EAST COAST EWES
THE WAIKATO DEMAND. EFFECT ON SOUTHERN SHIPMENTS. In 1927 no fewer than 134,390 sheep were unshipped at Lyttelton wharf; in 1928, 104,410; in 1929, 75,300; and in 1930, 52,240. Most of these sheep were ewes from the East Coast of the North Island. The progressive decrease in the four years has corresponded with the increase in the absorption of Poverty Bay ewes in the Waikato. The movements were further intensified in 1931, and it is a fair assumption that the number from the north this year coming to Lyttelton will be a very small proportion of that of a few years ago, (states the Christchurch “Press”.) On the present scale of values of sound mouthed ewes, a very small margin would be left over after paying freight, costs to the south. To an extent the disappearance of the trade is not to be regretted, as a big proportion of the shipments in past years comprised strong woolled indifferent quality ewes, which did not add to the standard of Canterbury lamb when they were absc. jcl into the flocks.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 42, 2 February 1932, Page 11
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181EAST COAST EWES Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 42, 2 February 1932, Page 11
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