1874: The new saleyards open
Staff photographer/Stuff The Addington saleyards were still in use more than 100 years later, as in this photo from 1988. THE PRESS 160 YEARS is a series marking the launch of The The Press will revisit stories from every year of publication. What became known as the Addington saleyards opened on November 18, 1874, and The Press was there to cover it. “Yesterday, the new yards erected by the Canterbury Sale Yards Company were formally opened by his Honor the Superintendent, in the presence of a very large attendance of buyers, dealers, and others interested in the cattle trade. Fo...
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