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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 54, 27 November 1928, Page 8

To shear 600 sheep, have the wool transported 25 miles by road, and loaded on to a vessel due to sail the same day is no mean feat, but this was accomplished the other day (says the “Poverty Bay Herald”). Delayed last week by the wet weather, Mr. Vincent Barker desired to have the wool from 600 sheep on the Pukeakura Station landed in London in time for the January sale, and the Port Darwin was the last boat from Gisborne that would suit his purposes. With perfect weather, six shearers set to work full of determination to have the job accomplished to enable loading to proceed during the day. As soon as the wool caine from the sheep it was classed, pressed, baled, and loaded on to lorries Arriving at the Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ F.M, and JI. Co.’s store at about 1-30 p.m., the 30 bales which comprised the clip were lightered out to the ship and were safely below the hatches of the Port Darwin by nightfall. The vessel sailed shortly after midnight for