Spurious half-crowns are reported to be in circulation in Masterton, one tradesman having had one passed on to him on Friday morning. A five-acre paddock on the estate of the late Ema Heeni, Rangiotu, has yielded a remarkable crop of oaten sheaf chaff (says the Mai aura Ensign). Of four stacks, two have already boon cut, and 15 tons of chaff obtained. The remaining stacks are larger and will probably yield considerably more than the first two. With chaff in the vicinity of £G 10s per ton the profit made from the five acres w>M he about £230.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3195, 9 June 1915, Page 3
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