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Farming & the land, 1947

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Wool As Summer Fabric Optimism Of U.K. Expert U.S. Designers Show Interest

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 13

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Wool soon would he the leading summer fashion fabric for women, Mr. Morton Savell, managing director of the…

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Wool As Summer Fabric Optimism Of U.K. Expert U.S. Designers Show Interest

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 13

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Wool soon would be the leading summer fashion fabric for women, Mr. Morton Savell, managing director of the…

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Farm Girl

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 10

Dear Worker,—This is my first letter to your interesting Page. I am 12 years old. and my birthday is on June 1. My brother, has been…

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Farm Workers' Basic Wage Rural Reconstruction Commission's Recommendations to Federal Government

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 9

The payment of a basic wage to all farm workers is recommended in a report to the Federal Government by the Rural Reconstruction Commission. Rural wage regulations, the report continued,…

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Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, N.S.W. British Youth For Emigration to Australia

Construction · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 5

The Fairbridge Farm Schools of N.S.W. have just issued an interesting brochure setting forth their work within this State. The question of emigration is at present well to the fore in the public…

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Firms "Holding Farm Kerosene"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 4

Petrol companies were deliberately withholding power kerosene from farmers, Mr. J. B. Renshaw (Lab., Castlereagh) said…

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M.L.A. Urges Kerosene For Farmers

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1947 · page 25

New South Wales was faced with a loss of more than 30,000,000 bushels of wheat, if power "kerosene for farm…

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Wool Prices Help Pastoral Company

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 26

Wool produced by Squatting Investment Co. Ltd. in the past year realised about £10 a bale more than the previous year, said the chairman (Mr…

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Senator Criticises Wheat Agreement

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Senator Gibson, C.P., Vic., today said the N.Z. wheat agreement was the "greatest business blunder ever made in the country."…

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Wheat Exports and Finance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

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Competition for Wool Strong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 16

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Adjournment Motion Over Wheat Lost

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 23

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- A motion to adjourn to consider the wheat agreement with New Zealand was defeated on the…

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Adjournment Motion Over Wheat Lost

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 23

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- A motion to adjourn to consider the wheat agreement with New Zealand was defeated on the…

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Strong Demand at Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 26

Strong and general competition kept prices firm at yesterday's Sydney wool sales. Greasy merino fleece sold to 63d for…

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New Patterns in Spring Wool Fabrics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 13

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Wool Percentage to Be Labelled on Textiles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Regulations requiring imported textiles of wool cr containing wool to be labelled with the percentage of constituent…

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Wool Percentage to Be Labelled on Textiles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 5

CANBERRA, Thursday.--Regulations requiring imported textiles of wool cr containing wool to be labelled with the percentage of constituent…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney. Wednesday, March 5

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 2

All overseas quotes are for Tuesday, March 4, 1947, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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U.S. Stocks of Wool Import Quota Move

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 6

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U.s. May Cut Wool Prices, Curtail Import

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1947 · page 26

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--The Agricultural Department has recommended the fixing of wool import quotas and…

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