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Farming & the land, 1938

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Farm Novice (3.40) Captain Rose Choice

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 4

CONCRETE DOME. Won in good style some time back, but has not lived up to his early promise…

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Cramm Gives Us A Few Tips Apart From Tennis--About Glamor, Girls And Garbo Kenya Farm Is Home for English Aviatrix

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 1

GOTTFRIED FREIHERR VON CRAMM is the German tennis ace's formal title but address him as…

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Butter Pay for December. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

Suppliers to North Coast factories will receive 10¾d a lb for choicest butter supplied during December. This payment, which is the same as that for November, was agreed to…

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Lindley Walker Wheat Co. Annual Review World's Wheat and the Trade Outlook

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The value of wheat statistics is always a guide to grain traders and flour millers, but under existing world conditions they must be considered in conjunction with other influences before they can be regarded as reliable price factors. Hence it…

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Consumption of Wool. Value of Advertising

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

Although advertising to promote wool consumption is generally advocated to-day, very little is known of its probable effects, and the markets in which to advertise…

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Fall in Wheat, But Outlook Improves Independent Cable Service

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

LONDON, Sunday.--The pressure of Australian offers causes a further fall in wheat, but the outlook is more optimistic in view of the possibility that the…

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Wool Prices. Prospective Demand. Sales to Resume To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

The Sydney wool sales reopen in Sydney to-day, and are the first Australian auctions for the second half of the season…

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Warwick Farm Programme. Anticipations. Probable Riders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 12

Some large fields are likely at the Australian Jockey Club's meeting at Warwick Farm this afternoon. The programme consists of seven events, the…

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Dairy Cows. Poisoned by Sudan Grass. Remainder of Herd Safe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Mr. W. A. Coulston, dairyman, of Gleneroft, about five miles from Wodonga, who has a large farm on the Kiewa River, lost 15 of his herd after the…

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Simple Fashions at Warwick Farm

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 9

A CARNIVAL atmosphere prevailed at Warwick Farm to-day for the holiday race meeting. Between races the heat forced most racegoers to take advantage of the shade of trees while others relied on…

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Was Backed for Fortune Jocular Beaten at Warwick Farm Victory For Misnomer In The Sefton Tuckerbox's Record

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 12

RACKED for a fortune in the Sefton Handicap at Warwick Farm this afternoon. Jocular was beaten. Just when he appeared to have the race won,…

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A Promising Run Glenora Park Appeals At Warwick Farm

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

TRAINER C. RUDD has been right out of luck in recent months, but his run of misfortune should end at Warwick Farm this afternoon, when he is expected to lead in the winner of the opening event the Maiden Handicap. To represent him in that…

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On the Land English Wool Trade. Rayon and Staple Fibre Lose Attraction As Factor in Costs. (From Our Special Correspondent.) By Air Mail. BRADFORD, Dec. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 5

The decline that occurred in merino wool values in the first part of the selling season inevitably brought with it an adjustment in crossbreds, but it is very doubtful whether…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales:— Liverpool Values: December delivery—closed at 4/6 [?]…

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Wool Sales Held on Holiday

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

While practically all other businessmen were taking a holiday at the beach, the river, or the country, woolbrokers and buyers were…

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Stock and Wool Stealing. Heavier Penalties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

"Outback" writes:— Owing to the prevalence of stock and wool stealing, it is interesting to notice that a young man was recently fined a small amount and…

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Wool for Japan Buyers' View Of Quota

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

JAPANESE woolbuyers in Sydney expect to resume buying about January 10, but at present they are…

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Wool Sales. Best Descriptions Firm. Japan's Limited Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday the quantity catalogued totalled 12,211 bales. The clearance, including private sales of passedin and fellmongered wools, amounted to 10,286…

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Wool Sales. Best Sorts Firm. Japan Inactive. Top Price 27d

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

Values for the best wools showing length were unchanged on closing December levels at the Sydney wool sales yesterday but rales for all other…

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