THE RISK OF THE SLOW
The loss lo sheepfarmers in the ! Wakatipu district caused by the recent snowstorm. is thus referred to by Mr. .James King, who has known j'tho count!-.- alluded to for nearly ! half a century: " I have been asked' !to make the position dear. The ! point to be stressed in that it dor. not I matter whether runholders hi that dis- , trict got six months' warning or 24 , ' hours' warning. Short of actually tabI ! ing their sheep oiV their runs, they can j \ do no more than they have been doing 1 in past years. When we get a heavy 1 : fall on the winter country, as happened 1 the sheep, whether v\o get warning or 5 not. Anyone who knows anything I about a snowfall will see that if sheep ft are any distance from a railway u i would be impossible in most cases to \ i ~, .end them awav to feed or to gel I i feed to them. lie:,holders are not carei j less iii these matters. If they know I | their business, they recognise the danI ger and put the sheep where there is I I least risk. All the same, the risk •- 1] lor Children's Hacking Cough, i I i Woods' Grout Peppermint Cure.
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Otaki Mail, 21 September 1923, Page 4
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212THE RISK OF THE SLOW Otaki Mail, 21 September 1923, Page 4
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