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Farming & the land, 1949

2,211 stories in Riverina's papers · page 76 of 111

Wheat Price 4/ Increase

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday — The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) announced in the House of Representatives new prices…

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4/- Rise in Price for Wheat

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Poliard yesterday announced in the House of Representatives new prices for Australian wheat resulting from…

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Bigger Returns on Wool From Devaluation

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

DEVALUATION of the Australian pound is expected to result in higher local prices for wool and wheat exports. Producers’ representatives said that their costs would be higher. Devaluation would mean that farmers and graziers would have to pay…

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Devaluation Result: 4/- Rise in Price for Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) today announced in the House of Representatives new prices for Australian…

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Interim Payment from Wool Profits £25 Million to Growers

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

Commenting on proposed distribution of £25 million to woolgrowers, Mr C. Renshaw (Vice-President of the Wheat…

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Stock Flood Losses Total 15,000 HEAD Indignation Over Kempsey Cattle Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 6

The chairman of the Kempsey Cattle Replacement Committee (Mr Lancaster) on Tuesday wired Sir Earle Page (CP NSW) over a…

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Refusal of Higher Price for Butter Further Decline in Production Predicted By Country Party Leader

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

Commenting on the refusal of the Government to agree to an increase in the price of butter, the Leader of the Country Party…

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Currant Crop Buy

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 2

ATHENS, Wednesday: Britain has purchased 40,000 tons of this year's currant crop at £65 sterling per ton. This is 17,000…

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Currant Crop Buy

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 3

ATHENS, Wednesday: Britain has purchased 40,000 tons of this year's currant crop at £65 sterling per ton. This is 17,000…

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Many Farmers, “Hoarding Two Years P[?]”

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 September 1949 · page 1

H[?] had [?] last [?] Mr [?]…

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Urana Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

J. M. Smith and Co., Urana, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Lid., Corowa, report having conducted a…

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Special Sheep Sale at Narrandera

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantle Agency Company Ltd. report having conducted their annual off shears sale of sheep at Narrandera…

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Travelled Sheep After Sunset Without Endorsed Permit

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 6

Frederick James Patton and William Edwin Bock, were charged at tho Leeton police court on Friday last, with travelling sheep…

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The Farmers&Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. 16th September, 1949. Wool Report

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 6

We submitted a catalogue of 8,920 bales on Thursday, 16th instant, comprising a generally ogod selection, with a number of…

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Wheat Price Rise 4/11 a Bushel

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

Maximum price for Australian wheat, sold under the International Wheat Agreement, has risen from 11’2 a bushel to 16/1, as a result…

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No Move to Cut U.S. From Wool Auctions

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) in the House of Representatives today gave Mr…

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London Wool Sales Greasy and Fine Xbreds Up in Market

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday—Compared with merinos and closing, rates of the fourth series greasy wool was up 5 per cent., and fine…

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Good Average Price for Old Junee Wool District Realisation at Albury Sales

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 7

Although he did not feature amongst the top prices, Mr. R. A. A. Lehmann's wool put up a particularly good performance at the…

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War Time Wool Distribution of Profits £25.900,060 to Be Paid

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 2

Although Australia already holds about £60,000,000. profits on wool stored during the war and since sold, the first distribution of these…

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Collingullie Junior Farmer Wins Perth Trip

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1949 · page 4

Alister Macrae, a member of the Collingullie Junior Farmers' Club, has been selected as one of the five boys to represent…

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