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Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Wheat Store, Needed Restrictions Not Wanted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 7

Restrictions on wheatgrowing are neither necessary nor desirable in New South Wales or Queensland next season,…

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Dairying Conditions

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 9

Some very useful rains (reports Prescott Pty., Ltd.) have fallen on parti of the far northern dairying districts of New South Wales, and…

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Famous English Stars' Daughter Marries Farmer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

PAMELA, pretty daughter of well-known English comedians of stage, radio and screen, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge, arrives at a country church for her marriage to Timothy Maxworthy, a Hertfordshire farmer. Pamela's lovely smile can't hide…

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State Wheat Crop Doubled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 7

The New South Wales wheat crop for 1941-42 is estimated by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver) at about 48,500,000 bushels. This is approximately double the previous…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Monday, February 2, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Wheat Sowing Restrictions Enormous World Carry-over

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 6

"The Federal Government's decision to restrict the sowing of wheat in Australia this year is no doubt influenced by the…

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Australia's Wool Consumption British and American Turnover

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report :— As consumers of the clip of the Commonwealth, the Australian…

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Oversea Wheat Position Lindley Walker's Special Report. SYDNEY, February 2

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 2

Our cable this week, reviewing International markets, reads as follows:— "India—first official acreage…

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Ask Farmers Fop Scrap-iron

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not anneal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Ask Farmers For Scrap-iron

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not appeal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Ask Farmers For Scrap-iran

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not appeal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Ask Farmers For Scrap-iron

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not anneal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Ask Farmers For Scrap-iron

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not appeal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Ask Farmers For Scrap-iron

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 9

WE hear constant appeals for scrap iron being made to suburban householders who naturally have no noticeable accumulation on account of space. Why not appeal to farmers and country people who invariably…

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Cattle Starving, Wheat Tied Up To the Editor, "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 4

Sir,—It is hard to realise the callous delay of Governments, Federal and State, in making wheat available to the millowners so that bran and pollard will…

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Wilson Plan for Wheat

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 11

A PLAN for rationalisation of the wheat industry, involving suspension of farming on hundreds of farms, has been drawn up by Mr…

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Wheat Keeps Well if Handled Properly

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 7

DURING the 1914-18 war it had been demonstrated how easy it was for wheat to lose its keeping qualities. At the same time, it was…

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Wheat Harvest New South Wales Estimate

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 2

In a preliminary return issued by the Government Statistician, Mr. S. R. Carver, the estimate of the New South Wales wheat crop…

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Bond Between Digger And His Legless Cattle Dog

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

FOR the past six years Harold Wicks, a 1914-18 Digger, has pushed a cattle dog around the country in a small billy cart. The dog has no legs. WICKS and his dog are a familiar…

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Bond Between Digger And His Legless Cattle Dog

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 February 1942 · page 3

FOR the past six years Harold Wicks, a 1914-18 Digger, has pushed a cattle dog around the country in a small billy cart. The dog has no legs. WICKS and his dog are a familiar…

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