PIGS TO THE MARKET.
AFTERMATH OF THE STRIKE. RECORD DAY AT . MORRINSYTLLE. r .>' ' ' 777^4 ;l ": v -i [BIT TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPONDENT.} MORRINSVILLE, W«>dae«diy. : >:v Yesterday was : the y. first receiving day for pigs at Morrinsville since the strike. • Though more' than the usual number "was : expected nothing like the number actually received was anticipated/; At 10 a.m. the ■ carts 'began to arrive at - the railway , station yards, and until well into the afternoon were . waiting in dozens, nearly 30 . being counted at one time. In all 302 pigs were deceived from 62 farmers.' This number is easily a record as far. as Morrinsville is : concerned.' the * previous largest quota being 184. The return to the farmers is estimated at £1120. The average price per pig was in the vicinity of £3 14s . to £3 15s. • V■' | Buyers found that the supply of ; trucks was > insufficient for railing the animate away, provision having, being made for only 200. . * ' ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 14
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156PIGS TO THE MARKET. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18703, 8 May 1924, Page 14
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