OTOROHANGA SALEYARDS

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 348, 29 March 1911, Page 5

OTOROHANGA SALEYARDS

The Otorohanga saleyarda will be formally opened for business on Thursday morning next, when the Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., the Farmera' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., and Dalgety and Co., Ltd., will hold a joint sale in the new yards. As seen by'a "Chronicle" representative on Monday, the yards were not quite, finished, but were in a sufficiently advanced state to .show that they would he all ready for Thursday's ceremony. In conversation with Mr Wm. Vicary, the company's secretary, our representative learned some interestni" particulars in connection With Unavailable space. The yards lie about seven .mm) Lee. walk troni the centre of the town, and at onee strike the eye as beims; admirably situated on a high and dry, level stretch of land, with ample room for extensions. As at present built, they provide yarding accommodation for about 600 cattle and :;aUO sheep. Two further yards, m hold ■.: i""» more flhecp, will be built, at a later date. The Otorohama Salevards Company.

Ltd, is a purely local concern, ami i 9 to he congratulated upon seainn;; such an admirable site, so near, :uid yet ao out of inconvenient nearness to the town. To Fuiti wilMmve to face a complete removal of its saleyards at no distant date. OLorohanga is fixed, as far as one can judge, for all reasonable Ft me. The coat of the eleven aces oi. land acquired was £2O an ac.v, tiic trechold being acquired from the natives at this figure. Altogether, tin- cost of the yards, with the land and all the incidental expenses in connection with the formation of the company, will nut be more than FFM>, and the annua! rental paid by the three auctioneer who have been gF''" exclusive selling privilege i, will pay a reasonable return on '.he capital outlay. 'I lie opening sales will he conducted, as mentioned, by '.he three auctmm-ring companies, and irom all indication:-) the entries will prwc to lie more than sufficient to fill the cards to overdowing, for the first sole e.t all events. Over lOU" sheep were mentioned to the writer as coming that were not entered on the auctioneers' lists. To-morrow evening the I) torohauga Saleyards Comp:.m\ gives a smoue concert in the Commercial Hotel. Homo dillicully has arisen in connection with the hiring o\ 'l'uruer's Hull, it having been previously boohed by a travelling theatrical company.