NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 100, 29 July 1916, Page 8

NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

Tlio genuine clearing sale or- Mr L». ;.:. Tichbon's on the farm, Bird Road, will be one of tlie last opportunities for dairymen to complete their pur- j chases before the factories set the i wheels going for the season. Mr j Tichbon's herd put up results equal , to the best on the Bird Hoad, and lie is far from being ashamed of them. It is imperative :hat Mr Xiehbon should go out of tlu l. rui immediately, and that is the reason for such short notice of the sale being given. No reserve lias been placed on the several lines, including his furniture, which is almost new,' and there should be some great bargains going, hue it must be remembered that tiptop milkers nowadays fetch big prices. Luncheon will bo provided, and itho sale starts at 12.30 p.m. ! For Coufth and Colds, never fails ; w„ nr ls' Gr«ax Poopermint Cur' ! A clearing sale of Jersey cattle that should not bo lost sight (T ui 1 be held on account of Mr J. S. Jones, Climic Head. Cardiff, on Wednesday, bv N'ewton King. The cattle arc all first-class stuff, and for the season 1914-15, the average cheque for butterfat from each cow was £22 3s lid. This alone will satisfy farmers that Mr Jones' herd is quite out of the ordinary. The cows are in calf to a bull of the well-known Willowbanks strain. Major of YYillowbanks. which was bred by -Messrs Itanford Bros. The '2-year-olds are, exceptionally well

grown beasts. x For Children's Hacking Cough, Woods' Great Peppermint Cnr«. With the beginning of the milking

season only tlio matter of a few days distant, farmers are looking; around in order to complete their herd for the coming year. Farmers in need of good cattle should not fail to remember the sale of pedigree grado Jerseys Xewton King is holding on Thursday next on behalf of Mr J. Belcher, Waingongora Road, Cardiff. The pedigree cows are all in calf to the wellknown bull, Belvedere Star, Bilbery IV., Roberts. Little need be said of , Mono's Pet, a daughter of tlio celebrated cow Mona, which was sold at the aao of 14 years to the Government by Mr Charles Clark, for 75 guineas. For three separate tests, the average for this cow was 8.1. Mr Belcher lias been very successful at the Stratiord show with has cattle. He won the cup for the best three of any breed in milk three times in succession, and so retains the trophy. Bis other trophies and certificates cannot be mentioned here, as space will not permitThe sale commences at 10.30 a.m. Cars will meet the north and south trains on the morning of the sale. A lost trap rug is advertised for. For Chronic Chest, Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. ■ Newton King has ft replace advertisement in this issue drawing attention' to special seed, potatoes, and many other lines of farmers' neces-

isaries. . For Bronchial Cottgnß, take ' "Woods' Great Peppermint niire. Xewton King, will hold his Stratford sale on Tuesday next, at 12.30. James and Gillman, the well-known estate agents. pf Hawera, have an important announcement in our advertising columns with reference to' some 'attractive properties in the Hawera

J district. The New Zealand Loan and Morcan'tilo Agency Co. Ltd., wish to draw the attention of the public to the clearing salo tl'.ev are holding on account oi J. T Boss Esq., at the homestead, Upper Hastings Road, Lowgarth, on .Monday, 3lst inst., at 10.30 a.m. The herd .or 33 cows is a good one, and averaged 3091bs butter-fat per head last season. They are mostly young and m great condition, and' buyers in search oi

good cows would do won 10 au,>,u - sale. Cars will leave the Company-s office at 9.15 on mOrnihg of sale. Particulars of tho sale by Newton King of Mr W. V. Wilson's household furniture 'and effect on Thursday, August 3rd, appear v in another column. Mr Wilson is soiling out owing to tho fact that he is going, to the Front. He also oilers his residence for sale at the same time and place, and a splendid opportunity is thus offered for j anyone desirous o| acquiring a firstcliiss up-to-date.residence.