CENTRAL RAM FAIR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2348, 9 February 1893, Page 2

CENTRAL RAM FAIR.

FIBST DAY'S SALE.

: (Ghroniole) ■ The attendance was large. The arrange* menta for the rapid handling of the sheen were of the beßt, .and the entries- were passed under the hammer qnioklv^ana smoothly. The entries originally totalkd 1767 flheep, bat with theiddito Sad 2S ad 2 ?-l a ?* iramber maßt be more like : 1800. A better lot of aheep a C!! could not desire to see. They thoronghS * that they Were eeleoted from the best flocks in the colony. w The firßt day's sale gave excellent results. As many as 406 rams wera 8 0 W I- £ D * a W ge of £5 17s B<J c "* ThJ Beard, oi Mangawbero, for atud ram bred by Mr. J B . Button, of Biverton,"outb> land. Other buyers of biah nri«f* animals were Mr/Biddell, 3d Jufin reached, his average being £24 14 a2d lot 15. This was the second hunt iJT • F first day's sale. Mr! James ffi&'rf I Oamara, sold a lot of efrs !ta£-^2tf£? tbe very gratifying aveWX*^! average of £5 lg B gfl, y ' Wia -on an

The tales wore got through with won* dtrfal rapidityi and the veteran auctioneer W appeared in as good a lorm as ever we WLhave seeo bitn. Pen 44— Mr F. Su»od, Biverton— ls Btud Lincolns. All sold; average, £2i 14b 2a. Pen I— Mr H. N. Harrißon, Warren« gate— ls 1-shear Lincolns. Six sold; average, £2 8s Id. Pen B— Messrs Jefferßon Broe, Marlon —16 1-shear Lmcolns. All sold ; average, £S 5b Bd. Pen 49— Mr Overton, Oanterbory— s l-Bhear Lincolns. Tbree Bold ; average, £51558 d. Pen 7— Mr D. Fleming, Waverley— ll 1-sbear Lincolns. Eight Bold; average, £8 4a lid. p en 45— Mr J. Maoara, Wawarapa— B Btud Linbolnß. 1 sold, 5 guineas. QPen 9— Mr W. H. Wybourne, Waver* ley— l 3 l.sbear Lincolns. Eleven sold ; average, £2 14s lOd. Pen 80— Mr W. Wilson, Elslea— 34 1-ehear Lincolns. All sold ; average, £9 lie. Pen 11— Mr T. Bryce, Marton— l3 h shear Lincolns. All Bo!d; average, £2 19s 4d. Pen 14— Mr W. O. Symes, Patea— l3 1-shear Lincolne. All Bold ; average, 1b 6d. Pen 46— Mr T. Baynor, Wairarapa— 12 stad Lincolns. All sold; average, £W 6b Id. m , Pen 16— Messrs lon Bros., Waverley— 26 l.phear Lincolns. Sixteen sold; average,'£2 0b 4d. ■ Pen 18— Mr J. Shield, Whenuakura— 16 1-ehear Lmcolns. Twelve sold ; average, £2 9s. -.. - Pen 20— Mr J. W. Baker, Fordell— 27 1-Bhear Lincolnß. All sold; average, £5 la Id. m Pen 79— Mr D. McGregor, Wairarapa —40 Bomney lambs, in lots of 5. Ten sold; average, £2 2s. Highest price, £2 2b, Mr Newton King. Pen 75— Mr S. H. Gollan, Napier— 33 1-flhear Linoolns. Five sold; average, .£8 8a 3d. Pen 24— Mr E. M. Honeyfield, Patea— 10 1-ahear Lincolns. All sold ; average. £3 Bs. p en 77— Mrs Watt, Lilybank— 33 Ishear Lincolns. Thirteen sold; average, £3 Is 6d. Pan 47— Mr J. B. Button, Biverton— 10 stud Lincolns. All sold ; average, £35 15b. Mr Sutton's average last year wbb£2B 48. . Pen 55— Mr D. Blair, Kai Iwi— l6 Ishear Linoolne. All sold ; average, £2 6s lid. Higheßt price, 2£ guineas, Mr. Goodson. Pen 57— Mr O. Hawes, Waverley— 24 l.ehear Linoolnß. All sold ; average £2 lls sd. Higheat price, 3 gnineas, Messrs. Goodaon, Brown Bros., and D. McGregor. Pen 10a— Mr O. W. Beid, Oamaru— 7 Bomney Marfih. All sold; average, £5 18b Bd. _ Pen 59— Mr J. D. Hughes, Waverley— 12 1-abear Lincolns. Eleven sold; average, £2 15s lOd. Pen 52— Mr J. MoNichol, Waikato— lo 1-shear Lincoloe. Bigbt sold ; average,

£8 18 a 6d. Pen 68— Mr E. Bremer, Waverley— 3o l.ehear Lincolns. Twenty-nine sold ; average, JBB 6a Bd. Pen 64— Messrs Walker Bros, Waverley—2l l.sfaear Lincoln e. Sixteen sold ; average, £2 ISs 9d. Pen 40— Mr B. B. Hamilton, Manntahi — 28 l.BhearyJinoolDß. Average £2 17s 9d. \ Pen 22—^Mrt "D. Ooghill, Waverley— 9 1-shear Lincoms, All sold ; average, £2 *ffis£d. ' " T?en 48— Mr J. S. Holmes, Oamaru— B Stud Lincolns. All sold ; average £11 13s Id.

Pen 70— Mr A. Pearce, Hawera— lo Ishear Lincolne. Five sold. Total, Os 6d ; average, £2 4s. Highest price, 2£ KOineas, Messrs Wilkie and Cnllinane.