HUNTER ESTATE
ACTION AGAINST TRUSTEES By .’elcgraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 24. In the Hunter case to-day, Edward Leslie Hazelton, wool expert, Wellington, said that twice in May he inspected a quantity of wool and skins from the station in the Wellington store. Some of the skins were badly damaged, carrying earth or sand. Some of the wool had apparently been burned or staged. Other wool appeared to have been buried. Burial while damp could have caused scorching. Had the loose woo| been undamaged it would have been worth to-day lOd to 1/- per lb, and some of the wool still had a saleable value. He could see not the slightest excuse for burying or burning skins and wool. Some of the skins he saw were properly treated, but some were mishapen, through being thrown over posts, and some were badly weather-beaten, the pelts being valueless. He saw no signs of weevils in any of the skins he had examined. The cross-examination was postponed until more evidence was forthcoming as to tile exact source of some of the wool witness had spoken of.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20763, 25 June 1937, Page 7
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