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ON THE LAND
FARM AND STATION
THE SNOW LEASES
It would appear that the Department of Lands is fully alive to the importance of preserving the snow belt for the use of stock owners generally in time of scarcity of feed, and that for some years past the interests of the public in this matter have been as closely watched as is possible under the existing circumstances.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 1914
Rowland waited by the Mercedes with Milton and Clyde. It was early and many of the cattlemen camped around the guesthouse were still sleeping off the previous evening’s festivities. Clyde was busy under the hood, tightening and checking.
Michael Schulz was up early too, striding about the verandah singing some Irish folk ballad in his thick Germanic accent. Rowland watched him, pondering
