"NGEHEIA" SHEEP SALE.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 7 February 1912, Page 3

"NGEHEIA" SHEEP SALE.

"What in the future will be looked upon as an epoch in- the live stock business in the North". Such was the apt remark by a southern attendant of the clearing sale of sheen atMv. Jas. Close's "."fcfoaheia" Estate, Bay of Islands, on the £Gth. January, conducted by the Auckland Farmers' Union Limited. The' arrangements for the penning of the slieep for sale wore admirable, and everything, to use a sporting phrase, wont with a swing from start to finish. The wither, conditions \7cre perfect; and a large 'nuniber of oitoop brepejera f/rcru ajl over the provinop were present, several having come from Auckland and the Waikato, The sheep were all in good healthy condition and the young ewes especially were the subject of favourable comment, they eliciting vor-y keen, competition^ We are ple|ted to state)'that nearly' all i\m e'weH are roi^ain'^ng in the' Northern, fya^ets. anc] sho.i;ld do mqch to improve the different' Hooks oi the North. The following are a of few the prices obtained: —

2 and 4 tooth Homney Ewes, £l 7s Gd to £2 19s; G and 8 tooth Komney Ewt^ £12s to 10s- iVa^ w^l Komn-ov-u^egi, as; Romuey E_\ve la^ibs, ■'%I'Ssi Eompey'J.H3 r Qb,^ms ) 2.1 \b oguiueas^ Earanby' Earns (ICO;; 2 and "4 tooths 4^ to Bguineas 3 - 4 and 6 tooths 3 £ to 7 guineas.