MONSTER CATTLE SALE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 91, 12 November 1879, Page 2

MONSTER CATTLE SALE.

The mucb-1 ookedrforsJe of cattle,: sheep and horses, at. Mr. r Amesbury's stockyards, Itengitikei^Line, came off. yesterday, and Jatttocied;; visitors; from one • ' end- ■of i.the; County to the other, Eoxton, .'Feildingj Halconibe, Fitzherb'o'rfc, :.' au'd s Karere,;. being all represented. The 'mWSer ''of cattle not pialy a large one, / but 7 was ' comjipsed of ' the : very best; quality, the unanimous verdict being that; the lots subqaitted for- inspection; and sale were by far the beat ever, r brought _ $o >.fch.e hatnnjep/U) the^"'Blan^ffatu-.^linfortur; natelyi however, the. owners made the mistake: of nV°g ti*^^ too higlv figures, and the consequence . /was that a number p.f lots, were passed m. THis. is tf> bp; l-pgrefcledi inasmuch as of roomys it mili- . tated, against buyers and sellers' alike-^th«s. former in^li4viijg| their jourijeyvwithou^ making the number of purchases- which otherwise they would- have' done,; and the spllera ip not disposing of their sto6k> It nVua*t[;hpweVerj be borne m n^ji.t^tlie s^le'wUC the first ;'-wn ! i6^-/.jE^;.|a)^a v "^lpfrV-i»v the County sinoe the " crisiß^has i. ''_. been ;. about,"* and consequently holders of specif were! some what chary m, parting ' with such.; a scarce coinmpdity. The ji'ijmljeV of lijeasfca, - auiall cattJe, &c, plau^d m the hands of thejli^tiPniieiJi' speaks y6|uines/. f pr Ih^ifttiire success pf the yent i+re, J and the fcdAfidence 1-eposed .inrMr. -imesbury, who, it is needjesa to say, wielded the hammer upon fhe occasiofa,: and considering' that r it was! his ■maideneffort m that capacity acquitted : . Himself admirably. - The stookyardd.is.a fine , strong, substantial sbrtjcture.oonyeifiefltly situated, 'being not more than, one "hundred 1 yards' f}?oin ; the Sq uare, with plenty of accom'm'odUfciorftor the horses of ;ymtora.:' Vy^ehave'tocougmtulattf tjje pyo^pteiV.it»V Ayieabury, upon th^-Bucces3 -; \y^icli. . his eftprfc to establish a permuQenfc cattle in.arket m f almerston, aod: tlie fact: Ijiat settlers from all parts of the County forwarded their, contributions to this gale, while also at tending themselves to compete' as^purchasers 1 , is a Mattering index; that the public at large are favorable to the 'sale. lv. consequence of the time at which the auction was over, ,we are uuable give a detaiied list'ot the various sales effected. '; : ; ='.:•::: 7;