SLAUGHTERMEN IDLE.
, ONLY' a temporary matter. : Recent newsV. froni Christchurch stated that .slaughtermen sit the 'freezing, works had berai working. short time' owing to. the small supplies of stock arriving.- This . has been due. to. the 'difficulty experienced in \ getting stock fattened, consequent on the drought.. From well-informed quarters wo learn that, the shortage of'supplies is:regarded 'as! only, temporary.- Already tho lambs arriving at the various freezing works are' increasing, and iri tho months of May, . June, July, and August,; it is likely tho numbers slaughtered will equal those of the : samo. period of last, year.This increase, however, will hot prevent a : larger number of lambs than last year to be carried forward to tho flocks. .. . . .- 1 '' . '
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 2
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117SLAUGHTERMEN IDLE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 171, 13 April 1908, Page 2
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