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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

332 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 17

Braidwood Sheep Market

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

New Zealand Loan and M. A. Co., Ltd., report having conducted a special sheep sale at Braidwood on Saturday, 24th May. There vas a good…

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Sheep Skin Auctions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Farmers find Garziers' regular sheep skin auctions at Goulburn was held on Tuesday, 3rd June. A most attrative catalogue of 6500 skins was…

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Foot Trouble in Sheep Treatment Methods Recommended

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 3

Foot trouble has broken out in the Young district, as well as in a number of areas on the Southern Tablelands, the following methods of…

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Jewel-embroidered Wool Evening Dress

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 4

(Australian Wool Board Photo) Soft, pale blue wool was used by Norman Hartnell, Dressmaker to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, for the evening…

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The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Grain Insurance & Agency Company Ltd. 28th May. 1952. Wool Report

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1

We submitted on Tuesday, 27th instant, a catalogue totalling 4,134 bales, the selection including a number of autumn shorn wools from the…

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Better Trade in Wool Competitors in Synthetics

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 6 June 1952 · page 1
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report:—In a number of countries some revival has been experienced in the textile trade, the United States has shown…

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Wool Values Higher

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 4

The third series of the London wool sales for 1952 concluded last week with an offering of 13,686 bales, of which 12,500 were sold. The catalogue…

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Wool Demand Changes Cause and Effect

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 4

The world’s wool and textile trade certainly has contrasting features Declining sales of goods cause a reduction in consumption and lower…

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City Folk "Sponge" on Farmers

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1952 · page 4

Speakers at the recent meeting of the State Council of the N.S.W. Liberal Party declared that city people "sponged" on the farmers and that…

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Show Bombshell Echo of the Dairy Cattle Controversy Three Chief Stewards Resign Their Positions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

The controversy regarding the exhibition of dairy cattle at Braidwood show took an unexpected turn at last meeting of the committee, when the…

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Wool Tax of 4/- per Bale

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 3

On and after July 1 next a wool tax of 4/- per bale will be imposed on all Australian wool for the ensuing 12 months, the…

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Wool Demand Changes Cause and Effect

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The world's wool and textile trade certainly has contrasting features. Declining sales of goods cause a…

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Next Sydney Wool Sales Commence 19th JUNE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 3

Since the fifteenth series of wool sales of the Season closed in Sydney on Thursday, 29th May, there is little to report as no auction sales…

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Wool Retort

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 1

We submitted our catalogue of 4,460 bales on Monday 19th instant, me offering included a number of autumn-shorn wools from the Far-West…

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The Revised Wool Position Merino Supplies

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 3
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Fifteen months have elapsed since the wool market commenced to recede from the peak level of March, 1951. During that period gradual liquidation…

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Wrong Type of Sheep "Not Those the Church Is After."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 June 1952 · page 2

Many complaints regarding the stock-straying nuisance in Braidwood have fallen on deaf ears. Lately the position in the town area has become…

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Butter To Cost 4/2

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

From to-day this necessary commodity will cost 4/2 per lb., a rise of 1/- per pound on the previous price…

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Stronger Wool Demand Future Influence

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 July 1952 · page 2

World consumption of wool is estimated to have increased during the current half year compared with the reduced total of the final six months…

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