£1260 FOR A BULLOCK.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14391, 1 September 1917, Page 3

£1260 FOR A BULLOCK.

The great auction, sale at Smithfield Market, on behalf of the Red Gross, began at 7 a.m., and before the chairman of the committee retired, for a well-earn-ed breakfast he had disposed of lots which realised 1 fi^OCC. Other auctioneers were the Lord Mayor, who sold a bullock for £765. For single bottles of ale from. £5 to £10 -was paid. Tlie smallest lot contributed by iSmithfield consisted of five lambs, and the largest of 1000 sheep. Amongst .the live stock was a bullock ivhioh reaJisefl £1260. A p : cture of Mr Lloyd George at golf was sold for £210.

Replying to Mr Okev m the House, the Minister for Defence aaid regulations were lieing drafted to ensure that military funerals were being given to soldiers -who die m the Dominion.

A Dunedin. soldier gives the following interesting incident which occurred m t/lio early stages of the battle of Messines : "We saw a. big lot of prisoners coming m just after the push started, and they were a motley lot— hoys of 14 or 15 and middle-aged and fairly old men. Most of them seemed very pleased that they were out of it, but others appeared to take it, pretty badly, especially the officers, 'among' whom were & general and staff. I believe they'i^ere caugiht asleep, 'and were taken m their, pyjamas, so you can guess how: sadden things w,er© onco we got going m earnest."