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Farming & the land, 1940

6,932 stories in Sydney's papers · page 72 of 250

Wool Trade. French and Belgian Requirements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 8

Expeilenccs in the present war contrast with those in 1914 in many respects In the rash through Belgium and France in the early stages of the last wai Germany was…

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"Adjust Tariff" Wool Man Points To Cost Rise

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 5

Tariff protection should be adjusted to compensate for rising costs of imported goods needed in the…

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Price of Wool. Graziers Complain. Adjustment to Costs Wanted

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

A debate at the conloience of the Graziers' Association, which began in the Wool Exchange, Pitt Street, yesterday, showed that woolgrowers in New…

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Wool Price on Sliding Scale Graziers Want Adjustment Britain's Purchase Appreciated

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 3

The N. S. W. Graziers' Association Conference today decided to seek periodic revision of the wool purchase agreement between the Imperial and Australian Governments "to provide for automatic adjustment of…

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Wool Purchase Agreement. Dr. Clunies Ross's Review. Price Reasonable and Fair

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 7

Factors in the wool agreement between Australia and Great Britain were discussed by Dr. Clunies Ross, of the International Wool Secretariat, at the…

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OVER 4/- a Bushel for Wheat. Probable Australian Return. FINALISING No. 1 POOL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 7

The total sales of this season s Australian wheat to date amount to 92,355,000 bushels Assuming that to-days value is…

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Yarn Shortage Due to Wool Allocations Australian Associated Press BRADFORD, March 11

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 14

It is most difficult to place orders for yarns, because spinners have already sold to the full limit of their wool allocations. This will help to…

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Farmers Hostile West Wyalong, N.s.w

Tribune · Tuesday 12 March 1940 · page 3

Federal Country Party support for the present wheat acquisition scheme of the Menzies government has failed…

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Pastoral War Council. Graziers' Plan. Exchange and Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 15

The establishment of a Pastoral Industry War Council was urged in a resolution passed at the conference of the Graziers' Association yesterday…

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Butter Report

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 2

he current weekly butter report prepared by Prescott Pty., Ltd., reads as follows:— N.S.W.: In most dairying…

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Wheat Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 10

A further movement in the export flour trade was announced yesterday when a small parcel was again sold to a Mediterranean buyer for shipment this month…

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Our Wheat Problem

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 11

IN opening the recent annual conference of the Wheat Growers' Union of Australia Mr. T. P. Meagher said: "It's no use blaming…

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Friday's Wool Appraisements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 9

Appraisements of [?]ip[?] on Friday[?] March [?] have been supplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association. Two catalogues comprised the day's…

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Advances on Pooled Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The Economic Cabinet today approved payment of a further 8d a bushel (bagged) and 6d a bushel (bulk) for old season's wheat…

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The Price of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 12

At its conference yesterday the New South Wales Graziers' Association took the wise and reasonable course when it rejected a motion condemning the…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 3

All overseas quotes are for Monday, March 11, 1940, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Britain's Free Hand On Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 6

The Graziers' Conference yesterday refused to "dictate to Great Britain what should be done with the wool purchased from…

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Bradford Wool Tops. London, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 9

It is very difficult to place an order for yarns at Bradford, because spinners have already sold to the full limit their allocations of raw material. This will help to keep…

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Wool's Dominance Challenged. Synthetic Fibres. Warning by Expert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 9

Unless wool research maintains a pace comparable to the advance being made with synthetic fibres, wool will lose its dominant position in less than 20 years,…

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No. 1 Wheat Pool. Another Immediate Payment CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1940 · page 9

A further advance of 8d a bushel on bagged wheat and 6d a bushel on bulk wheat will be made immediately by the Federal Government in respect of wheat taken into the No. 1 pool…

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