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Farming & the land, 1938

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Wool Unchanged in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

BRISBANE, Monday.--Compared with the December sales, and the closing rates in Sydney last week, prices were unchanged at the fourth series of wool…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:— Values elsewhere than in Sydney are expressed in English currency…

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Falls Are Registered in Wheat

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 10

A LULL in the demand overseas for Australian wheat, coupled with firmer overseas shipping freights, created an easier tone in the local…

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Local Wheat Down ⅝d BUSHEL

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

Despite the large sales of Australian wheat in London, values on the local market declined ⅝d yesterday to 45¾ bushel…

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Stop-press Brisbane Wool Sales

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

Brisbane.--French and German buyers dominated the bidding at today's wool sales. Prices were on a par with yesterday's opening rates…

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Stock Sales. Prices at Flemington. Good Sheep Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 8

There was a firm demand for good sheep and lambs at the opening of the Flemington stock sales yesterday. Owing to the continuance of dry weather in the country, the…

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Moving Sheep at Night. Fine Imposed. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 9

A case of considerable interest to stockowners was heard by the police magistrate. Mr. Harris, this afternoon. George H. Teale was charged with driving stock during…

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Sharp Rise in Wheat Freights London

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 15

The City Editor of "The Times" points out that within a week the premium over the minimum for wheat freights from Australia has…

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Wellington Wool Sales. Growers Disappointed. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 12

Prices at the Wellington wool sales to-day were one penny to a penny farthing down on the last sale at Dunedin, but were still up on the December sale in Wellington. There…

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Late Finance Wool Falls 1½d IN N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 12

WELLINGTON, Monday.--In view of the recent decline in overseas prices, the second wool sale today bettered expectations, generally showing a drop of about 1½ on the Dunedin…

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£12,000,000 Wheat Harvest 10,000,000 Bushels Over Estimate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 8

THE New South Wales wheat yield is expected to realise £12,000,000. It is estimated that the total…

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On the Land. Wheat Culture. Steps to Safety and Heavy Yields. Influence of Competitions. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 9

An interesting and useful survey of the progress made towards reliable and heavy crop production in the central west, based largely on the results of competitive effort, has been…

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"She Was Dying of Thirst." Women's Epic 500-Mile Journey with Cattle. What the Wife of a Missionary Saw on Long Patrol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 7

MRS. C. T. F. GOY, wife of the Northern Patrol Padre of the Australian Inland Mission, who has returned to Sydney after accompanying her husband on a 14,000-mile patrol of Central Australia'…

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Farm Workers. Acute German Shortage. Imports From Italy and Poland. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 11

Recruitments for the German Army have created such an acute shortage of agricultural labourers according to the Munich correspondent of the "Daily…

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Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 13

Active trading was reported by city dairy houses yesterday. Demand for all lines was satisfactory. Eggs continued to sell well. BUTTER.—Choicest, 151 [?] per cent including 2/6…

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Tropical Dairying. Some Little-known Facts. a Means of Reducing Polygamy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 9

Polygamy in native tribes occupying primeval forests in the tropical region of Cameroon (West Africa) may be reduced by the development of a dairying industry…

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A Programme for the People Unity Of Workers And Farmers Return a Labor Govt.!resolution of the Queensland District of the Communist PARTY(Conclusion)

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

The Communist Party, which champions the cause of the working class and leads the struggle to unite the labor movement a common immediate programme, will conduct its own independent election campaign. The Communist campaign will centre…

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"Farmers Facing Starvation" Plight Desperate Says Minister Help For South-West

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 3

"MANY farmers in the South West are on the verge of starvation. It is bread and butter we want," said Major J. Chanter, of Lake Cargelligo, to the Premier (Mr. Stevens) during the hearing of a deputation from the…

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Want Import of Bull Stopped Farmers Fear Foot and Mouth Disease Casino

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 10

At the Casino Primary Producers' Union meeting yesterday it was decided to forward a strong protest, through the central executive, to the…

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Haunted Cattle-Camps

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 37

There are many places in the bush known to travellers as "haunted huts" and quite as many on the main stock routes of Queensland known to cattlemen as haunted camps. On these places no travelling mob will rest through the night; even the quietest bush cattle will…

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