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Farming & the land, 1931

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"Local Wheat-growers' Loan Must Be Raised"

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

THE case for the raising of a local loan to assist the wheat-growers of the State was strongly advanced by the Hon…

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Will Bank Finance Wheat Guarantee of 3-?

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- No reply has yet been received by the Acting-Prime Minister, Mr. Fenton, regarding the ability of the Commonwealth…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 13

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March, 81[?] cents per bushel (up [?] cent); May, 82[?] cents (up [?] cent); July, 66[?] cents (up 1[?] cent)…

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The Land and the producer Efforts to Clarify Wheat Market Position Federal Officer to Advise Perplexed Farmers and Traders

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 13

Ways in which normal trading in wheat may be resumed, pending the Advances Act, coming into force, are to be elucidated by the Markets Department. More light is to be shed on the…

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Homebush Sales. Demand for Prime Cattle Lamb Prices Advance

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 9

Competition for the 49,401 sheep offered at the Homebush sales yesterday, was free for lambs but for other lines was restricted. Lambs showed [?]…

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Thursday's Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep and Lambs Market Irregular

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

The sheep market at Homebush yesterday was irregular. Good ewes, wethers, and hoggets were weaker, and in many places 1/ lower; plain ewes and wethers were 1/ cheaper; but…

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Tasmanian Wool Sales. "Decided Improvement." HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 12

The Tasmanian series of wool sales commenced to-day at Hobart and will be continued at Launceston on Tuesday. Contrary to expectations, prices showed a decided…

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Wheat at Wagga. Many Areas Not Yet Harvested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 9

WAGGA, Thursday.—Referring to the alarming reports of damage to wheat crops in various centres of the State, Mr. Hugh Ross, manager of the Government farm, said…

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Silo Wheat Question of Price Wire to Manager

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

The manager of the Government Grain Elevators (Mr. Harris), in response to his urgent representations on the wheat problem, due to the…

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Money Exchange Rate a Market Help for Wool

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: The increase in the money exchange rate to £115/7/6 is the best development the wool trade has experienced for some considerable time. It gives…

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Imperial Conference. Bulk Purchase of Wool Not Mentioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 9

Mr. Walter P. Devereux, the official representative in Europe of the Australian Wool-growers' Council, reporting from London under date November 19, refers to the Imperial…

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Canadian Wheat. Huge Carry-over Likely. VANCOUVER, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 12

"With wheat at ruinously low levels, no alarm should be felt if a huge carry-over exists at the end of July," said Mr. J. I. McFarland, manager of the Canadian wheat…

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Wheat Markets Slightly Steadier Tone Demand Quiet and Dull

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

(By our Special Wheat Market Correspondent) WEDNESDAY.—There is still no great activity in the overseas market, although the tone is a shade…

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Govt. and Wheat F.S.A. Chief's Strong Criticism

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

IN a statement this week, the general president of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. Nock, strongly criticised the failure of the…

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That Soviet “Dumping” Lie Exposed Canada - America Trusts Real Culprits Smash Small Farmers to Maintain Price Levels Imperialism Uses Wheat Situation for War Propaganda Against Soviet Union

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

The world economic crisis is profoundly sharpening the whole, relation of class forces throughout the world. With a rapidity never equalled in…

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What Will Happen on Harvest Settling Day? the Shadow of February 1 Is Upon the Wheat Belt, Political Neros Fiddle on While an Army of Farmers Await Their Doom; What Is State Ministry Doing?

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

Settling day over the past year's wheat-growing operations is no more than three weeks ahead. But what will be the settling this year? The shadow of February 1, the payment date stipulated on thousands of promissory notes, credit accounts, interest bills, and hire purchase agreements in the wheat belt, the pivot upon which revolves the structure of rural credit, already lies deep upon the stubble fields and paddocks of…

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Wool Sustained by Exchange Market Held Firm At December Levels

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 13

An improved tone was in evidence when wool sales were resumed in Sydney this week. This was most pronounced when good spinning lines…

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New Wool Record 20½d Best Price For Current Series

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

American wool buyers yesterday paid 20½d -- a record for the new series -- for five bales of super combing ewes from a Yass clip. --…

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3s 4d a Bushel Guarantee for Wheat W.A. Scheme Perth

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 8

A circular has been issued by the wheatgrowers unions of Western Australia, now in conference suggesting a scheme for the stabilisation…

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Silence Still Shrouds Wheat-act Finance Why Is an Announcement Still Delayed? Minister's Evasive Explanation; With Silos About to Close Down, the Wheat Crisis Has Become Acute

The Land · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Another week has gone by, and still the wheat trading position becomes more acute daily. Nothing has been done by the Minister for Markets to clarify the position in regard to finance under the Wheat Advances…

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