ANNUAL SALE OF STOCK.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2099, 15 November 1880, Page 3

ANNUAL SALE OF STOCK.

Tho following is a list of the sales effectsd on Saturday after the Metropolitan Show, Mr Tabart selling for Messrs. R. WilUn and Co., Mr Matson for Messrs. Matson and Co., and Mr Newton for Messrs. J. T. Ford and Co. Messrs Wilkin and Co.’s sales were: —On account of William Upton Slack, Esq.: Masterman Ready, roan bull, calved 1879, to Mr Sharp, of Opawa, £ls 15s ; Midshipman, roan bull, calved October, 1879, to Mr B. Mitchell, £ls 15s ; Jack Frost, white bull, calved November, 1879, to Mr Mitchell, £lO 10s; Mrs Langtree, roan heifer, calved October, 1879, to Mr Threlkcld, £lB 7s 6d, On account of George Burgess, Esq.: Spreydon, white bull, calved 28th September, 1876, to Mr Freeman Jackson, Wanganui. On account of John Fergueson, Esq. : Major, roan bull, calved August, 1877, to Mr Jackson, 20 guineas ; roan bull, calved December, 1878, to Mr Dudley, Leeston, 35 guineas; Wizard, red and white, calved September 30th, 1873, to Mr Bluett, 20 guineas. On account of Robert Wilkin, Esq. Holmwood: Daphne, first prize Breton cow, to Mr W. S. Moorhouse, 22 guineas ; Lady, Breton cow, Mr Greaaon, 20 guineas ; Topper, young roan bull, Mr Howie, 5 guineas; Prolific, roan bull, 4. years, Mr Parkerson, Kaituno, 26 guineas; Lurline 3rd, heifer, Mr Fraser, Wanganui, 9 guineas. Other lines wore offered and passed in, tho reserves not being reached. Messrs Matson and Co., offered on account of Mr William Boag some pure bred Berkshire sows for sale, only one of which passed the hammer, Mr Oole, of Timaru, being the purchaser at £7 7s. Some Lincoln ewes were also offered on account of E. Mitchell, Esq., throe wore sold at nine and a-half guineas to Mr Murphy, secretary A. and P. Association. Tho same firm had other stock, cattle, sheep, and horses to sell, but the bidding was tame, and not reaching the reserve placed upon the animals by the owners, they were passed in.

Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. had a sale of shorthorn cattle as follows :—On account of Mr John Kelland —Bedford, red and white, calved March, 1880, Mr Welwood, Napier, twenty-five guineas ; Knight Errant, rod and white, calved December, 1877, Mr Jackson, Wanganui, thirty-seven and a-half guineas : Prince of Denmark, red and white, calved October, 1879, Mr J. W. Ivey (School of Agriculture), fifty guineas. Other lots offered by this firm were not bid for to a sufficient extent, and were therefore passed in. The sale was concluded at throe o’clock. AH LEE’S DREAM. It will he remembered that a rumor was current immediately after Ah Lee was hung, that ho hod made a confession of his guilt !on the morning of his execution, while in conversation with Wong Ah Tack, the Chinese interpreter. We, “ Morning Herald,” have been at some trouble to find out whether this was really the ease, and now learn that it was not. The circumstance which gave rise to the rumor was as follows :—Wong Ah Tack on visiting the convict, asked him how ho felt, and Ati Lee replied that he had had a bad dream during the night, wherein he saw three devils. Two of them were dressed in white, and the third in red garments. The devil in red said to Ah Lee, “ You are going to ha hung tomorrow morning, and after you are hung you will be buried in the gaol yard. In the world to come try and be a bettor man. May God have mercy upon your soul.” After Ah Lee had done speaking he gave a short laugh, but he made no comment on the dream to Wong Ah Tack. The Chinamen in Donedin attach considerable importance to this narration of the convict, and have ever since been endeavouring to interpret the dream, or to discover Ah Lee’s motive for relating it, but hitherto without su;cess.