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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 October 1944, Page 6

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WATAROA SALE

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report a. good attendance at the regular Spring . sale held yesterday, when a total of i 441 head of cattle were penned. The; entry, with the exception of a few: pens, was disposed of at auction, the; remainder being sold privately I Prices generally were easier in sym- | pathy with present market values for, both fat and store stock, in some ; cases up to £2 per head. Qur offer-; ing totalled 176, as follows:—On account of A. O. Scott, 12 heifers £9j 2/6, W steers £ll/17/6; C. H. and L.' R. Gibb. 35 prime 2yr. heifers from; £lO/7/6 to £lO/17/6; Thos. Nolan,’ 7 steers £6/10/-, 28 yearling steers from £3/10/- to £5/2/6, 35 yearling, heifers from £2/17/6 to £3 17/6; Harris Bros.. 18 2yr. and 3yr. Hereford steers from £9/2/6 to £l3 12/6; J. and E. Green, 8 steers at £7' 5/-, 1 cow £7/7/6: T. A. Condon and Son, 10 2yr. steers £9/17/6, 9 heifers from £5/2/6 to £lO/12/6, 2 cows £4 17/6; account H. Busch, 1 Hereford bull (syrs.) £7.

MINING

The Ngahere return for the four weeks ended October 27 was 437 ounces from 127,756 yards worked in 350 hours. ALEXANDER MINES. The eighteenth ordinary annual general meeting of shareholders of Alexander Mines was held on October 18. There was a small attendance of shareholders. Mr, D. A. McVicar, Chairman of Directors, presided. The statements of accounts for the year ended May 31, 1944, were received and adopted. The two retiring directors, Messrs G. Lambert and J. B. Discaciati, were re-elected. The retiring auditor, Mr. M. J. Foearty, was also re-elected. All mining operations ceased last November owing to shortage of labour, and since then the mine has been put on a care and maintenance basis until sufficient labour becomes available to warrant restarting operations.