In a swede crop this year Mr A. H. Halcombe, of Urenui, Taranaki, has some exceptionally heavy roots. Quite a number have been weighed and turned the scales in the vicinity of 201bs, and one was pulled which weighed 24ilbs. A cable message from Sydney reports that the New South Wales Government has received 129 applications for the position of meat industry inspector, including eleven from New Zealand, and thirty-six from the United States
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19511, 9 June 1933, Page 6
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