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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Goulburn Wool Sales Prices Still Soaring

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1951 · page 2

Australian and world record figures were again established in Goulburn when the crossbred section of 2000 bales from another outstanding…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 2

Sydney wool auctions resumed yesterday under buoyant market conditions, Great Britain, U.S.A., the Continent, and local mills being the…

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Australia’s Wool Cheque

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 2

This season has been remarkable, because of the large amount of money purchasers of wool have found to finance their operations, states…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:— We sold 7,700 bales at auction and privately at our Sydney wool sale on Wednesday. The market generally was…

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Braidwood Show the District Parades Its Wealth. Magnificent Cattle Display

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

Braidwood's 76th annual show can be written down as an outstanding success, and one from which many lessons can be learnt. Glorious weather…

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Wool Market Still Soaring More Records for Goulburn

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 March 1951 · page 1

On the first day of the sixth series of Goulbum wool sales held on 26th February and 1st March, Australian and World record figures were again…

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World Short of Wool Large British Consumption

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

The wool market this season has confirmed the opinions of the optimists reports Wincombe Carson Ltd. Various factors have contributed to its…

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Sheep, Curse of Australia "Eating the Guts Out of This Country."

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 1

Sheep were "the curse of Australia," Professor Marcus Oliphant said last week. "Sometimes I wish scientists could…

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Farmers Worried Myxomatosis Causes Havoc in Murray Valley. Fish, Birds. Dogs Die

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 4

Reports from the Murray Valley areas, where rabbits are dying in millions from myxomatosis, (say that fish, birds, dogs, foxes and…

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Local and General Gvndagai Farmer Leaves Big Estate

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1951 · page 2

Probate of the will of the late Mr. Frederick J. Graham, Of "Bongongo," was granted in the Supreme Court last week. The late Mr. Graham, who died…

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Braidwood Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 1

On Monday, 5th March, New Zealand land Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6362 bales. The selection in…

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Goulburn Sheep Skin Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Farmers and Graziers’ sheep skin sale was held on Tuesday last, when a very attractive catalogue of 5000 skins was offered…

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Wool Report 6th March. 1951

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

We submitted our catalogue of 4,071 bales on Monday, 6th instant. The selection, which for the most part comprised good to attractive wools…

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Braidwood Clips Included in N-Z.L.'s Sydney Wool Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

On Monday, 19th February. New Zealand Loan and M.A. Co., Ltd., brought forward a catalogue totalling 6,379 bales. The selection was a good…

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Communists Hit Rural Men Farm Plant Suffers

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

The intermittent Communist sabotage campaign on the coalfields and waterfront had particular significance for rural producers whose supplies of…

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Junior Farmers’ Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

The first annual meeting of the Queanbeyan Junior Farmers’ Club was held at the Showground on Wednesday night…

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Bungendore Cattle Sale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 2

Attention is drawn to the special sale at Bungendore on Friday, 20th April, when Messrs. Donnelly & Co. will offed 700 fat and store cattle…

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Wool and Metals Market Rises

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1951 · page 4
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

The value of wool has continued buoyant and Its immediate future looks secure, reports Winchcombe Carson Ltd. Its high price is not…

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