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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

New Wool Scheme. Registered in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The new wool scheme has been advanced another stage by the registration, under the Victorian Companies Act, of the British Australian Wool Realisation…

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Profiteering Charges. Three Firms Prosecuted. Tins of Sheep Tongues

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

The first prosecutions under section 14 of the Profiteering Prevention Act were dealt with by Judge Beeby yesterday. The Cambridge Delicacies, Ltd., Pitt Street,…

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Victorian Butter Biggest Make for Eight Years Sussex-street Trade

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

Melbourne advises that the production of butter in Victoria during last January was easily a record for abundance as compared with any January during…

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The Soil. Wheat Guarantee. Question of Government Bonds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 8

The president (Mr. Killen) and the general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers Association had an interview with the Minister for Agriculture yesterday, and discussed wheat…

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Australian Wool Question of Disposal LONDON, February 1

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 1

A precautionary meeting of the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association was held in London this afternoon to discuss the future disposal of…

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Wool Prices. Old and New Clips. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

Sir Arthur Goldfinch (Director of Raw Material) explained to the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association the proposals of the Realisation Association regarding the disposal of…

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Wool Sales America Again Active 36½d for Greasies

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

There was a large attendance of buyers at the Royal Exchange this afternoon, when the sixth series of the Sydney wool sales were continued, The…

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On the Land. Wheat Administration. the Guarantee Question. Mr. Dunn's Hope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

Mr. W. W. Killen, president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, and the general secretary of that body (Mr. T. I. Campbell), had an interview with the Minister for…

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The Maranoa District. Its Wonderful Pastoral and Agricultural Resources and Its Illimitable Possibilities. No. 3. Water Conservation and Irrigation

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 22

Taken as a whole, the Maranoa District is exceptionally well watered by natural streams, lagoons, and artesian and sub-artesian bores. The conservation of water is a…

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Sydney Wool Sales Fine Samples Offered New England Clip Brings 36 1/2 d

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

The [?] of Sydney wool sales was advanced another stage this afternoon [?] bales were su[?] by Pitt Son and…

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PROFITEERING Old Time Penalties Fines, Pillory, and Cropped Ears

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

"Profiteering," a phrase now in every one's month, yet is a word so new that it is to be found in a few dictionaries. But its existence was known centuries…

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Mr. John Frape's Will Farmer Leaves £57,886

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 6

Probate has been granted of the will of Mr John Frape of Millthorpe farmer who died on September 29 last. The value of the estate was awo[?] for…

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Mail Contract. Provision for Dairy Produce. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 8

Representatives of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool Committee waited upon the Postmaster-General, Mr. Wise, to-day, and asked that the interests of the dairy produce…

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Peoduce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 10

The mid-week inactivity was more than usually apparent in the dairy produce markets yesterday, but there was no movement in prices. Eggs were exceedingly quiet and some agents were of the opinion that prices…

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A Millthorpe Farmer Estate Valued at £57,886

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

The will of the late John Frape, of Millthorpe, farmer, has, for probate purposes, been sworn at £57,886. Mr. Frape, who died on September 20,…

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Shall Price Be Reduced? Dairymen Differ in Opinion

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 8

Mr. Kenneth Street submitted for Judge Beeby's consideration, the report of Inspector Trevor L. Levy. The report stated that a dairyman…

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Border Railways. Kyogle to Beaudesert. Through Rich Dairy Lands. New Settlement Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

KYOGLE, Wednesday.--The invading parliamentary army this morning pushed out to Kyogle to spy out the rich lands beyond which await railway extension to open the way to…

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Dairying Industry Prosperity. on North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 8

GRAFTON.--In the course of their report covering the operations for the year ended December 31 last, submitted to a meeting of shareholders in the Maclean Co-operative Dairy…

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Famine in China. American Farmers' Offer. New York. February 1

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

The American committee of the China Famine Fund announces that it has been compelled to refuse the offer of American farmers of one million bushels of corn, owing to shipment…

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Wool and Wheat Pools

The Land · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 15

"Subscriber" writes:—(1) Would you kindly let me know the payments made for wool during the war. My wool being only of small quantity was sold to a local agent…

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