100 YEARS AGO

May 06, 1921

● Daily Telegraph Additions to the Wellington Zoo in the form of a black bear and a young camel came to hand from Perth,Western Australia by the Manuka on Monday.

A pen of store cows sold at 10/each at the Levin sale yesterday and a pen of white leghorne pullets realised 8/5d per head.

● Hawke’s Bay Herald Tribune The number of inhabited houses in Hastings according to the recent census is 2081 compared to 1781 in 1916.

According to a Wanganui broker there are 300,000 bales of imperial wool still in the Dominion.