A SPLENDID GIFT
BY ■ HONTERVILLE FARMERS,
Early in December, Mr. A. 0. Morton, a sheepfarmer of the Hunterville district, interviewed the Gear Meat Company, and .they very kindly promised to slaughter; wrap, and place on board /ship any sheep sent to them during December in'aid of the Belgians, free of charge. Mr. Morton called a, meeting of farmers at Hunterville,. and a committee was formed to canvas, with the result that-800 fat sheop havo beea sent to the.Gear works. Aβ railway freight will be refunded, and the Prime Minister has promised that the Government will pay the shipping freight, these sheep will land at Home free of all charges. They are not to be sold at Home, but sent on to Belgium for distribution.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2344, 29 December 1914, Page 6
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124A SPLENDID GIFT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2344, 29 December 1914, Page 6
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