SHEEP LEFT ON ISLANDS
PROPOSED SHEARING TRIP
mortgagees; attitude (Ver Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The expedition . ! to the Campbell Islands to shear sheep left there three years ago will probably be proceeded with. A telegram from Dunedin on. Wednesday announced that thb .morti gagees had given no authority to anyone to interfere with the stook, but Mr. Brown, of Cheviot, organiser of the expedition, has received a message from Messrs.; Wright, Stephenson and Company, Limited, - who are acting for the mortgagees, staling that it wilhbo necessary for Mr. Brown to arrange an agreement in Dunedin before leaving. It is not yet known when the expedition will leave. A boat has been launched and trial runs with the engine have . been satisfactory.
A telegram from Christchurch was published this Week to the effect that a party ot shearers and musterers was organising an. expedition to Campbell Islands for the purpose of shearing sheep that; wore loft there three; years ago when, the holding was evacuated. This announcement has caused considerable surprise in Dunedin, where the authority of the party fo shear woo] which is now of three seasons' growth is emphatically questioned. A telegram has been forwarded to Christchurch on behalf of the mortgagees stating that the senders could not understand the reference to the shearing of Campbell Islands sheep, as no authority had been given by the mortgagees to anyone to interfere in any way,with this stock. , .-i f .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 8
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