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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4555, 5 March 1942, Page 3

A feature of recent stock sales at Addington market has been the sprinkling of women buyers around the pens, particularly in the cattle section. This seems to be a direct result of the fulfilment of military obligations by increasing numbers of farmers and members of their families, who, up to now, have been responsible for the buying and selling of farm stock. Should the present state of affairs continue for long, soldiers coming home on leave may find that their wives and sisters can show them a few points about the stock market.