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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

8,508 stories in Sydney's papers · page 77 of 250

£2,184,447 Advanced to Farmers. Relief Board's Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 22

The Farmers' Relief Board, in its report for the year which ended on June 30 last, states that £2,184,447 was advanced to farmers. Of this amount £1,466,036 was repaid…

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£2,184,447 Advance to Farmers

Daily News · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 9

Advances made to farmers through the Farmers' Relief Board at June 30 last year totalled £2,184,447. Of this, £1,466,036 has been repaid…

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"No Fight" Verdict at Arena "Alabama Kid" & Farmer In "Slow Motion" By George Thatcher

Daily News · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 12

SYDNEY fight fans seldom applaud a referee. Mick Lacey, however, was cheered to the echo when he declared "no contest" in the tenth round of the Alabama Kid-"Red" Farmer fight at the Sports Arena…

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Farm Employee Found Hanged

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 7

BEGA, Friday.--Ronald Brown, 18. was found hanged, last night, on Handcock's farm, Bemboka, where he had been employed for three months…

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Deplorable Boxing Display Earns "No Fight" Verdict Farmer And Alabama Kid Incense Spectators

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 20

THE fight at the Sports Arena last night between the two Americans, Alabama Kid and "Red" Farmer, was declared "no contest" in the tenth round. The decision of the referee (Mr. Mick Lacey) met…

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Britain To Support Fixed Wheat Price LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1939 · page 18

Britain is understood to have indicated readiness to accept the plan for a minimum wheat price…

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A Lacy Wool Cover FOR Baby's Cot Or Carriage

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1939 · page 23

Lined with silk and finished with a matching or contrasting bow this cover would look so dainty and cosy in baby's cot or carriage. It is knitted in a lacy stitch and outlined with a border of garter stitch…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 3

The London butter market is quiet. Choicest salted, New Zealand 118/- per cwt., Australian 115/-. Unsalted, New Zealand…

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Wheat

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 3

As the result of an improved tone in the oversea grain exchanges the local wheat market during the latter part of the week…

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Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 3

During the past week the wool market was without quotable change. The selling season is well advanced, and stocks in hand are…

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Banana Butter-scotch Cake

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 11

The combination of flavors makes this cake exceptionally delicious. 1¾ cups brown sugar…

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Wheat Growers' Union. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 7

At the conference of the Wheat Growers' Union, which ended on Friday night, it was decided to recommend that silo storage charges for wheat should not begin until July 1,…

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Wool Means Quality. Staple Fibre Competition. American Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 7

Efforts to stir up wool consciousness in the United States of America are meeting with success, states Dr. Clunies Ross, of the International Wool…

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Firmer Tone. Commodities in London. Prospects for Wool Sales. London, March 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 8

The commodity markets in general have been more active in the last week, thus reflecting the increased confidence which is due to the expectation of a…

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Farmers' Debts. Federal Policy Attacked. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 12

The Premier, Mr. Dunstan, in an attack on the Commonwealth Government's policy on the allocation of funds for farmers' debts, said to-night that the Commonwealth had…

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Fight Referee Resigns Boxers Rematched in Charity Bout Payment Made To Alabama Kid And Farmer "No Contest" Sequel

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 16

Alabama Kid and Red Farmer, principals in the fight which was declared "no contest," at the Sports Arena on Friday night, were to-day paid their percentages…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

Owing to rain during the past week in N. S. W., the position is easier and this will enable stocks to be built up against winter requirements, states…

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Wheat Prices

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

The low price for wheat has already forced some Queensland wheatgrowers off their farms and others are facing ruin. The average price paid for wheal…

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Australian Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 8

The Federal Government has had prepared a booklet dealing with the Australian wool industry, and 10,000 copies will be distributed from the wool section of the Austiallan exhibit…

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Stable Wool Prices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 8

Experiences of the last year foster the belief that under existing circumstances the values for merino wool prevailing since March, 1938, constitute bedrock basis. Very rarely,…

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