WAIRARAPA COMBINED SALEYARDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 564, 20 July 1909, Page 8

WAIRARAPA COMBINED SALEYARDS.

FARMERS SELECT A SITE. ■ : ■ SOLWAY CHOSEN. Wairarapa farmers- on Saturday,' : as briefly indicated m yesterday's Dominion, have held a meeting at Mastertpn' (at auctioneers' invitation), to discuss what ie .the best site for tho proposed.combined saleyar.ds.- . .■■''• . .'. ' . ■ Mr. D.. M'Gregbr, Jnn., president of the Masterton A.,and P..'.Association; who .was in the chair, formally moved "that tho meeting affirm the desirability' o£ having a combined saleyard." ■. ■■ ■ ■ •,■:•[ ■'■■/,, ■'.•■. Mr. W. Perry seconded! the motion, and added that the result would be that prices would improve, as' had been* found in connection with the Waipnkurau saleyards., ' :' " Mr. W. C:' Buchanan said they wo'nld all "agree as to tho need of united saloyards: the quostion which -would interest the, meeting.-was that of the most enitable' site.' Ho thought that the- whole matter had a most important bearing oh the future of stock sales in the district, and especially if fat stock sales were established. , ■ -. , ■ • .". ■ -.- • ' Mr. A. Reside etated that, at Waipukurau, wherethey had made a success of the combined salo idea, i they had a director who, unrcrestrained- by auctioneering firms, dictated where stock was to be placed. Mr. 0. C. Cooper 6aid that Solway seemed the most.suitable site. It had been suggested that the speaker, as secretary of. tho Solway Syndicate, was interested' in pushing the sale of the , Solway site. But the secretaryship was purely honorary, and arose through tho negotiations in connection with tho acquisition of the showgrounds. Personally, he was to get no commission at all. . ■ .' ■ - The motion affirming tho need of a combined saloj-ard was. carried -unanimously.' '. . Mr. D. M'Gregor, sen., moved that, in the opinion of the farmers of this district, Solway should bo selected as a.site for a united saleyards. Tho same arguments applied, and with greater force, to Sohray as a salo si to, as were used in favour of Solway as a show site. It stood pre-eminent as a saleyards site. (Applauso.) . . •':■■•' . ' ■ Mr. W. H. Kummcr seconded the motion. Mr. Jos. Morris said that Mr. Percy and himself had soon Mr. Gosnell, who owned 15 acres of Government leasehold, next the old .hospital, whero sales wbro previously held, and that gentleman had expressed his willingness to give tho si to for a sakyards. Then again tho Dixon Street showgrounds, would possibly, bo available for ualeyards. Either of theso sites were more suitable, . ho thought, than Solway. - A greater portion of the stock carao tiam the, no.th. end oi Uβ town. .

Mr. lltiolnuiiiii burrcdlml thai lcnsoholil lnnd wiw obviously nol BliHiiblo for u poruiaucnt fiiloyiinlfl, - ' Ah'. O. C. Cooiioi' Mild Hint his firm would cnrliiliily bo nfininst bllildlni! ciielly ynftls oft li.'iiwhojd. 11, wns tlio Intention of tlio nunl.lancoi'/i to biillil yufds rliilit iip-10-dulo;' Hoiwn,v wnsoiil, of tlio bofoUL'h-'a gi'ent inatlor v<irir often—it , wan lilrli niul dry, closo Id tlio rullwiiy Una, and a s[imlul cnsfliiiciit with tlio A, nut! 11.I 1 . AsKininlion ciinblml il, to Im nn «nsy niottor to Irtiok Block to llio rhilwny etntiou. In ii oounti'y riddled with labour laws, it -woiilu lm iv conelilernlion to fnrmovs If tlio iioesibitttim of oxponso in regard to droving oxponsos woro reduced Ui n minimum, j Mr. J. D.'Moodio'romnrlccrf Hint it vns nuito lintruo that tlio aiiollonoore wuro bclnjf (lietnted to by llio Mustorlon A. nnd V. Associntion. Bulldlnj; on a leasehold was not n Rront objection in his oyes, but it was ii (|ti<;»tlon (it finding a mpro miitablo silo—lansohold or olhorwißO—tlin-i Solwny. '. . • Mr. J. C. M'Killap ,mpvod that a elnall, coin< iniltco bo pot up to ascertain If n inoro dultttblo eito than Solway could bo obtained. Mr. 1\ Coltor Eocondod tlio amendment. Tho motion to adopt Solway was carried.