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Farming & the land, 1950

7,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 250

Farmer's Dynamite Prank Boomeranged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 8

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--No action will be taken against a Missouri farmer who tied a stick of dynamite to a hawk's leg, lit the fuse, and then set the bird free. This has been announced by…

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Sheep's Back to Rescue Utility Frocks for £4/10/6 Wool and Mink on Parade

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 11

More than a thousand Women went to the Parramatta Town Hall last week for a special fashion…

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Japs Switch Wheat Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 22

LONDON, Tues.--The Japanese Government will buy Canadian instead of Australian wheat under its current import…

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Federal Pastoral Claim Court Convenes Compulsory Conference

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 1

Members of the Australian Workers' Union employed in the shearing industry and as station hands are advised that, as the result of an application made by the Union, Conciliation…

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Big rise in wool value

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 17

CANBERRA, Tues.--The value of Australian greasy wool which America bought in the…

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Exports Of Wool To U.S. Doubled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 8

Exports of Australian wool for the seven months ended January 31, totalled 2,375,522 bales, valued at £153,66…

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City Estate Agent on Rural Problems Premier Castigates Liberal Party Critic Farmers Welcome Labor's Policy

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 6

The N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr) has ridiculed the statements by the N.S.W. President of the Liberal Party (Mr. Lyle H. Moore) that there had been a pronounced population drift from the country to the city during Labor's regime…

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Australian Research On Fish Farming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 2

EXPERIMENTS in certain features of fish-farming are now being carried out by Australian scientists…

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W. Farm, April 1

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 28

WARWICK TRIAL STAKES, 1¼m. --Red Loch, Rawhiti, Beau China, Megaron, Fellowship, Sir Falcon, Annabel Lee, Mr. Britt, Ardoch…

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Decision On Wheat Sale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 12

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it had received a…

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Decision On Wheat Sale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it had received a…

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Decision On Wheat Sale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 12

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it had received a…

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Decision On Wheat Sale

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that it had received a…

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Bigger Wool Yield Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 15

The Minister for Agriculture. Mr. E. H. Graham, said at Trangie yesterday that scientific workers were convinced they…

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Wheat Deal Japanese Lack Sterling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 1

TOKYO, March 15 (A.A.P.).—The chairman of the Japanese Foreign Exchange Control Board,…

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Double Profit In Wheat Trick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Some farmers were selling their wheat to silos at world parity prices, buying it back at the…

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Dearer Butter Forecast with £10 Basic Wage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Wed.--A £10 basic wage would increase sharply the price of butter, eggs, and milk, the Federal Secretary of the Australian Primary…

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Big Rise in Sales of Wool

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 28

Wool sold in Australia during; the eight months ended February 28 last totalled 2,472,380 bales,…

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U.k. Scientists Aid Wool Industry

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 28

LONDON, Thursday. -- Australia's wool industry may profit shortly from English scientific investigation. A halfpenny's worth of tar…

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Big Rise in Sales of Wool

Daily Mirror · Thursday 16 March 1950 · page 28

Wool sold in Australia during the eight months ended February 28 last totalled 2,472,380 bales,…

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