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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

10,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Farmer Found Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 18

WAGGA, Thursday.--With his face almost shot away and a shot-gun by his side, Conrad Setzer, 62, farmer, of Walleroobie, was found by his…

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Empire Wool Conference

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

The Empire Wool Conference which met in Melbourne this week has decided to raise the sum of £500,000 for the purpose of research and publicity in connection with the wool industry…

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Publicity for Wool Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) commends the world publicity and research scheme to be undertaken by the…

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A Further Decline in Wheat

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 12

PRICES of both bulk and bagged wheat dropped back on the local market yesterday. The fall was attributed to weaker tones on the…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quiet, Shade Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 19

The city wheat market was very quiet yesterday, and opened a shade easier with silo wheat, January delivery offering at 5/3¾. Buyers were not inclined to exceed 5/3½, and…

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Empire Wool Conference Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

RESEARCH into and publicity for the wool industry must be contiuuous, said the Minister for Commerce, Dr. Page, to-day when…

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Wool Men Not Against Fabrics

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 2

Woolgrowers had no wish to fight the manufacturers of artificial fabrics, the secretary of the Graziers' Association (Mr. J. W. Allen) said…

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Wool Publicity. Business Woman's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 22

Miss G. Valentine Howey, who is returning to-day to New Zealand, after two years of business activity in England, following a tour of England and the Continent on behalf of…

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'Flu Has Bearing on Butter Prices Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 8

The influenza epidemic which is affecting probably 10 per cent, of the population of England. is curtailing the sale of butter from Australia, according to a cable…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 19

At the London wool sales to-day 9425 bales were offered, of which 8681 were sold. The catalogue included 3432 bales from New South Wales. 1423 from Queensland. 1063 from Victoria, 677…

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Oversea Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. Lodnon, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 19

The Bradford wool tops market is very firm, as a result of the opening of the London wool sales. Quotations: Merinos, seventies /42 per lb (un[?]changed on the week): sixty-fours /40…

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Luck In Wool Sales Depends Upon Placing in Roster

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 4

ALTHOUGH wool values have reached their highest peak this season, some growers who consigned their…

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Wool Conference. Dominions' Co-operation. Dr. Page's Address. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 12

Addressing delegates from Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand, at the Intcrdominion Wool Conference to-dny, the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) said that he…

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Cellulose Wool in Germany and the Rest of the World

Die Brucke = The Bridge · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 7

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On the Land the Wool Trade. Market Generally Easier. Best Wools Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 14

Values were very firm at this week's opening Brisbane and Victorien wool sales, but as the auctions progressed demand from Japan cased to some degree. As a result, at the closing…

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Setback to Plans for Wool Drive No Money Raised Yet in Britain Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 2

FAILURE of British woollen manufacturers to implement their promise to provide £50,000 a year for five years, for a campaign to increase world wool consumption, has alarmed delegates to the conference of representatives of…

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Farming Methods. Progress Has Been Made. Changing Labour Conditions. I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 14

The Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald), said yesterday that there was little chance of building up a peasant system of farming in this…

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Dairy Industry. Training Methods in U.S.A. "Australia Must Follow."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 22

Professor Robert B. Stoltz, chairman of dairy technology at Ohio State University, U.S.A., who arrived in Sydney yesterday by the Maunganul, will make a study of the…

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N.Z. Strike. Farmer Suffer. Minister's Statement. "Might Act Suddenly." Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 17

The stay-in strike of freezing works employees is having a disastrous effect on primary industries. If settlement is not reached soon…

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PRODUCE. Special Bacon Sides Up /0½. DAIRY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 19

Special blands of bacon sides have been advanced /0¼ to 11½ per lb. Supplies of this line are very short and this rise is the second within a week…

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