Iron, Steel—butter, Bacon
Britain had completed trade agreements with Argentina, Switzerland, France, Italy, Sweden,…
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Chicago Wheat Up
Prices of Chicago Wheat Futures were slightly higher on Thursday. March delivery wheat sold at 242 cents (15/1½A) a bushel, up 2½ cents; May…
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TOKIO, Friday.--Japan would begin buying Australian wool almost immediately, a Japanese…
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LONDON.--Profits of from 60 to 100 per cent have been made by the Government in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle Worth £30,000 Arrive From Britain
Twenty-four head of cattle, mostly Herefords, of a total value of £30,000, arrived in Sydney yesterday from Britain in the ship Tropic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Quotations Overseas. Friday, February 20
All overseas quotes ore for Thursday, February 19, 1948, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deciding F.a.q. for Wheat
FIXING AVERAGE QUALITY standard--F.A.Q.--for the N.S.W. wheat crop for the 1947-48 season is the important reason for this gathering. Left to right are Messrs. D. Isherwood (Weights and Measures Dent.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHEAT F.A.Q. FIXED Lowest For Years
The grain trade section of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce yesterday fixed the standard of fair average quality…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Export 'May Be Delayed' Expert Blames Slow Loading
Unless wheat ships in Sydney were turned round more quickly, the full export quota of the New South Wales 1947-48 crop might not be shipped…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firemen risk death in £40,000 blaze to save wool
SMOKE rising to hundreds of feet after an explosion during the fire at Lane's Chemical Works, Alexandria, yesterday. Damage estimate--£40,000. Story, p. 2. Firemen took extreme risks yesterday to prevent a chemical factory fire at Alexandria from spreading to Government stores where wool worth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tragic Story of Farm Shooting: Boy 15 Freed United Again "Violent Temper"
THE tragic story of a fatal shooting of a farmer by his 15-years-old son on January 3 was told to a jury at Brisbane Criminal Court this week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rust-resistant Wheat
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Waite Agricultural Research Institute has applied for registration of a new rust-resistant wheat called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Union Reply On Wheat Loading
Waterside workers were not to blame for slow turn-around of wheat ships, the general secretary of the Waterside…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plan for Japan to Buy Wool
CANBERRA, Monday.-- Arrangements had been completed with the Supreme Allied Command in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Stock Reduced J.O. Estimate
Joint Organisation expects that, by the end of next June, its wool stocks will be reduced to one-third of the original…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trade and Finance Wool Pile Cut Again
Wool held by the Joint U.K.-Dominion Organisation on December 31 last totalled 3,916,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Trade to Resume with Japan Wool Purchase Plan
CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Chifley, announced to-day an early resumption of two-way trade on a limited scale between Australia and Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Season's Wheat Negotiations Fail To the Editor of the "Herald."
Sir,—The breakdown in the negotiations between the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation and the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dearer Wool Packs
CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) said today that the price of wool packs for the 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dearer Wool Packs
CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- The Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCarthy) said today that the price of wool packs for the 1948…
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