STORTFORD STOCK SALES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 27 September 1927, Page 7

STORTFORD STOCK SALES

CHANGE TO TUESDAY URGED ADVANTAGE TO COUNTRY AND TOWN. Mors than once the questiqn ol altering the regular stock sale day has been discussed by the members of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce. and last evening the matter was again brought before that body by Mr G. A. Maddison, who urged that Tuesday should be sale day at Stort ( ford Lodge Mr Maddison stated • that since this question had been last discussed the position had materially altered, and personally he would like to see the chamber approach the stockbrokers to change the Hastings sale day from Wednesday to Tuesday. “There appears to be no possibility of the half-holiday being changed, as it .would be. almost impossible to obtain a majority of votes to make the change,” he stated. A SEQUENCE OF DATES. Dannevirke, he said has changed its sale day from Friday to Thursday. and if we could get a sequence of datej down the line it would be a beneficial move. He thought the *e quence should be Petane on Monday. Hastings on Tuesday. Waipukurau on Wednesday. Dannevirke on Thursday. and Feilding on Friday. To obtain this it would be necessary to alter Hastings from Wednesday to Tuesday, and Waipukurau from Tuesday to Wednesday. “No less than 90 per cent, of the people attending Stortford T.odge sale are trading in Hastings, and it is desirable that facilities be offered for this trade to be kept in Hastings.” added Mr Maddison. whq thought that the suggested change would be in the interests of not only the stockbrokers but also the tradespepole and the people who do their trading in Hastings. Because the shops closed at noon it necessitated an extra visit and the change would be economical. The chairman (Mr J. S. McLeod) explained that the Brokers' Association held the sales in the best wav to allow them to be conducted. He did not know that Dannevirke hnd altered its day. BENEFIT TO FARMERS. “Many farming people have aoproached me on the question.” said Mr Maddison. Mr J. J. Mor lev thought it advisable for the shopkeepers to change the half-holiday rather than ask the stockbrokers to make a change. Mr Maddison: It’s impossible to change the day of the holiday. In agreeing with the suggested change Mr E. Harvey thought it would be a boon, as it would enable the farmers’ wives to do their shonping while the husbands were at the sale. “Personally I don’t think it makes any difference to the association what day the sale on. It is iust a question of working in with other places,” stated Mr McLeod. It was finally deciaed that the secretary and Mr Maddison draft a letter to be sent to the Stockbrokers’ Association, asking that the desired change be made.