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Farming & the land, 1936

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Wool Men Plan Publicity

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN graziers are showing keen interest in the world-wide publicity campaign in favor of wool and…

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Trade in Wheat at Standstill

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 12

Trading on the local wheat market yesterday showed no improvement and was in fact, at a standstill. While balk wheat…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:—…

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Wheat Silo Receivals Suspended Until Weather Clears

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 13

ALBURY, Friday.—Mr. G. S. Stewart, silo inspector for the southern districts, said to-day that in consequence of the extremely wet conditions the Government grain elevators…

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Waste Water From Albury Wool Washing Mill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

FOR the information of the public and the assurance of shareholders, the following is published by Amalgamated…

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London Wool Prices Should Rise London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 6

OFFERINGS at the London wool sales are the smallest for the January series since the war, which indicates a tendency…

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Auction of Dairy Farm

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

Under instructions from the mortgagees, Stock Investments will offer at auction, on the ground, this Saturday, 11th inst., at 3 p.m., dairy farm of…

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Wheat Steady But Market Is Quiet LONDON, January 10

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 2

Trading in wheat cargoes developed slowly to-day. Sellers of Manitoban reduced their offers by 3d, owing to lack of support in overnight…

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International Wheat Trade Must Be Freed from Restrictions Australia's Wheat Industry Reviewed The Outlook For 1935-'36 Restrictions A Hindrance To Progress

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 25

THERE has always been a great inter-dependence between world's wheat and the wheat industry of Australia -- at least, ever since the Commonwealth attached importance to the value of our wheat and dour exports. This inter-dependence is explained by the fact that, locally, we consume only about 25 per cent. of our average production,…

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JAPAN & Australia Wool Need Diplomat's View "Be Friends" London

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

A STRONG plea for the consolidation of relations between Australia and Japan, was made to-day by…

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Wool Industry. Market Firm; Factories Busy. Propaganda Campaign. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 16

Offerings for the London wool sales are the smallest for the January series since the war, indicating the tendency for new wool to go direct to consuming centres, to meet…

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How the Butter Industry Fared in 1935 New Marketing Plan Gave Better Prices To Producers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 24

THROUGH the introduction of a new marketing plan, the Australian butter industry has shared in the improved and relatively prosperous conditions. Stabilised prices have assured the producers a better return, and have eliminated indiscriminate trafficking between States…

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Sheep Stealers Swoop Down on the Braidwood District Thousands of Animals Vanish In a Night 2200 Disappear in Two Swift Raids

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 6

TWO hundred miles south from Sydney, in the Braidwood district, where some of the State's best wool is grown, the sheep-farmers are crying out for protection -- protection from their…

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£50,000,000 Wool Cheque Helps Australia Out How Industry Has Progressed Since Golden Years Publicity Is Essential Competition of Substitutes

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 27

WOOL constitutes fifty per cent. of Australia's exports, and is the only product for which the world comes clamoring to our doors. Of Merino wool, Australia's share is more than one half of the world's output, and, because of its immense area of suitable country and…

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Dairy Company Meeting

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

A special general meeting of the Nepean Co-operative Dairy and Refrigerating society will be held in the Dungowan Thee[?] Panrith, on…

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Warwick Farm

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 4

ENTRIES for the Warwick Farm Hi meeting, to be held Saturday, April 4, close with the secretary of the A.J.C. at four o'clock on…

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Crop Control. Roosevelt Seeks Way WASHINGTON

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

For the first time making any comment on the recent Supreme Court judgment, President Roosevelt to-day informed Press representatives that…

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16 Lives Lost As Gale Sweeps British Isles Seven Die In Raging Seas Floods Extend Farmers' Ordeals Big Bridge Rocked London

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

SIXTEEN lives were last--seven of them at sea--in a great gale which swept the British Isles last night. THE sole survivor of the crew of six of the 200-ton cargo boat…

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Crops Washed Out Hurricane & Cloudburst DORRIGO

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

A storm of unprecedented fury passed over the district last night, bringing with it torrential rain, severe lightning, and wind that…

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Bounty System Attacked Meagre Provisions For Distressed Farmers Mass Meeting

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

GRAVE dissatisfaction at the methods adopted by the Federal and State Parliaments to aid distressed wheat farmers…

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