AUSTRALIAN SHEEP

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23182, 31 October 1938, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN SHEEP

SHIPMENT BY WAITAKI MERINOS AND SUFFOLKS SOUTHERN STUD PURCHASES [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] DUNEDIN, Saturday One of the largest shipments of stud sheep to be brought from Australia to Otago for some years arrived by the Waitaki to the order of prominent Central Otago studmasters. The importation comprised about- 1125 stud Merino rams from proved South Australian flocks, one stud Suffolk ram and 25 Suffolk ewes which are destined for the Canterbury Seed Company's stud at Leeston. The sheep were imported under the direction of Dalgety and Company, Limited.

Tho Merinos were a good, even lot of quality sheep of the big-framed, open-faced type, carrying a heavy fleece of attractive Merino wool, and the introduction into Otago flocks of the new strains they represent should have a beneficial effect on Merino quality in this province.

The bulk of tho importations were bred by the Kalabity Pastoral Company, Limited, one of the foremast Merino studs in South Australia, and the remainder were drawn from the Anama Pastoral Company's flock, which occupies a no less prominent position in tho breed in Australia and which has contributed largely in the past to shipments to Otago. Interest in the Suffolk breed of sheep is growing slowly but steadily in New Zealand, but too few of ithe type have been seen in Otago. The 26 head which arrived by the Waitaki have been trucked to their new owners, the Canterbury Seed Company, at Leeston.

They are attractive-looking sheep and said to be tvpical of a breed that has grown rapidly in usefulness and popularity in Australia. They wore bred by and purchased from the Pemlvury stud of Mr. A. C. Duval, who is recognised as an Australian authority on the breed.

FIJI'S CUSTOMS REVENUE FIGURES EXCEED THE ESTIMATES [from our own corrksponpknt] SUVA. Oct. 25 Customs revenue in Fiji for the nine months ended September 30 showed a net increase on the estimate for the period of £6900. Import duties amounted to £331,993, an increase of £4768 on the estimate of £327,225. Port and customs service import tax brought in £23,457, agninst an estimate of £21,000, an increase of £2457. Port and customs service export tax showed a slight decrease of £325, the return being £16,175, against an estimate of £16,500.

The total revenue received through the Customs Department was £371,625, which gives n gfoss increase of £7225 over the estimate of £364,725. This, loss the decrease x of £325 in one item, leaves a net increase on tho estimate of £6900.

EGG PRICES UNCHANGED The Auckland Egg Marketing Committee announces that wholesale egg prices are unchanged. Hen, first grade, Is 4Jd a dozen; B grade, Is 3id>* Duck, first grade, Is 4Jd a dozen; B grade, Is 3.} d. Country storekeepers' minimum buying prices for first-grade eggs are:— Hen, Is a dozen; duek, Is. " . WHEAT AT LIVERPOOL i (Received October 30, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 20 Wheat.—Liverpool futures: October, 4s 4|d a cental; December, 4s 4*d; March, 4s 5 11-16 d; May, 4s 4id.