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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Sheep For Japan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

SPECIAL PENS have been built on the River Clarence for the 880 sheep being sent to Japan to feed the Indian Army of Occupation. The whole of the cargo of the vessel, which sailed at 2 p.m., comprises food of one kind or another for occupation troops at…

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Sheep For Japan

Daily Mirror · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

SPECIAL PENS have been built on the River Clarence for the 880 sheep being sent to Japan to feed the Indian Army of Occupation. The whole of the cargo of the vessel, which sailed at 2 p.m., comprises food of one kind or another for occupation troops at…

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London Wool Market Strong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

LONDON, Feb. 21 (A.A.P.).—At the London wool sales yesterday the full week's offerings of 22,600 bales were all sold. The catalogue included…

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Wool in Demand at London Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 12

LONDON, Friday (Reuter's). -- Competition at the London wool sales yesterday was very strong and prices mostly at the best levels since the resumption…

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U.S. Auctions Australian Surplus Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 12

NEW YORK, Friday (A.A.P.). -- More than 350,000lb. of greasy and scoured foreign wool was sold by public auction in Boston…

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Pollard Defends Wheat Deal With New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday. — The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. Pollard, to-day defended the contract whereby Australia…

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Wheat Quotations. Overseas and Sydney. Friday, February 21

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, February 20, 1947, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Big Disparity in Wheat Prices Britain And N.Z. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 2

Sir.—The Federal Government, in providing the people of New Zealand with wheat at almost a third of its value, will scarcely be acclaimed by the…

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Government Aid for N.s.w. Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1947 · page 3

The State Cabinet yesterday decided to allocate £50,000 to enable advances to be made to farmers for soil conservation and water erosion…

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Dinny goes to town the Story of a Little Farm

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 12

IT'S only a couple of months since lean and lanky, Dinny Fergus, with his large, loose, oblong…

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TODAY: Australia A farm awaited a veteran banker Today's Sydney Office

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 February 1947 · page 30

Punctually at 9.15 a.m., short, thick-set Commonwealth Bank Governor Hugh Traill Armitage arrived at head office…

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Butter Output Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 14

Commonwealth butter production for the six months ended December 31 last was 71,260 tons, compared with 74,592 for the corresponding period of…

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Sound Market for Wool

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 20

While no outstanding prices were realised early at today's wool sales there was a steady demand for good spinners types drawn…

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Today's World Now It's Business Before Butter

The Sun · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 4

THE untimely death of UNRRA not only threatens big areas of the world with…

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Wool Price Rises in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 23.—Throughout the first of the 1947 series of London wool sales competition was strong…

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London Wool Prices Up to 15 p.c. HIGHER

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--At the first series of 1947 wool sales, which ended on Friday, 80,800 bales were offered, and 80,200 bales sold…

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Big Linseed Crop Planned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 10

The New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) yesterday announced plans to grow large quantities of linseed…

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Sheep Prices Maintained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 12

Recent high prices for sheep and lambs were maintained at Flemington yesterday. There was another small offering—…

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Good Clearances of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 4

Slight irregularity in the market for faulty crossbred lines was apparent at the Sydney wool sales yesterday. A total of 11,148 bales was…

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France to Receive More Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1947 · page 5

PARIS, Feb. 24 (A.A.P.).—The Minister for Agriculture, M. Henri Tanguy-Prigent, said on his return from America that he had obtained a…

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