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Farming & the land, 1914

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Butter Exports

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

Returns to hand from the Customs and excise office for the week ending January 10 show that a total of 13,293 boxes of butter (2633 unsalted) were exported from New South Wales…

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Wool Manifested

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

There were 715 bales of wool manifested to arrive at Darling Harbor and sub-stations yesterday…

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Wool Sales

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

At the wool, sales on the Royal Exchange this afternoon 12,059 bales were catalogued. The' market maintained the satisfactory position it attained at the beginning of the…

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Wool Scours

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 24

The minimum rate fixed by the award for working at a wool scour is as follows:—Adults, 38/ per week with keep; boys between 18 and 21, 30/ per week…

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"Black" Wheat Barred Farmers' Plan. Wharfmen's Decision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

Serious trout [?] appears to be looming in connection with the dispute in country contras over the handling of wheat. Yesterday at 8 p.m. the wheat loaders at…

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Victorian Wheat Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

There have been 2.140,708 bags of wheat loaded on trucks at country stations in Victoria since the opening of the season on December 16, as compared with 876,958 over the same period…

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Commonwealth Wheat Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 11

Exports of wheat from the Commonwealth last week were on a heavy scale—over 2,380,000 bushels. Victoria sent away 1,265,000 bushels, and New South Wales 843,000 bushels…

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"Black" Wheat. Fighting a Boycott. Farmers Ready. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

In reference to reports to the effect that arrangements had been completed for 700 farmers from this district to go to Sydney to handle grain declared "black" by unionists,…

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London Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Evening News

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, Limited, report having received from their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., the following…

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Australia's Wool Industry

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 41

Australia's great wool industry, founded in 1793 by Captain John Macarthur, when he imported a number of. Bengal sheep from Calcutta, has had a wonderful career, though…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 11,857 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Butter Shipped From New South Wales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 4

H.M. Customs has issued the appended return, showing the quantity of butter exported from this State during the week ended the 10th January,…

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Ungarie District. Good Wheat Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 6

WAGGA.—The suirability of a great deal of the country that will be served by the Wyalong to Lake Cudgellico railway for wheat-growing has been well demonstrated…

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"Black" Wheat. Railway Men's Attitude

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

So far the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association has not been notified of the arrival of any "black" wheat at the Darling Harbor yards…

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"Black" Wheat. Wharfies Will Not Work It

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 8

The wheat strike, which is affecting several centres of New South Wales, has reached Sydney, and it is possible that it may lead to a serious situation. For some weeks the wheat…

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English Commercial Cables. London Colonial Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday.—The first series of the 1914 London-colonial wool sales opened yesterday, when the market was steady at about unchanged rates…

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London Wool Sales. Competition Continues Keen. London, Thursday Morning.)

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 9

The wool sales were continued yesterday,' and were Again well attended by representatives of English, Continental, and American houses…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Strong Competition. Good Demand for Spinning Wools

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7

At the closing wool sales of the week, held this afternoon, three catalogues were offered, covering [?] bales. They wire the Australian Mercantile Land, and Finance…

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