"Keep Industry Sound" Premier Warns Farmers Against Wartime Boom GUNNING
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 6
The Premier (Mr. Mair) today warned primary producers against unsound expansion of industry during the war. This would create a top-heavy economic structure which would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Man Dies Mr. Cudmore's Sudden Collapse
Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 20
THE commercial community of Australia and his friends will be distressed to learn of the sudden death yesterday of Mr. K…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Once they scorned butter Now They Treasure Ration Stamps Like These
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 14
WITH sugar, ham, bacon and butter already rationed, and meat purchases to be cut down next month, Englishmen…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →WOOL 15½d.? Next Basic Price Must Be Higher
Truth · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 16
A HIGHER price may be expected for the next wool clip. "Truth" believes that at least 15½d per lb. will be paid…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wool Takes Prominent Part In London's First Wartime Fashion Gala
The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7
Thirty-three dress designers exhibited at London's first wartime show -- Francis Day's Fashion Gala at Grovesnor House, in aid of the Penny Fund, which provides games for the men of the services. Left: Surah Bolton's wool jersey skating ensemble -- ice-blue lumber jacket and hunting-pink skirt, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When The Farmyard Gets Rough
The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 5
THE gentleness of a domestic animal usually depends on its upbringing, according to Mr. H. C. Stening, Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sad fate of Joe Twigge, obstinate farmer
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 3
LONDON, Saturday. -- Joe Twigge, Derbyshire farmer, stood in the dock this week, accused of having refused to plough three of his own fields. Joe clutched two clods of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Citrus growers see crops die in heat
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 7
The dry spell has killed off citrus crops in 50 orchards in the Arcadia district, near Berowra. Arcadia orchardists say the drought is the worst in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Report
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 2
The following report on butter, dated February 17, is supplied by Prescott Pty., Ltd.:— New South Wales: The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Exports
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 2
Official trade figures for the Commonwealth for the six months to December last indicate that only butter, of our principal exports, shows an increase over the corresponding period of 1938…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Trade. Sharp Oversea Recovery
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8
A Sydney authority attaches much importance to private advice received from London on Saturday explaining the sharp recovery on the North American grain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Markets Advance. Australia May Benefit
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 12
Sydney wheat interests believe that Australia's export prospects have been enhanced considerably by the developments on the oversea grain exchanges…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →300 at Funeral of Wool Man
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 6
More than 300 people yesterday attended the funeral at South Head Cemetery of Mr. Kenneth de Lacy Cudmore. Mr. Cudmore died on Saturday, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →All-Wool Gowns For Bride And Her Maid
The Sun · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 10
A GOWN of hydrangea blue light-weight wool with a bustle back and kilted apron front worn with a full-length coat of the same fabric…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wool Purchase Criticism. Suggested War Council Graziers' Association Agenda
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 7
The Imperial wool purchase contract will be one of the main subjects of discussion at next month's conference of the Graziers' Association in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Death of Mr. Cudmore. Business Manager. Leader in Wool Trade
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5
Mr. Kenneth de Lacy Cudmore, joint manager of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., Sydney, died on Saturday morning after a week's illness. He was aged 65…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Wool for Japan. Tokyo. Feb. l8. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 12
It is understood that the Japanese and Australian Governments have agreed on a new arrangement concerning wool for the manufacture of exports from Japan, under…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Owners To Show Ajax Was Not "Cotton Wool" Champion Autumn Programme Is Unchanged Melbourne
Daily News · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 8
DECISION of Ajax's owners to adhere to the autumn programme already mapped out for the chestnut indicates that they are determined to answer those critics, who, since…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Injured. West Maitland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5
John Sullivan, a farmer, of Louth Park, was admitted to Maitland Hospital in a serious condition, suffering from a fractured skull. He was pressing hay, when the revolving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Junior Farmers' Clubs
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 7
Developments in the Junior Farmers' Club movement are expected to follow a conference of advisory committees and district councils, to be held in Sydney on March 21…
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