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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 415, 18 November 1911, Page 5

For sometime pe.-i in:-,!',, rs between {ho I'io Rio Sah yards, Co. and tho various mm', iemermg linn? holding .sales ;'.t thi' yauis. have boon unsatisfactory. Shortly after !ho sales were inaugurated it became apparent that increased accommodation would ho required in order to cope \vi!h Coo quantity of stock coming forward, and the company effected considerable additions to Ihoir yards. In order to moot, tho increased oxpemii! ore thus incurred, tho company applied to (ho auctioneering firms for an increased payment for use of the- saleyards. amounting to about double iheorigiiiiii sum paid. have been proceeding for some time between the parties with a view to a settlement, bnt hiiherfo no sett lenient has b'.'on arrived at. At (ho annua) meeting of the Saleyards Company, held last week-, if was decided to communicate wilh Mi' Newton Kin;:, the well-known Taranaki auctioneer, and endeavour to arrange terms with him. Tho public will regret so learn that the Rev. K. Mitchell, who has h. on indisposed for a considerable been ovdo'-ed away to Auckland to undergo an operation U ■ appendicitis. Mr Mitchell loft To Kuiii to-day. and is to ho placed under the care oi Dr Savage. A grand fancy dress and masqucrruio skating carnival wee- liol.i in the Skating Wink. To Kuiti, hist Thnre day evening, which proved a huge success and was enjoyed immensely by both spectators and skaters. Th<' costumes worn by (he ladies \v<. re very pretty and spoke well of i.heir (sales. Tho gentlemen's volumes were comical of a very comical type. '1 he spectators .indeed the prises by ballot, and awarded tho ladii s' most. .a. ;gmal ces fume prise io Miss Pisher. wiio was dressed as a .! apam re isdy and looked very nice. The senpemon s most comical prise was awaided to Mr A. Ponghursu who went as a frog. This was an original instead of a comical cosiume. The spectators voied it as being comical and for that, rraj son the pris.e was award.ed. Mas-ler T. Walker, who appeared as a tramp, | caused a lot of auiusemc. <f to {.lie spectators, his make-up bcimg excellent, f