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Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

The Australian Wheat Board. The Overdraft Decreasing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

The bank overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board, which stood at £14,083,000 on August 11th last, is fast approaching extinction. Financial…

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Australia's Wheat Board's Increasing Credit MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

According to statistics issued the morning by the Australian Wheat Board the New South Wales pool is now in credit to the extent of £592,000 on…

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Field, Orchard and Garden Crops Cereal Harvest the South Australian Official Estimate of the Crop Wheat, Hay, and Barley

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

The official forecast of the South Australian cereal harvest for 1919-20, compiled from the December reports, has been issued by the Government…

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British Wool Imposts. Increased Supplies from Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

The imparts for 1919 of Australian and New Zealand wool into the United Kingdom were 2,529,372 bales, as compared with 852,874 bales in the…

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Wool Appraisements. Value of the Tasmanian Clip

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

The Tasmanian wool appraisements have now been completed. The offering consisted of the largest lot ever presented in Tasmania and its total…

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Fire at Wallaroo. Penno's Wheat Sterilising Plant Destroyed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

Penno's bag factory and the British Government's sterilising and reconditioning plants at the wheat yards at Wallaroo, South Australia, were…

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N.S.W. Wheat Shortage. Supplies from Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

At the conclusion of a conference of Commonwealth and State representatives in Melbourne last week, to discuss matters affecting the wheat pools, the…

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Shed Resolutions. Fares and Drinks. Go Sheep and 33-H[?] WEEk

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Further resolutions from the shearing rebelling the [?] office are even more remarkable than those recently published in the "Stock…

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Public Affairs From the Rural Standpoint the Farmers and Their Lost Wheat the Value in Hard Cash Op Direct Parliamentary Representation for the Men on the Land

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

The Hebrew King, who said in his hastate, "All men are liars," might have said with the same happy generalisation to-day: "All men are thieves."…

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Selling Our Wool Export Council to Meet MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

The council which is to control the export of Australia's wool will meet [?] Melbourne on Tuesday next when rules and regulations will be drawn up…

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Oversea Market Cables. London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 8

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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The State Wheat Office Scandal: Report of the Royal Commissioner

The Land · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 9

To His Excellency, Sir Walter Davidson, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor of the State of…

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Wheat Deficiency. Said to Be 14,000,000 Bushels. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 8

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Oman, states that, according to information supplied to the Australian Wheat Board recently, the requirements of New South Wales…

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Wheat Inquiry Official Comments on the Commissioner's Report. Shielding Mr. Grahame

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Upon receiving the interim report upon the N.S.W. wheat inquiry (published in the last issue of the " Farmer and Settler"), the…

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The Butter Case Judgment in the Action Against an Adelaide Firm. an Unreliable Witness

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

At the Adelaide (S.A.) police court on Saturday last, Mr. Sabine, S.M., delivered reserve judgment in what has become known as the "butter-case."…

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Graziers' Association of N.s.w. Executive Meeting. the Wool Scheme

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Executive was held on 5th January when Mr. B. B. Allen presided. There were also present: Messrs. W. F…

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Railway Wool Rates Growers Protest Against Increase. Hard Hit by Drought

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 6

When it was proposed last month to increase the railway freights, the president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. A. K. Trethowan, M.L.C.)…

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Starving Stock Wheat Prices Considered to Be Much Too. High. Local Committees Active

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 6

At the quarterly meeting of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales in Sydney last week complaints were received from local committes…

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The Sydney Wool Trade. Special Weekly Review. Appraisements Proceeding. the Shipping Position. English Trade Views

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 14

The first round of appraisements since the resumption was completed on Wednesday, and on the same day the second round started. This comprises 40,000…

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Flocks and Herds—breeding and Feeding the Wool Pool Sponsor of the National Council Scheme in Defence, Sir John[?]higgins Replies

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 6

Replying to criticisms of his proposal for the formation of a national council to control the wool sales at the expiration of the British contract in June next, the…

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