SHEEP AT 6D
WAIROA’S LOW RECORD. (Jin Teleijraph —1 *«r Press Association) WAIROA. March 6. Record low prices were obtained at a. stock sale here. Prices reached as low as sixpence per head for soundmouthed ewes. Good station lambs sold at a shilling each. The Maoris quickly got wind of the low prices, and they bought hundreds of the sheep and lambs for food.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1931, Page 5
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64SHEEP AT 6D Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1931, Page 5
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