BUSY TIME AT NGAHAURANGA
WELLINGTON, Jan. 14. With the daily killings since the new year better than for four or live years, tlie Wellington Meat Export Company's freezing works at Ngahau ranga are now gettmg well into the peak of the season whieh is expeetec! to last till early next month. At present abdut 8000 lambs are being killed each day. " The total for last weelc, thc lirst of the peak period. was 35,00i compaiAd with about 32,000 for the corresponding week last year. This year ample iabour is available and during the busiesfc oart. about 500 men>
would be einployed, the manager of thb company, Mr. H. Crichton, said today. Most of the stock for the Ngahauranga works comes froin the Wairarapa and Manawa! ti.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 January 1948, Page 7
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