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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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U.S. Wheat Spain BARCELONA. Dec. 4

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

A pi ft of Horn- from the United States government has been handed by the International Friends Association to…

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Fight Against Our Wool American Growers Demand Pledge WASHINGTON

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 18

An exchange of correspondence between the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) and Senator O'Mahoney discloses that…

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Lindley Walker Wheat Co., Ltd. Annual Review the Past and the Future

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 5

At the close of a difficult twelve months' period, in which slowly declining markets have been an outstanding feature, the Wheat Trade generally will agree—"the most that can be said of the year that is past, is that it HAS passed"! The signs of…

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Letters to the Editor Farmers' Plight

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 4

I am reliably informed that farmers in and around Grafton and South Grafton are in a sorry plight owing to being mortgaged to the banks, etc…

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Big Wheat Loss How Farmers Let £120,000 Slip Away

Daily News · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

WITHIN the next two or three weeks wheat farmers will see slightly more than £120,000 trickle through…

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Local Wheat Prices Firm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 14

The local wheat market was quiet yesterday, traders waiting upon the reopening of the London market. Local prices were 14d higher than at the…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

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

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Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

The Bradford wool tops market is firm. Sellers are refusing to lower their offers…

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M.S. CHILE 2000 Tons of Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

The Danish motor ship Chile is to load 2000 tons of wheat at Brisbane for an oversea destination. The Chile is a vessel of 6956 tons…

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Cattle Owners' Losses. Result of Bruising. Meat Board's Inquiries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

The Australian Meat Board, perturbed by the serious losses to cattle-raisers as a result of bruising, is carrying out an investigation of direct and contributory causes that should be…

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U S. Wool Men Wary of Bruce

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Tuesday.--Spokesmen for American wool-growers continue to demand that no concessions shall be considered in any U.S. trade agreement…

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Wool Price Levels. Influence of United States

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 11

The closing months of 1938 provided some indications of a revival in the world's wool trade. Great Britain is the best guide to general export business as her ramifications…

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"Wheat Treaty." Solving World Glut. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 14

Preliminary efforts to explore international wheat questions before the forthcoming meeting of the International Wheat Advisory Committee in London have, it is understood,…

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Fine Catch By Aborigine Wool Clip Per Pack Horse Sydney Sidelight

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 12

A member of the Wreck Bay settlement (near Jervis Bay), Mrs. Foster, helps with the day's catch. PICKING ORANGES on a hillside orchard that overlooks the sea in eastern Japan…

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On the Land Dry Conditions Inland. Wheat Yields Above Expectations. Pastures Depleted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

Dry weather has provided ideal harvesting conditions in the wheat belt, but in many areas feed is short and water supplies have been depleted…

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Trade Treaty. Australia and U.S.A. Wool Tariff Opposed. Washington, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 14

An exchange of correspondence between the Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Summer Welies, and Senator J. C. O'Mahoney (Wyoming Democrat), has…

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Missing Farm-hand. Horse and Dray Returned Without Driver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 15

Police have been asked to locate Phillip Alien 30, a farm-hand[?] who disappeared from Brown[?]ow Hill[?] near Camden where he was employed on a farm. He left the farm with a…

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New Year's Work on a New Farm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

Mr. Jack August (left) is helped by Mr. A. Rowe in clearing work on his 10-acre block at Albion[?]Park. The new holding will be a mixed farm…

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Coastal Crops Suffer. Rain Badly Needed. Maize Yields Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

Crops and pastures on the coast of New South Wales have suffered severely in the dry weather. In places maize yields have been…

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Dairy Production Falling. Exports Reduced. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 9

The Australian Dairy Produce Board has announced that, in view of the serious decline in the production of butter in Australia, the weekly shipment to the United Kingdom will…

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