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Farming & the land, 1934

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Wool Values. Boom Prices Not Desired

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

The president of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales (Mr. James Walker), commenting on the wish expressed in yesterday's "Herald" by Mr. A. E. Hill, a…

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Opening of the 1934 Wool Season

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 39

The second half of the wool-selling season commenced yesterday in Sydney after a brief respite for Christmas, and prospects for the next few months are brighter than for a long time. Already wool is selling at over 16d per lb, and if competition keeps up, as seems certain, prices may easily get back…

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Buoyancy in Wool. Outlook Generally Favourable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., reports:—The wool outlook for the year is brighter than at any time since the early part of 1928. In the 1927-28 season a small decrease in the Australian clip…

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Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

Bradford reports that machinery activity in the wool tops market has been maintained, and prices are very firm…

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Want Wool Expert As Tokio Trade Link

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 9

THE Graziers' Association would like to see Mr. W. P. Devereux appointed as Australia's trade representative in…

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No Wool Adviser. Appointment Unnecessary in Japan

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

It is considered in Federal circles unlikely that Mr. W. P. Devereux will be appointed Australian adviser on wool and the wool trade in Japan…

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Wool Sales. Values 10 Per Cent. Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 13

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 8634 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Wool Up Again. Another Big Rise in Prices

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 18

The opening of the new series of wool sales at Sydney yesterday was marked by another sensational spurt in prices. Good fleece wools were 7½ to 10 per cent…

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Bringing in the Wheat—where the Bullock Team Still Survives

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 14

A PICTURESQUE TURN IN THE ROAD NEAR THE PINNACLE, A FEW MILES FROM BOGGABRI…

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Opening Auction of Wool Competition Is Very Animated Good Clips

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

Compared with the closing rates December, prices at yesterday's wool sales, the opening auction of the second part of the…

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Brisbane Millers. Conflict with Wheat Board. Purchases From South. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Because Brisbane flour millers are unable to obtain wheat at what they oonsider a reasonable price they have been forced to purchase large quantities from the south. It is…

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Brightest Outlook For Wool Since 1928 Solidity of Rise in England

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 14

The wool outlook for the year is brighter than at any time since the early part of 1928…

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Wool Prices. Another Rise. Year's First Sale. Values Doubled in 11 MONTHS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

All classes of wool showed further increases in prices yesterday at the first Sydney wool auctions of the New Year. Values in Australian currency are about…

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American Wheat for Chinese 14,000,000 Bushels On Long Credit Aust.'s Loss

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

According to cables received by broken yesterday, the United States is determined to capture the Eastern trade for wheat. The…

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Putting a Price On To-day's Wool Moments of Ease at Country Tennis

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 14

ALL THE WORLD'S SUNSHINE in a little face. Joyce Lisson, 24 Anderson-street, Parramatta. One of to-day's awards in "The Sun" Smile competition. (See other awards on inside pages.) NOT ALL the mermaids live in the sea. Looking at it from this angle…

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West Dist. Wheat Was Very Fair Average Of About Four Bags To The Acre Rain Damage

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

REPORTING on condition experienced in the western portion of the wheat belt last month, the senior agricultural instructor, Mr. B. M…

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£60,000,000 Wool Cheque Will Spread Prosperity May Be Best in Ten Years More Cash in Aust.; More Overseas

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

THE £60,000,000 which, it now seems certain, Australia will receive for her wool clip will represent the largest wool cheque, except for that of 1927-28, in the past ten years. And it is not unreasonable to expect that…

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Dairy Exports. Australia and New Zealand. Regulation Urged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 1

THE desirability of a joint agreement between the New Zealand and Australian Dairy Boards on a definite policy of quantitative regulation for…

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Tangled Crops in the North-west Bear Testimony to the Abnormal Season

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 24

I few years ago such a crop as this Would have been a total loss, but the advance made in modern Australian harvesting machines equipped with crop-lifters ensures the saving of practically every bushel. Twenty years ago storms and heavy rains on the ripening crops were regarded as disastrous; now, apart from the bleaching they may cause, they are accepted by the grower "in his stride."…

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A.j.c. Warwick Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 15

Nominations for the A.J.C. Warwick Farm meeting on January 13 are:- Maiden Handicap.—Trelmon, Cool Spell, Fluent, El Toro, Miss Fluency, Tommy Boy, Sunbite,…

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