WAIKATO FARMERS' CLUB.

Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 720, 4 August 1900, Page 3

WAIKATO FARMERS' CLUB.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waikato Farmers' Club will be held at Cambridge, on Monday, in the Catholic school. In connection with this we may say the Executive Committee held a meeting at Cambridge this week to oon.aider what reply should be sent to the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association re commissions to the auctioneers. The following is a resume of the letter drafted, which will be submitted for the approval of the club at the meeting on Monday next:—" The rates of commission to be charged by our Waikato auctioneers having been amicably arranged, we now write to let you know the terms upon which business is to be done. All sales of pedigree stock, whether by auction or privately, 5 per cent; all sales of horses, 5 per cent., with one shilling entrance fee and Is for a halter if pro* vidod by the auctioneer, seller to have the option of providing his own ; the seller does not provide or pay for halters for any nnbroken stock ; one single cow and pigs, 5 per cent; all sales by auction of ordinary cattle and sheep, 4 per cent ; no yard fees to be charged in any casej; dll private or paddock sales of ordinary cattle'and sheep, 3 per cent; advertisements, ro clearing sales, to be charged for extra; three month bills to be charged for at the rate of 1 per cent per annum over current bank rateß ; four months and renewals, lj per cent over. In

accordance with previous arrangement, we now wish to co-operate with your and ,: similar associations, in bringing about a more reasonable scale of charges in the vicinity of Auckland, your Association to take the initiative. As it is only the fat market that affectß Waikato to any material extent, we do not wieh to suggest any rates of charges except for fat stock at Newmarket and Rcmuera, or any other large fat stock markets in the vicinity of Auckland. A resolution has passed our club in favour of a3£ per cent charge and no yard fees. This, we consider, a fair and equitable charge for all fat stock, as it practically goes without reserve, and we have no chance of taking advantage of private sales at a lower rate of commission as we do in Waikato. We stroogly recommend that you take counsel with all A. and P. Associations likely to be of any weight, and also to communicate with leading settlers where no Association is formed, so that whatever is done, may be done with unity and streugth. The auctioneers have already proved that their business can be carried on at a lower rate than we are asking, by selling for the companies for less, and wc fail to see that stock take any less selling or money less collecting , because it belougs to a company."