WANGANUI RAM FAIR

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11506, 12 February 1903, Page 6

WANGANUI RAM FAIR

(PBES3 ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.) WANGAN'UI, February 11. Thcro vas ;■ veiy large attendance at tlie cfiitial nun fair, but the Jew prices obtained at Napier ana Palmerston told against the bidding, and there wa« only ;i shiftjiish competition. Mr W. A. Wybuurno'e stud Limo'.ns topped the market *.vitii 20 guineas, fourteen averaging £10 6*. In flocks his average was £4 9s 3d. Mtm« Itiiyiier Bros." fltud Lincoln. , , a vended £5. T\Jr H"]ines"s Lincohis followerl new. with an average of £2 other* down to h:i!f a, guinea. Border Leice.stsr ami Horde; , Leic-'Kler crows elicited the hot. compeiition, Mr W. Bout's flock aye£5 11s, Mr U. V. I'earc.o's cros.s £3. English Leicost*rs were neglected, a.though Mr Jos. Allison's avera?i?d £4 4s. Mr Alexander Allison'* £4 2k. Mr Kwc-n A. Campbell's £3 10s ©d. and -Mr lirigg's (Longbawh) £3 3s' The ShropuliireK were not reached. The eale will be continued to-raorrow. • At Kangiora on Tnesdaj* part of Mr A. T. Clißp'nsn'K Nortlnvood estate was Rol.l bj tin . North Canterbury Stoivs Company, 286 a. 2v to Mr T. Burf-in", of Swannanoa, at £5 lO.s per acre, and to the same buyer 263 aat £5 15s. A block of knd belonging to Mr RmUknkJau at Cust of 778 a' was withdrawn. ,