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Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Farmers and Co-operation. a Commonwealth Venture

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 8

The Australian Producers' Wholesale Co-operative Federation, Limited, is in course of being constituted in Melbourne. The provisional…

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Fruit Crops the Insurance Ban Co-operative Proposal ORANGE

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 5

The recent devastating hailstorms in this district, with their attendant serious losses to individual orchardists (some of whom will come out on the…

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[?] Among Cattle

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

"Pinkey's an opthaimic disease is reported to be prevalent among cattle on the district between Dunedoo and [?] The cattle become [?]…

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Australian Wheat Board

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

Figures issued by the Australian Wheat Board show that during the four seasons ended 1918-19 and to date of January 5 the undermentioned…

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Wheat Pools. Victorians' Benefit

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

Some interesting figures on the wheat pools in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia came to hand from Melbourne yesterday. It is…

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Record Wheat Loading in South Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

What is believed to be a record in the loading" of wheat for shipment oversea from South Australia was established last week under the…

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Wheat Commission Report. State Wheat Office Administration Condemned. Indications of Conspiracy to Defraud Alleged

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. Justice Pring, who was appointed last September to inquire into matters connected with, the State. Wheat Office, has furnished his report to the State…

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Price of Butter in London London, January 12

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 1

It is expected that the retail price of imported butter will be raised probably to 2s 8d [?] when the Government control of the home-made article…

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Wool Kings and Their War Profits

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

All through the war there wag no more patriotic body of citizens than the squatters of this country. They were, always well to the front when our boys needed…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

The wool sales opened firm, with merinos 5 per cent, above the December closing rates…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

At the London wool sales to-day 10,648 bales were catalogued of which 3785 were from New Zealand. There was an excellent selection of merinos, but crossbreds were indifferent…

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State Wheat. Supplies for New South Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Figures supplied by the New South Wales Government Statistician regarding the wheat requirements of that state are not reconcilable with those…

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London Wool Sales. Merinos Improved. London, January 12

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

The wool sales opened firm, merinos being quoted at 5 per cent. above December closing rates…

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Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Sydney. On the Ad Limina Visit to Rome

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 14

The following pastoral letter has been, issued by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney in connection with his visit ad limina to Rome:—…

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Interstate Poultry Conference. High Price of Wheat Condemned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 5

The annual interstate conference of the National Utility Poultry Breeders' Association commenced to-day, when Mr. J. Gradley, the Federal president, occupied the chair. The…

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The Wheat Scandal. a Sensational Serial Story by Judge Pring

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 10

Judge Pring, who was in September last appointed a Royal Commissioner to investigate the operations of the New South Wales Wheat Office, as part of the…

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The Wheat Inquiry. an Exposure of Laxity, Ignorance and Waste

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 26

Public opinion has not been disappointed at the futility of the findings in the wheat inquiry. Its only value lies in the press reports of the evidence, which enable most…

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Commercial. Small Wool Shipments. Heavy Stocks in U.S.A.

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 29

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The resumption of wool auctions in Australia does not entirely hinge on shipments abroad, as it is desirable…

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The Archbishop's Visit to Rome: A Pastoral Letter To the Clergy and Faithful of the Archdiocese of Sydney

The Catholic Press · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 20

[?] and Children, in Christ Our Lord,—The time has come for paying our homage to the Supreme Pastor by a personal visit to the shrine of the Blessed…

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From the Country Press How the Wind Blows in the Bush. Story of an Onion Crop

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 31

Complaints have been made on many occasions by country producers of the treatment accorded them by Sydney produce merchants (says a West…

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