Railway Collision. 92 Sheep Killed. Melbourne
Crashing into the rear of a yard engine at South Kensington eaily yesterday morning, a north-western goods train telescoped two trucks attached to the yard engine and…
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London Wool Sales Competition Increases
LONDON, January 22.--Ten thousand bales of wool were offered to a full attendance of buyers. Increasing competition was displayed all round for finest greasy merinos,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Late Wheat Report. Market Slightly Steadier
Late overseas cables show a slight improvement with buyers rather more interested in Canadian and Australian wheats. Argentine sellers are steadier. Canadian and Argentine…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SHEEP 1/6 a Dozen! Mungindi's Drought Story
At a private sale in the Mungindi district on the N.S.W. northern border, 1700 sheep were sold at the rate of 1/6 per dozen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 23
There were sold at yesterday's wool sales 954 bales from New South Wales, 454 from Victoria, 1197 from Queensland, 661 from South Australia. 284 from Western Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Milbrulong Plots Nabawa Wheat at the Top
Cr. J. M. Gollasch, of Milbrulong, furnishes the following record of the 1929 experiment plots on his land: —Wheat Variety Trials…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep at 4/ a Head. Huge Yarding at Flemington
Some of the sheep sold at Flemington yesterday realised 4/ each—and it seemed a fair price too. They were emaciated, miserablelooking creatures, thrown into the market…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Wool Market Recovery Will Take Time
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—The wool market is certainly not without its pecularitics. In Australia and other producing countries, ample raw material is available to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Smaller Wool Offerings The London Selling Boomerang
When Australian wool offerings were drastically reduced buyers complained that orders were diverted to South Africa, and declared that an…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Revision Needed Methods of Wool Selling Melbourne
In an interview to-day, Mr. W. L. Baillieu, whose recent statement on he wool industry provoked interest throughout Australia, referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat Estimate Exceeded? 25,000,000 Bushels on Rail
The whea already delivered to country railway stations for the season totals over 25,000,00 bushels. This does not take into account any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Division Pastoral Leases. Should These Lands be Locked Up for Another Half Century?
A land and settlement problem out-weighing in importance all others before the public of New South Wales is that of the future of that portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Clip Govt. Action Urged Pool Wanted London
Immediate Government action for the stabilisation of wool prices is urged by Mr. A. H. Benjamin, a leading agent for Australian wool and meat…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wear More Wool. It Is Soft, Light and Warm
Dresses of woollen materials are coming back into favor, and the number of women who are definitely opposed ever to wear anything but silk next…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Wool World. Irregularity At Brisbane Sales London Values Decline
Considerable irregularity was experienced in bidding at this week's Brisbane wool sales. PRICES generally were below the levels recently noticeable in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World Wheat Stocks. Increase Since Last Year. New York, Jan. 22
The Chicago "Daily Trade Bulletin" states that world wheat stocks on January 1 totalled 583,520,000 bushels, of which 263,991,000 bushels are in the United States, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →High Praise For J. W. Eade's Wheat Chicago Show Judge's Report
"A most excellent sample of its kind," is how Professor A. L. Stone, one of the judges at the Chicago International Grain Show, describes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Diet of Key and Cotton Wool Unappetising Sandwiches for Baby Boy
For three days Arthur Everett (2), of Cameron Street, Edgecliff, toddled around with a latch-key in his stomach, but yesterday it was removed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sugar and Wheat Contrasted One With Bounteous Bounties; The Other Heavily Taxed
Mr. R. H. Webster, Ariah Park, writes:- If sugar were weighed by the same standard us wheat—60lb, to the bushel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Primary Industries and Federal Government Interference or Assistance Wheatgrowers and Wool Men Perturbed
Where do the great primary industries of the Commonwealth stand with the Federal Labor Government? Is the policy of the new ministry toward them to be one of sympathetic assistance, or of blundering interference?…
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