HANDSOME DONATION.
;' Ty holding of the Ram/Fair at ; Masterton yesterday, was v made the occasion of '■aid-'- unique dembnstralition on behalf of the Solway Funds of the A. and Messrs E. Short, the; well-known Parorangi: breeder,;-. and: jW. B.; 'Allen, of, the Taxatahi, each" contributed :'a -st«d; ram, and the- Trustees of; the -late; D. McMaster- a show bullock.;' : .;'Mr ;; ; A. W*/.Gave, the -Patron of; the;As-'v sociation,: supplemented these dotiatioiis with a cheque-for tweniy-rfive.' guineas, which brought the grand total- up to 203 guineas. The ram presented by Mr Short realised 15Q guineas, the .purchaser" being iMr' Arthur T. Close, of Remuera,"; Bay of Islands. Bidding for the ram was ; started atluO. guineas, arid "ultimate-■ ly reached the magnificent sum of 150 guineas. The ram presented by ;Mx W. B. Allen, of Clareville, was purchased a*d re-sold several times, the Association benefiting. by -the handsome amount of 46 guinea's. > The b.Ullock presented by the Trustees of the late D. McMaster realised 9 guineas;
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10167, 17 February 1911, Page 4
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163HANDSOME DONATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10167, 17 February 1911, Page 4
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