ROYAL SHOW
CHAMPIONS IN SHEEP SECTION CANTERBURY BREEDERS’ SUCCESSES <P-A.) INVERCARGILL. Dec. 14. Wind and rain made conditions unpleasant for the first day of the Royal Agricultural Show, which is being held in Invercargill. The following championships were awarded:— Sheep Section Border Leicester.—Ram: Kennedy Brothers (Gladfield); reserve. Kennedy Brothers. Ewe: Kennedy Brothers; reserve, J. A. Edwards (Otikerama). Open Section.—Ram: R. J. Low (Rakaia); reserve, P. J. Callaghan (Palmerston). Ewe: P. J Callaghan; reserve, J. A. Edwards (Otikerama). English Leicester.—Ram: Estate of James Reid (Darfield); reserve, Sir R. Heaton Rhodes (Tai Tapu). Ewe: Estate of James Reid; reserve, Sir R. Heaton Rhodes. Ryeland.—Ram: H. C. B. Withell (Ealing); reserve, H. C. B. Withell. Ewe: J. Brooks (Irwell); reserve, H. C. B. Withell. Merino.—Ram: R. Jopp and Sons (Chatto Creek). Ewe: R. Jopp and Sons; reserve, R. Jopp and Sons. Shropshire.—Ram: J. S. Marshall (Oporo); reserve. J. S. Marshall. Ewe: Kennedy Brothers (Otautau); reserve, J. S. Marshall. Dorset Horn.—Ram: R. B. Selbie (Five Rivers); reserve, A. Edwards (Glencoe). Ewe: R. B. Selbie; reserve, R. B. Selbie. Corriedale —Ram: Bushy Park Estate (Palmerston); reserve, Sir R. Heaton Rhodes (Tai Tapu). Lincoln.—Ram: J. S. Marshall (Oporo). Romney Marsh. Open Section.—Ram: A. R. Johnston (Waikaka Valley); reserve, J. D. Henderson (Otapiri). Ewe: G. S. Giddings (Fairlie); reserve, G. ,S. Giddings. Natural condition ram: A. S. Murray (Mosgiel); reserve, J. Mosley and Sons (Clydevale). Natural condition ewe: A. S. Murray; reserve. S. J. Horrell (Knapdale) Southdown. Open Section.—Ram: H. J. Andrew (Maheno); reserve, J. and S. Madeley (Kaiapoi). Ewe: H. J. Andrew; reserve: H. J. Andrew. Natural condition ram: H. J. Andrew (Maheno); reserve, A. G. Johnston (Edendale). Ewe: W. Emerson (Otara); reserve. H. J. Andrew.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25678, 15 December 1948, Page 6
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