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Farming & the land, 1936

11,450 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Wheat Loadings and Stackings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

For the week ended January 25, 219,881 bags of new and old season's wheat were despatched from country railway stations, making a total of 5,755,474 bags for new season,…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quiet But Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

The tone of the local wheat market was quiet but steady yesterday. Early in the forenoon sellers' indications for bulk wheat were nominally 3/3¾. Later small sales were…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 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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Reaction in Prices for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 10

Owing to the slackness in trade in Australian wheat on the United Kingdom exchanges, the price fell on the local market…

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Geelong Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 18

The present series of Geelong wool sales closed to-day, with prices at the highest point of the season. Competition was the keenest that has been experienced. One of the…

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Wheat Stocks. In Government Grain Elevators

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 3

The quantity of 1934-35 season's wheat held in the Sydney Terminal Elevator tills day totals 137,000 bushels, as compared with 1,489,000…

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Slight Fall In Country Wheat Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 9

Little change occurred in local wheat values yesterday, although a steadier undertone was apparent. Owing to the difficult[?]…

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Wool Sales. London. London. Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

Tile concluding sales of the first series of the London wool sales were held to-day. The catalogue totalled 8529 bales, of which 7015 were sold. New South Wales submitted 1151 bales. Queensland 864,…

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More Wheat Sailers. Arrivals at South Africa

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

Five more sailers of the South Australian wheat fleet have arrived from Europe to load for the United Kingdom as follows:…

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Publicity or Research for Wool? The Compulsory Levy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 8

"A conference of graziers having during this week passed resolutions favoring a compulsory levy on wool to finance publicity and research, it is…

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Overseas Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

The Bradford wool tops market is firm. Quotations: Merinos, seventies, /34½ per lb; sixty-fours, /33; sixties, /32; crossbreds, fifity-eights /25½, fiftysixes /20[?]. fifties /16½, forty-sixes /14[?],…

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Wool Publicity. "Procrastination an Easy Trap." River of Viscose Fibres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 15

Mr. H. Glendower Dawson, director of H. Dawson, Sons, and Co., Ltd., London, who left yesterday by the Monowal for New Zealand and the United States after an extensive tour…

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On the Land the Wool Trade. Values Sustained. Commonwealth Shipments

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 15

January proved a highly successful month for wool selling, and February gives promise of being similarly favourable. At this week's Brisbane auctions any change in prices was…

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Barter Plan. Wool and Motor Cars. Proposal Abandoned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 17

General Motors-Holdens, Ltd., has decided not to participate in the plan, to exchange Australian wool, for German materials. This decision was reached following the…

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Wool Famine Before New Clip Available Bright Prospects for Sydney Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 9

Prospects for next week's Sydney wool auctions are highly encouraging. Yorkshire textile centres are having almost…

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Wool for France. Prospects for Increased Imports. (From a Correspondent.) Paris, Dec. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

Home production of wool in France, which was estimated at 22,000 tons in 1923, has shown a remarkable decline as a result of the continually decreasing flocks (from 33,000,000…

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Closer Settlement. Farmers Praise Government. But Want Definite Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 15

Closer settlement was discussed by the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, at a meeting in Sydney this week. The State Government was commended for…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 19

Very brisk business was repoited in city dairy houses yesterday. Bacon was firm, middles being in particularly good request. Demand for hams, of both ordinary and special brands,…

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Man Found Shot. Rookville Share Farmer. Two Rifles in Room. Manilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 17

The body of Aubrey Percival Cummins, 53, a. share farmer at Rookville, Upper Manilla, was found in the storeroom at his farm with a bullet wound in the head. Two rifles were…

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Milk Strike Adelaide Dairymen ADELAIDE

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

Supplies of wholesale milk coming Into Adelaide from the country were heavily reduced this morning, when members of the South Australian…

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