PASTORALISTS' YEAR IN N.S.W
■ 1 . &N IMPROVED OUTLOOKBy TclesTaph—Picss Association-Oopyrfelit Sydney, July 8.. ..Mr., Oakden, .presiding at the aniual meeting of the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales, stated that 35,713 carcasses of mutton and'42o quarters of beef had -been given to various funds. Tho had been an exceptionally adverse one, a large portion of the Commonwealth having, been in the grip of a drought-of greater severity than that of 1902. Tho outlook had improved, though',tho immediate benefit had not been as great as might have been expected. There-was a decrease during the year of over 3,500,000 sheep and 200,000 cattle. Lambiiig had been seriously affected. ' With reference to many staple products, wheat, flour, and butter, he Togretted the crudo experimental action of-tho Government in fixing prices below the market rates on a world parity which had virtually converted the scarcity ■ into a famine. - ■ . '■ ■■■ 1 . '
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2510, 10 July 1915, Page 3
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145PASTORALISTS' YEAR IN N.S.W Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2510, 10 July 1915, Page 3
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