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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Wool Kings and Workers

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

Sir,--The phenomenal increases in the price of wool during the current wool season, apparently are not intended to benefit anybody but the…

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"Menage" to Wool Growers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

"Huge fortunes were made at the expense of the woolgrower by buyers who carried out private sales in the country during the season just…

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To Load Wheat. Weirbank Chartered

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

The British motor ship Weirbank, which has been discharging a cargo of phosphates at Western Australian ports, has been fixed to load a cargo…

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Inactive Wheat Cargoes Market London, January 6

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

For wheat cargoes, the market showed little change to-day. Demand was quiet. Parcels were steady. Manitoban and Australian being unchanged, but Argentine and…

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German Butter Quota London Outlook for Produce London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 12

Germany has granted Australia a small butter quota of 260 metric tons for 1934, being 85 per cent. of last year's allowance…

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Napier Wool Sale. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 11

Determined and sometimes excited buying by German and French representatives, took prices at the Napier wool sale yesterday from 20 to 25 per cent, above December rates…

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Overseas Market Cables. European Wool Position. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 11

Mr. W. P. Devereux, representative of the Australian wool growers, reports that the strong opening of the Sydney wool sales has been reflected in all markets on this side…

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Wool Rises Five P.C. Stock Exchange Buoyant Fine Start

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 7

VALUES for all descriptions of wool rose five per cent, at to-day's sales. On the Stock Exchange there was…

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Trade Review. a Cheerful New Year. Wheat Surpluses. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

The Stock Exchange opened the New Year in a cheerful mood, and the volume of business was described as being surprisingly large. The upward movement of gilt-edged securities…

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Slump in the Price of Butter London Buyers Are Holding Off 8d.1b. RETAIL

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Buyers in England are still holding off the butter market. Australian was reduced by 2a cwt. last week, while the Danish product…

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Reflex of Sydney Sales Wool Tops Meet Strong Market London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 12

The strong opening of the Sydney wool sales has been reflected in all markets on this side. Quotations for tops have improved in all centres…

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25,000,000 SUITS Germany Will Need More Aus. Wool MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

A letter from a German principal received by a local fire of manufacturers' agents predicts an increased demand for our wool, following a new…

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Fortunes Made on the Quiet Serious Allegation By Melbourne Official Wool Buying Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 1

AN allegation that private buying was detrimental to the wool industry, and that huge fortunes were made at the expense…

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Loans to Farmers. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

The extent of Government aid to farmers and graziers to assist in the relief of unemployed is disclosed in the annual returns of the Crown Lands Agent at Narrabri (Mr. C…

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Lecture for Farmers

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

The Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lecture to be given during the ensuing week under the auspices of the Agricultural Bureau,…

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From Farm to Market Reduction in Price of Cheese Bacon Supplies Are Beginning To Mount Fruit Demand

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

Cheese will be ½d a 1b cheaper to-day. For months past stocks have been accumulating, but the market controllers would not…

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Probe Into Alleged Cruelty to Boys Inquiry Will Be Conducted Appointment Of A Magistrate By Board Welfare Farm

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

MR. J. E. McCulloch, S.M., has been appointed by the Public Service Board to conduct a public inquiry at Leeton, on January 22,…

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Third Attempt on Life Farmer Who Refused Money Demand

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

INNISFAIL, Sunday.--V. Di Salvo, a cane farmer, of Boogan, who, with his wife, was injured when attacked by a gunman on Friday night, said…

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Storm in Three States Woman Is Killed By Lightning Fruit Crops Torn by Hail: Flood Warning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 7

TERRIFIC in their violence, the cyclonic storms that swept Sydney and many other areas, took tragic…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 4

The weak spot in the economic situation to-day is wheat. According to the New Year Review of the "Grain, Seed and Oil Reporter," wheat surpluses amounted to 130,000,000 quarters, while world requirements amounted only to…

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