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Farming & the land, 1944

6,082 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250

Rambler's Note Book Prize of 5- to Yvonne Fullagar (13), 8 Farm-street, Gladesville. Memories in My Diary

The Sun · Sunday 5 March 1944 · page 7

I'M writing on the ledge ol a window, through which I can see the beautiful Sydney Harbor. It is, indeed, an…

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Wool Sales in America

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, March 5 (A.A.P.)—The Secretary of Commerce, Mr.Jesse Jones, announced that 12 million lb of foreign wool will be offered at auction in Boston on…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, March 2, 1944, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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More Wheat Flour in British Bread

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 6

LONDON, March 5 (A.A.P.).—By April 1 Britain will again be getting an almost pure wheat loaf, according to Mr. C. A. Loome, Director of…

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Sale Of Foreign Wool In America

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 10

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--The Secretary for Commerce, Mr. Jesse Jones, announces that 12,000,000 lb. of foreign wool will be auctioned…

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On the Land Girls Leaving Dairy Farms "Better Pay in Other Work"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

LISMORE, Saturday.—The movement of experienced girls from dairy farms to more congenial work as car and truck…

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Dairymen Want Higher Prices Reply to Accountant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 4

The secretary of the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's Association, Mr.F.Sedgwick, said yesterday that he…

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India's Big Tea Crop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 6

LONDON, March 5 (Official Wireless).—A Calcutta, message says that tea gardens in North India last year manufactured 453,000,000lb of tea, the…

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Potato Crop Fears

The Sun · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Estimated yield from Victoria's potato crop this season is now only 150,000 tons. Originally, experts…

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50,000 Sheep for Britain Not Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 5

More than 50,000 sheep and lambs which should have been killed for export to England in February, were still in paddocks, said the Meat Commission spokesman yesterday…

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Post-war Wool The Question of Marketing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

The setting up of a committee by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia to act in co-operation' with, growers…

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Casual Dairy Workers Army Men for New Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 4

The Director-General of Manpower Mr. Wurth, said yesterday that his directorate and the Army had completed…

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Welfare Worker's Dairy Fitting Servicemen For Post-War Jobs

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 10

THERE will be a great body of ex-servicemen and women in Australia when the war ends. Their rehabilitation is a major post-war problem. THE 2nd Ex-Servicemen's…

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Clearing-out Sales of Farms Increase

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 11

TWEED HEADS, Tuesday.--At a meeting of Tweed District Council of the P.P.U., the president (Mr. A. C. Pratt) said that clearing-out…

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Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts one of…

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Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts One of…

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Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts one of…

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Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts one of…

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Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts one of…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Shoddy Wool Cloth

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 6

IT seems incredible that a country like Australia, that literally rode to prosperity on the sheep's back and boasts one of…

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