£2OOO RAM IN SHIPMENT FOR SOUTH AMERICA
Three shipments of first-quality sheep will leave New Zealand in the next few weeks for South America. This season's total shipments would probably be the largest sent to South America since before the war, said a Wellington stock agent. "Shipping *k more regular and we have been |( abie to plan ahead to a greater degree. _ Included in the first shipment, which will leave Bluff in the motorship Durham on Thursday, is one ram for wnich £2OOO was paid. It is believed to be the highest-priced ram ever to leave New Zealand. The ram is one of three pedigree Corriedales destined for Montevideo. They are part of a shipment of 40 Corriedale and eight Romney evves, selected by an English agent. Captain N. Bursill, in conjunction with the stud stoCK department of Dalgetv and Company, ifor shimnent to Uruguay. ---
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 6
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145£2000 RAM IN SHIPMENT FOR SOUTH AMERICA Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22664, 15 June 1948, Page 6
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