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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge Street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,838 bales, and the sales,…

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Wool Healthier Market

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

Manufacturers of woollen textiles were well supplied until a little while ago with raw material. At the end of November wool sorters in French manufacturing centres were…

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Commercial Wool Sales Resumed

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 22

The secretary Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. writes on the 6th January:—Much interest centred in the resumption of wool sales in Sydney…

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Gland Grafting of Sheep Voronoff Experiments in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 17

Realising the prospective value to our pastoral industry of gland grafting, as advocated by Dr. Voronoff, should it fulfill the claims made by…

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Our Wheat Double Yield Forecast Geneva

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

Speaking at a meeting of experts called by the League of Nations to discuss the world crisis in agriculture, Mr. F. L. McDougall, of Australia…

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Cotton Values Higher Than Wool Brighter Outlook

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 13

THE most heartening aspect of the wool position is that the value of the world's other great natural textile fibre, cotton, is relatively on…

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Lower Wheat Prices Bran Down 10- a Ton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 16

Prices were easier in the local wheat market yesterday, and business was dull. Buyers held off, and sellers were not pressing…

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Wool Outlook. Mr. Whittakers Advice. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 11

Mr. George Whittaker, addressing the British Wool Federation on his re-election to the presidency, replied to a suggestion in the Australian Press that the decline of wool…

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Wages in Wool Trade London, Wednesday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

The Minister of Labor has appointed Mr. Hugh Pattison MacMillan, K.C., to be a "Court of Inquiry" to investigate the dispute regarding the wages in the…

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No "Bears" Drop in Wool Prices Bradford's Version London

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

The president of the British Wool Federation (Mr. Geo. Whitaker) denies that the lowered wool prices are due to a "bear" movement. It…

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No Reduction of Wheat Estimate Harvest Should Total 32,000,000 Bushels

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 17

"The wheat yields in many parts of the State have been above expectations, whale in other centres the returns have been most…

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Fabric Fashion Revue Stimulation of Sale of Manufactured Wool New York

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

The Wool Institute is opening a golden fleece fabric fashion revue at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel for the stimulation of the sale of manufactured…

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No "Bearing" of Wool, Says Bradford Prices Beyond Control of Textile Industry LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

The president of the British Wool Federation (Mr. G. Whitaker) denies that lower wool prices are due to a "bearing" movement…

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The Eton Crop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 51

Wife: "Now that I have had my hair bobbed, I don't think I look so much like an old lady." Husband: "No. Now you look like an…

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Elderly Farmer Injured. Taralga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 12

Mr. M. Quinn, 76 years, of Stonequarry, while loading hay slipped and fell, dislocating his hip. After being treated by the local doctor, it was found necessary to send…

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On the Land Temora Farm. Instructive Experiments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 9

The results of the comprehensive series of tests with wheat at Temora Experiment Farm for the past season have been compiled by Mr. K. G. Carn, the experimentalist, and have…

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Dry Farming in the West Keen Interest in Coming Convention

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 17

Considerable interest is being taken in the mallee and dry farmers' convention set down for Merriwagga on February 4. Already a large number…

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Sale of Butter

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 20

M.B.C. writes: Can a farmer, not having a licensed dairy. legally sell butter to a baker? Under Section 8 of the Dairies…

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Cattle Market Lower

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

Although vzlues at the start were about on a par with last day. competition soon ezsed, and prices for zli bat extra choict young ca[?]le showed a iall of 16 to [?] per head…

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Cattle Market Higher

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 11

From the outset spirited competition prevailed, and values for wood and prime beef showed an advance of 15/- to 20/- per head; with the plainer grades improving about 10/…

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