essentials:— Should be a stable compound, not altering chemically or physically…

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War Time Wool Clip Average 13.4375d

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

It is an extraordinary fact that fears of war during the past two years have disturbed wool markets (reports Winchcombe, Carson Ltd.), but actual war has…

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Wartime Wool Clip Average 13.4375d. Winchcombe. Carson. Ltd. write:—

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 October 1939 · page 2

It is an extraordinary fact that tears of war during the past two years have disturbed wool markets, but actual war has placed the…

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Wool Appraisement

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE LAND and FINANCE COMPANY LIMITED report:—We submitted our No. 1 appraisement catalogue of over 8,000 bales…

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Wool From Cows

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 4

We live in a wonderful world. Every day our scientists are surprising us with conjuring tricks. Now there is a possibility of a new…

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Wool by Rail

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 6

The annual report of the Railway Commissioner shows that for consignments of wool from railway stations in this State Bourke heads the…

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Wool Appraising Financial Effects

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 1

The appraisement of the Australian clip now proceeding in all marketing centres will afford great financial relief to the Commonwealth reports…

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Well-known Wool Clips Appraised

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 6

Wlnchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report: Our second Sydney wool appraisement of the season was held on Thursday. We submitted 8.120…

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Commonwealth of Australia Central Wool Committee

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 2

Under the National Security (Wool) Regulatios, Clause 14 provides: “No person shall sell or buy or contract to sell or buy any wool or wooltops except in accordance with these Regulations.”…

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Good Wool Producer “McGINTY” CUTS 28 [?]

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 October 1939 · page 1

“McGinty”, the famous pet [?] owned by Mr. J. C. Carey, of “Greenfield Farm,” Yass River, maintains his extraordinary record as a wool…

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Special Sheep Sale at Cootamundra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 2

At Cootamundra on Friday next 3rd November, a special “off shears” sheep sale will take place. The offering will comprise 17,000 high-class sheep. Full…

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Wool Appraising Financial Effects

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 1

The appraisement of the Australian clip now proceeding in all marketing centres will afford great financial relief to the Commonwealth. By the…

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Pastoral Lamb Marking Measures Against Losses From Disease

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 October 1939 · page 4

Unless precautions are taken against infection, the operation of lamb-marking is often followed by serious losses from inoculable…

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