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Farming & the land, 1948

5,907 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Italians on Farms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

Sir,—I read with disgust Mr. Loewenthal's letter about Italian p.o.w.s being treated like "slaves and beasts" on Australian farms…

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Farmer Manager Sues City Club

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

IN the District Court today, an action by Ernest Albert White, Pemberton St., Parramatta against the Journalists…

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Sheep, Cattle Dearer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 14

Supplies of sheep were lower at 17,942 head. Lambs were 1 dearer Ewes declined 2 to 3. Cattle supplies showed a…

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Keen Demand for Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

The quantity catalogued at Sydney wool sales yesterday totalled 10,992 bales. The clearance, including…

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Plan for Wheat May Fail

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 6

CANBERRA, Monday.-- State Ministers at the Agricultural Council meeting tomorrow would reject…

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19 Sheep Killed in Motor Truck Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Fourteen sheep were killed outright and five others were shot by police when a motor truck…

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More Than £50 A Bale For Best Wool by a Wool Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

The average price being paid for merino and the finer crossbred wools in New South Wales at present exceeds £50…

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Wool Prices Rise 5 Per Cent

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 14

Wool prices in Sydney yesterday were up to 5 per cent. above last week's rates for all descriptions…

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Poultry Farmers Ban Communists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday— Communists had been banned from the National Poultry Farmers' Association, the…

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Australia's Record Wheat Harvest

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 7

Australia's wheat crop for the 1947-48 season is expected to reach the record total of 228,000,000…

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Big Increase in Exports Australia's Estimates for Current Year Wool, Wheat and Other Primary Products

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

Australia's exports for the current financial year, which ends on June 30 next, will show an increase of 27 per cent, on those of 1946-47 and will be 182 per cent, higher…

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Wheat Deal Attacked States' Claims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.— At the Australian Agricultural Council conference to-day, three States strongly…

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Wheat Agreement Hopes Compromise Plan Discussed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--Ministers and wheatgrowers' representatives said tonight that there were hopes of a compromise agreement on the…

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North and North-west Wheat Yards and Sheds Organiser H. Delaney's Report

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 9

Since my last report, writes Organiser H. Delaney, I have visited the following wheat yards and shearing…

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Farmers Rush to Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

Retail reductions were limited, and were best described as tentative moves to attract goodwill, but United Press…

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Warwick Farm

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 15

Visitors to Warwick Farm yesterday for the barrier trials were surprised by the excellent condition of the…

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Lenten Pastoral

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 4

THE following is the text of the Pastoral Letter of His Eminence Cardinal Gilroy to the Clergy and Faithful of the Archdiocese of Sydney for Lent, 1948, which was read in all the churches on Sunday, February 8…

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Newcastle Wool Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Five bales of superfine quality wool, sold on behalf of J. Fletcher and Sons, of Kentucky, New England, realised…

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Gigantic Gamble In Wheat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- A Chicago trader, E. T. Maynard, made between £75,000 and £100,000 in four days by selling 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and trading in cotton, oats, and other commodities, the Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Clinton Anderson) said yesterday…

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Gigantic Gamble In Wheat

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- A Chicago trader, E. T. Maynard, made between £75,000 and £100,000 in four days by selling 1,000,000 bushels of wheat and trading in cotton, oats, and other commodities, the Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. Clinton Anderson) said yesterday…

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