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POPULARITY IN VICTORIA.
REVIVAL IN HARNESS TRADE
A pronounced feature of the Christmas holiday traffic at Ballarat, Victoria, was the extraordinary increase in horse-dTawn vehicles, especially jinkers and buggies. A return was observed also to the old-fashioned method of picnicking by van and waggon and covered-in carts. Confirmation of the revival of popularity of the horso was given by a member of a firm of leather and harness merchants. He stated that 1932 had been one of the best years for some time in regard to trade in harness of all descriptions. There had been a big advance in orders for draught harness, and 'much old harness had been brought to life for reconditioning by farmers, whom economic conditions had divorced from tractors and other motor machinery. Light harness had also sold remarkably well, and more riding saddles had been sold in the past two years than for the previous twelve years. Thero was every indication of stall better times in the harness and leather trade.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LVI, Issue 7062, 23 January 1933, Page 8
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