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Farming & the land, 1951

8,421 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

£1,000 Mob of Sheep Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 4

DUBBO, Friday. — Dubbo police are searching for a £1,000 mob of sheep lost in the Narromine-Trangie area since the New…

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Stop Press N.z. Wool Record

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 12

WELLINGTON, Saturday. -- The New Zealand record price of 165½ a pound was paid for four bales of superme crossbred wool from…

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Sugar Crop Hit By Queensland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.— Thousands of pounds' worth of damage has been done to Queensland's…

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Farmers Fly Plane Out From England

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 14 January 1951 · page 4

DARWIN, Saturday.— Two Western Australian sheep farmers who left England in a midget…

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5 p.c. rise for wool

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

The upward trend of wool values continued today, with the market at Sydney sales showing another rise of up…

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Vaccine Cures Mexican Cattle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 19

MEXICO CITY, Tuesday.--Foot and mouth disease--the dread of farmers all over the world--may have been eradicated from Mexico by a powerful new vaccine. Mexico has been fighting the…

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Record Wool Cheque

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 18

For the six months ended December 31 last, wool sold in Australia realised £270, 812,729--an all-time record…

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Record Wool Cheque

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 18

For the six months ended December 31 last, wool sold in Australia realised £270,- 812,729--an all-time record…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 10

At Sydney Wool Sales yesterday 14,841 bales were catalogued, of which 14,818 were sold at auction. The total clearance,…

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Record Wool Cheque

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 18

For the six months ended December 31 last, wool sold in Australia realised £270,- 812,729--an all-time record…

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Wool Record in South Africa

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 9

CAPETOWN, Tuesday.--A new South African record price for wool was reached at Durban yesterday when…

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Big Wool Season Records Broken

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

Wool sales in Australia in the first six months of the current selling season —June 30 to December…

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Half-year's wool cheque £270 mil

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 14

Wool sold in Australia for the six months ended December 31, 1950, realised £270,- 812,729, compared with £124,698,706 for the corresponding period of 1949…

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Wool Brings £270.8m. In 6 Months

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 5

Wool sold in Australia in the first six months of the current season—to December 31— realised £270,812,729, a…

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Four world wool records

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Buyers created four world wool price records at Geelong wool sales…

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Q'land Wool Record

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 1

Queensland's return of £41,986,322 at the four series of wool sale since September exceeds Australia's total return…

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Wool Makes New Records

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 16

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.).--Wool made a record South African price of 188 12d lb. at the Durban…

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Teachers Take Course Wool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 23

LONDON, Wednesday.--More than 70 schoolteachers, lecturers and students from all parts of Britain devoted a week of their Christmas and New Year holiday to a series…

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Wool May Go Even Higher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Another world wool record is expected from the Geelong wool sales…

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Wool May Go Even Higher

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Another world wool record is expected from the Geelong wool sales…

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