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Farming & the land, 1927

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Wheat Pool Referendum

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 34

THE N.S.W. Government is pushing ahead with arrangements for the taking of a ballot of wheat-growers on the question of the compulsory pooling of next season's…

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Wheat the Driver's Whip

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 5

SAYS the "Italian Bulletin of Australia": "At the close of 1924 the rising prices of all commodities in general use pressed heavily on the quarrymen (of Carrara);…

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Wheat and Flour Shipments

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 8

Wheat and flour shipments reported during the week ended December 31, from the Commonwealth, amounted to 1,812,598 bushels, calculating on the…

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A.w.u. Wheat Lumping and Wheat Yard Work Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 20

The following is the agreement made between the Australian Workers Union (representing the employees) and the wheat handling and shipping firms,…

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New Zealand Butter. Higher Import Duty Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 13

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—A deputation representative of all the dairying interests of the State waited upon the Minister for Trade and Customs to-day with a request that the tariff…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales BOBART

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 10

Wool sales commence here on Wednesday. Webster and Son will offer over 11,000 bales, the largest yet submitted by any firm in Tasmania, and Roberts and Co. 7000 bales…

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Wheat Cargoes Quiet London, January 11

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 13

Wheat cargoes are quiet, but prices are unchanged. Parcels also are inactive, and occasionally a turn, easier. Lots ex Suev[?]e at [?]4s 7½d have been sold to Glasgow and…

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Conditions at Inverell. Low Wheat Yields

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 13

It was unfortunate for the Inverell district that following a poor result from the maize crops, owing to the dry autumn, most of the teturns from wheat should have been eqully…

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Wool Sales Developing on Sound Lines

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 33

The prediction of a strong market in the new year has every prospect of realisation. The start off has been auspicious, and competition has decidedly widened, whilst prices generally are firmly maintained, with a tendency in sellers' favour for all the best descriptions. At the beginning of December the "Mail" forecasted an increasingly insistent demand for wool in the new year, and the prospects now point to a steady trend in owners' favour, with a shade of improvement especially in the later sales.—By "Warp."…

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Pretty Thick! Butter, 11Oz. to the Lb. "Australian Morality"

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 11

An Australian firm was doing good business by sending butter to the East. The butter was contained in tins of 12 ounces to the pound…

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State Cattle Stations. Queensland Government's Holdings to be Sold

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 5

Definite action, has been taken by the Queensland State Labor Government to sell all the State owned cattle stations. Those which have not already been on…

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Wool Sales Good Quality Two Agents Sell

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 9

THE eleventh series of wool sales began at the Royal Exchange to-day. The first selling agents, the…

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Wool Sales. Attractive Clips Competition Is Keen

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 8

An aggregate of 10.25 bales was submitted at the closing day of the 10th [?] of woo; sales by the N.Z. Losn and Mercantile Agency co. Ltd and…

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Improving Quality of Wool To-day's Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 11

It is reported that wool is improving. That does not moan that it is better than ever it was. But as the present welling season…

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Wheat Down Another Id a Bushel Overseas Position

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 3

Following on the receipt of cables announcing that quotations were weaker in the overseas wheat market, local shippers reduced their prices a further 1d a bushel…

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Wool Up 5 Per Gent. Advance Brisk Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 1

The first series of new year wool auctions in Sydney concluded yesterday with a healthy tone. The market for all well-grown, free…

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Hobart Wool Sales France v. Germany Hobart

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 14

The first of the Tasmanian wool sales this year were conducted to-day, bidders being present from England, U.S.A., France, Germany, and Japan…

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Nasty Jolt Wheat at Chicago Canadian Transport Chicago

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 3

Opening with an upward slant, the wheat markets jolted again when it was announced that the Canadian railways had declined to accept any…

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On the Land. English Wool Trade. Clean Prices for N.S.W. Clips. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, Dec. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 13

The London sales are drawing to a close, and generally speaking the course of the auctions has been good. We do not consider that prices this week have been equal every…

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Agricultural Board. Harvest arid Farm Hands' Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1927 · page 4

The following is the Agricultural Board's Award to govern conditions of employment in the rural industry in New South Wales:…

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