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Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Border Wheat Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 17

COROWA, Sunday.--Wheat deliveries at stations on the Corowa-Culcairn railway total 346,000 bags to date. The individual station totals…

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Opossums Attack Wheat Stacks Corowa Farmers Want Open Season

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 17

COROWA.--An open season for the destruction of opossums is wanted by the Corowa P.P. Board. At the last meeting of the board Mr. E. Bott…

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Export of Sheep-skins. Graziers' Opposition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

Referring to the report that the Federal Government has been requested by the Wool and Basil Workers' Union to impose restrictions on the export of woolled sheepskins,…

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Wool Sales To-day's Prices

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 9

AGARAH clip branded Gurdon over N was first offered at the wool sales this afternoon , and brought keen bidding. Japan, Germans, and Bradford were the most…

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Homebush Sales Keen Bidding for Sheep Smaller Yardings

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

The sheep penning at Homebush this morning showed a decrease of 25,300 compared with last Thursday's offering. There were 29,800 in the pens to-day, [?]…

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Lower Prices at N.z. Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 16

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--At the third Wellington wool sale prices showed an all-round drop of 1[?]d to l[?]d a lb…

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Keen Buying Bradford Bids Up Wool Sales

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

Wools of fairly good qua[?]y and length were included among the 10,530 bales offered for auction to-day…

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Wheat Position Canadian Pool Officials Go to London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 16

WINNIPEG, January 11.--"We have no fantastic idea that we can dictate world prices," said an official of the wheat pool, reviewing the situation which is…

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Wheat Pool for All States Federal Government Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 17

A wheat pool, organised by the Federal Government in co-operation with the State Governments, was foreshadowed by the Minister for…

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Wheat Overseas Cargoes and Parcels Cheaper London, January 11

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 8

In the market for wheat cargoes there is a weaker tone, and prices are mostly 3d to 6d a quarter down. For parcels quotations have fallen 6d to is a quarter in an Inactive…

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Wool, Gold, and Cheaper Money! Big Programme For Federal Cabinet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Federal Cabinet will meet in Melbourne to-morrow as a prelude to a long series of sittings to…

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On the Land Australian Wheat. Industry at the Crossroads. Lack of Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 7

In 1909 the wheat production of the Commonwealth was about 90 million bushels, and the exportable surplus 50 millions. About the same period Canada's total production was…

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Mr. Parker Moloney. Advocates Federal Wheat Pool. to Defeat Speculators. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 10

Mr. Parker Moloney (Minister for Markets), accompanied by Mr. M. M. Flannery, M.L.A., Mr. Coleman, M.P., and Mr. A. J. McPherson, organising secretary of the Labour party,…

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On the Land Australian Wheat. Industry at the Crossroads. Lack of Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 9

In 1909 the wheat production of the Commonwealth was about 90 million bushels, and the exportable surplus 50 millions. About the same period Canada's total production was…

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Produce Markets. Money-spinner for Agents Cabbages Take Place of Potatoes No Reduction in Butter

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

A SUDDEN recovery in the price of cabbages was a feature of operations in the Municipal Vegetable Markets on Saturday. Peas and beans slumped again, however, when further big consignments arrived on top of a two days' carry-over…

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Trade Review. Optimism on 'Change. Minimum Wool Prices. Growers' Plan Criticised. London, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

The year opened with the Stock Exchange decidedly cheerful, for the volume of business and the movement of prices were both upward. This was largely due to improved…

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Ran Into Debt Crops Destroyed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Resident of Dursley-road has fallen into debt to the extent of over £100—and and Holroyd Council is to blame. In a letter to the council on Tuesday,…

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Dairying Prospects Bright Most Districts Have Had Good Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 16

The outlook generally is favorable for butter production in this and other States. The Sydney market for choicest is steady at 1892 a cwt (including 26 cwt. for…

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Special Training for Dairy Employees Improved Course at H.A.C.

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 17

This year's special course in dairy produce manufacture at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, begins on January 23, and will be an improvement…

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Murder of Farmer. Young Policeman's Revenge. LONDON, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

The Cassel police in 1928 besieged the house of a farmer named Klaus, in a neighbouring village, and captured it after two days' fighting, in which Klaus, junior,…

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