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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1958

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Tharwa Wins Farmer Trophy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 April 1958 · page 2

The J. C. Moore Trophy for competition between Junior Farmer Clubs has been won by Tharwa…

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Field Day For Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 April 1958 · page 1

A field day for Junior Farmers will be held at the property of F. M. McDiarmid and Sons, at the Burra, on…

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Junior farmers’ Field Day Next

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 May 1958 · page 1

A tentative programme has been drawn up for the Junior Farmers’ Field Day to be held next Saturday…

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Soldier Farms Available Near Albury

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1958 · page 3

Seven soldier settlement farms in the Albury district will be thrown open for application early next month,…

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Bank Providing Help for Junior Farmers

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 May 1958 · page 3

The Bank of New South Wales again this year is providing substantial and increased assistance to Junior Farmers’ movements throughout the Commonwealth…

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Young Farmers Can Now Learn Scientific Land Techniques —Says Show President at “Burra”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 May 1958 · page 1

Field days such as that held at “Burra” on Saturday enable young farmers today to learn what their forefathers had to discover by hard work and their own mistakes. The president of the…

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Mr. Nott Calls Wool Conference

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1958 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. Roger Nott) has convened a conference of…

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Branch of Commonwealth Trading Bank at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 May 1958 · page 4

The Sheep Show will be held this year at the Sydney Showground from May 28 to 31. With more than…

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Sheep Skins Improve At Goulburn Sale

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 May 1958 · page 2

A catalogue of 9,000 sheep skins was offered by Farmers and Graziers on Tuesday, May 13. A further…

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“Break Wool Sale Boycott”-osborne

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 May 1958 · page 1

Mr. P. J. B. Osborne, of “Currandooley,” urged 70 graziers in Goulburn last week to break the woolbuyers’ boycott of the Goulburn wool selling centre…

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Goulburn's Cattle Sale Report

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1958 · page 5

Goldsbrough Mort and Company report having conducted a special store cattle sale at Goulburn on…

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Merryville Stud Scoops the Pool at Sheep Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 June 1958 · page 4

With one of the greatest teams of merino sheep ever to represent Merryville Stud, of Yass, Sir Walter Merriman again scooped the pool at the Sydney Sheep Show…

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Meeting on Friday Night New Company Planned to Beat Goulburn Wool Boycott

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 June 1958 · page 1

Plans for the formation of a £500,000 company to beat the woolbuyers’ boycott on Goulburn Wool Selling Centre were announced today by Mr. P. J. B. Osborne, President of the Southern Tablelands and South-West Woolgrowers’ Protection League…

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Attempt to Smash Woolbuyers’ Boycott Goulburn Rally Supports New Wool Buying Co

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1958 · page 3

Offers to buy 25,000 £1 stores were made at a public meeting in Goulburn last Friday night, called to support the new £500,000 woll-buying, company, Wool Export (Goulburn) Pty. Ltd…

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P. J. Osborne President of New Wool Company

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 July 1958 · page 1

Mr. P. J, B. Osborne, of “Currandooley” Bungendore, has accepted chairmanship of the Board of Directors of Wool Export (Goulburn) Limited, the company…

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Wool Fashion Trade in Chaotic Condition

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1958 · page 4

As a matter of grave concern to every Australian, irrespective of whatever his walk of life may be, if wool prices fall any further, we can be certain that we…

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New Wool Buying Firm Not “Bluffing”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1958 · page 4

The N.S.W. and Queensland Woolbuyers’ Association was assured, if it did not already realise it, that Wool Export (Goulburn) Limited was not “bluffing,” Mr. P. J. B…

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Junior Farmers Table Tennis Tournament

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 July 1958 · page 3

The combined members of the Junior Farmer Clubs in the Yarrowlumla District Council held a table tennis…

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Queanbeyan Could Be Leading Wool Centre

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 July 1958 · page 4

“Ten wool centres are to be established in Australia, and Queanbeyan, because of its geographical position in the centre of a great wool producing area, could well be…

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Support for Goulburn Wool Share Issue

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 July 1958 · page 3

Woolgrowers from all sections of New port (Goulburn) Limited’s £100,000 share South Wales were subscribing to Wool Ex-issue, Mr. P. J. B. Osborne said today…

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