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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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The Under-quality Wheat Problem Retain on the Farm, Is Mr. Dunn's Advice

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 14

One phase of the wheat marketing problem is that of dealing with under-quality grain, which may still have a millable value…

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London Wool Sales London

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 4

Offer [?] wool in [?] January 20 [?] expected to discount to 170,000 [?] arrived [?] from Australia 17,000…

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Russian Influence on World Wheat Problems

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

An article of absorbing interest on the world's wheat problems, and the tremendous influence of the appearance of huge quantities of grain from…

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Millable Wheat Position Improves Buyers Operating

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

THE Minister for Agriculture has received many representations regarding the disposal of large quantities of wheat at present in the country…

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Under-quality Wheat. Mr. Dunn's Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 11

The Minister for Agrlculture (Mr. Dunn) stated yesterday that he had received many representations regarding the disposal of large quantities of wheat at present in the…

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Wool Sales. Keen Support From Japan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 15

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9983 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted…

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London Wool Offerings London, January 13

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 6

New arrivals of wool for the London auctions, which begin on January 20. include 96,200 bales of Australian, 17,800 New Zealand, 2000 South African, and 2100 South…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 15

Chicago wheat options to—aay closed:- March, 82 cents per bushel (up ½ cent); May, 84½ cents (up ½ cent); July, 66½ cents (up [?] cent)…

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Shire Rate Depends on Price of Wheat

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 14

COWRA, Tuesday. -- Waugoola Shire Council has decided not to fix the rate for the year until it is known what price farmers will…

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16d Paid by French Buyer Wool Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 10

A hardening tendency was reported at the end of the sale of the first wool catalogue today. The catalogue, that of…

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Brisk Bidding for Wool Keen Franco-German Rivalry

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 8

WITH 10,555 bales up for auction, competition was again very keen when the fifth serious of wool sales was continued at the Royal Exchange this…

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Kicking in Order--the Wizards of the Wool

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 20

EGGING IT.--Miss Lorraine Streeter, (Queensland) practising or the championship next Saturday…

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Tasmanian Wool. High Price for Special Line. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 17

For the first time Launceston gained the distinction at the annual wool sales yesterday of securing the highest price in Australia as far as the sales have gone, /30¾ being…

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Unpegging of the Exchange Has Not Helped Wool Values

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 35

Clearances at the Sydney wool auctions during the past few days have been particularly good. Very little wool is being passed in. The demand has been steady and old-year rates have been fully maintained for merinos, but the raising of the exchange rate has not brought higher prices in its train…

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Board Meeting. Commonwealth Bank. Difficulty Regarding Wheat Advances. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 13

A meeting of the board of the commonwealth Bank was opened in Melbourne to-day. Sir Robert Gibson presided. The meeting lasted three hours, and adjourned until…

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W.A. Wheat Men Move to Preserve Industry PERTH

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 9

"WE organised on industrial [?], not because we [?] to but [?] wire forced to for the presentation of the Industry and our own [?]…

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Public Wool Auction. Experiment in Argentina. New York, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 13

A message from Buenos Aires states that great interest is being shown in the Argentine's first public wool auction to-morrow, which will be similar to the Australian and New Zealand…

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Produce Markets. Butter Quotations Too High Glut of Fruit and Vegetables Potatoes in Good Demand

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 8

THE consensus of opinion among Sussex Street distributors is that the butter price fixing committee will be forced to review the market and agree to a reduction of the commodity in the near future. The London market--following the eager after-holiday rush--has…

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Wheat Harvests and Rain Much Damage Caused In N.S.W. Q'land Record Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 9

IN his monthly notes on the condition of the Commonwealth wheat crops at the end of December. 1930. the…

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Wheat—the World's Problem the Need for International Co - Operation. How Russia Has Upset the Market

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

It was really the advent of Bolshevism in Russia that put Australia on the map as a, great wheat-producing country. Previous to the war…

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