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Pioiieefs to Urban Dwellers. "It is an amazing feature of the history of New Zealand that, within a very few years, the nation has changed from one of pioneers to , one of urban dwellers," said Mr. S. J. ,E. Closey, president of the Papatoetoe Chamber of Commerce, at a joint conference of chambers of the South Auckland district. The conference gave unanimous support to a proposal favouring semi-rural settlement for workers in seasonal trades, such as glassmaking, tanning, killing for the freezing industry, and the assembling of agricuitiiral implements.
Sheep Breeding. "What I want to know is, what has happened to sheep-breeding in this country?!' asked a member of the New Zeaiand Sheepbreeders' Association at the annual meeting at Christchurch. "This room used to he crowded," he added, "but now there are only four or five of us here besides the council." After a hrief discussioii was decided to urge on the incoming couxleil the necessity for maintaihing the standards of quality even more than in the past. A motion was passed in support of Professor R. E. Alexander's scheme to eliminate the scrub sire. o
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 185, 30 March 1932, Page 4
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