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Farming & the land, 1937

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 5

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

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Wheat Prices Are Down Locally

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

The downward tendency of the Sydney Wheat Market continued today, when values dropped a further 1d a bushel…

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Trading in Wheat Was Restricted

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 10

FOLLOWING the continued pressure of Argentine shippers to dispose of their grain, values on the local wheat market yesterday fell…

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Wool Sales. Australian Record Price

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 10

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 14,225 bales, and the clearance, including private sales of…

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Wheat Falls 1d BUSHEL Argentine Sells Cheaply

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 17

Wheat prices dropped a further 1d a bushel to-day, making a total fall of Gd in the last week. Demand today was small…

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134,000,000 Bushels Australia's Wheat Harvest

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 40

IN our review of the Australian harvest last week we forecast the probable yield for all States at 133,500,000 bushels. The Commonwealth Statistician has now issued…

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World Wool Shortage Japan's Anxiety for Supplies

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 38

It is quite evident from the bidding at wool auctions throughout Australia that the English and Continental buyers are determined that the Japanese shall not have all their own way in…

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Promising Wool Outlook Necessity For Future Outlets

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carton Ltd., in their special weekly report, state that the effects of Japan's renewed wool buying activity in Australia are shown in a reduction in her purchases in New Zealand. She is likely to continue buying in all markets, but she cannot be expected…

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International Wool Research Fund Created MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

THE Wool Board and Council of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, in conference today, agreed to establish an…

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Promising Wool Outlook. Necessity for Future Outlets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 15

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reports:—The effects of Japan's renewed wool buying activity in Australia are shown in a reduction in her purchases in New Zealand. She is likely to…

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Wool Publicity. Plans for Campaign Announced. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 11

Plans' for the administration of the world wool publicity campaign, agreed to by the inter-dominion conference of woolgrowers, include provision for a…

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Good Demand for Greasy Wool London, January 19

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 4

Scoured merinos met with quieter demand at the London wool sales and withdrawals were frequent. Prices now are 5 per cent. above the closing prices of the…

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Things That Happened Here One Hundred Years Ago The Governor's Sheep

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 7

GREAT complaints are made by the people of Parramatta against the shepherds of Sir Richard Bourke. The complaint has arisen from the washing of the sheep of…

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Marine Underwriters Expect Loss of £120,000 on Butter. London, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 13

The Financial Editor of "The Times" says: "Marine underwriters have already learnt that, they may expect a loss of £120,000 in respect of the cover of butter valued at…

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Japanese Bid Keenly Britain Pays 36d At Wool Sales

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 13

Keen competition from all sections of buyers, particularly the Japanese, was a feature of to-day's wool sales, when 13,091 bales were…

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Wool for Japan. New Regulations Resented. TOKYO, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 14

The Wool Industry Control Association met at Osaka and sent a deputation to Tokyo to appeal to the Government to relax its plan to admit only Australian wool by not…

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Oversea Market Cables. Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. l8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 15

Quotations for Bradford wool tops are Arm but business is quiet Jsers are reluctant to follow the least advance Spinners are insisting on full replacement cost for Botany crossbred…

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Famous Australians:— The Man Who Gave Australia Its Wheat-belt

The World's News · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 21

ANY country on earth would have been fortunate in acquiring such a man as William James Farrer. Because of…

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Appoint Three Experts First Job In Wool Campaign MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 10

The inter-Empire Wool Growers' conference ended to-day with complete agreement among the Australian, South African and New Zealand…

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Wool at 37½d. Season's Record for Australasia. Highest Price Since 1933-34

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1937 · page 13

An Australasian price record for merino [?]ece wool this season was established by the sale Mr. W. T. Walker's noted Ledgworth clip from…

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