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Farming & the land, 1952

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Shearers will lose £10 a week Pastoral Industry Wage Cuts

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Federal Conciliation Commissioner Mr. J. R. Donovan to-day announced reduced wage rates for shearers, crutchers, wool-pressers, shed hands, cooks and station hands working under the Federal Pastoral Industry Award…

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The Week in the Wool Market

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 4

Wool sales this week in Sydney and Geelong confirmed the turn in the tide indicated last week in Melbourne—the first…

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Freeze Grips Riverina: Rain Holds Up Wheat Sowing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

Wagga shared in the widespread rain and bitterly cold weather experienced throughout the whole of Riverina yesterday. Although fairly heavy showers fell in some districts, rain-…

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Wool Position Is Encouraging High Wages Prevent Reduced Prices

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

Recent developments in the wool market are encouraging according to a letter from Messrs Winchcombe Carson…

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Wheat Freight

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. E. H. Graham, M.L.A., said last week he had been…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Values for an description were fully firm at the best point established yesterday…

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Today's Homebush Market Cattle Weaker

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co., Ltd. report that there were 1713 sheep and 5510 lambs…

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Sheep Stealing Case Before Appeal Court

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2

A Hillston District sheep stealing case figured in an important ruling given by the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney on…

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Hold-up Wheat Ships End

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, We[?] The Australian [?] Board and the [?] Union today reached a [?]…

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Wool and Defence Prices and Wages

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report: Recent developments in the wool market are encouraging, Government orders for goods for…

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Decline in Cost of Shearing Cut In Wages Of Pastoral Workers

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 1

Federal Conciliation commissioner, Mr. J. R. Donovan, this week reduced the wages of about 50,000 workers in the pastoral industry in all States, except Queensland, because of the fall in the price of wool…

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Details of Wool for Defence Prices And Wages

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 4

Recent developments in the wool market are encouraging-Government orders for defence purposes to some degress…

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Riverina Farmers "Are Inviting Bushfire Disaster" Committee's View

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 3

Many farmers throughout the Upper Murray catchment area, and in Riverina, invite disaster from bushfire through failure to take proper pre­cautions around their homesteads…

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Good Wheat Crop at Tumut?

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 4

With the rains having apparently cleared temporarily, giving farmers opportunity to prepare land for sowing, it is likely that the wheat crop in the Tumut district will be only slightly…

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Wool Report

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 2

The Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co. Ltd., reports: Following the Easter recess, No. 14 series of woof auctions were…

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Butter, Cheese Price Rise

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 4

The retail price of butter, cheese and processed milk products will rise from July 1. Butter will be 6d or 8d per lb…

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Commercial Wagga sheep market

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

The Associated Agents of Wagga— Dalgety and Co. Ltd., New Zealand loan Co. Ltd., Younghusband Ltd, A.M.L…

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Sydney wool sales

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 3
Also in Cootamundra Herald

SYDNEY, Thursday: All the best features of the pre­vious day were again in evid­ence, and the market closed…

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