THE COMMONWEALTH.
ASSEMBLY SITS 35 HOURS. Press Association —By Tol. —Copyright. Received 8.15 p.m., Juno 30th. SYDNEY, June 30. After a continuous sitting of 35 hours, tho Assembly at 5 o'-cJock tonight earned the second .reading of tha Arbitration Bill by 40 to 36. OROSSBREDS V. MERINOS. At the official luncheon at tho sheep show, Sir Francis Sutton referred to tho decrease in merinos. With smaller areas of land available, tho man on tho land was going in for crossbreds, for which ho could more readily got a market, and which paid better. All over Australia, Now Zealand, and ■South America, crossbreds were increasing at the expense of merinos. In 1901 thore wero 39 million merinos and 3 million crossbreds in New South Wales; now there wero 41' million merinos and 5 million crossbreds.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14482, 1 July 1911, Page 5
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