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Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Wheat Sheaf Lasts Out Hectic Finish Phoines Fails in Eclipse by Head

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Getting to the front soon after the turn, Wheat Sheaf either led or shared the lead all the way until the last few strides, and then narrowly won the first division of the Eclipse Handicap at Ascot…

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The new "Smith's" Germans and Italians in Queensland -- Startling Exemption Figures -- Countless Tons of Wood for Charcoal -- Strikers Denounced as Fifth Columnists. Deserting the Farms

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 13

AS an old Digger of the last war-- and a cripple at that-- I am horrified at the way the men are leaving the farms Government should make…

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No Rise in Wages Pastoral Award Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 3

No alteration in rates for employees under the Federal Pastoral award will be made this year…

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Finance and Markets Wool Output Will Be Used

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday. -- The reduction of 25 p.c. in the British clothing ration does not mean a 25 p.c. reduction…

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He Owned A Farm In Distant Syria

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1942 · page 2

From the sun - drenched fields beside Lebanon, where the warm wind is sweet with the scent of olives, Elias Nabty came to Australia in 1938…

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Pastoral Feed Lacking Rain Urgently Needed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

Seasonal conditions in New South Wales have deteriorated in recent weeks, even the copious falls of last month in many…

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Wool Men's Problems

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

"While no one can now be heard to claim substantial profit margins, it remains true that the elimination of profit will…

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Wool Men's Problems

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

"While no one can now be heard to claim substantial profit margins, it remains true that the elimination of profit will…

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Wool Men's Problems

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

"While no one can now be heard to claim substantial profit margins, it remains true that the elimination of profit will…

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Argentine Wool Clip

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 7

It is estimated that tills season's Argentine woolclip will be the equivalent of 1,500,000 bales of Australian weight, or 15 p.c. more than the…

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Wool Men's Problems

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 4

"While no one can now be heard to claim substantial profit margins, it remains true that the elimination of profit will…

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U.s. Wool Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

A suggestion has been made in the United States by the National Woolgrowers' Association that the Government, should buy all wool for the…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Saturday, March 21, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Country Woman To Exhibit at Cattle Show

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 8

WIFE of the Graziers' Association president, Mrs. Eric Killen, will be the only woman exhibitor…

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World Wheat Situation Canadian Bank Survey

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 2

Wheat harvesting is now well under way in the Southern Hemisphere. In Argentina, despite Government pressure to reduce acreage, a slightly larger area was sown, but this was more than offset by low yields and damage from frost. The…

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Smaller Sugar Crop Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

This year's cane sugar production in Queensland is expected to be considerably lower than that for 1941, mainly because of adverse weather…

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On the Land Egg Farming May Slump Serious Outlook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 3

It is questionable if commercial poultry farmers can survive another year of such low earnings as they have…

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Farmer On Murder Charge BRISBANE

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 2

A statement that he resolved to kill his wife "as it seemed the only way to get her mother to come and explain her reasons…

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Stud Farm

The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 10

Mares and their foals at the Mardella Stud Farm, Otahuhu, Auckland. World-famous racing stock has been bred here…

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Overseas and Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Monday, March 23, 1942, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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