N.Z. SHEEP FLOCKS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 304, 8 December 1936, Page 6

N.Z. SHEEP FLOCKS.

Lambing Estimates Issued For Year. Wellington, Last Night. Large increases in the Dominion’s flocks of sheep and indicated in the lambing estimates for the current yearj, derails of which were issued to-day. The Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Lee Martin, estimated the number of lambs tailed in the North Island to be 9,322,476, compared with .the actual number for last year of 8,500,075. The South Island estimate is 7,539,576, last year's being 7,196,542. The estimated average lambing percentages this year are North Island 90.50 per cent, and South Island 90.10 per cent. The Dominion total estimate is 16,862,052, compared with the actual number for 1935 of 15,696,617.

ENGLAND. First Innings 35S Second Innings. Worthington, st. Oldfield, b McCabe S Barnett, c Badcock, b Ward ... 26 Fagg, not out' 24 Hammond ,not out 12 Extras 5 Total (for two wickets) .... 75 Fall of wickets: One for 17, two for 50. Bowling.

A message from London stated that the evening papers’ posters were all expectancy to win the first Test. The headlines talk of “Bradman and company on the run” and another —“Voce gives them shocks,” (’arson, in the Evening News, says: “We should fitable to consolidate the position tomorrow from reasonable safety into a winning one. Test Cricket. The latest score in the Test match, received at 3.45 p.m., is: England .124 for five wickets.

Voce .. 20 6 41 6 Hammond .... 1 0 12 0 Verity ... 28 11 52 1 Robins ,.. 17 0 48 0

Sievers 0. ] VT. 1 R. 10 w. 0 McCabe 0 12 1 Ward .. 16 4 30 1 O’Reilly .. 12 6 15 0 Chipperfield .. 4 9 J 0