A SHEARING' INCIDENT.
! Ono of tho hitherto , unrecorded feats at tho Hawko's Bay Show was tho mannor in which one" of "the Native'-, shearers ; butchered his sheep in the shearing competition on the; second day. This, individual was blood up to the elbow,, and;ho.and his victim wcro' covered, in gore. The shearer was.,.-nervous-and slow,- and tho spectators viewed tho scono.with disgust. > Id. marked contrast was tho "exhibition of the;:.two Hawkinsj • who , were first; and-second in tho. competition. •/They handled their sheep as ..■■ if, they wore mowing them. in a .drawing-room, • and the: ■fleece's; thick, .creamy clouds.; Tho sheep were without.a speck of blood;.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 2
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103A SHEARING' INCIDENT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 2
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