AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 99, 21 January 1919, Page 8

AUCTION SALES

j ; . . FORTHCOMING FIXTUHES. I TO-DAY. I Uahawatu A. and P. Grounds, Palmeraton : North, 10.30 a.m.—Sale of Parorangl j Eoraney Marsh sheep (Dalgety and Co., ; Murray, Eoberts and Co.). : Mr.'-James Foreman's Homostead, Pona- ; tahi, 12 noon;— Slock sale (Dalgcty and I : Co.). | Levin- Yards, 12.15 p.m.—Stock sale (N.Z. !• Loan Co., Abraham and Williams, and j Dalgcty and Co.). . 105 Quay:' Wellington—v Sale I ■ of-jThorndon property (S. G. ftatfian. i arid Co.). * \ ■ ' 69 Lambton Quay, Wellington. 1.30 p.m.— , ■ Furniture ,ealo (0. .W. Price and Co.). I King's Theatre, Pahiatua;- 3 p.m.—Land sale (Wairarapa Farmers'). | . - ; , THURSDAY. Bolway. Maaterton, .10 a.m.-Stud Bomney i Marsh and Lincoln Bhecp Bale (A. .J. I Cooper. Ltd.. Dalgety and Co.. : Wright, Stephenson and Co.. Levin and • Co.. If.Z. Loan Co., . and Wairarapa Farmers'). i 157 Lambton Quay, Wellington. 12 noon.— 1 Oity property sale (E. Jphr.iton and i Co.). i Gladstone' Head, Levin, 1 p.m.-Sale of 1 . stock and; Implements (Abraham and !' . Williams). •- , ~, I' Upper Hutt Yards. 3 p.m.-Stock sale (N.Z. {••: Loan Co., Dalgcty and Co.). Taranaki Street, Wellington 2.30 p.m.Sale of building material (Townsend j and Paul). [• " "

I . SUCCESS ON THE LAND ,

;•' EX-SOLDIER'S EXPERIENCE. I . 'A;;. Very gratifying instance of the j success of an. ex-soldier who was as- ! ' sisted "on to thc-laud" was before the j executive of the Canterbury Patriotic { Fund this week. The man in question ! had fought on Gallipoli, and he was ! . the first man assisted by the CauterI '"• ■ bury Patriotic Fund in farming opera- !' tions: Ho was successful in a ballot J for h section of land at Takapau, ' ,'. Hawke's Bay. The Patriotic Fund ! Executive lent him £50, free of mter- | ent, and.repayable in instalments with- ' . in two years" of the granting of the • loan. Ho repaid the money in the j:; time, and the Agricultural and Farm- ■ ing Committee of the fund then made !>• him: a grant of £20. ; | Iri'thanking-the 'lommif.teo for ■this ; grant; the ex-soldier wrote: —"l 'will j-. invest the money iii a few sheep," which / I was saving up to get later on,, to fol- | -low ftp the cows, as they (Id very well I like'that.' I will be able to put ihem on "right away, and when I sell them I off'will double the money on them. 1 | might, tell you that the shed T spent j the loan on is spoken of as the best i.. shed:.'. on. the whole block of twentyi five sections. Being or solid .concrete, '. .it-is a valuable improvement on tho •'■": place,' and is dry and warm; I can j milk.in comfort in all Aveathers,' havi ing the concrete flooring. 1 ' "When I drew this section I only j had ithe deposit money, but a life-time ; of "experience in" all'farm work. I ' drewCa good, section, with nleiit.v of i grass-ancVnatural streams.- The Gnv- ] ernment "advance- enabled inn to .get j the;house and a dozen milking cows. j 'As the cream cheque came in I was :' ablet'o jnvest in a plough and discs. ', I built ur> the herd to twr-nty-onn cows. -I'got the extra cows' through the :j Hawke's Bay Co-operative Associntion. ■' paying 7 per cent, interest and the ; , principal-.in'instalments. They were ,- . very good, and allowed me to pay just ■ ; what I could spare-.each month. 1 ;-■■ have them fully paid up now. . It wa>' la. great struggle at" first, but now I i find'l.am getting on well. I might \'\ mentibn that.l have never had a day's ; ' holiday "off the place since I got it, bus j I am'quite satisfied, as I see good.prosr I'. •■ p'ects'ahead of me; - This* year is good '■■- so far, and the. feed is wonderful. I ; > have-'alrcady.tnkenoff a splendid crop ••of barley. 'There'is'no doubt that the '-.Government has given uu good j; land.? .. . . .