VISITING MINISTER.
TOUR IN WAIKATO.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1
HAMILTON, Thursday
Sir Walter Lee, Minister of Lands, Works and Agriculture for Tasmania, is visiting Hamilton. He is accompanied by Mr. A. H. Cockayne, director of the fields division of the Department of Agriculture, and Mr. Ward, formerly of New Zealand, and now director of agriculture in Tasmania.
This morning the party investigated the herd-testing movement in the Waikato. They were met by Mr. C.. J. Parlane, manager of the New Zealand Dairy Company, and shown over the Frankton factories of the company/ The Ruakura State farm was also inspected. This afternoon the party visited Dr. H. EAnnett's farm at Matangi, and Mr. E. F. Peacock's farm at Ohaupo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20234, 19 April 1929, Page 12
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