THOUSANDS OF LAMBS KILLED DAILY
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AL LKL AN D, dan, 14. Eat lauibs froin farms.as far dlstant as the Kay of Ple'uty and the King Countrv are arriving at the rate oj about 10,000 a day at the Auckland ParmersJ Freezing Company's Horotiu works near Hamilton', where new records in killing for export to Britain are being made. This is the peak oi the lamb-killing season, and 700 nien at the works, as well as dozens of Jorrv drivors, are working overtime to co]»t with the rush. Last vyeek almost 56,000 lambs were killed in live and a half working days. The ligure beat. the previous weekly record, established last year, by 9000. The largest day's killing was .10,462 a week ago. This is about equivalent to the record last year, but before the end of this week a new daily peak is likely to be reaehed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1948, Page 7
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