Wheat Freight. An Increase contemplated
A message from London last week stated that the government rate of the freight on wheat from Australia would be raised when the present contract…
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Butter Prices Producers Not Satisfied LISMORE
Dairyman from all parts of the Richmond River district gathered at Lismore yesterday afternoon when the Minister for [?] was severely criticised for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timber for Butter Boxes. Victorian Mountain Ash Suitable
Careful experiments have proved that Victorian mountain ash is in every way suitable for making butter boxes. Mr. H. R. Mackay, a member…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wool Cup. Scheme for Control
Although not yet complete in detail, a scheme for the marketing of the next wool clip has been drafted and will soon be submitted to woolgrowers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Marketing the Wheat. a Conference of Growers
The executive of the Victorian Farmers' Union is calling a conference for February 3rd, for the purpose of drafting a workable scheme for the future…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter and Cheese. Control Committee Mooted. London, January 26
There is a movement afoot among the importers of colonial butter and cheese and wholesale traders for combined action when the Ministry of Food relinquishes control…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Allotment of Sheep-trucks. Reversion to the Old System
At a meeting of the Sydney fatstock salesman on Monday last it was decided to ask the N.S.W. Railway Department to revert to the old system…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep-truck Shortage Cootamundra Graziers Suffer. Inconvenience and Loss
Complaints are rife in the Cootamundra (N.S.W.) district owing to the failure of the railway department to [?] orders for sheep-trucks. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weight of Wool. a Protest Against Deductions
At a meeting of farmers at Cudal (N.S.W.) last week the system prevailing in the wool trade of deducting 1-lb. per ewt, from the weight of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News of the Day From the Four Quarters Tit for Tat Farmers Revolt Against Exploitation by Townsfolk. Letting Tub Crops Rot
There are grave apprch[?]sions of serious famine in South-Eastern Europe, and especially in Roumania, which in pre-war days was one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Sales 113d for Scoured Merinos LONDON, January, 22
The London wool sales were resumed to-day. The best grades of Victorian scoured merinos were sold at 113d, while Sydney scoureds brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Profiteering Government Denounced Australia's Great Loss LONDON, January 24
In the House of Commons, Mr. H. T. Mackinder, of Bradford, denounced the profiteering in wool, and declared that the Government had made over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Big Elevator. at Glebe Island. Preparations for the Wheat Harvest
If you try to think of the big terminal elevator at Glebe Island in terms of men, money or material, or if you have time enough to pore over the 2000 or more plans involved…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Industry Control of Next Season's Australian Clip. the National Council
The joint conference between delegates appointed by the organisations representing wool-growers in the various states of the Commonwealth and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Profits on Wool. Half to be Given to the Growers
The report of the committee that has been investigating the profits on wool-tops and yarns state that all the Australian wool sold by auction since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Inquiry Seven "Warrants for the Arrest of Persons Suspected. Outcome of the Commission
It was stated in Sydney on Saturday that warrants had been issued for the arrest of seven men whose names had been mentioned in the course of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the Man on the Land the Wool Position. Re-Establishing Australian Auctions
The major problem of re-establishing the system of selling wool by auction in Australia at the termination of the present wool scheme (on June 30) is built up of a number of sectional problems…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Wool Trade Second Series of Sydney Appraisements Finished. Small Clips Badly "Got Up."
The second series of wool appraisements for the new year were concluded in Sydney last week. The catalogues showed a larger proportion of free soft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat Board. £3,000,000 to Be Distributed. High Cost of Supplies From Victoria. Melbourne
A long meeting of the Australian Wheat Board was held at the Prime Minister's office to-day. The main subject discussed was the local-selling price for wheat[?] but the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wheat Pool. £32,000,000 for Growers. Supplies for New South Wales. Price Question Discussed
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The question of the price of wheat far local consumption was further discussed to-day by the Australian Wheat Board, which met at the Prime…
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