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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

333 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 17

Modest Demands Shearers Strike for £7/10/- a Hundred Sheep

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

The Moree committee of the Australian Workers' Union has decided to call out all shearers in the district sheds unless the men are granted…

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Lambs and Wool Increased Clip Retarded

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 4

Seasonal conditions during the past 12 months have unquestionably hampered pastoral production. The worm infestation over a wide…

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World’s Use of Wool Production Rising

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 1

World consumption of wool in 1950 is estimated to have been 15 per cent, higher than world production.The difference was made up by purchases…

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Winter School for Poultry Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E.. H. Graham, M.L.A., said today that a Winter School for Poultry Farmers would be held at…

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Wool Sales Resume on

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 2

Following the Easter recess wool sales will commence in the Sydney market on Monday next, and the series will conclude on Thursday, April 12…

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World's Use of Wool. Production Rising

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—World consumption of wool in 1950 is estimated to have been 15 per cent. higher than world production. The…

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National Jubilee Sheep Dog Trial Championship

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 4

A world record entry of 142 dogs has been received for the Jubilee National Open Sheep Dog Trial at the Manuka Oval, Canberra, to be…

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Lorry Crashes Into Sheep Deaths Number 89

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 4

When a lorry loaded with 18 tons of cement ran into a mob of 2000 sheep near Carcoar, 89 of the sheep were killed…

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The Wool Drop. U.s. Uncertainty

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The wool situation has been rendered less secure by the conference of International representatives regarding the…

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Wool Sales Deduction Act "Fair and Reasonable" Statement by Country Party Chairman

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 4

It appears that there is still some misconception of the effect and purpose of the Wool Sales Deduction Act…

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Noted Cattle Breeder Honoured

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 2

The Animal Genetics Society of the Sydney University has conferred honorary life membership on Mr. George Grey, of Greyleigh, for his…

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Sheep Dog Trials at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 2

With a total of 193 points, Johnny, owned by Mr. A. P. Butler, of Moree, won the Jubilee National Open Sheep Dog Trial Championship at Manuka…

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Tharwa News Junior Farmers’ Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 3

At their meeting on Thursday night the Junior Farmers, guided by their President, Mr. w. R. Edwards, drew up a very…

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Wool Report 10th April, 1951

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 4

We submitted a catalogue of 4,870 bales on Monday, 9th instant. The offering comprised a particularly good selection for this period of the…

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Wool Price Position. Staple Statistically Sound

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—The American wool position has partly clarified as a result of the resumption of trading on the New York…

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Goulburn Wool Sales Prices Firm on Late Rates

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 4

A good to average selection of free wools, drawn mainly from the Crookwell, Taralga and Braidwood Districts, with a sprinkling of top-making…

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That Wool Tax Excess Will Be Refunded

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 5

At Saturday's political meeting in Braidwood, Mr. Cecil Byrne asked Mr. Keys, the Liberal candidate, if there would be any refund from the…

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Hollow Pledge on Wool Chifley’s Guile Exposed

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

The Labour Party’s promise to repeal the act arranging the 20 per cent. deduction from wool receipts is a hollow pledge, But the time it…

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Hollow Pledge on Wool

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 4

The Labour Party's promise to repeal the Act arranging the 20 per cent. deduction from wool receipts is a hollow pledge…

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Bungendore Stock Market Store Cattle Prices Rise

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 2

Donnelly & Co. report a record yarding of 1100 fat and store cattle at their sale at Bungendore trucking yards on Friday, 20th April…

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