Export of Sheep

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19132, 29 September 1936, Page 10

Export of Sheep

FOLLOWING on the recent; successes i of New Zealand stud sheep at the ' international show at- Buenos Aires in August, the stud stock department of . the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, received from their agents in Montevideo and Buenos Aires urgent requests cablegram that they forward further consignments of high-class Oorriedales, Lincolns and ItomnCys.' In order to comply with these instructions, 21 stucl sheep taken from flocks in tlie Wairarapa and Northern Canterbury districts were selected and dispatched by the m.v. Port Fairy, which sails finally for ‘Montevideo from Auckland at the beginning of next month. Included in this shipment is a stud Corriedale ram hogget bred by the New Zealand and Australian Land and Finance Company, at Hampden,' Otkgb, ’ and ' purchased by'”MtessrS. Gibson Bros., of . Buenos Aires, on behalf of ,one of their clients. With a view to pioneering and opening up the market iff the Argentine for Southdowns, an outstanding stud ram has been forwarded by Mr. W. Rayner, “The Cliffs,” Masterton, who has been shipping annually to South America consignments of stud rams for somo time. Two rising fourt.ooth stud Bomney rams were also included in “The Cliffs” 1 consignment, and these sheep should meet with a ready sale. Air. R. W r . Matthews, Featherston, has shipped four top quality Romney rums carrying bulky ' flom?r-s "or—rs months’ growth. From theMyclla” stud, MaSterton, Mr! Iff Jv RayflOr sent, two one-year-old stud Lincoln rams of splendid quality. One Romney ' Tam hogget from this stud is als.o included in the consignment. The Canterbury portion ,of the Argentine consignment was' selected from Air. F. L. McGregor’s Corriedale stud at “Busandel:” Four higlGelass ram hoggets were consigned by this breeder. The Corriedale is in keen demand In Uruguay also, and six ham hoggets 1 are being shipped to Alontevide.o by the same vessel. These sheep w'erc selected by the company’s South Island stud stock officer, three being taken from Air. David Sidley’s “Glcnovis” stud, and the others from Air. O. T. Evans’ “Taruna” - establishment.

dredged. 120; yardage treated, 8000. Tin, Mossy Creek dredge returned 71oz. ldwt. from 8895 yards in 136 hours. There will bo no dredging this week owing to overhaul of the plant. The Argo return was 630 z. from 10.000 yards in 104 hours./ Tho Nemona, return was 430 z. Iddwt. from 12.160 vards in 112 hours.