AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 19, 17 October 1919, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

- - : rOETHCOMING FIXTURES. ' TO-DAY. Beach Road," To Horo, 12.30 p.m.—Salo of 'V stock and implements (N.Z. loan Oo.). J7 North Terrace, Kelburn, 1 p.m.—Furni.'turo aalo (H. E. Loighton). Feild.ing Tarda—Cattlo lair (Associated Auctioneers). TO-MORROW. Otaki Haiti 11.30 jum.~Salo of produce ; etc. (G. Anderson). NEW SOUTH WALES WHEAT t CROP THE ANTICIPATED SHORTAGE. • Sydney. Octobor 16. In view of tho anticipated failure to a larce extent .of tho present wheat crop, and the possibility of tho yield being insufficient'to supply seed for_next season,; tho Government was urged in tho Le#is- j lative Assembly- to take 6teps. to securo : all the present year's crop for seed pur-' poses, and to prevent private firms purchasing it. and retailing it to tho farm-1 ere at exorbitant prices. The reply was | that' the Minister of Lands was acting in that direction. . . Mr. -W. C 4. Ashfonl, ttlio is ActinpMinister of Lands and Agriculture, penoine the issue of tho Wheat Commission s report, has arranged a comprehensive schema for the assistance of farmers affected .by the drought, Provision is made to tiilo necessitous farmors over the period of adversity, and in view of this the Government is appealing to storekeepers and machinery firms to refrain from harassing farmer client). It is also proposed to oetnblish representative local boards in each ehiro to ascertain the needs of farmers, and distribute tho necessary assistance—Press Assn.