POVERTY BAY SHEEP EXODUS
LARGE NUMBERS LEAVING. By Telegraph.—Press Assort tion. Gisborne, Dec; 21. The annual exodus of sheep from this district is commencing. The Waikato is absorbing a considerable number this season, and several large flocks are already on the road, and arrangements have been made for 30,000 to be dispatched during the next fortnight. Seven thousand left Ruatoria a few days ago, traversing the new road through the- Cape Runaway district. Export to Canterbury begins in January, 20,000 having already been booked for shipment during that month.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1929, Page 18
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89POVERTY BAY SHEEP EXODUS Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1929, Page 18
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