A PROFITABLE DEAL

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1931, Page 2

A PROFITABLE DEAL

All authentic.! ease in which the enterprise of a nnisterer was well rewarded cainea from a station near the Hnkntnrnniea Valley, North Otago/. 1 The nnisterer had finished hid jot), and was about to start on the road with his dogs, when lie learned that the owner contemplated the killing of 1150 wethers and five-year-old merino ewes. As tile cost of droving backcountry potters to the works has been more than their value, it has not been uncommon recently for this class of sheep to have been killed on the stations. On this occasion, however, tlm nnisterer told the owner that lie had nothing else to do, and if he could purchase the sheep at a reasonable figure he would take them down country and see what he could do with them. A deal was accordingly made, the consideration being a tin of tobacco. After being three days on the road, the “purchaser” was lucky enough to dispose of the sheep, which were in fair condition, as preservers, at a figure that will show him a very handsome profit on the transaction, netting him over £SO for the modest outlay of u tin of tobacco.