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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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Produce Markets Price of Butter Probable Reduction Plenty of Fruit

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 6

Business in Sussex Street will be resumed to-morrow. Dairy produce quotations are not likely to show any material alterations…

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Wheat and Oat Trials. Yields in the Tamworth District

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 7

Very satisfactory results were obtained in some of the wheat, oat and barley experiments which have been conducted in the Tamworth district under the supervision of Mr…

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The Show Season Opens at Albion Park Strong in Cattle Albion Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

The first of the season's South Coast Shows was opened to-day at Albion Park, with a good attendance. The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn)…

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Trade Review Bright Outlook Values for Wool London, Saturday, Jan. 1

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

"We may look to the new year with quiet confidence" is a sentence in the annual review of one of the principal firms of wool-brokers, in…

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Prospects & Tips for Warwick Farm Bad Lot to Pick From in January Handicap Form Shown at Randwick Says Most for Queen's Bow Stayers at Warwick Farm

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

THE PRINCIPAL EVENT AT WARWICK FARM this. afternoon, the January Handicap, appears to be a most open race, owing to the very moderate lot of horace engaged. IT IS PROBABLE THAT A FEW of those who have already accepted will…

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Burglar Secures £130 Dairyman's Loss Watch-dogs Were of No Use Orange

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 5

A burglar entered C. V. Osteliffe's home on New Year's Eve, and stole £ 130 in cash, which had been put securely away in a seaman's chest…

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Illawarra Dairying The Milk Merger

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

DAPTO.--The downward trend of production in Illawarra has been definitely arrested by the splendid soaking rain which is backing up the…

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Warwick Farm Races Lady Clara Hardest to Beat in Three-year-old Race Candidates' Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 5

Course scratchings may case the situation from backers' point of view, but a close study of the acceptances for the meeting of the Australian Jockey Club at Warwick Farm this afternoon will satisfy followers…

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Wheat Charter Terms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 13

Discussing the situation which has been created in the Australian wheat and flour trade as the result of attempts to agree on the wording of the standard form of charter…

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Rapid Wheat Elevators

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 2

WAGGA.--The largest load of wheat received this season was shifted from the waggon to the silo in 16 minutes. Far from there being any congestion,…

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Wool Tops Firm

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

There is a Arm market for wool tops at Bradford, although prims show no movement and business is restricted. WOOL TOPS FIRM…

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Those Butter Duties Incidental Difficulties

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

The special correspondent of "The Sun" asked Mr. Bruce if he considered it a violation of the Canadian-Australian treaty for Canada to invoke…

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Wheat Men Worried World's Big Supply

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

The world's wheat situation is paramount in the minds of traders everywhere, and the majority consider the market to be "bearish," as…

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New Series Sydney Wool Sales To-day's Activity

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 9

The tenth series of Sydney wool sales was opened in the Royal Exchange this afternoon two agents submitting an aggregate of 10,693 bales…

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Struck by Lightning. Dairy Farmer Killed. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 12

During a thunderstorm at Lower Ulmarra this afternoon Bennet William Blanch, 43, a well-known dairy farmer, was struck by lightning and instantly killed. He was leaning…

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World's Wheat Chicago Slump Checked Enormous Shipments Chicago

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 3

Firmer cables from Argentina, combined with enormous world shipments, arrested Friday's slump in wheat futures, which closed steady at 5s 6d for…

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Wool Sales Series Resumed Good Quality Cups From Wide Area

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

AFTER a holiday break of three week the [?]nth series of [?] was commenced at the Royal Exchange this afternoon. Two…

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On the Land. English Wool Trade. Raw Material Values Sound (From Our Special Correspondent.) London, Nov. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 9

Before a very crowded room, the final series of London sales for the year began on Tuesday. The catalogues submitted were by no means great, but contained a nice sprinkling…

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Farmer's New Building

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 1

The first place of Hawhasbury freestone being placed in position on the corner of farmer's new building this morning…

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Wife Slain at Farm: Horror in W.A. Head Shot Off Husband Surrenders Talk of Jealousy Peris

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1927 · page 7

A SHOCKING tragedy occurred at a farm at Donnybtook to-day. The body of a married woman named…

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