As the Main Trunk express train was approaching Te Awamutu station last evening the engine ran into a mob of sheep that had escaped from a yard at the station when being untrucked, states a Press Association message' from Te Awamutu. Seventeen ewes, the property of a Roto-Orangi farmer, were killed outright or damaged badly, necessitating their destruction. The train was not damaged, and resumed its journey southwards only a tor gdnutes behind her schedule tima,
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18911, 28 January 1927, Page 10
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76Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18911, 28 January 1927, Page 10
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