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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2517, 28 August 1888, Page 2

Loud Randolph Chukciiill has a racing filly called L'Abbesse fie Jouurra ; the Englisli jockeys call her Abscess on the Jaw ! As a great many dairy farmers (says a writer ih the Lyttelton Times) are under the impression that the cost of placing their produce on the London market is i almost prohibitive, it may be interesting to i them to know the relative cost of sending it to Sydney and to London, i In the early part of last year I sent some batter to Sydney, and I all the charges, including railway charges from Oxford to Lvttelton, 1 were 2 : ', d per pound, exclusive of duty. I f have the returns of some butter sent to Lou- ( don last January in cool chambers. All the charges on it were 2d and l.lGth per e lb. so that I lind it cheaper to send butter 1 to London than to Sydnoy, the cost being 1 2Jd and Id for duty—3id per lb ;to Lon- s don 2d l.lUth, being a saving of Id 1.16 th 1 for a longer voyage in cool chambers. If a 1 large trade was done, no doubt those charges would bo greatly reduced, as in the case of li our frozen mutton. I t