LIVE STOCK.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 53, 13 February 1911, Page 7

LIVE STOCK.

The New Zealand Loan and Merl cantile Agency Company, Limited. | report holding the following sales during the past week:—Wednesday. February Bth: We conducted i the fat stock sale at the show (grounds on behalf of the Dannevirke A. and P. Association. The sale went well throughout, the freezing companies and local butchers displaying an active interest. We quote : Fat wethers 16/ to 18/6, fat ewes 13/6 to 15/-, woolly lambs 13/- to 14/3, shorn lambs 10/6 to 12/6, pet lambs to 14/9 ; a Holstein cross heifer in profit and with calf at foot made £ll/5/-. We have remitted the commission earned on this sale to the secretaries of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association at Dannevirke. We also offered at this fixture on account of the Catholic Carnival Committee, 10 mixed sheep, which made 8/6, the proceeds of which have been handed over to the above committee. Thursday, February 9th: We held our annual ram fair. Our entries came forward up to our limit number, viz., 220. Little life was displayed in the business of the day under the*hammer, but we are pleased to report most successful business before we left at night. The Lincoln class was strongly represented, such breeders as W. H. Wy bourne, Robert Bremer, J. W. Hughes and other well known breeders having entries. No keenness was displayed in this class, but we quitted the bulk of our entry at from 1-igs to Little demand existed for Border Leicester and English LeiI cester rams, our entry in this department being neglected except for the sale of Mr. J. E. Gear’s shearlings at l|gs. Romneys were also strongly represented, and our best sales of the day were made in this class. We quote from 4gs

6.jgs. Friday, February 10th: We held our usual Dannevirke sale when we offered a small yarding of sheep and cattle to an almost lifeless attendance of the public. No doubt owing to the dry weather the sale was a dragging one, and most disheartening to vendors and auctioneers alike. Practically no business was done, as the vendors and purchasers’ idea of values did not coincide.

Mr. Simson understood it was a trivial matter, but now he found it wu . matter of fSSO. He did not approve of the chairman and the l member for a riding arranging j where money should be spent—it should come before the council. j The chairman thought the work; should be done, but he advised areport, and moved that the overseer report to the next meeting. f Cr. Simson seconded, and the resolution was carried. ■ MAN GAT AHI BRIDGE. F. Nugent and others asked that. a bridge be erected over the Ma-; nagtahi stream. It was explained by the chairman; that settlers could divert “thirds” towards paying for the bridge. Thel council to do the work in the mean-; time and repay itself from the ** thirds ” as they accrued. Cr. Stead moved, and Cr. Donnelly seconded, that tenders be called for the erection of the bridge at once. —Carried.

COUNTY ROLL AND HARBOUR BOARD ELECTION. The Marine Department stated that the Minister was considering the question of the roll to be used at the Harbour Board election. The Minuter is to be thanked for hh reply, and Mr. A. E. lull for bringing the matter before Government. SANITARY INSPECTION. / The Health Department wrote asking the cow*** l ! to act in the ease of infectious diseases until other arrangements are made. The chairman said that it appeared to him that the only question to consider was whether the contribution should not be based on a population basis. It seemed hardly fair to charge scattered districts the same as towns. Mr. Shrimpton could not see that it would be fair to take it on a population basis. It would cost much more to inspect 5000 people 'in the country than the same number in a town. It should be on both a population and valuation basis. Mr. Donnelly favoured the chairman’s view. He did not see why, when a man could jump on his motor bike and go out into the *■ country once or twice a year, the county should pay as much as the town, where the man would stay all the year. Cr. Simson: It would only be a small amount any way. Eventually the chairman and Cr. Clark were left to report to next meeting.

ESK BRIDGE. On the motion of Cr. Clark, it was decided to call tenders for the construction of Esk bridge. The chairman and Cr. Clark were authorised to execute the agreement necessary with the Wairoa County for proportionate payments on the bridge.