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Farming & the land, 1920

8,968 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250

Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 8

There was a penning yesterday at Homebush of about 30,000 sheep, and lambs—a thousand less than was drawn for. The quality of the sheep was hardly equal to that of recent…

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N.s.w. Wheat Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

Following on the recent statement of the Australian Wheat Board, the following telegram was despatched to the Prime Minister by the Sydney Stock Exchange:—"Much…

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Price of Butter. Another Increase. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

It has been decided to increase the wholosale price of butter to 1/9½ a lb, and there will consequently be a similar increase of at least /2½ a lb in the retail rates, bringing the…

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Price of Butter. Prospect of an Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

In connection with the recent reduction in the price of butter, Mr. Dunlop, general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union, yesterday state that the union had been…

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Price of Butter N.s.w. Dairymen Protect Against the Rates Fixed. a Petition to Mr. Hughes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 6

At [?] meeting of the Taralga (N.S.W.) Dairymen's Association recently, to protest against the [?]…

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Sales of Wool. Official Statement

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

Inquiries have been made in wool control circles about the objections and fears of the sheepmen of Bathurst, with the result that they are…

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Scourers and the Wool Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Rees, secretary of the Wool Scourers' and Fellmongers' Association of New South Wales, writes: My association takes exception to the incorrect statement made by the Graziers' Association in last Friday's…

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Wheat Pool Losses. Board of Assessment

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 11

The personnel of the board which is to take evidence and assess the share of the Government's responsibility in connection with the loss in 1916-17 and…

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Wheat Pool Payments. a Week's Payments

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 10

Payment made to the Australian Wheat Board on account of oversea and local sales were on a large scale during the week ended February 9…

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London Wool Sales. London, February 17

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5
Also in The Land

At the Government wool sales to-day Continental buyers operated more strongly. Prices for greasy merinos, comebacks, and fine and medium crossbreds hardened, otherwise values…

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Commonwealth Wool Scheme. Special Grants Made

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In recogniton of services rendered in connection with the Commonwealth wool scheme, Sir Robert Garran, Solicitor-General, has been permitted to…

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The Wheat Pool. Payment on March 1

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 10

Senator Russett, charm an of the Wheal Board, has announced that arrangements had now been concluded for the payment on March 1 of the…

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State Wheat Pool. New South Wales' Position

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

In consequence of an announcement made by Senator Russell, as chairman of the Australian Wheat Board and published in "The Daily Telegraph" on February 13, the Committee of the…

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Answers to Questions. Payment for Wool Cnrriage

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 7

"Subscriber" writes:—I went my wool through a forwarding agent at, a fixed price per bale. Is he entitled to charge a loading fee when there was nothing mentioned about…

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Shipping Wool to Europe. London, February 17

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

The Colonial Wool Merchants' Association expects no great difficulty in providing tonnage for the conveyance of Australasian wool to Europe when Government control ceases,…

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Price of Butter Census of Stocks Normal Quantities To-day

The Sun · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 5

At a special meeting of the Butter Pool Committee this morning the following action under statutory regulations was decided upon:--…

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The Market Mirror. Wool. the New Acquisition Proposal

The Land · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 19

Appraisement No. 74 was started in Sydney on the 11th and closed yesterday (Thursday). No. 75 starts to-day with a limit of 27,000 bales of growers' and 3000…

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Producers' Associations. Council Annual Meeting. Next Wool Clip

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Producers' Associations' Central Council, held on Wednesday at the offices of the Graziers' Association, was attended by Messrs. e…

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Farm and Dairy Co.'s Profit

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 8

During the half-year ended December 31 last, the directors of the Berrime Farm and Dairy Company Limited allocated 11 1-1 per cent, of the total com[?] earned as a…

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