A VALUABLE MOB.
A mob of sheep which attracted sonic notice .from WelhiiKtoniaiis in FfAtherston Street .yesterday afternoon was. ravher more noteworthythan 'the " itin.n iii the street " probably . supposed; They wore Roniney raniS)-i,170 .in number, purchased by Mr.' ■ Thomas Hunt, of Nelson, and they wera valued by the owner at a lii»h'.rigutoV'TlWiy were being driven toward 1 lie : To' An.-m.' lying in the hatbour, lor sbitmient to Nolfton. •. Most of thorn were! to • (ill private•ionlers. • • They were bred by Mr. Tanner, of, r.ti.'i<>l)Ufir. and are declared 'by M-.,Hunt to bo o»io of- •; the best lines' of stud rains Unit-has*' e»or
left \Wellington. Mr., Hunt makes an annual incursion ,int6j.tho. > studs of .tho North Inland, and ships "some" of his captures to various, parts. Be" states Vtliat he . has sold 600 stud Itomney rams this season, half of which were for Sydney. He estimates tho value of: the. rams' he 'lias sold >this.season at £1000. Among tho'purchasers liavo been Mr. TV. I. Lovelock (Palmcrston North), Mr. ■ W.- Gibson (Kiwitca), Mr. W. C. Dorset (Caiterton) , 1 Bloomfield IV," a ■ prize-winner ■at Palmerston North, was 'included "in yesterday's mob.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 2
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186A VALUABLE MOB. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 2
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