Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 3769, 23 March 1875, Page 2

Commercial.

To-day being a public holiday there was no business transacted at the Custom-house. Eontledge, Kennedy, and Co. sold, at Napier on Saturday, the thoroughbred horse Latere, recently imported to Wellington by Mr L. Evans, for L 1,575 r-the highest price ever realised at H iwke’s Bay. THE AWA MOA SALE. Wright, Stephenson and Co. have to report the sale by auction at Awa Moa of pure-bred horses, cattle, and sheep. The attendance was large and the bidding spirited, and most of the stock was sold at satisfactory prices. The roan mare Gipsie, by Prince Charlie, out of a pure Clydesdale mare, was knocked down to Mr Wilkin, of Christchurch, at 56 guineas. A bay mare, Madam, was also purchased by Mr Wilkin at 65 guineas. Some of this mare's stock brought the high price of L 250 last season in Melbourne. Lady Haddo, by Lord Haddo, dam imported, was sold at 75 guineas; Georgina, by Glasgow Geordie} dam Lily, at 54 guineas; Eainforth, by .Beufrew, at; sP‘guineas; Euby, recently imported from ported, at 54 guineas; hay mare, Plower, by Lord Haddo, at 69 guineas; black mare Jet, by Old Martinis, at 48 guineas; and three mares, imported from Victoria and Tasmania, brought from 40 to 45 guineas. We next sold some light harness and saddle horses, by Skylark, at from 13 to 24 guineas; and a very fine broken-m filly, by Croydon, out of Castlerock mare, for 28 guineas; also, a lot of very fine draught colts and fillies by the Duke of Buccleuch out of the mares first sold, at from 35 to 64 guineas. On the second day the sale commenced with the red bull Stafford, by Father Christmas, dam Farewell, by Eoyal Butterfly 16th—a very fine animal, about eighteen months old—which was knocked down to Mrs Gow, of the Taieri, at 125 guineas. Few of the other hulls were sold, the prices offered not being at all equal to the value of the animals, which are of the best blood in the Australian Colonies—some of them tracing their descent right back to the first known herd of shorthorns. The next sold were Veronica and Veronica, Ist, two very flue sister heifers, by Eoyal Butterfly 28th, •dam April Flower sth, by Eoyal Butterfly 16tti, which were knocked down at 70 guineas eaeh—the former to Mr Duncan, of Cherry Farm, and the latter to Mr Craig, of Camara. Mr Duncan also purchased Wallflower 6th, by Eoyal Butterly 28th, for 40 guineas; Eosetta 2nd, by the same hull, out of Eaglan’s Eose, for 50 guineas; Dolly Vaxden 2nd, also by Eoyal Butterfly 28th, out of Buttercup 13th, for 50 guineas; Eose of Victoria 2nd, also by Eoyal Butterfly 28th, for 45 guineas; and a rich roan cow. Beautiful for Ever 2nd, by the enmo bull, out of Buttercup 12th, for CO guineas; her sister Beautiful for Ever 3rd, was knocked down at 35 guineas; Ophelia 3rd, out of Buttercup 6th, for 34 guineas; Grace 4th, out of Grace 2nd, for 20 guineas • her sister, Grace sth, for 23 guineas. We sold two bull calves, out of Jessamine and Christmas Eose, by Mr Holmes’s best .Im*, Don Carlos, for 41 and 44 guineas respectively. The former fell to Mr Craig, of Oamarn, and the latter to Mr Kelland, of Timaru. The Lincoln rams came next on the catalogue, most of which were disposed of at from 6 to 15 guineas. One, a very well bred ram, was bought br Mr Eeid, of Elderslie, at 41 guineas. The bidding for Leicesters was not quite so brisk, and only a few were sold, at from 8 to 15 guineas, with the exception of one, which went as high as 41 guineas and was secured, by Mr Craig, of the Oamaru distnct. On the third day, in consequence of heavy °^.“r e previous night, tho sheep were not in a fit condition for sale and were riot mustered till late in the afternoon; we therefore did not hold a sale by auction, but disposed of a few Leicester ewes privately, at from 6 guineas for full-mouthed, to 20 guineas for younger ewes.