Melbourne Sheep Sales. Melbourne
[?] was without animation for various classes of fat sheep at the Flemington slock sales to-day. The offerings consisted of 31,000 fat sheep, 22,000 fat lambs, and 15,300 store sheep…
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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Dull
The Sydney wheat market was dull again yesterday. The turnover was very small and there was an easier tendency, due to decline in the closing options in the oversea…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Wheat Sheaves on Cake
TINY sheaves of wheat, representing the country interests of both the bride and bridegroom, decorated the white wedding cake which was cut by Mrs. Walter Quinn last night at the reception at Elizabeth Bay House following her wedding at St. John's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stop-press Wool Market
Easier tendency for best fleece wools and values down five per cent. Other descriptions at late rates. Competition fairly general from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yorkshire Bids for Wool
Japanese purchases at yesterday's wool sales were only moderate, but competition from Yorkshire and the resultant buying by the United Kingdom were keen and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations
The State Marketing Bureau (Department of Agriculture) advises as follows regarding local and overseas wheat values and sales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reduction in Price of Wheat
FOLLOWING the further fall in option values overseas, wheat on the local market declined by ½d to 3-8d a bushel, but there was little…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →W.A. Wheat Yield Revised Estimate
The Deputy Government Statistician, Mr. W. L. Wilson, has issued a revised estimate of the West Australian Wheat Yield…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cattle Judging. Society Publishes List. Next Royal Show
The Royal Agricultural Society announced yesterday the names of the judges in the cattle section at the forthcoming Royal Easter Show. The list is as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pastoral Areas Coloured Labour Urged for W.A. PERTH
The use of a limited amount of coloured labour in the pastoral industry of Western Australia was advocated to-day by the president of the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Unshrinkable Wool. Interesting Demonstration With Yarn
Every woman will be interested in the result of experiments conducted by F. W. Hughes Pty. Ltd., and demonstrated yesterday afternoon at a party given at the Australia Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales. Wider Competition. Yorkshire Active
At the wool sales in Sydney yesterday, 10,936 [?]ales were catalogued. The clearance, including private sales of passed-in and fellmongered wools, amounted to lO,852 [?]ales, as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Returning Confidence in the Wool Market
It is strange how, on many occasions when the wool-selling industry has looked to be heading for disaster and conferences have been called to debate the position, something has turned up for the better to nullify to a large extent any decisions that might have been proposed. That is what has happened in the last few weeks. Prices are still a long Way behind those at the opening of the season, but the slump appears to have been stayed and a tone of general confidence is returning to the market…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report
Our cable reviewing International wheat this week reads:— February 21. "Australian wheat February…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Continent and Wool. Influence of America
Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd., reports:—In the vicinity of two-thirds of the wool which will be available for sale in Sydney during the season has now been marketed. That is a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Continent and Wool Influence of America
Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd.'s weekly report states: in the vicinity of two-thirds of the wool which will be available for sale in Sydney during the season has now been marketed. That is a better proportion than looked probable a short time ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Prices. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The decline in wool values has agitated the minds of those interested in the industry to such an extent that many solutions have recently been put forward as a means of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →66 p.c. OF N.S.W. Wool Sold
About two-thirds of the wool available for sale in Sydney during the season has now been marketed. That is a better proportion than looked probable a short…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On the Land Wheat Varieties. Advisory Committee Formed. Eliminating Unwanted Types
A committee has teen formed, under the chairmanship of the president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. J. Hawkes, to act in an Rdvisory capacity to the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Japan's Wool Needs. 540,000 Bales in 1938. TOKYO, Feb. 22
It is understood that, according to the Government's present plans, imports of wool in 1938 are likely to approximate 540,000 bales. These will be apportioned thus: For export…
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