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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We sold 10,300 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Monday. Under good general competition the market…

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[?]Ned for Failure to Make Pastoral Return

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

At last Queanbeyan Court of Petty [?]ons, before Mr. A. J. Paton, S.M., [?]Thomas Southwell, a dairy far[?], pleaded guilty to failure to make…

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Wool Supplies Short Crossbred Values Up

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

Lack of adequate supplies of wool is the basic force influencing prevailing values. The United Kingdom is a case in point and is typical,…

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Wool Sales Continue in Favour of Seller

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

On Monday, 16th, wool auctions were resumed in Sydney, when New Zealand Loan brought forward their No. 10 Catalogue totalling 5240 bales…

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Wool Supplies Short Crossbred Values Up

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:— Lack of adequate supplies of wool is the basic force influencing prevailing values. The United Kingdom is a…

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Currency and Wool Values Trade Active Abroad

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

The fillip given to trade arid prices for raw materials including wool by devaluation of currencies has gathered strength. The situation in…

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High Wool Prices

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and M. Agency Co., Ltd., report:—On Monday, 16th January, wool auctions were resumed in Sydney, when we brought forward…

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Japan Buys Sheep 550 Sold by Australia

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

A Tokyo message says that Japan has bought 550 Corriedale stud rams and ewes from Australia, the Minister for International Trade announced…

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Currency and Wool Values Trade Active Abroad

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The fillip given to trade and prices for raw materials including wool by devaluation of currencies has…

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Braidwood Wool Clips

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report:— We sold 9200 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Thursday. The market ruled very firm for all merinos…

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Braidwood Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 2

Included in New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co.'s last Sydney sales were the following local clips:—L. Taylor, Monkittee Street. 3 gsy AAA ME 105d, 1…

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The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 2nd February, 1950. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

We submitted a catalogue of 6,127 bales on Wednesday, 1st instant, the selection comprising mainly clips from the New England. Yass, Mudgee…

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Wool Consumption Strong. Bigger U.s.a. Turnover

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The Australian clip is recovering in quantity; the total for this season is estimated to be 3,410,000 bales…

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Eleventh Series of Wool Sales in Full Swing First Series of London Sales Commence

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 4

Wool auctions were continued in Sydney during the past week. On Monday the tenth series (which opened on the 16th January) was brought to…

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Sydney Wool Soles

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 3

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report having sold 6,100 bales at their Sydney auction on Wednesday. Competition was very keen…

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Wool Prices Rise

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday:—We sold 6100 bales of wool at our Sydney auction on Wednesday. Competition was very keen…

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Work Begins on New Wheat Research Institute

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) said that a start had been made in the erection of the Wheat Research…

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Wool Demand Strong Lower Prices, Keener Competition

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 3

Contrasting experiences have been seen recently in the wool trade, report Winchcombe Carson Ltd. Values have receded from the top…

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Wool Demand Strong Lower Prices—keener Competition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—Contrasting experiences have been seen recently in the wool trade. Values have receded from the top point…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Braidwood and District Clips Sell Well

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

At the fourth series of wool sales, a catalogue of 9574 bales was submitted by Farmers and Graziers to a very large gathering of buyers representing…

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