AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 135, 3 March 1919, Page 8

AUCTION SALES

: ITORTHOOMING FIXTURES,.'' :■, ; TO-DAY. £/■ Otaki" RaUway.:4.3o.p:mV-Salß °f .stock and; sundries (N^.Z:-:Loan . • • ■'.'■ TO'-itOIiKOW. ■;■.:■'.. ';■ 49 ''Customs "street.--Auokland-fiale of 1 'iachmery:.'(A.B. Perkinsi andCo/) Levin Yards.; 12,15 p.m.-Stock Sale (Aura-. Tam ?wd ".•Williams.v'flttlffety and Co., and'N.Z. 'Loon Co.) • „■„ . ■ . ' A D ley Statfon. Hawkeß' Bay, 12.00. p.m.P sLck Sale (Hoadloy, 6on and Stewart Ms!Ha.ppv Valley Road. Brooklyn, .1.30 Sale 0. W. lrlce and Kinds' Thoatro, JPahailua, .2.30. p.m.-Land • SaJSj (VTftirariUHi,; fanners), . .-. ' Chambers""' of Commerce OMtonihouse Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m.--Sa c cf NKaiauranga, Lower Hult mid . I'l-tone properties (H. E. Loifrti'.Mi. ;

MANAWATU LIME DEPOSITS

' FARMERS AXXrOUS TO WORK THEM.

(By Telegraph-Spccial,,,Oori'eßpoudent.) " Palme'rston Kforth, Mavcli 2. With clm'ractcristid '"culerpriso and keen uppreciation.of, the benefit of co-opera-tion, farmers of the Mnnawalu are about to undertuko tho development of rich deposits of lime which arc located in the Ifanawatu Gorge, l'ho. local .banners' Union is lathering the movement with a view to floating a . strong company to properly exploit the deposits. Recently life Government agreed to hand over the Gorge lime quarries for tho benefit Of farmers desiring to fertilise thenland at a minimum of expense, to tills end the land has now leeu vested oy no Government in tho chairmen for tlie time being, of the lCniraiiga. Orona, Pohai.gina, and Woodvillo County Uuucils to act as trustees for same, \osterdav a conference took place between the Farmers' Union and tlie trustees. Air J A. M'Leavey, president ot t.ie union, said that the Fanners' Union-"* sired to know.whether the trustees would est as a medium between the-Govern-ment and the union, so that it the union 2d for the land the trustees would be in a position to hand it over to them. The union proposed to form a company to "o in for the lime-'r.iniing business. The trustees pointed out to tko'conference that they had r.:it had "an opportunity of meeting together and discussing tho matter, but'they could see no dithcultv in meeting the wishes of the union provided thev iiad a definite assurance that the property would be developed without any tax on the ■county ratepayers and on sound business lines for the benefit of farmers. In replv, the president of the union . said the proposal •vould not involve the ratepayers in'any'expense". ■ The ".possibilities of .utilising the deposits'for load-making were broached by Sir. Penrce, of Enngiotu, who thought that if the stuff was put down on broken metal and. rolled and watered it would be almost as effective as concrete. Possibly, ho thought, the. limestone would prove of more value as a road maker than in anv other connection. The general opinion was that the lime would prove of considerable value as a fertiliser in increasing the productiveness of their land. It was -ultimately decided by the conference to instruct the Palmerston ex-. ecutive of the Farmers' Union to proceed with the scheme and outline the proposal for taking over aid working the deposits the'proposition to be placed before, a public meeting of farmers of the district' interested.