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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

9,182 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

On the Land. Wheat Harvest. Further Details. Uniformly High Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

Supplementing his brief statement of the harvest results, as published in Saturday's "Herald," the Government Statistician (Mr. (H. A Smith) yesterday issued the divisional…

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More Ships Held Up. Wheat Involved Preference to Returned Soldiers

Country Life Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 4

Three more ships were held up on Saturday. Preference to returned soldiers along the Sydney waterfront will be enforced…

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Shipping the Export Surplus of 45,000,000 Bushels of Wheat

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

ONE OF THE BIG CARRIERS LOADING AT THE TERMINAL SILOS AT WHITE BAY…

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Rural Interest Settlement and Production the Great Wheat Harvest Details of Estimate 45 Million Bushels for Export

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

As briefly announced on Saturday, the Government Statistician (Mr. H. A. Smith) estimates the current wheat harvest at slightly under 61 million…

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London's Fog Extends to Paris Crop of Accidents London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

[?] on the streets [?] and trams…

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Broadcasting To-day's Programme Farmer's Service Call sign, 8 F.C. 1100 Metres

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 11

[?] Chinese 12 [?] Market reports [?] Sydney Morning Reuter's and Australian…

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Produce. Dairy

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

Increases in the price of eggs, announced on Saturday, came into force amongst city dairy produce houses yesterday. Newlaid, nice graded, were selling at 1/8 per…

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Northern Rivers Crops. Heavy Maize Yields Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

Reporting on the conditions and prospects on the North coat, Mr. W. R. Walkins, agricultural instructor, states that the maize crops look exceptionally well, and the yields…

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Green Grass Kills Dairy Cows Wellington

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

Two Wellington dairymen have suffered serious loss as a result of their cows eating green Soudan grass. Mr. Stewart Matthews turned his…

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"Be Prepared" Fodder, Crops, and Silos

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

BYRON BAY.--"Whether we like it or not," said Mr. R. E. Alcorn, a well- known Northern River farmer recently, "the farmers on the North Coast will…

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Wheat Loading. Brisk Chartering

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 4

The chartering of tonnage for wheat loading at Australian ports still continues upon a brisk scale. A feature has been the chartering of Japanese…

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Wheat Handling. Wharfmen Against Overtime

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

At a stop-work meeting on Saturday morning of members of the Waterside Workers' Federation who are employed handling wheat at Barling Island it was…

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Big Butter Surplus Eggs in Full Supply

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

So far the shipping trouble has not affected the dairy produce market to any appreciable extent. The coastal steamers are running as…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 14

At the Melbourne wool sales to-day ca[?] comprized [?] of which the Australian [?] Land and [?] Co. submitted £557 [?] and the Victorian Producers 2100 ba[?] No mat[?]…

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Rural Interests Settlement and Production Riverina Wheat Crops Up-to-date Methods an Expert's Criticism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 2

In submitting to the Royal Agricultural Society his report with the results of the Championship Field Wheat Competition in the Riverina division,…

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Wheat Cargoes Sold London, January 13

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 6

A shipment of 4200 tons of South Australian wheat by the steamer Sheaf Lance, expected to be despat[?]ed between January 15 and January 31, has been sold at 66s 4½d:…

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Wheat Handling. Threat to Waterside Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 13

"It would take only a matter of 48 hours and we could have enough farmers down here to man the waterfront. They did it before and they will do it again if…

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Seamen Flout Court. The Picking up Places. Rivalry Between Wharf Unions. Farmers and the Wheat Ships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 13

At meetings of the Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane branches of the Seamen's Union it was decided not to obey the award made on Monday by Mr. Justice Powers fixing the Mercantile Marine Offices as picking-up places for seamen. The decisions are believed to be tentative pending the meeting of…

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Wool: The Importance of Regulating Supplies

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 28

Taking the Broad view of the wool outlook there is nothing in recent developments to cause any alarm. Raw material dominates the position to the exclusion of every other consideration. Wool consumers the world over have felt the pinch of short stocks, and whilst, for a time, many have secured fair supplies, the future has to be provided for. Necessarily there is a speculative element in buying, and prices are on a very high level…

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