AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 198, 16 May 1919, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

i' ' —..-■;, = ■'■ - - ■ S^i, [::.. . FIXTURES. $k j '.•;... Jrbjutf..:-. "' j i Shed, King's Wharf, Wellington, 10 a.m. t —Sale of corrugated iwn (E.' Johnston |. - and O.). . ; .Koputarua, 12 nooni'.'Bnd;! aaylr-Salo of i eheep and pedigroeH entitle (Abraham I :■■ and Williams). ■•'■■ ■•'■■■■ I-1195 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m.— I J Oity property, ealo (Harcourt^and.Co.). f- tffhe Haymarket,-Aucklandi 2.3i| p.m.—Land ; sale (A. i :BucWand | .:and.;So9)ij ' :'.: I:. ' Jl .%PO-inpK.Kbviff : l*.] l ; £ ; Belinont, p.m.—Sftle\%* ! ioym, j furniture, etc. (H. E. Leighton). ! jDolombo Road Yards, Maaterton, 1 p.m.— I. Horse sale (Wairarapa, Farmors'). ! : iVi -cHOjrDAY: -:,r < ? -:'\'O i- 10rongo.,,6rp*ngo,IW.<i!inu'iio-ih}t:2; ikW'.a.m,; !' -Stock sale CO. Loan Co.). "" !, Vajinoto Yards, Shannon, 1 p.m.—Sale of )■■''. stock and implements (Abraham and I Williams). I SOUTHERNJURyEST LATEi.'. f. The harvest-in- tho South Otago dis- : j trict was unusually late this season, ■ a- ' large number of fields of oats being still j in the stook, while several paddoc&s are j still uncut. Tho recent rain had the ; effect of ■ .discolouring the crops that were I in tho stock but whoro the-,grain, has j Tieen in good condition'.ari'-ex-l.'oellent sample has ■.been obtained.' It isestimated, states' ' that ; "Otago Daily • Times," that the average yield will beabout forty-five bushels to the acre. . A I .comparatively small area was sown in I .wheat during the past season. Tbo turnip i jcrops on the hilly land are much' below j;the average,.'and as grass pastures have J , already been in many instances naten I 'bare the faced with a prob- ! in providing winter feed .for their J stock. It .is anticipated that good oaten • chaff will Teach.a fairly high figure on ■ account of the quantity of discoloured j straw in the-south.- The potato yields are I corsiderably below, tho average, but the j quality is goo 4.