A Wanganui business man, giving an opinion on the freeinzg industry in New Zealand, stated Unit the smaller works wore getting slowly, but surely squeezed by die big combines* and were being forced to pay the fanner more than stock were worth* There would come a time when the monopoly would reign.supreme, and then tin; Farmers wpuld lind that thev would he paid any price the combine desired, 110 maintained that farmers, with'few exceptions, eould not see half the length of a .little finger ahead in , regard to important matters of this kind. -Horse-racing is claimed to ho the sport'of kings, and rightly so, for one certainly- • requires .- 'a\ considerable ‘‘bank "roll’’• if' he. depires to follow the irregular “gee gees” from week to week.’ However, fortune smiled on a none too wealthy punter who resides in tile vicinity qf Wagganui, and he can 'boast of having purchased a car, valued at £660, out of his winnings on the tote. He has gone so; far, and has decided to give, the .game up before his luck turns. A wise move, no doubt, says the Chronicle.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 1 August 1924, Page 2
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