BULLOCKS FOR EXPORT

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1923, Page 3

BULLOCKS FOR EXPORT

A SECOND CONSIGNMENT. WELLINGTON, duly 7. Till' steamer Waiinira is loading at the Railway Wharf a second con-ign-mcni of New /calami buiiorhs lor Au--t ri ||i:i. The cargo will he slightly smaller than fhat shipped by the same

(oMsiguees three wee its ago, the hcasls I numbering 72i) In-ad. All have been I [ ureha-cd fi-om stations in Hu* Noi-lli I -land, and the ipndity of the si: cl; is sal-! to I .- even superior u> tliai- of the pieviou. -lupncnr. ’[lie bullocks consist principally of n very line ‘ hiss of Hereford:-, and Sliort-!i-:us. which are 1.-.-ing consigned to various agents in Melbourne fur' sale in that city on July l'Jth. 'I he loading operations arc being conducted by mean-, of sling-, the races formerly used having been abandoned. A number of experienced stockmen from Australia arc talcing delivery of the animal- as they arrive at me ship’s -iile ■ n railway trucks, and the awkward work of -towing the bullocks away in ihc speciallv constructed stalls aboard Hie vi—ti was proceeding smoothly this morning. The departure of the Wailiora i- being p.o-ipoued on account ol dele vs 0.-ca-ioned on the railways by slip- en the Main Trunk line, but it is expected t hat -lie will leave Wellington on Tm-day. A third shipment has been arranged a- soon as the steamoi can return to the Dominion, ami it is likelv that others will fellow. A large number ol the beasts consigned to Australia la.-i month died on route as a result of bad weather. Good prices were realised for the remainder, and il i- anticipated that- the present shipment will sell at an even higher average figure when > Ifered on the Australian market.