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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250

Keynes' Fifty Bushel Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 4

JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES, whose plans for compulsory wartime savings and for an "iron ration" are now being…

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No Change in Wheat Prices

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 14

Absence of buying inquiry was responsible for quiet trading on the local wheat market to-day. Prices fixed for. export wheat were…

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Wool Secrecy Attacked Growers Want All Deal Details

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 3

The Federal Government was roundly criticised at today's meeting of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council for its secrecy on the sale of wool to the British Government. Members of the council also urged that there should be…

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Wool Control. Criticism in Britain. LONDON, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 8

There is as yet no official reply to the outspoken attack on the British Wool Control Committee's policy made by the chairman of the Australian Wool…

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Japanese Ships Take Wheat 200,000 Tons Were Purchased

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 12

A small fleet of Japanese freighters has been placed in the Australian -service to lift 200,000 tons of wheat, which Japan bought at the end of last…

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Australian Wool Board. Dr. Clunies Ross to Attend Meeting. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 11

Dr. F. Clunies Ross, the Australian representative on the International Wool Secretariat, reached Townsville by flying-boat to[?] en route for Sydney, where he will attend…

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Australian Wool Exports. American Growers' Fears. WASHINGTON, March 3. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 11

American wool manufacturers, headed by Mr. Arthur Besse, president of the National Association ot Wool Manufacturers, appealed before the Senate Finance Committee to…

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Aid to Farmers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1940 · page 13

The Minister for Commerce, Senator McLeay, has informed Mr. Prowse, M.P., that if the States supply seed and superphosphate to farmers who have suffered hardship…

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— on the Land — Stock Sales. Light Sheep Harder to Buy. Cattle Market Unchanged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 7

Light sheep were harder to buy at the Flemington saleyards yesterday. There was an easier tendency for heavy sheep and lambs at the opening,…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 8

Little change from the dull tone of recent weeks was apparent in the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Only one small order was booked by milling interests. Further sales…

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Wool Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 10

It is unfortunate that the wool industry should again have become a centre of controversy both in Australia and England. Initially, the troubles…

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Stabilisation of Wheat. Support for Premier. Farmers' President Criticised. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 7

A special meeting of the West Wyalong branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association unanimously decided to support the views of the Premier,…

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Britain's Threat to Aust. Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 5

"The high price at which Great Britain is selling wool to neutral countries might seriously affect the future of the…

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The Hold-up In Wool

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 4

THERE is force in the statement of the Australian Wool Board's president, Sir Dalziel Kelly, that the policy of the…

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Deal Hits Neutrals Wool Sales Limited

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 3

No crossbred wool bought by Britain from Australia is available for neutral countries, said Dr. Ian…

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Wool Purchase. Appraisements of February 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 6

AppraisementS of clips on Thursday February 19 have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers. Association. Two catalogues comprised the day's…

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Problems of Wool Control. Local Manufacture

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 7

The Central Wool Committee, which is administering the wool appraisement scheme for the British Government, replying to a request from the Farmers and Settlers'…

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N.z. Wool for Aust. Home Needs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 12

The United Kingdom Government has authorised the New Zealand Government to allocate New Zealand wool (or Australian home consumption needs…

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Wool Expert. Dr. Clunies Ross Arrives. Important Talks About Market Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 12

Dr. Ian Clunies Ross, Australian representative on the International Wool Secretariat in London, who arrived in Sydney by flying-boat yesterday,…

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Improving the Pastures. Canowindra Farmer's Success. Clover and Rye Grass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 7

In view of the fact that pasture improvement has not made as much progress in the Canowindra district as in other localities where similar climatic…

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