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Farming & the land, 1920

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Camden Merino Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

E. D. E. Van Weonen writes:—It has evidently escaped members of the family founded in Australia by Captain John Macarthur that it is exactly 100 years ago that Captain…

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Wheat Handling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The executive of the Victorian Farmers' Union is calling a conference for February 3 for the purpose of drafting a workable scheme for, the future…

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Financial. Wheat Supplies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 8

The Minister for Lands has furnished an explanation of the difference hetween the estimate of our wheat requirements, made by the Wheat Board and by the Government…

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Wheat and Morals

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 3

IF an intimate acquaintance with the game of polities has left the people of New South Wales any sense of self-respect, the report of the Wheat Commission will seal…

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Seed Wheat Wanted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 3

BATHURST.--The conditions are ideal for ploughing, but there is a serious shortage of seed wheat and oats. Most of the district crops last season were extremely poor, and…

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Australian Pastoral Co. London, January 19

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 1

The Australian Pastoral Company, Limited, has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. free of tax, on the year's operations. The sum of £9000 has…

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Wool Sales at Antwerp

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales opened to numerous buyers and lively bidding. A choice selection of merino's was sold at an advance of 5 to 10 per cent…

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Wool Prices. Profiteering Question

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 4

So much interest and public comment has been aroused in England by the allegations recently made of profiteering in wool that several…

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Wheat Shortage. Who Is Responsible?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

The Acting Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. G. Ashford, states that the S[?] Wheat Board is in no way responsible for the wheat shortage in New South Wales. The…

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Sheep for South Africa. Capetown, January 21

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

A message from Pretoria states that the Government has agreed to allow the principal wool and sheep export, now proceeding to Australia, to investigate the sheep and wool…

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Wool Clip. Marketing Scheme. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

Questions affecting the marketing of Australian wool clip after the terminat[?] the contract with the British Government June 30 were further considered to-day…

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Grahame Resigns. Sequel to Wheat Commission's Report

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Judge Pring's report on the administration of the State Wheat Office left no other course to the Holman Government than that of either securing the…

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Australian Sheep. South Africa to Buy. Capetown, Jun. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 7

A report from Protoria states that the Government has agreed to allow the princiPal wool and sheep expert, now proceeding to Australia, to investigate the sheep and…

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Wool Sale at Manchester. Monthly Sales Established

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 5

The Manchester "Evening News" of November 17 says:—The establishment of a spot market in Manchester either for cotton or wool has for many years…

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Commercial. Wool and Woollens. the Risk of Reaction

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 21

Appraisements are proceeding in Sidney, but a break of ten day will occur between 22nd January and 2nd February. During that period…

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Australasian Wool Supply in England an Official Statement

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 6

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, Director-General of Raw Materials (Ministry of Munitions), has issued the following statement of the statistical position of…

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N.s.w. Wheat Supply. Importation Necessary. Government Responsible

The Australian Worker · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 14

On figures compiled by the N.S.W. Statistician, the recent harvest of the State will yield 4.494,000 bushels—the lowest since 1912…

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

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 4

The following is the conclusion of the pastoral letter issued by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney in connection with his visit ad limina to Rome:…

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Wool Profiteering. Pacts to Be Published. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 7

A meeting of the Standing Committee on Trusts unanimously decided in favour of the publication of the report regarding wool profiteering, but is awaiting the decision of…

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£60,000,000 Australian Wool Profits Government Profiteering LONDON, January 19

The Sun · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. Mackinder, the Yorkshire warehouseman, who in reporting the results of the official sub-committee's investigation into the price of wool on…

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