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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 204, 13 August 1914, Page 7

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STQRTFORD. LODGE SALE. At the usual weekly sale held at Stortford Lodge ‘yards yesterday there was .an unusually small yartiing of stock. A feature of the sale was the offering on account of Mr. Stephen Menzies of .fbv r fat eows, the proceeds of which were to be donated to the war funds. These realised on Mr. Menzies' account £33 5/-. Mr. H. J. H. Glazebrook, who purchased one at £lO, donated it back to the fund, aar did Air. W. P. Thompson, whp purchased another at £7, total £5O 5 '-. A dairy heifer was donated by Mi’. C. Hart, and this realised £5 10 -. The most striking feature of the side was the selling of the sheep, the proceeds of which also went to the war fund. The undermentioned names are those who bought and resold at the following prices:—n account of Air. J. C. Baird, one ewe in lamb, bought bv' R. Tucker at £1 1 -, C. Livingstone £l, Baird £l, AV. T. Chambers £l, Aliek Aliller £l, I’. H. AlcLcod £l. .1, Tipping £l, A. Field £l. Henii Cooper 19/-, C. Living- : tone 18,'-. total £9 IS Ou account of A. O. Wellwood, one forward ewe bought bv H. Symes 10.-, AValdron 10 -, J. Landels 10, -, E. Wellwood 10, -, Lon Slice 10 -, O. Krogh 5/-, T. Lawlor 5 -. C. Livingstone 5 -, Alanson 5 -, Joe Harris 5, -, F. Al. Wallace 5/-, P. Cox 5/-, Geo. Martin 5 •-, J. McKenna. 5 -. Fourneau 5 -, H. Brooker 5,-. C. Dalby 5 -., A. Bockett 5/-, AI. AlcLeod 5/-. H. Wood 5/-, J. Moroney 5/-, W. Van Asch 5 -, J. B. Thompson 5 A. A’. Rhodes 5 -, R. Tucker 5/-, Burr 5/-, C. Welks 26, J. AVedd 2 D. AlcLellan 5 -. H. Symes 10/-, total £8 19/6. On account of S. A. Vyner, 15 store ewes to H. Glazebrook £ll SZ-; 5 to A. Aleßae £2 10/-, 5 to A. O. Wellwood £2 10 -; H. Glazehrook to A. O. Wellwood, 10 at £5, total £2l 5/-. On account of Air. J. Heeney, 1 ewe in lamb bought by C. Livingstone at £1 2'6. J. H. Harris £l, AA’. P. Thompson 17/6, W. P. Thompson 15, -, C. Lilingstone 12/6, total £1 76. The total amount for the above stock is £lOO 5/for the war fund. It was' announced that for next week’s sales at Stortford Lodge, AA’aipukurau and Onga Onga, entries would be received on behalf of those wishing to donate stock to the war fund, no commission or yard fees being charged by the auctioneers. The respective firms report sales as follows: Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.—l heifer in'calf £5 5/-, IS fat ewes 18/3.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Co.. Ltd. —10 fat wethers 25/-, 27 at 22 3.