Stock Trains.
■y _■••■■■'■ |Pbst] ='■ '■■■"'[ L The experiments made 'by the Gear :Meat Preseryihjr Company- in ' bringing slive stock- overland to Wellibgtbn from the West Coast settlenient^has so far proved eminently- eatisractory, and the direcfore taTeeveryhopethatthey vsrill be ame to draw:, large supplies ot}sheep and bulieoks'fro_t those sources. ( A, special 'train _. '"laden with cattle^ left Manutahi; at 6 a.m. on tbV2 1st 'instant, and "arrived m Foxton at 2 o'clock the followj "irig morning, the "animals being m excellent' condition^ J The beas T tß are how' being driven overland to Wellington, and are expected' to reach- hefe-'in a day! or two. The company have secured grazing paddocks^ at ! intervals' along the; .Wellington-Foxtou road, and every arrangement that could l be made for' successfully, carrying, on t the trade has; "been ehteVedinf b;-* : ; Phe' experiment has; proved that live*' 'stock can be brought; down io Wellington m the pink of! condition, and will have the effect of j inducing the directors of the company to! make arrangements for purchasing the greater portion of the sheep anl cattlei raised' in the West Coast district." '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 256, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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182Stock Trains. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 256, 2 October 1883, Page 2
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