Cattle on the Move.
Large mobs of station-bred cattle continue to pass through the Whakatane County en route from Gisborne district to the Waikato. Many mobs continue the long trek on the hoof, while others are sent by train from the railhead at Taneatua.
Weight of a Tombstone.
"What is the weight of a goodsized tombstone?" asked the Christ-* church Transport Licensing Authority Mr V. Raines, during the hear-* ing of an application by a monumental mason to carry cement. The applicant said that a fair-sized tombstone weighed about lOcwt. The authority granted an amendment to the license allowing the applicant to carrv a limited amount of cemenft so that he would not be lield up on his job waiting for supplies.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 168, 15 October 1941, Page 5
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122Cattle on the Move. Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 168, 15 October 1941, Page 5
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