There tvas a time not many yeavs ago whoa our fathers Lad to walk'iif they .ranted to go from Wellington to (New Plymouth, stated Mr. J. W. I?oytiton. KM., while talking of the need for optimism at a social in St. Andrews gymna.«i:u:i nt IVI-ovr-iton. And dining that journey they h-id to c>mpr>jt sometime* in huts where -Maoris ha«i Stayed the night before and often witii the fear of being tomahawked at r. uy moment by the natives. Nowadays, %aid Mr. Poynton, we travel in up-to-date railway carriages and do the journey in a few hours. But,-some people are not content'with that, and should the trains be ten minutes late they write to the paper about the mat-
THURSDAY, MARCH ISTH. 200 2-th. wethers 100 fat and forward wetlwrs SO 2-th. ewes 60 'mixed aged ewes J 5 (5-th. to 2-yr. I'omncy rums 200 4- and 5-yr. ewes 100 mixed aged ewes JOSO mixed lambs (in lots) ) 300 2-th. ewes (lots) 800 4- and 5-yr. ewes (lots) 100 2-th. wethers (dipped) 100 2- and 4-th. ewes 100 2-th. wethers (lots) ..-.,- 80; 5-yr. ewes 30-3-yr. steers 3?<-yr. bullocks ■ , ~ .-,.,■■ r, 70 2i-yr. steers (lots) : <s mother-fed mixed weaners , f> IS-montha mixed cattle IS mixed weaner- ... .... 2 fat cows 80 2.i yr. steers (lots) ~ 12 18-manib.s heifers (lots) V> IS-mouths heifers 25 mixed weaners (good) On account of J. D. McGregor, Esq... Ferbqrtpn—--500 g\.-od mixed lambs 35 IS-mouths Hereford steers 20 18-m.ouths Hereford heifers 50 mixed sheep, donated by the Rangiwahia Farmers in aid of Belgian Relief Fund. OV/HAK3O SALE. FRIDAY. MARCH 19; 1915, at. 1 p.m. i X.Z. Loan and Mercantile jy Co.. Ltd., will sell by public in as above: lambs (mixed) 2- and 4-th. wethers «.m. ewes -1-th. wethers 2-th. .wethers 2-th. ewes fat cows fat bullocks 24-yr. heifers EAE-TIHI tfTOCK SALE. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1015. Freeman R. Jackson & Co., will sell: 300 mixed lambs 125' good lambs 500■•first-class 2-th. wethers 300-good breeding ewes 100 s.m. ewes 25 fat wethers 50 2-th. ewes 400 4- and 6-th. f.f.m. ewes 60. 4- and 6-th. f.f.m. ewes 90 2-th ewes 70 2-th. ewes '2O weaners 40 weaners 12 Lincoln rams 32 2-l-yr. to 3-yr. fat and ; forward ':■: /bullocks - -•■' . .I'quiet • harness -herdsTAIHAPB JHORSB FAIR. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 3.913. Tfi.« N.Z. Loa» and Mereautitf Co., Ltd., will, offer by .Public Auetioh as above:- -.*■. -.;?- -■ :■ ■ c;> 100 : Horses> ri-compfisiug: draughts,
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 165, 17 March 1915, Page 6
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