SHEARING IN THE MACKENZIE COUNTRY.
The Lake Ohau correspondent of the Oamaru Mail writ63 :— The work of shearing in the district ingoing oni quietly;iand so far as the Mackenzie Country is concerned ia not turning out a "long job," as the lossesyfrom the severe winter^prove to be in some cases even more serious than was anticipated. At Messrs Richmond and Cowan's stations, Tekapo, only a few hundred sheep were mustered out of 20,000, and 10,000 respectively.turned.out before winter, while the Gleniriore, Braemar and Bahnoral stations /also ! lose heavily. At the "Wolds, where shearing is finished, I hear two-thirds of the^flbck are /missing. . ' .Most of &e" '"other, stations, hav f e •notyet finished their shearing. y Snicse *he N new year the weather, has jbeenrather^wiet ari'dbpi^^Pusr '.■ ; y "v-y'y y ; y ',■.'',■-, ;' ■■:••'/'■
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5458, 9 January 1896, Page 4
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