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Farming & the land, 1926

9,032 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

Wants a Wife Queensland Farmer Mayor of Bath's Assistance LONDON

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

Alderman Chivers, Mayor of Bath, announces that he has found a Queensland farmer with 12,000 acres and an honest face, who, looking out…

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An Attendance of 10,000 at Warwick Farm First Favorites Win Three Races

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 9

Warwick Farm attracted an attendance of about 10,000 yesterday. It was only to be expected, as there was no racing opposition, and nothing in the way of big cricket. There was only one large field, that being…

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Finishes at Warwick Farm Yesterday

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 9

TOP: TRANSLATOR, IN THE SEFTON HANDICAP, DEFEATS BATHOS (ON THE RAILS), WITH WARACRE THIRD. COINAC[?] (with THE WHITE FACE) IS FOURTH. BELOW: DUET, IN THE WARWICK JANUARY HANDICAP, JUST GETS UP IN TIME TO BEAT GADAMIN, WHILE WHIZBRO WAS THIRD. JOHN SANDS IS FOURTH…

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Duet Wins Long Race at Warwick Farm Overhauls Gadamin in Final Furlong

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 9

Gulgong did not run up to Randwick form in the January Handicap. His win in the Alfred Hill Handicap pointed to him us having an excellent chance of success, but yesterday he showed slight soreness in his…

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Duet Springs a Surprise a Winner at Warwick Farm over a Mile and a Quarter

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

ALTHOUGH the Australian Jockey Club bung up £250 for the winner of the Warwick January Handicap only eight moderates contested the stake. On the strength of his recent Rand-…

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Wide at Turn Warwick Farm Tragedies

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

ANYTHING that begins slowly. or misses the jump, in a short race at Warwick Farm has two chances—its own and Buckley's…

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Non-stayer, Duet, Shines Over Long Trip at Warwick Farm a Toohey Triumph Pugnacious Pulls the Pewter

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

HAD Pugnacious been favored with a decent post position in the Farm Stakes at Warwick Farm yesterday, it is safe to assert that the gelded son of Robert the Bruce and La Tango would have started at almost prohibitive odds…

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"Free of Thistles" Troth Travels John Baron's New Stud Farm P. A. Connolly's Night Mare

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 2

MR. JOHN BARON BROWN used to hold suburban racing in scorn, and it was only as a matter or condescension that he MR. P. A. CONNOLLY, the Westralian sportsman, has raced quite a number of horses in Sydney, but his venture has not…

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"Pull Out !" Farmers' Party and the Govt. Split Likely Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1926 · page 5

A serious split in the Victorian Farmers' Union is likely. One section is opposed to composite governments. At the annual conference, the…

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Wheat and Wool Condobolin's Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 7

CONDOBOLIN.--Harvesting in this district is completed, and more wheat has been carted into Condobolin railway yards than in any previous year…

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Very Few Sheep Farming in America

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

A peculiar feature of America's rural life, according to Mr. J. Parker, who arrived in Sydney on the Niagara yesterday, is that sheep are very little…

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Marries an Actress Sheep Farmer's Romance London

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 14

An Australian sheep farmer's romance with a revue actress, following their meeting abroad a liner going to England, has culminated in the [?]…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 13

In Sydney sales are slow at the advanced price of 168/ per cwt, Prescott, Ltd., reports. Buyers took full advantage at the end of the year of the knowledge that, under the…

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Wool Control Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 13

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., held in London recently, Mr. R. H. Ca[?]d, chairman of directors, said in reference…

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Australian Wool Stocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 13

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia furnishes the following statement, showing the number of bales of merino and crossbred wool held unsold…

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Woollen Wool Packs

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 7

The all-wool wool pack recommended by the Bradford Chamber of Commerce will be thoroughly tested this year. In this State, station wool will be put…

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Christchurch Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 13

Prices realised were:—Merino, super /20½ to /22¾, medium /18 to /20, inferior /14½ to /17½; Corriedale, super /19½ to /22, medium /17½ to /19, inferior /15 to /17; fine half-bred, super /19½ to /21¾, medium /17¼…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat in Elevators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 13

According to a return issued by the silo authorities, wheat i[?] elevators on January 8 totalled 7,983,431 bushels, of which 1,237,655 bushels were in the Sydney terminal, and…

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Narromine's Wheat. a Great Harvest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 9

NARROMINE.—Although at present the figures in connection with the season's wheat harvest are in a very incomplete state, still sufficient can be reported to show what a…

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N.Z. Wool Sales Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 8

At the Christchurch wool sales, the whole of the buying bench appeared to want wool. Bradford buyers were much more active than at the previous sale…

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