WAIAU PA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 95, 13 October 1915, Page 2

WAIAU PA.

On behalf of Mr Percy Millen, Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons carried out a clearance sale at the fatm on Thursday last, the occasion being the first sale of its kind in the district since the development locally of tha dsirying industry. There was a good attendance, and prices tecur.d were most catisfactory. Cons made up to £ls and £l6, bull lGgns, pigs slips 295, and poikers 45?. Many of the visitors to Mr Mi lien's sale expressed wonderment at the quick transformation of the Waiau Pa lands from their condition of tern a&d scrub a few years ago to their present high state of cultivation, the rkh pasturage tbat is everywhere evident being greatly admired.

Th 3 local creamery is conlinujnfl to run at high pressure, and the supplies of mill; are for tbe time of year easily in excess of the tjgurea for any previous season. Mr Kobert Clark, aenr., haa n nice mob of 15 to 20 fat steers dazing in his paddocks, Laat month Mr Clark got an average return ot suine £l6 per head for a dratt sent to Westfield, and already be has another consignment ready for the market.