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Farming & the land, 1930

12,513 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 13

Goldsbrough Mort, and Co., Ltd., has received the following cable from its London office, dated 1st instant, in regard to the London wool sale:— Owing probably to apprehension of further…

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African Wool Students

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Six young men arrived yesterday by the Runic from South Africa to join seven other South Africans studying woolclassing at…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Very Slow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 13

Business in both wheat and flour was very slow yesterday. Silo wheat was offered in the city at from 5/1 to 5/1½ for parcels prompt delivery, Sydney basis, and for…

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Stock in Wagga District. Remarkable Sheep Total

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

WAGGA.—An interesting report, complied by Mr. George Cun[?]n, secretary of the Wagga Pastures Protection Board shows that although huge sheep flocks were dispersed when…

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Boer Youths. to Study Wool-growing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

A party of six Boer youths arrived from South Africa by the steamship Runic yesterday to study the wool industry in Australia, The course provides for six months'…

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Wool Position Melb. Conference Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 8

CALLED together on account of the collapse of the wool market, representatives of the National Council of Wool Growers and the National Council…

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Wheat Belt Outlook. Preparations for Big Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

According to reports of agricultural instructors in various parts of the wheat belt, conditions for the preparation for the coming crops are favourable in the northern half of…

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Wool Sales Record Price France Pays 32d

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

THE wool sales opened quietly at the Royal Exchange to-day, Daigety and Co., Ltd., the first sellers, offering only medium to good quality clips early…

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Dearer Potatoes To-day? Eggs and Butter Sales Maintained Improvement in Vegetables

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

CARRYING consignments of potatoes from Tasmania and Victoria, the steamers Wear and Koranui were delayed by heavy, weather, yesterday. and arrived too late in the afternoon for the market to be fixed. Surplus stocks of Bismarcks totalled about 3000 bags, and agents still…

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By Radio Rounding Up Cattle New Idea North. Territory Plans Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

A new venture in the field of wireless--to control by radio the cattle run of the Wyndham Meat Works, is the objective of Mr…

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Wage-drop in Wool Stores Big Firms Feeling the Pinch

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Because of pronounced depression in wool, one of Sydney's biggest broking firms is reducing the salaries of all employees, on a…

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To Stabilise Wool Brokers and Growers Meet Carry=over Problem Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 13

To devise a scheme for the stabilisation of Australia's wool market, wool growers and brokers are meeting in…

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Pony Clubs Move to Sift Sheep from Goats The A.R.C. is Now Upon the Right Track

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 4

IT will not be the A.R.C.'s fault if there are too many "all-day" programmes raced off at pony tracks in the future…

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Where the State's Wheat Harvest Is Being Handled—scenes in the Railway Yards at Darling Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 14

THOUSANDS OF PIGEONS ARE UNINVITED CONSUMERS. TESTING A TRUCKLOAD WHICH HAS JUST ARRIVED…

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Wool Prices. "Nearing Rock-bottom." Sir Emmanuel Hoyle's Advice to Growers. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

"Wool prices are practically as low as they can go. There is no need for pessimism as far as the market is concerned at present," said Sir Emmanuel Hoyle, governing director…

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How Wool Sales Are Rigged Amazing Lot Splitting Federal Labor Members Investigating Growers Heavily Hit Canberra

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 1

HOW many people know the other side of the picture, or catch even a shadowy glimpse of die methods by which the wool market is rigged so that the lowest possible prices may be secured? Ninety per cent of the gesticulating hurly-burly' at" sales is,…

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The Land and the producer Growers' Schemes to Stabilise Wool Facing the Problems of Surplus Stocks and Dwindling Finance

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 15

The critical position of the wool industry is to be reviewed in Melbourne to-day at a momentous conference of representatives of the growers and selling brokers, in search of ways and means of lifting the market and financing the…

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Wool Industry May Be Saved By Government Millions! Big Plans for To-day How to Hold Surplus ? Growers Confer

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 2

Elaborate schemes of finance and market stabilisation will be analysed today at the conference of…

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On the Land English Wool Trade. Raw Material Values. Anxiety Among Users. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Bradford, January 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 9

Another year has opened with the wool trade in no very great form. This is said without any desire to describe things as being in the slightest degree worse than fits the…

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Dismissals and Wage Cuts Will Not Solve Problem Financial Position Scullin Issues Warning Wool Is the Key to the Situation Economy Essential

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 5

"THE situation is a difficult one, and is viewed seriously by those by responsible positions. "But in saying that, I want it to be understood clearly that there is no need for panic…

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