SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2014, 29 September 1892, Page 12

SOUTHLAND LAND BOARD.

The ordinary meeting hold on Tuesday, SeptemIft^, was attended by the CWe f Commissioner (Mr Williams), and.ajessis 0. Cowan, A. Kinross, and J. M.'lntyre. On the recommendation of the Chief Surveyor ifc was dedded to offer section 12, block IV, Waikaia/'for grazing from year to year, at an upset Mr W. Y. H. Hall, on behalf of Messrs Cbariton and Thomson, asked that they shpuld lje allowed to obtain the freehold of a section in or adjoining the township of £Jlbride, Masons Bay, bewart Island, for building purpos.es.— The Commissi'.ner said a freehold' could not be acquired as the land was not open for application, not having been surveyed,— Mr Hall stated that the land was required for putting up improvementa.and unless there was some fixity of tenure there was, no inducement; to undertake' the work. ; —The Chief Commissioner explained that with a yearly tenure 'under which a- section could' he taken up applicants would be allowed jto occupy until the land was required for public purposes, which might not be for 10, 15, and 20 years. and though there was nothing in the act to enable the board to pledge themselves to protect improve* ments, styles, a matter of practice they did so. R. Berry asked that section 41, block IV, Mabel Hundred ,-be- offered 'for sale, he being allowed valuation for improvements.— Ranger to report. The following applications were granted-:— For cash : J. J. Gilfedder, section 90, block VII, Invercargill Hundred ; Margaret A. Dawsori, section 107, block — , Invercargill Hundred. Deferred payment ; Joseph Stokes, sections Ito 22, blocks XV and, XVI, Dacre. .On perpetual lease: John M 'Donald, section 754, Hokoriui ; Bartholomew Duffen, section/* 17 and 19, block IV, Waikawa ; .J. A. Popham, sections 1 to 6, block XVI, Hirstfield ; -James ■ ropham. sections 1 to 3, s'to 10, 11 and 13 to- 15,- block XV, Hirstfield ; and Mary Hughes, section 108, block VJI, Invercargill Hun- ; dred. To complete purchase : Thomas Prender- ; gast, section 17, block ll'. Centre Hill district ; , James Meldrum, section 37, block VII, Invercar- ; gill Hundred., „ D. Gillanders wrote requesting the board to re- _ offer the lease £f sections held by him at Wendqu under grazing license.— To be submitted at first auction sajte, miners to have the right ,to graze four h,ead of; stock free. Ranger.Campbell reported that William Younft holder of section 1, block 111, Campbelltown Hundred; and A. Robins, holder of section 32. Mock IV, Longwood, on ie,rpetual leases, had effected no .improvements on their sections.— jit was depided "to notify .both to appear to show cause why the allotments should '.not be forfeited. The transfer of section 47, blqck 11, Seaward Bnsb, from Henry Butler to Denis O'Brien w.as .sanctioned. ' It was decided to reco.mmend the Government to cancel the. reserve of the portion of gravejl reserve 156", Qreti Hundred, not required by the Wallace County Council, and t» cut it up into small areas/or settlement. Franklin Weston, secretary of the Orepuki Library Committee, asked that sections C and 15, block VII, Hirstfield, be set aside as a library site.— Agreed to. ~ ' ( G. J. Fox applied for six months' exemption from residence on 'section 6,' block XXV, Mokore'ta. cs the roads were almost impassable. —Granted. An offer by R. G. Lawrence of U per year for a grazing" right over sections 23 and 28, block XIV, Mabel was refused, the land being open for selection. ' ' ' Patrick Mooney wrote suggesting that the G,overnment? reserve adjoining Hirstfield township and advertised for sale should be offered in two lots.— Agreed to. Alexander M'Kenzie applied for parts of sections 3 and 11, block 111, Mid-Wakatipu district. —To be informed that the board could not entertain tbo proposal to subdivide the sections. Mr Popplewell, solicitor, of Gore, appeared before the Jooard in support of an application for compensation for land taken for rdad purposes held under perpetual lease by — White, jun., in Croydon village.— The Chief Commissioner stated that the act did not provide for compensation unless there were improvements, but only for a ' rebate of rent.— Mr Popplewell then asked that his client should be granted another pieoe of land equal ia. area to tho piece cut off his section by tba rpaid.-wTaa matter Was left tp the chief com. mission?* to M?ftttge,

The chief attraction among the draught horses was Wallace— a handsome bay animal recently imported from Scotland. He is a grand topped horse of great substance, and shows any amount df breeding. He excited great admiration, and on being put up for sale at auction was purchased by Mr Robert M'A.uley, of Totara Park, for 500gs. Torrance King, another imported horse, belonging to Mr Hugh Rea, of Scotland, is also a very nice animal, but does not show tbo same amount of substance as Wallace. He is, however, possessed of grand action. He was placed under the hammer, but was passed iv at 200gs. Baron Salisbury, who was exhibited last year, is a horse of good quality, but slightly deficient in action. Another cf the imported . horses shows was Cairnfield, belonging to Mr Trestrial, of Sydney. He is a beautifully coloured animal of good quality, but rather deficient in sizte. Only 1-Wgs being offered for him at auction, he was passed in. Darnley is a fairly good animal, but scarcely shows the quality of the other horses mentioned. Duncan Gillies was very much admired. He was shown as a three-year-old colt last year, and has greatly improved since then. On being offered for sale he was passed in at 200gs. The well-known Earl of Fife, who was sold privately, is to travel the Tokomairiro district this season. He is a nice hbrse, and has gained several prizes in the show ring. , Earl of Glasgow is a good colt, rising three years old, and shows great substance.

Killearn, by Prince of Killearn, was passed in at 80gs. He is a well-bred horse with good bone and hair and of a beautiful colour. King of the Princes — a colt rising 3yrs old — is an animal of great substance, and he has distinguished himself in the show ring both at Chrißtchurch and Inverca^gill. He waß, however, not exhibited yesterday in very good condition. Lord Glasgow, a rather nice colt, was passed in at 80gs. In the opinion of many judges the best horse on the ground was Lord Lyon. He is a splendid timbered horse of great size, and was the Lest mover on theground. The Banker, a nice little horse, was purchased under the hammer for 105gs by Messrs Baxter Bros., of Gore. Royalist is a horse of good substance, but he was shown in soarcely such good form as last year. The Macaulay, a colt rising 4yrs old, is one of the best of British Lion's get. He is a very finely-made horse with good bone and plenty of hair. The other draught horses on view were: — Lord Earl, a colt rising three years old; the well-known Prince of the Isles, who has seen his best days; Regent, a very promising young colt; Riccarton, a three -year -old; Richmond; Waihemo Lion ; Lord Dunmore, a grand horse showing any amount of breeding; Waverley, a colt of great substance ; Lyon King, a very promising colt ; Young Ben Lomond, who was knocked down at 46gs ; Young Champion ; an entire by Sir Arthur Gordon ; a four-year-old colt by Laird of Kilbride, which was purchased

by Messrs Findlay Bros., of Gorp, for 150gs; and Prince Consort, a three- year-old colt by Lord Dunmore. Thoroughbreds were represented by nine horses. Among these was Albury, a fine big horse of i really good stamp and having plenty of bono. lie is the first of Master Agneb' stock ever scon here. Digby Grand was exhibited in good condition, but he dbes not show so much blood as the horse previously mentioned, ami Kimberley, who is a newcomer on the show ground, is a nice horse, but a bib on tho small side. Komaroff, a hot so imported from Sydney, is a very coarse auimal, and he" was not exhibited iv very good condition. Macilleathean was shown at Tahuna for the first time yesterday. He is an old nurse, and not much to look at. Rube&ahlAnd Stonohenge, the well-known racers, were both looking very well. Tribune did not find any admirers, being rather a mean-looking animal. A chestnut horse by Gorton, belonging to the Hon. G. M'Lean, was paraded hero for the first time. He is on the coarse side, but would make a useful station sire. He has never been raced, but his dam, Lady Evelyn, has distinguished herself on the turf. There were nine entries of carriage, trotting, and roadster stallions, among the number being Bobbie Burns. He is a very good kind of an animal for breeding hackneys. Camel is a fine-looking horse of immense bone ? and he comes of the best trotting blood in the > colony. Cock o' the Walk II is an imported horse. He is a very nice animal and a good movtr. Julian was the finest trotter on the ground. Wicklow — who is an imported Irish, horse— is a good stamp of an animal, and he has tho merit of being a good mover. Dan Guy, Gladstone, Matau, and Young Betrayer were the other stallions shown, but none of them call for any special notice. The only pony at the parade was a nice imported Shetland stallion belonging to Mr Jeffs, of Palmerston. The auction sale which took place after the parade was much more satisfactory than that held for some years, a good many more horses being disposed of. More money was also taken at-t.be gates than at last parade, and a greater number of catalogues were sold.

The Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand report as follows : —

The annual parade of entire horses under the auspices of the Otago A. and P. Association took place at Tahuna Park on Tuesday. The catalogue comprised 49 horses, of which 30 were Clydesdales, 9 thoroughbreds, and the same number of roadsters and carriage horses, and 1 pony. Of this number there were only'five which were not submitted to auction, and it may be mentioned that a larger proportion changed hands than for several years past. The chief feature of attraction was the imported horses— notably, Wallace in the Clydesdales, and Cock o1o 1 the Walk II and Wicklow in the roadster and carriage classes,— though there were others in colonial-bred Clydesdales as also in light horses which bore favourable comparison with'the imported stock. The horsefcof our own entry were submitted with the following result :— For Mr Win. Robeitson(Palmerston), Clydesdale coltTheMacaulay, risins;fouryears,by British Liod, dam Blossom, passed at 145gs ; for Mr J. Shearing (Crookston), Clydesdale colt Young Ben" Lomond, rising three years, by Ben Lomond, dam by Lord Salisbury, sold at a satisfactory figure to Mr J. M'Ewen (Gore); for Mr D. Dougherty (Greenvale), Clydesdale horse Young Champion, by Young Napoleon, passed ; for Mr T. H. Russell (Milburn), thoroughbred horse Digby Grand, '>y Traducer, dam Aglaia, passed at a .bid of 155gs ; for Mr R. \V. Hood (Timaru), tboroutshbred hoise Kimberley, by Apremont, dam Mystery, passed at a bid of sSgs; for Mr William Boag, Clydesdale colt Prince Consort, three years, by Lord Dunmore, sold at a price withheld (lliis sale being in conjunction with Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co.); for Mr P. Rutherfo-d, carriage horse Matnu, sold at 22gs to Mr W. Ifastie.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co, report as follows i —

We held our thirty-first tvnnual sale of stud horses at the Talmna Park Show ground of the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association on Tuesday. The attendance of breeders, farmers, and others, notwithstanding the wetness of the day, was greater than \\<q have seen at any of the annual sales since they have been held out of the city, and this inorease was doubtless due to the foot of there being a number of imported stallions forward th's year, chiof aiuongst them being Mr Hugh Rea's tlirco — vig , the Clydesdale entire horse Wallace, tho Irish hunter stallion Wioklow, and the English hackney stallion Cock o' the Walk 11. These three horses were the centre of attraction all day long, and when they cinno - o the hammer the spirited manner in which they were competed for reminded one of bygone days, aiid although the prices realised for them did not leave their importer any profit, thoy w- va such as could not have l>oun obtained in any other market in the colony at the present time, and as Mr Rea was far-seeing enough to perceive this, his announcement from the box that his horacs were for bona fide sale went a long way to inspire confidence in intending buyers. Or the seven imported horses six changed hands at auction and privately afterwards, but of the locally-owned animals only a very limited number changed owners at prices extremely disappointing to the breeders. We sold tho following :— On account of Mr Hugh Rea (Scotland) : Clydesdale stallion Wallace (late Albertus) to Mr Robert MAuley, Totara Park, O^maru, at 50053. The Irish hunter stallion Wicklow to Mr W. H. Taggart, Musselburgh, at 310gs. The' imported hackney stallion Cock o' the

| Walk 11. to Mr Andrew Rankin, Cowrie estate, West Taicri, at 275g5. On Account of Mr John Burns (Sydney) : CoHchingißtnllion Gladatone to the N. Z. and A. Laud L'oinri&ny's Clydcvaie estate at 621gs. on account of Hon. Gco. M'Lcan ( Wavringtou) : Thoroughbred . entire colt. Gorton — Lady Evelyn, to Mr Laclilan Maclean at 15.,5. -On aro.ov.nt N. Z. and Australian Laud Company: iStallionvTribuno to Mr John Ellis at 25gs? On account of Mr B. Jeffs (I'almerstou) : Shetlanft'pony 'stallion Sir Jo&oph to Mr W. 11. Taggart ab 10}gs.' On account of Mr John Trestrail :

Clydesdale - stallion Cainificld passed in at auction at I'lOgs, and sold subsequently to Mr Willisim'Bnajj, of Bumside estate, near Christchurcb,'at an advance on that figure. ' 'On account of Mr John Burns :

Komaroff passed in under the hammer at loOgs, but afterwards sold to Mr Robert Forbes, of Riversdale. 1 " 'On account of Mr J. G. Killoh (Kaiwera) : « Stallion Prince pf the Isles, privately at a price withheld,' to' Mr Peter Rutherford, of InchClutha.

• On account of Mr J. It. Mackenzie (Waiptiui) : ,■> Stallion' Stonehenge, privately, at a satisfactory figure, to Messrs Allan and Co , of Mosgiel. On account 'of Mr Robt. Cupples (Manor Farm,

Otautau) :

Clydesdale entire colt King of the Princes to Mr Samuel Clark, of Wyndham, at a good figure. On account of Mr D. f . Shand (Broadacres) : Clydesdale r entire horse Earl of Fife privately to Mr Wm. MTherson, of Maungatua. On.account of Mr AVm. I'oag : Entire colt Prince Consort to Mr Geo. Ruthven, of Mosgiel.- " . Ihe other stallions offerod by us but not sold were as follows :— Mr Hugh Rea s Torrance King, passod in at 235g5; Mr J. R. M'Kenzie's Lord Lyon, passed in at 350gs; Hon. M. Holmes' Waverley, passed in. at 140gs ; Mr R. MAuleys Darnley, passed in at 130gs ; Mr Wm. Tweedie's Duncan (Jfillles, parsed in at 2logs ; Mr Andrew Dempster's 'Lord Glasgow, passed inatßogs; Mr W. Marris' Royalist,,passed in at 2iogs ; Mrs C. Miller's Regent, passed in at llOgs ; Mr Edward Menlove's Killearn, passed in at 80gs ; Mr H. ltot hwell'sAUjury, passed in at 24()gs ; Mr 11. Poth well's Dan Guy, passed in at 30gs ; Mr M. Maze's Kobbie Burns, parsed in at lllgs : Messrs Muir Bros.' Waihemo Lion, passed in.