AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 265, 3 August 1920, Page 8

AUCTION SALES

FORTHCOMING'' FIXTURES,

TO-D4V' ■ Levin Yards, 11.30 a.m.—Stock Bale. >■ Marton Yards—Salo of hoggets (Abraham and Williams). ;• 195 Lambton Quay, 2.30 p.m.—Salo of city . property (Harcourt and Co.). TO-MOBKOW. • • ■ Waikanae Yards, 1 p.m.—Stock sale [ .105 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m.—Oity and suburban property sale (Nathan and Co.). Featherqton Street, Wellington, 2.30 p.m. [ —Property sale (Bethuno and Co.). THTJHB.DAY.

Heaiherlea, Levin, 12.30 p.m.—Salo of stock and implements (Abraham,and Williams). Fagan's Yards, Sandon, 12.30 p.m.—Hoggjot sale (Dalgety and Co., and Levin and - Co.). Town Hall, Jlartinborough, 1 p.m.—Land sale (Wright. Stephenson and Co.). ! Upper Hutt, 1 p.m.-Stock sale. 105 Customhouse Quay. Wellington,' 2.30 p.m.—Property sale (Nathan and 'Co.). THE POTATO EMBARGO DELEGATION TO AUSTRALIA. lh© Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Nos.worthy) lias not yet been able to decido about the sending of a representative of the pulato-growers to Australia, because the'potato-growers have not yet been able to show him that they are agreed as to who should be sent. It is desired , that the man to be sent as' representing) the industry shall be ti grower, but if tho growers are united about the 'choice cf someone else, not ft grower, Itr. Nosworthy say<? that ha will raise 110 objections. Ho lies' promised in any wise that a representative of' the •Department shall go, and the representative is tp be Mr. A. 11. Cockr.yne,' biolcgist. - His duties will probably be to doiil with scientific questions which may bo raised as to !the ilangor of. infection of the Australian crops with New ■Zealand pests. y... . Tho Goverumont has already' done a preat deal t<j assist' tho potato-grovera m their predicament. Tt lias sent a series cf cablegrams to the. Prime. Minister of the Commonwealth to _ endear vour to prevail on Mi. Hughes's Go\emment to allow tho importation of New Zealand potatoes. Up till the present Mr. Hughes has always replied in the negative, and as a last resort this delegation. ,is being sent over to try to achieve something ou tho sport.

SOUTHERN NOMINATIONS. - Pj Teleerarh-I'rcsß Association. Waimate, August il. The Potato Growers' Association has nominated Mr. William Lindsay as growers' representative to go to Australia to report on -tlie potato embargo. Temiika had noraiimted Mr. T. B.u.xton, hut it is understood' that the Government insists : that the representative must he a grower, •