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Farming & the land, 1935

11,044 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations. Liverpool Values

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 3

March delivery—closed at 2/11½ per bushel. May delivery—closed at 3/07/8 per bushel…

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Overseas Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 19

In the Bradford wool market merino tops are steadier at lower quotations. Seventies, /28 (down /0[?] on the week); sixty-fours, /25 (down /1); sixties, /23½ (down /0½); fifty-sixes, /18½…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. Market Variation. Commonwealth Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 15

Values have not been as firmly sustained at this week's Sydney wool sales as at the preceding week's auctions. At the initial day's sales, free attractive classes made…

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Advance of [?]d. Bushel for Wheat The East Buys From Argentina

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

Wheat on the local market yesterday advanced [?]d a bushel. Trading was narrow, no large parcels being offered. The…

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German Offer to Barter with Australia. Want Our Wool For Their Goods Put Plan to Mr. Bruce "Price Does Not Matter" LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

GERMAN industrialists, independent of the Government, have approached Mr. Bruce,…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 19

There was a good week-end tone about trading in city dairy houses yesterday. Bacon met active demand, and hams were in very strong request. Sales of cheese and lard were…

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Marketing Problems Dairying in the Dominion. Ix. Panmam, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 15

With an exportable surplus of 83.60 per cent. from a total production of more than 160,000 tons of butter, and 97.40 per cent. of 106,000 tons of cheese, the development of…

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Shot Girl, Set Fire To Bed Frenzy of Love Laborer's Suicide on Kempsey Farm

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 5

DISAPPOINTED in his love for Joyce Eggins, 16-year-old niece of the man for whom he had recently worked as a general farm laborer, David Geddes Taylor, 28, stole into the girl's room at Austral…

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Poultry Farmers to Fight Vote To Preserve Marketing Board RESTRICTIONS

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 8

THE determination of the New South Wales poultry farmers to preserve their organisation intact for the forthcoming struggle with…

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Positions Vacant Government Training Farm. Free Training and Placement in

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 12

VACANCIES AT PRESENT AVAILABLE FOR INEXPERIENCED YOUTHS DESIRING TO ENTER THE PREE TRAINING COURSE…

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From Farm to Market Seasonal Fruits Are in Demand Keen Inquiry For Mutton And Beef Fish Dearer

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 14

Choice samples of all varieties of seasonal fruits sold freely yesterday. Supplies were moderate and there were few price…

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Demand Increasing Dominion Dairy Produce More Popular Than Danish Britain Eating More Butter London

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1935 · page 16

THE demand in Britain for Australian and New Zealand dairy produce is not only increasing, but will continue to increase for the next five years, according to the director of one of the largest firms importing dairy produce, with an average…

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BUSINESS Our Outlook--"Better Off"; Wheat For The East

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1935 · page 16

Although there are economic clouds on the horizon of 1935, a leading financial authority, says that Australia's position…

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Murder and Suicide Shock Macleay Valley Young Girl Shot in Bed Farm Laborer Ends Own Life With Brother's Rifle Shocking Crime of Disappointed Love Kempsey

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1935 · page 16

THE burning passion of Geddes Taylor, a love-crazed farm hand, led him to commit a terrible crime at the Austral Eden farm, in the Macleay Valley country, early this morning. Maddened by the fact that he was poor and the object of his infatuation was well-to-do, Taylor shot the unfortunate 16-year-old girl, set her bed alight, and…

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Things Couldn't Have Worked Out "Butter" for Margarine Magnate Abel Cained Them in Sprint Outsiders Staged Thrilling Challenge Finish Amid "Shrieks of Silence" Poultry and Fizz for the Tommies

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1935 · page 2

THE MARNE won yesterday's Challenge Stakes and routed Punterdom. In fact, when Albert Abel's chestnut colt vamped past Veilantif over the last 25 yards, backers looked as cheerful as the residents of mosquito-plagued Boggabilla, and anyone found smiling would have been…

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Wool Catalogues

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

Mr. D. A. S. Campbell writes:- Sir,—Although the recent weakness that, has developed in the wool market is partly due to causes of a general character, there…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

Whereas in some dairying centies production is slackening it is being maintained in other areas sufficiently to make the aggregate receipts much about the same as last week…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

The city wheat market continued to remain steady on Saturday. Sellers were asking 3/0[?] for prompt silo, and buyers' ideas were about 3/. Begged wheat was quoted at 3/1…

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French Wheat Area Restriction

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 9

A Government regulating the wheat industry was unanimously approved by the French Cabinet at the close of November, says the London "Times". The Wheat Bill marks…

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Cattle Worried Mosquito Plague Still at Goondiwindi

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 11

GOONDIWINDI, Sunday.--The mosquito plague shows no signs of abating. Horses and cattle are suffering severely, and pastoralists have…

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