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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Subsidies on Butter and Cheese

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Half-penny increases in butter and cheese subsidies, to keep down living costs, were announced by the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture,…

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Current Tea and Butter Coupons

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

Current Tea Coupons Nos. 53—64. (Coupons Nos. 53—58 cease to be current after 19/2/50). New Tea Coupons: A new tea…

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Car and Sheep Float Collide

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

The passenger in a car which struck an eight-ton sheep float at Boorowa on Saturday afternoon died in the Boorowa…

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Bread-and-Butter Election in Britain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): Rival forces in this month's general election consider the main anxiety of the average voter is to return a Government which he thinks will be best able to speed the nation to recovery. This, says Reuter, was suggested by the weekend build-up of party…

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N. S. Wales Wheat Yield

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

The New South Wales wheat harvest may reach 83 million bushels, the State Government Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, who announced the…

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Bid to Find a Better Wheat Mi.a. Wheat and Oat Trials

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 3

wheat trials of State-wide importance conducted at the Yanco Experiment Farm have yielded valuable information which will help along…

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Review of Millet Crop Conditions As At 18th January, 1950

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

Owing to wet and unfavorable conditions early in the season, over-all plantings are expected to be below those of the previous year…

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£250,000 Rain Damage to Griffith Crops

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Heavy rainfalls in N.S.W. today and during the week-end caused widespread havoc. Damage estimated at £250,000 has been caused to fruit and vegetable crops in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area…

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Possibility of Brown Rot in Peach Crop If Rain Continues

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

As far as can be estimated the damage to crops, caused by the soaking rains during the past few days has been minor, but if the…

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40-Hour Week Award for Dairy Industry

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

The Australian Workers' Union met in Brisbane last week to discuss the basis of a new award for the dallying industry, which will almost…

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Wheat Crop 215,000,000 Bushels

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Australia's 1949/50 wheat crop would be in the vicinity of 215,000,000 bushels—25,000,000 bushels more…

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Local Wool Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report that their wool sales included: S. L. Whiteley, Box 119, P.O.,…

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India Seeks to Buy Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

NEW DELHI, Tues. (A.A.P.): India is negotiating with Australia for 500,000 tons of wheat, the Indian Food Minister…

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Wool Shortage May be Coming

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

NEW YORK, Tues. (AAP): According to the magazine "Business Week," the pattern of wool consumption in Europe and the…

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Wool Prices Drop at Newscastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday: Prices for most lines of Merino wool were five to ten per cent lower than the closing rates of last…

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Wool Featured in Parisian Spring Frocks

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Fine beautiful wools including alpacas, taffetas, Jerseys and lightly-woven crepes make the simple el[?]ant frocks which are…

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Four Sentenced at Wagga in Wheat Theft Cases

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

Four men, who yesterday appeared in the Wagga Court charged with having stolen iS bags of wheat, the property of William Leonard Haywood, and 16 bags of wheat, the property of John Henry Smith,…

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40-Hour Week "Would Benefit Dairy Farmers"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

LEETON, Tuesday: Commenting on a report that the Queensland branch of the Australian Workers' Union was…

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No Offers for Dubbo Property. Large Sheep Area Fails to Attract a Bid

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 8

Despite the fact that people who have retired in Sydney are now' desirous of going back to the land, a 5,610 acre sheep property…

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The Fanners & Graziers' Co-Op. Grain Insurance & Agency Company Limited. 2nd. FEBRUARY, 1956. Wool Report

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 7

We submitted a catalogue of 6,127 bales on Wednesday, 1st. instant, the selection comprising mainly clips from the New…

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