FIFTY YEARS AGO
RAILWAY PURCHASES g EXPORT OF BUTTER | There were few private companies remaining in business New Zealand 50 years ago, these concerns having been acq i »' re P i the Government. Following is an e>-J 1 , from the New Zkalaxh HbbaM>.« July 1, 1885, dealing with a purchase. , "The Rakaia-Ash burton Forks K . way Company met yesterday , authorised the directors to make arrangement as they think lit tor . salo to the Government of the pany's property, subject to the of Parliament. The annual r showed the traffic receipts to be fc' or £1399 in excess of working penses.'" ;jjg| A London cablegram in the same announced that John Everett ; R.A., had been knighted. j||| A Christchnrch message stated "letters received by the Farme r operative Association here from ney state that butter put up in J bury and exported to Sydney hadl p been sold as high as Is 8d per '"'Up it was expected Is 6c'l per lb. ou %|| tlui average for the lot.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22149, 1 July 1935, Page 6
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