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Farming & the land, 1916

10,780 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Big Bush Fires. Great Loss of Property. Wheat and Sheep Burnt. Albury

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 3

Details of the [?] in the late disastrous [?] in the neighborhood of Cookardinla and [?] worth about [?] were destroyed…

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Butter Supplies. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 17

Supplies of butter in Brisbane are at present more than equal to local consumption, and it is stated that Victo[?] buyers [?] operating…

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The Wheat Crop. Good Returns in Narrandera District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

NARRANDERA.—Stripping is now complete in the Narrandera district, and farmers are busy carting in the grain to the railway, Yields have, in a number of cases, exceeded…

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Export of Butter. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 18

No further permits for the export of butter have been granted by Mr. Tudor, Minister for Customs, and it is intended to review the whole situation before any further action is…

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Wheat Freights. Australia's Position

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- Dealing with the question of shipping freights and its bearing on the cost of living, "Fairplay" says: -- "The general assumption is that British…

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Export of Butter. a Permission Withdrawn

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- For the present It 18 not the intention of the Minister for Customs, to permit the export of any butter from the Commonwealth. The balance of the 72 tons…

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The Wool Trade. a Still Stronger Demand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

There was some little doubt last week as to how the market might go when auctions were resumed in Sydney and Victoria this week. Higher freights and insurance to the…

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Wheat Freights. Shipping Journal's Comment. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 17

"Fairplay" says: "The general assumption is that British shipowners by running up freights are increasing the cost of the people's daily bread, but in regard to…

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London Wool Sales. Excited Market. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day there was a very [?] market, and full opening [?] continent. Good [?] brought [?] prices. [?] for the [?] of the clips mentioned…

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At Warwick Farm

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 19

The people who went up to Warwick Farm on Saturday with the Intention of making money met with mixed sort of [?], and on the whole must have lost…

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French's Forest Soldiers' Farms

Evening News · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4
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"All In" writes:—The idea is a splendid [?] has been most [?] mismanaged from the start—January 1, 1916. It is the [?] to and from that must be [?] also…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Ringers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

Among shearers in Australia there is an ambition to "lead" the shed. For the most part shearers are, or were, in the days of "blade" shearing—in recent years both men…

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Farmers' Union. Movement at Tamworth. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

There was a representative gathering of farmers of the Tamworth district in the Oddfellows' Hall last night, for the purpose of discussing the question of the formation of…

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The Season and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

DORRIGO, Friday. -- Useful showers have fallen lately, and grass shows the benefit, though more Is needed to ensure a good growth before the winter. Mr. Jarrett, a local farmer,…

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A Farmers' Union. Initial Steps at Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Friday. -- Farmers In the Tamworth district decided last night to form a union which Is to be the nucleus of a union throughout the State. There was a large and…

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Big Wheat Sale

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 10

The Australian Wheat Board yesterday sold 7000 tons of Victorian wheat for May shipment abroad at 68/6 per quarter…

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Record Prices for Wheat

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 9

Very satisfactory sales of wheat by the Australian Wheat Board were announced yesterday by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. C. Grahame). "The Board," said the Minister…

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Wool Sales To-morrow

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 10

Considerable interest is being taken in the resumption of the wool season in Sydney tomorrow. The majority of buyers who have been absent in Tasmania will return to-day…

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Excited Wool Market London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day there was a very excited market and full opening rates continued flood crossbreds brought extreme prices. Prices in the fleeces of the clips mentioned…

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