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Farming & the land, 1931

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Country News Farmer Will Pay! Dramatic Assurance For Landlord

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 13

DENILIQUIN, Monday.--An incident at a meeting of farmers and graziers here demonstrated the spirit with which many farmers are facing…

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Fruit Crop Prospects at Young

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 13

Fruit trees in the Young district are looking particularly well this season. Prune trees are carrying a phenomenal crop of well-developed…

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Long Dry Spell at Coraki Dairymen Want Good Rain Urgently

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 13

CORAKI. Tuesday.--The outlook for the coming winter is not bright in this portion of the North Coast. Practically no fodder crops have…

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Commercial. WOOL

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 33

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co. Ltd. report:—Owing to sales in Brisbane there were no auctions in the local market. These were resumed on the 27th. The…

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Wheat Pool Wanted

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 20

COWRA, Thursday.--Motions from Cowra for the annual conference of the Graziers' Association, are that no woolbroker be allowed a sent on…

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Wheat Price Problem

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 20

FORBES, Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the Forbes branch of the F. and S. Association, objection was taken to the proposal that…

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Morgan Wheat Scheme Strongly Supported Negotiable Certificates For Farmers

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13

PARKES, Wednesday.--The Morgan wheat stabilisation scheme was adopted by a large meeting here to-day. It was decided to submit the scheme…

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Homebush Sales Sheep Buyers Cautious

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13

The big, sheep penning at Homebush this morning had an adverse effect for values at the early sales for well-grown sheep. The 57,400 advised for sale were chiefly…

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Butter Bacon Prices Altered Pepper Dearer

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

The butter market is firm, and an advance in prices would not cause surprise. White pepper is dearer by ld a lb…

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Pastoral Award. Station Hands' Provisions. Claim for Suspension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13

The secretary of the Graziers' Association (Mr. J. W. Allen) said yesterday that the Graziers' Association would press before the full Arbitration Court for the suspension of…

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Tick Fever. Serious Outbreak. Tweed River Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—A serious outbreak of redwater has occurred among cattle on the Tweed River. Twenty beasts have died, and the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 10

Competition was much stronger at the wool sales to-day. Good clearances were effected and prices maintained their level. For R[?] Moreep (Ballan) /17¾ was obtained…

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Firmer Wheat Cargoes London, January 28

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

Wheat cargoes are steadily held, and prices are occasionally higher, in sympathy with North and South American advices, but trading was inactive…

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Simple Majority In Wheat Pool Poll

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 7

During the debate on the Wheat Marketing Bill to-day the Legislative Assembly by 47 votes to 22 rejected an amendment by Mr. Chaffey to…

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The Eclipse of Moon--sheep-breeders in Conference

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 20

TRAINERS' captain, F. Williams (1.), and jockeys' leader, Bartle, preparing for their match, played yesterday at Randwick. ALL WAS PEACE when The Hill adjourned for…

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Wool Buyers Keen Continental: English Activity

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 8

Keen competition, especially between Continental and English buyers, marked the opening of the afternoon's wool sales…

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Forcing Wool Down Theodore's Serious Charges

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

That the money stringency was due to the banks and great financiers, and that oversea wool buyers were able to control the market was…

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Wool Sales. Demand for Fine Merino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 10,588 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 11

Chicago wheat options to-day closed:— March 79¾ cents per bushed (up [?] cent); May, 82[?] cents (up ¼ cent); July, 66¼ cents (up ¾ cent)…

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Commercial. Unusual Wool Position. Money Exchange Effects

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 31

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Australian wool markets have never been in a similar position to that existing to-day. With the oversea money…

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