Flock House Stale Owned
CHANGE-OVER ON FEBRUARY 1. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. Arrangements are being completed for the Government to take over the farm-training station, known as Flock House, on February 1 from the New Zealand Bheepcnvners Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund. The Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Lee Martin, said to-day that he had conferred with the Director of Fields Division, Mr R. 8.. Tenncnt, who had just returned from a visit to Flock House. It had been arranged to send up to the farm station, the secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Mr \V. C. Robinson, who, on behalf of the Government, would complete arrangements for the State taking over Flock House on the first of next month. The Minister mentioned that Mr T. R. Lees would continue to act as secretary of the Trust Board in administering the residue of the sheep-owners’ original fund.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 21, 26 January 1937, Page 6
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150Flock House Stale Owned Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 21, 26 January 1937, Page 6
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