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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

9,182 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Shipping Wheat Harvest Serious Deadlock Trouble About Overtime

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

The shipping of the season's wheat may be held up as the result of a deadlock which occurred on Friday at the Wheat…

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Wheat Galore Tramp Steamers' Harvest Great Activity at Harbor

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

THE tramp steamers, those grimy-looking fellows with, long, thin funnels, are making to Australia from every corner of the…

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Strange Visits of Mysterious Stranger Dealer and Wool Buyer Wanted Jewish Food

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

WHERE is C. J. De Garis? Nobody knows. He may be on the Maheno or he may be in riding on land. The discovery of a piece of paper in the room occupied by the…

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Butter Is Down, But Eggs Are Up Advisory Committee Drop Butter to 12½ -- Egg Council increases Price to 18 a Dozen for New-Laid -- Cheese Shipments Clear-- Potatoes May he Cheaper--Vegetables Sell well

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 6

BUTTER will be 1d a lb. cheaper, at 12½ wholesale to-day. Since the holidays, the markets have been unsettled. Nobody would purchase more than immediate requirements, all anticipating a reduction in values…

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Union News and A.l.p. Notes Wheat Handling Proposal Rejected Overtime Not Wanted

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 6

At a stop-work meeting on Saturday morning, of members of the Waterside Workers Federation who are employed handling…

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Broadcasting Farmer's Service To-day's Programme

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 11

Midday Session:— 19.61: Time Signals [?] Market reports, Stock Exchange, weather, "Sydney Morning Herald" news [?] Reuters and Australian Press…

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Flogging a Boy. Farmer Fined. Western Australian Case. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 9

At the Children's Court at Bunbury, Mr. M. J. Brookman, a well-known farmer, was charged with Ill-treating a boy, aged 15, taken on trial from the State orphanage…

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BROADCASTING Farmer's Service To=day's Programme Call Sign, 2FC: Wave Length, 1100 M.

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 8

Early Evening Session:--6.30: The chimes or 2FC. 6.33: Children's hour. 7.10: Dalgety's market reports (wool, wheat, stock), fruit and vegetable markets, late Stock…

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Farmer's Cruelty Flogs Child With Rubber Hose Heavy Fine Imposed Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

Maitland James Brockman, a well-known farmer, of Bunbury, and a member of one of "West Australia's oldest pioneer families, was fined £20…

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Rural Interests. Settlement and Production Better Farming In Middle West Stimulating Factors

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

The improvement in farming methods in the middle-western districts, from Forbes to Gilgandra, is commended by Mr. H. C. Stoning, manager of…

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Australian Pastoral Co

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 8

The accounts of the Australian Pastoral Co., Ltd., our London correspondent cables, show a net profit of £154,000 for the year ended June 30 last, as against…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 11

The Australian Pastoral Company, our London correspondent cables, in its report for the year ended June 30, discloses a profit of £154,000. A dividend of 10 per cent. for the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 11

Due to an easier tendency in oversea markets shippers reduced the quotation by /0½ to 6/5½, equal to 5/l0½ per bushel to growers delivered at country stations. There has been…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep. Market Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 11

There wss a penning yesterday at the Homebush stock sales of about 12,200 sheep and la[?]bs, including a fair sprinkling of wooly sheep. There was a full attendance of buyers in all branches of the…

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Wool Sales. Spinning Sorts Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 8

Considerable interest was manifested in the opening of the second half of the woolselling season yesterday. The saleroom was crowded with buyers and other interested…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 10

Melbourne wool 'sales for the current year were inaugurated to-day, when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency submitted a catalogue of 6262 bules, comprising a good average selection…

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Wool Sales. Super Easy, But Spinning Wools Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,585 bales, and the sales, including private transactions,…

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The Wool Market Next London Sales LONDON. Monday, Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

The quantity of wool available for the next series of sales commencing in London on January 20 is 108,000 bales This includes 61,000 bales of…

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Brisk Buying General Wool Activity Americans and Japanese Busy

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

The catalogues were offered at the Royal Wool Exchange this afternoon -- the Co-operative Wool and Produce Co., Ltd., lifting 5873 bales, and Pitt, Son and…

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Wool Values Super Lines Show Decline Other Sorts Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Naturally, there was a good deal of expectancy concerning the prices which wool would realise yesterday at the first sales for the second half of the…

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