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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Southern Wheat Yards. Work Delayed by Rain

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 17

Since I last reported I have revisited all the wheat yards between Griffith and Hillston, and from Barellan to Griffith, where I found that, owing to the recent…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations. Liverpool Values

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 3

March delivery—closed at 2/8¾ per bushel. May delivery — closed at 2/8 per bushel…

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Danger of Wool Handling to Be Investigated

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 7

The danger of men contracting blood poisoning or tetanus from handling dead wool will be Inquired into by he Department of Industrial…

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Japanese Wool Market. Australia Has Great Future

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 1

AUSTRALIA has nothing to fear from Japan's announced intention to develop the wool-growing industry in Manchukuo, according to a…

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Chartered for Wheat. The Antoinette Laura at Fremantle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

The Italian steamer Antoinette Laura, ex Dutch steamer Parklaan, which was so very prominent in the shipping world during November,…

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Sharp Advances Wheat Prices Overseas London, January 16

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

For wheat cargoes the market showed firm response to further sharp advances in prices in North and South America, advancing 3d to 9d a quarter. Buyers, for the…

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Wool Makes Flying Start In London LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 6

At the opening sales of the 1934 selling season in London to-day, prices of wool showed advances of 15 per cent, for greasy…

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Stronger Market for Wheat Overseas Prices Firm Cargoes Sold

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 10

Following a trade rally on the world's principal wheat markets, prices for local grain were advanced by ½d. a bushel…

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Wheat, Flour and Bread. Terms of Federal Royal Commission

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

The four main points in the terms of reference for the Royal Commission which has been appointed by the Federal Government to inquire into the wheat, flour…

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Overseas Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 15

In the Bradford wool tops market upward tendency has been checked owing to profittaking sales. CALCUTTA TEA SALES…

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Wool Prices. 42d Paid at Launceston. Sydney's Highest Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

Two new records have been made at the Sydney and Launceston wool sales. At Launceston on Monday a season's greasy wool record for Australia was established when six…

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Prices Up Wool in London Opening Sales London, January 16

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

At the opening sales of the wool-selling season, 1934, a good representative selection was submitted to a crowded attendance, under animated general competition…

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Wool Market in China Tact Is Needed, Says Grayner Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 5

China has immense possibilities as market for Australian wool, according to Mr. W. T. Atherton, grazler, of Longreach, and a member of…

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Wool Position Is Sound. Sales for Half-year Total £28,574,692

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 18

The half-year's wool saleS in Australia to December 31 last totalled 1,500,095 bales, which realised £28,574,692. Sales showed an increase of 65,357 tales on…

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Record at the Wool Sales Animated Bidding At The Sales. 39¼D. a Pound

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 10

A new record for the season for greasy fleeces was established at yesterday's wool sales when a line of six bales branded…

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Tobacco Industry in Victoria. Poor Crops; Many Men Out of Work

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 4

The serious predicament of tobaccogrowers in Victoria through crops being reduced to practically nothing by blue mould and recent weather was indicated…

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Turf Facts I & Fancies Warwick Farm Races. Jockey Critically Injured. Splendid Attendance

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 9

IDEAL conditions prevailed for the A.J.C. meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday, and the great throng present witnessed an interesting, though perhaps not…

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Notes by "Musket" Successful Meeting at Warwick Farm

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 34

THAT Warwick Farm is gaining in popularity was further evidenced on Saturday, when the attendance was officially estimated at 7000, or 1200 better than the corresponding fixture of 1933…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 15

Although business among city dairy houses quietened down to usual mid-week levels yesterday, the position of most lines was unchanged, and prices in the main were steady…

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Govt. Problem Farmers Relief Act Judgment

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1934 · page 14

The Government is giving immediate consideration to the position created by a Supreme Court judgment that the Farmers Relief Act does not…

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