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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Rich Cattle and Sheep for Victoria

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Eleven prizer-winning cattle and a number of sheep, valued in all at £1500, are aboard the steamer Port Fremantle,…

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Binnaway's Wheat Record

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

BINNAWAY.--Mr. R. G. Norris, of Morvin Station, has created a record for the district in garnering [?] 10,00 bags of wheat. This is the…

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Wheat Delivery Record

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

At Coolamon railway station on Saturday last another wheat delivery record was established. Between 7 a.m. and noon nearly…

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The Wheat Problem

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 11

IT is tragical indeed that just when Australia had produced as record harvest of wheat the world's markets should be glutted and disorganised, and…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Unchanged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

There was no change in the wheat position yesterday from the preceding day. Sellers were quoting silo wheat at 2/5 for prompt or January delivery, 2/5¼ for January-February,…

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To Inspect Wheat Loading

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

The party which yesterday inspected the loading of wheat at White bay, Left to Right: Dr. Beath (obscured), Mr. Rayner (Health Department), Mr. P. H. Dyson (representing wheat shippers), Dr. Badham Mr. H .W. M. Tarrant (chairman Waterside Board of Reference), Mr. W. Darbon…

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Silos to Close This Week Then--Store Wheat on the Farm

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

By the end of this week the terminal wheat elevator at White Bay will be filled to capacity. That position, said Mr. E…

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Wheat Pooling Question London

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

THE suggestion of Mr. Parker Maloney, cabled from Vancouver, for 100 pre cent. pooling of wheat, does not find support among wheat traders…

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Country News. Sheep Stealer Convicted. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 14

At Tamworth Police Court, before Mr. G. W. C. Geikle, P.M., Arthur Howard was charged with stealing a sheep. He pleaded guilty, saying he intended selling the animal…

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Wool Sales. Demand Well Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9723 bales, and the sales including private transactions,…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March, 80[?] cents per bushel (up [?] cent); May, 81[?] cents (unchanged); July, 64[?] cents (down 2 cents)…

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Canadian Wheat Goes Still Lower WINNIPEG

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Wheat prices were forced down 3d a bushel owing to the absence of export demand. May options closed at 56 cents (24)…

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Incoming Tide of Wheat Chokes Country's Silos

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

RAPIDLY filling silos nearly all of which are reported to be closing down by the end of the week, have made the…

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A Cheering Sight: Our Wheat Goes Away

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

Although the wheat position is serious, then are still shipment for oversees markets. These bags of golden grain are being loaded into the steamer Bencruachan at Pyrmont…

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The Land and the Producer Tragic Position of the Wheat Farmers Federal Government's Failure to Grapple With Finance Problem

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 15

The dilatoriness of the Commonwealth Government in dealing decisively with the wheat guarantee is trenchantly criticised by the president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association…

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The Wool Outlook: Faith in the Future

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 35

Once again the Wool saleroom rings with the characteristic clamour of the world's woolbuyers, and whilst it may be too early yet to hazard any comparison of the probable results of the second half of the selling season with the disappointing…

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To-day's Wool Sales Continental Buyers Again

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

WITH 10,494 bales offered for auction Continental buyers were again well to the fore when the fifth series of wool sales was continued at the Royal…

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18¾d Paid Rivals for Our Wool

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 8

Under good competition the wool market this afternoon ruled very firm on yesterday's rates for all descriptions according to the first…

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Federal Wheat Guarantee. Advisory Committee to be Appointed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 14

The Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. F. M. Forde) stated last week that an advisory committee in each State would be appointed to assist in the…

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Tax on Sheep. Injunction Granted. Against Tasmanian Meat Board. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 14

An interim injunction restraining the Tasmanian Meat Board from imposing the taxes provided for under the Act calling it into existence was granted to-day by Mr. Justice…

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