SHEEP ON THE MOVE
(By Telegraph—Pi ess Association ) AUCKLAND, Februaiy 26, Movements of big ilocks o± sheop havo been veiy evident this year, pai ticularlv during ->,the > last four weeks. Motorists between Auckland and Gisborno have been held up ,at various points on the road to allow sheep to pass The traffic has also been reflocted-in the railway returns During the period Januaij 21 to February 23 no fewer than 32 special trains weio run frpm Taneatua to ■ the Waikato, carrying 130,000 sheep Somo of theso hid as many as 50 double deckel wagons In tho iime period last jeir theio were only eight special trains "with 30,000
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 15
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108SHEEP ON THE MOVE Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 15
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