FREEZING INDUSTRY
KILLINGS OF SHEEP INCREASE IN N. Z. CHRISTCHURCH, February 15. While slackness is being experienced by several South Island freezing works at the moment, the killings of stock throughout the Dominion from October 1 to January 31 last were considerably in excess of those for the corresponding period of last year. During the period there was an insrease of 1,090,177 in the number of sheep killed, made up by the slaughtering of 81,789 more wethers, 262,780 ewes, and 745,608 lambs. The increase was accounted for mostly in the North Island, where there has not been a great deal of interruption to the freezing industry. In the South Island, which lias been labouring under drought conditions to a great extent, there has been a falling off in the killings of wethers to the number of 1249. On the other hand the slaughting of ewes increased by 89,689 and lambs by 255,438.
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Grey River Argus, 19 February 1932, Page 8
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