A dog collar, issued by the Ashburton County Cqjincil in 1884, was handed to the county clerk this week by one of the rangers (states the “Guardian”). The leather was in a good, state of preservation, and was hand-made, the stitching also being done by hand, which says much for the workmanship and quality of material supplied in those early days. Records show that in that year 2750 collars were purchased at a cost of 64d. each. At the present time'the council’s annual output of collars is 2900. The price is approximately ninepence each, and the i great majority of the work 1b done by 1 machinw
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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107Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 7
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