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Farming & the land, 1916

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Wool Report

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 33

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report, under date January 27: This week has been given over to the Brisbane sales. In the northern market everything has passed off very well…

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Fortunes in Wheat

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 13

WHEN old John Darling died, in South Australia, the other day, and left over a million sterling, some people were astonished at the amount…

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Butter and Cheese. Prices Altered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 10

The Attorney-General made available yesterday the Neccesary Commodities Control Commissions recommendation relative to the prices of butter and cheese. The price of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 17

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date January 27th:—This week has been given over to the Brisbane sales. In the Northern market everything has passed off…

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Wool Sales. Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 11

Wool sales wore held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8312 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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Food Prices. Price of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

An application was made to the Necessary Commodities Control Commission by the butter merchants yesterday for permission to increase the price of butter from 1s 1[?]d per lb. to 1s 3d…

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Breadstuffs. Selling of Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 11

A correspondent asks questions regarding the selling of wheat by farmers to store- keepers. It is authoritatively stated that farmers may sell wheat to storekeepers, but…

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Food Prices. Butter, Pork, and Bacon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 10

Yesterday the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, consisting of Mr. M. J. Connington, who presided, and Mr. W. White, considered the price of butter…

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After the Drought. Casino's Cattle Losses

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 3

CASINO, Wednesday.--The recent rains have caused a good growth of grass and large numbers of cattle are being brought back to the district from the coastal swamp areas, where they were…

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Wheat That Might Be Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In consequence of the determination of the Storemen and Packers' Union to go on strike to-day, a large quantity of wet wheat, which is lying…

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Late News. Commercial. Chicago Wheat Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 6

In Chicago on Tuesday, May deliveries fluctuated between 130[?] cents and 135 cents, as compared with 137[?] cents and 135[?] coats Inst Friday; while July deliveries fluctuated between…

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Price of Butter. Mr. Tudor's Comments. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 10

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) is of opinion that local consumers would have been paying 2s a lb. for butter in Melbourne to-day if he had not taken action to restrict its…

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London Market Cables. Wheat. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 11

The wheat market is quiet, and without change. WOOL SALES. There was a large offering of merinos at…

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The Wool "Boom." What It Means. Change of Customers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 11

Sydney is in the midst of a wool "boom" and scarcely knows it. When a land "boom" or a mining "boom" is on everyone realises all about It. It is the general topic of…

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F.a.q. Wheat. Fixing the Standard. Deferred to February 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 11

Yesterday the grain trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met to determine the f.a.q. standard for the wheat of the State for the current season. Mr. F. B…

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Lost Clan Mactavish Value of Ship and Cargo £200,000 Worth of Wool Aboard

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 7

The Sydney agents for the Clan line estimate the value of the Clan Mactavish and her big cargo at £500,000. She carried Australian wool worth £200,000…

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Commercial. Sussex-street Trade. To-day's Business. F.a.q Wheat Standard. Postponed for a Fortnight

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 5

The train trade sectional committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce met yesterday to determine the [?] standard for the wheat of New South Wales for the cer[?] year. Mr…

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Central Branch. Breach of Contract. Pastoralists Sued for Damage's Union Secures Verdict Against Bragg, of Landgrove. Log Rates in Wheat Yards

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 22

The Central Branch A.W.U., at the Cootamundra Court on January 10, took up the cases of ten members who had made a claim against Arthur Bragg,…

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Poultry Column. Returned Soldiers and Poultry-Farming

Watchman · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

In a short time it is proposed to place many of those who were men enough to face the shot and shell of the Turk on land of sufficient area to enable those who…

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Sacrifice—for the Farmers' Sake

The Australian Worker · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 13

IT has long been the cry of the farmers that they are forced into the position of being Good Samaritans to the rest of the community—especially to the city…

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