ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE.

Taihape Daily Times, 12 July 1919, Page 5

ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE.

I ____~__o____,__ :{ FIRST ANNUAL SALE. i' y HASTINGS, July 11. f! The first annual sale of AberdeenAngus cattle was held to-day under Bthe auspices of the NZ. AberdeenAngus Brecdel'S;’ Association_ Owing [to the impossibility of shipping -to Australia, no buyers were represented K lthere. Train transport was another difficulty, and the tr'o‘uble coming on top of an exceptionally severe season i_ led "sellers to anti-Jipaize poor price/S. 'L_ lThey were, however, agreeably stir‘prised, competition for higher grade " lines being spfi-ited. Two of Carl_von’s bulls fetched respectively 260 gns. and 240 gns., namely President of Gwavas (bought by Mr. W. Branson) is and Prince B 11116! of Gwavas (bought 0 thy Mr_ H. B, Williams). The top price D paid for cow was 71 gm. fort Glad(l__brook S.N. and 76 euineas for Rising l_ 1 a two-year-old bought by Mr. W. A. _ ‘MaeFarlane, closely followed by 70 lguineas, paid for another Gladbrook cow, Roe Rising (5 years), bought by “Mr. T_ Ellingham. Out of TO4 beasts n catalogued, four were ‘9V3’r/h<3l‘.?.Wn.i 31 L, 1 passed in and 69 werrfsold. realising e over £4OOO. Of 31 fiassed in. the ..imajority, were quitted fii‘iV3h‘3Y after 1, the sale.

‘r COAL IN BR’|TAII\T. . -----~---- ' I A BOMBSHELL_ i MINERS TO DEMAND INQU'IRr. [ . - LONDON, Julylo. Mr. Smillie regards the 6/ inereasegr in the price of coal as a bombshell. $1 The extra cost should have been met it by, the previous half—crown increase *6 The miners will demand an inquiry_ ‘ The coalowners declare that they \vil‘l"“f not receive any part of the increase. 1 Their profit remains fixed a.t* fourteen :1 pence per ton. . ';] _._. C MINERS DISCUSSING A.STRIKE. ELECTRICIANS THREATEN LONDON. H ' LONDON, July 10.‘ :1‘ There is widespread consternation 1 in ‘industrial circles at the increase in l_ the price of coal. The miners regard the increase as a. challenge to their i, ("fieniand for’ naltdonalisation of I, the mines. The miners at I{cswiek‘J on the 15th will probably decide to 1‘ take a national ballot on a strike ‘] early in August to enforce immediate \ nationalisation. | j \ Sir Leo phiozza Money asserts that lofficial figures show there is no justi- I 'fieatioi‘r'l'o‘i' the increase. 'lf . Electricians threaten to extinguish : tLondoll’s Peace ilfiiminations.