CONTRACT SHEEP-SHEARING.
RATES IN CANTERBURY
[BT TELEGRAPH-OWN CORKT.SPOSDEXT.] CHEISTCHUFCH, Monday. At a meeting of sheep-shearing contractors, held in Christchurih, 24 contractors were represented either personally or by proxy, including co-operative sheds and the owners of travelling shearing plants. It was agreed to lis tho rate for the coining season at 35s per 100 for shearing on the farm with a portable shearing plant, and a scale of charges for co-operative and Mher contract sheds, where shed work and cooking are included in the contract, at rates ranging from £3 2s 6d per 100 in sheds employing four shearers to £2 13s 6d in large sheds where 20 or moreshearers are employed. The shed rates were passed subject to confirmation by the directors of the various companies interested. It was reported that there aro over 60 shearing contractors operating in Canterbury, and this form of shearing is becoming increasingly popular.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16326, 5 September 1916, Page 5
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