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A Wanganui resident holidaying in Sovr South Wales writes of: a visit to a model dairy owned by the -McArthur Onslows at Camden Park'and supposed to he the biggest of its kind in the world, f rom ICOO to 1500 cows are milked daily, and there are 100 milkers—men, women-, and children, all dressed in white caps and overalls. Electric milkers are no longer used, because they were .too complicated, and everything is simplified as much as possible. The cow bails and the “leg-rope” are of some silver-looking metal, and everything is scrupulouslv clean. Hie buildings are of brick and tiles. The cows are daily driven through a shallow pond filled with a sort or dip for the purpose of killing any germs there may be in the animals 7 hoofs; then .the cows are hosed down and scrubbed before being; sent to their hails, where the milkers wash, the ndders and then wash their own hands before they start milking. REMARKABLE BOOKS. Handsome editions of thrilling stories of true life, large hooks nine inches by live inches, well illustrate ed, greatest value in English publishing world:—“Raiders of ..the Deep” (Lowell Thomas), was 10/G, now o/-; “The Sea Devil” (Count Von Luckner), was 10/6, now 5/-; “Dragon and the Lotus” adventures in China (Crosbie Garstin) was 10'now 5/-; “Private Life of Cleopatra” was 10/-, now 5/-; “Child of the Deep,” (Lowell) was S/6, now 5/-. All extra.—Eastwood’s Book Store and Lending Library. Many a prosperous business man to-day may be a ruined _man to-mor-row. ” Fire insurance is protection that cannot safely he ignored. Consult the Mercantile and General Insurance Co. Ltd.—Bull and Edwards, District Agents *.* / v

GEORGE SMITH timber Merchant and builder; ' \ 1 can supply; all kinds of TIMBER JOINERY. PLYWOODS, WALLBOAPDS, OREGON, DOORS, BUILDERS' IRONMONGERY, Erected, also Repairs and Alterations on the Shortest Notice. 280 GLADSTONE ROAD. Guard ■ a rfa influenza mmi m fi .« 7 * *ww _ " ■■ V 6 & 3'6. ■’i w '*J» %* t FOR COUCHS t COMM

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 5 Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 7