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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Butter Output Declines Big Drop in Returns to Suppliers Casino

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 16

Casino butter factory output for December was 222,564lb., the rate of pay 10¼d. and the total distribution £9487. The respective figures for the…

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Enough Butter for All Tourists Need Not Fear Starvation London

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 1

Tales of food queues and ration cards in Germany have caused the State railways to issue a reassuring…

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Cattle Coming to Studs Big Shipment Has Reached W.A. PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 16

Bound for the eastern States, one of the largest and most important shipments of beef cattle to Australia reached Fremantle to-day by…

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No Credits for Wool Traders Are Alarmed in Japan Tokio

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 5

The "Asahi Shimbun" (Osaka) reports that since the new exchange control regulations have been enforced the Government has…

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Substitutes Burst a Wool Balloon "Truth's" Warning Unheeded At Cost Of £500,000

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 15

WHEN, two years ago, "Truth" obtained from Europe and Japan extensive ranges of samples of the substitute fibres which were being manufactured and used in place of wool, the graziers and others interested…

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Setback in Wool Campaign Manufacturers in Britain Fail to Raise Funds Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 7

Delegates to the conference of the wool industry are alarmed by the failure of British woollen manufacturers to…

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Eggs Do Not Pay Farmers Many Want to Sell Holdings

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 2

Unless the price of eggs rises in the next few weeks, many poultry farmers in the County of Cumberland say they will be forced out of business…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

The London butter market is quieter. Danish is quoted 106/ per cwt.; choicest salted Australian and New Zealand 98/; unsalted…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

Last week's wheat market was slightly firmer, although buyers were rather inclined to hold off. On Thursday sellers were asking…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

The Sydney sales will be resumed to-day, and prospects are excellent. The series will extend over six weeks, during which…

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Wheat Charters

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Louis Dreyfus & Co. have chartered the steamer Kaflristan to load 7500 tons of wheat at Western Australia, lay days February . 10-25, rate 42/…

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Produce. the Butter Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 11

Production in all dairying districts in New South Wales has distinctly improved, reports Prescott, Ltd Pastures have responded to the recent rains, and it would appear that the…

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"Empire" Butter Not Australian

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 3

DALBY (Q.), Sunday. -- According to the Mayor of Dalby (Alderman Jack), who has just returned from a visit to Great Britain, Australian butter is…

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Royal Show. Produce Sections. Wheat and Dairy Classes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 7

The Royal Agricultural Society has decided to retain the additional prize money and organising expenses, amounting to £1200 and £270 respectively, for competition among the…

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On the Land Rural Management. More Diversified Farming. Development of Pastoral Resources. (Ii.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 7

Stating that millions of acres of valuable land in New South Wales are rapidly deteriorating, the Director of Agriculture (Mr. A. H. E. McDonald)…

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Tropical Dress. Wool Unsuitable

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 11

The Director-General of Health Services in Queensland (Sir Raphael Cllento) docs not agree with the statement of the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Page) that people of the…

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Decrease in Values for Wheat

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 8

FURTHER falls were recorded in wheat prices on the local market on Saturday morning. This was due to the previous day's big drop in…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Quiet and Easier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 11

The London wheat market closed easier on Friday, and little interest was being shown in Australian, partly because the Argentine continued to offer freely, and buyers…

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Big Cattle Shipment Coming By the Zealandic

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

The Aberdeen-Commonwealth motor ship Zenlandic, now en route from Glasgow and Liverpool to Australian ports, has a shipment…

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Savage Attack by Sheep Dog Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 6

WHEN his brother's sheep dog attacked him, Edward Moloney, of Porter's Retreat, suffered severe lacerations to the head and hands…

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