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Farming & the land, 1947

2,230 stories in Riverina's papers · page 38 of 112

Classing Farmers' Wool Cups To Meet Present-Day Requirements

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 1

The wartime appraisement scheme under which the British Government acquired Australias wool clip was terminated soon after…

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All That Glitters Isn't Butter!

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

Smugglers over a period of six months, transferred £100,000 worth of stolen gold from the Rand (South Africa) to India b[?]…

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Prices for Sheep at Gundagai Market Higher Than Any Previous Auction

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 4

Gardiner and Macdonald in conjunction with Dalgety and Co of Wagga report having held a special sheep and cattle sale on Wednesday…

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Obituary John and Joe Fuller, Two Farmer Cootamundra Brothers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 May 1947 · page 2

We regret to report the deaths of two brothers of Messrs. Charlie and Fred Fuller, Cootamundra. John, who was the first to prow wheat out at…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Greasy merino fleece sold to 45½d for 11 bales of D/Yandilla (Bombala) at Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Dairy Science Schools To Be Held Shortly

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 May 1947 · page 6

Dairy science schools for those desiring to qualify for certificates for milk and cream testing and cream grading are…

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Huge Butter Exports to Canada'

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

OTTAWA, Tuesday: The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. G. Gardiner) told the Commons that Australia and New…

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Sydney Wool Auction

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson report: We sold 7300 bales of wool at our Sydney auction yesterday. The market generally was buoyant, with good competition…

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Australian Wool For japan

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Wool which is being sent from Australia to Japan has been purchased for the Wool Realisation Commission at…

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Yass Wool Brings 48d in Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

Greasy merino fleece sold to 48d for five bales of H Bros/Yass, from Bowning, at the Sydney wool sales yesterday…

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U.s. Planning Heavy New Wool Duties

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 3

GENEVA, Tuesday: The United States Government is proposing further taxes on wool imports which would raise the present ad valorem…

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Australia Will Make Few Concessions Unless U.S. Wool Tariff Cut

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Australia hopes that negotiations now proceeding at the Geneva Trade Conference will result in an agreement with the United States for a reduction of the American wool…

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40-Hour Week Would Cripple Dairy Industry

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1947 · page 1

Mr Geo. C. Howey (president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Association) who, before the Full Arbitration Court,…

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Local & General Wool and World Conditions

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: Recently statements have been made that world commodity prices have touched the peak and some reduction…

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Wool and World Conditions French Development

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 6

Recently statements have been made that world commodity prices have touched the peak and some reduction in them is probable…

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American Wool Consumption the Tariff Question

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report: For a long period the use of domestic grown wool in the United States was very small, often being only 10…

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Travelled Sheep Along Different Stock Route P.P. Board Prosecutes Drover

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 9

In the Gundagai Police Court yesterday, today, the Gundagai PP Board took action against Jack Willis, a drover from Wagga, on a charge of…

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Prompt Aid for Britain's Flood-stricken Farmers

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 8 May 1947 · page 2

The farmers of Britain are making impressive efforts to get their flooded lands back into cultivation. It is evident, however, that, if the heavy…

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Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

At their Sydney auction of 5th, Pitt, Son and Badgery submitted a typical end-of-season catalogue, including late shearing wools from the Southern…

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Local Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, [?] wired Wehdas-sohl 7300 baks of Mr Sydney action on Thes-day. The Jenerally was seerally they…

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