GISBORNE SHOW LAMBS AND MUTTON IN LONDON.—A special display of lambs and weathers in the freezing, classes at the Poverty Bay A. and P. Show in October was made in the Smithfield market on January 15. when the judging took place. A feature of the display was the improvement in-quality on last year, and the judges commented on their suitability for the London trade in every respect. In all. 48 lambs were displayed and 18 wethers. The lambs are those nearest the camera in the above photograph, the wethers being, to the extreme left, The lambs and the withers, after being on display at the showgrounds, were slaughtered at the Kaiti freezing works on October 25, and shipped to London, by the Trojan Star, but it was not until January 15 that it was possible to have them judged. Buyers endorsed the high opinion of the judges by paying above the general level of prices ruling at that time for the mutton and lambs, both of which were taken by large firms, one with a chain of stores and the other with a string of restaurants. The first prize in the mutton class was won by Rotatahi station, with Mr. W. Allen second and third. Mr. Allen secured firsthand second awards for the lambs with Mr. G. H. Ballard third.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18633, 18 February 1935, Page 9

GISBORNE SHOW LAMBS AND MUTTON IN LONDON.—A special display of lambs and weathers in the freezing, classes at the Poverty Bay A. and P. Show in October was made in the Smithfield market on January 15. when the judging took place. A feature of the display was the improvement in-quality on last year, and the judges commented on their suitability for the London trade in every respect. In all. 48 lambs were displayed and 18 wethers. The lambs are those nearest the camera in the above photograph, the wethers being, to the extreme left, The lambs and the withers, after being on display at the showgrounds, were slaughtered at the Kaiti freezing works on October 25, and shipped to London, by the Trojan Star, but it was not until January 15 that it was possible to have them judged. Buyers endorsed the high opinion of the judges by paying above the general level of prices ruling at that time for the mutton and lambs, both of which were taken by large firms, one with a chain of stores and the other with a string of restaurants. The first prize in the mutton class was won by Rotatahi station, with Mr. W. Allen second and third. Mr. Allen secured firsthand second awards for the lambs with Mr. G. H. Ballard third.