AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

FOETHCOItING FIXTUKES,. _ ' '■..'■;',..','-'.'"""•'. '".HUDAY. ':.":::-. '...' ~ dorse'.'iaiaar'i.'.l'aliriorston..TCprth. fiale'of thoroughbreds (Abraham and ■ wuiiamsy. " .:;."" •;;."""'..,"v" 89, Hobson'"Str'eet,"Wel]ini?ton( 10.30 a.m.— ' Furniture- sale .(8.. Johnston and.'Co.). ■';■-■• .; •■■:•-to-morbow.''".": "".y .Willis Street; Wellington','"lo atoHfurniture sale (B. Johnson and' 000. ■ Irowninß..Street,. Na.pler. ll;a.m;—Sale of assets of Powell Wood Process Co. (WilI Hanis and Kottlei,, .". '..,;.'",. .",', . tiambton Quay, Wellington, ¥ a.m.-Salo of - --Japanese ;ma,ts.(A. li, Wilson"<ind'Co.).' Eketaiuna- sale s (Wadra-Ta-pa. 1 . farmers'). • ~-,,-.• Blair ■-Street, ''Wellington. '11.30 .a.m.-Sal-vaite sale'(Thompson' Brow litd). '-• • Jell Block, New Plymouth. 12.30 of Dodler,ee:cattlo (Newtown King). JonnsonvlUe '.Yards!" 1, juiu—Stock.'sale '■"■ (Abraham afld Williams).- ' 157 Lambton Quay, 1.30 p.m.-Sale of unclaimed cargo. (E. Johnston and Co.). ■SATURDAY.: '.' : : .; '' Horse Bazaar, Hamilton, 11 a.m.—Sale of , dairy.farm: (Fojmors' Co-od. Auction-.i eerine Oo.V 1

: ■ BLACK SPOT: IN FRUIT ■ 'AGEicULTURAI'/ DEPARTMENT'S , \; - POLICY CRITICISED. By Telegraph—Press Association, '.Auckland, May 7. Tho polioy of the Agricultural Depart-ment-in regard to black spot in fruit ' \whs freely criticised at- a meeting,; of : Auckland fruitgrowers; .to-day. It was stated that. no. consideration ,hnd been . shown „to,::growers because of. abnormal circumstances, such as; the outbreak of epidemio during the spraying season and the very .'high; advance ,in .the • cost .of materials. ■; The. opinion - was expressod . that it -was .practically impossible to eliminate the pest. When ..the weather -sind other circumstances were favourable '~'■ it could be got under, but in the followj, ins season, when the circumstances were * unfavourable, the fruit was' in a worse "state than ever. The opinion was also expressed that fruit should not bo con- ", demned when the proportion of spotted fruit was below a reasonable standard.

, 'It was also resolved to ask the .Railway , ( * ; Department to ; endeavour' to improve the F methods of handling and carrying the fruit, -'.-■