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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 168, 9 April 1908, Page 4

, Tlio gentlemen of 'broad acres and many wool bales aro generally represented as living at aswollclub in town, and vainly endeavouring to spend, tho enormous profits from their.sheep stations, says tho " Pelorus Guardian." Some of the woolgrowers will tell you that this picture is " grossly exaggerated," and that their struggle for a crust, wif-h jam on Sundays, lasts for sixteen hours a day from January to. December. That the business is not all that fancy paints it is proved by many experiences of shcop-fa-rmers,-. but the most. striking example of tho fact' is provided 'by a settler in tho Mahaki.pawa. Valley. This gentleman sent a fairly largo consignment of locks and pieces to Wellington, and tlio lot realised-ono penny per pound—tlio total receipts, amounting to .£2 •'less than' tlio farmer had paid to have' tho •consignment picked over ami baled