FARM AND STATION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19881, 7 March 1939, Page 13

FARM AND STATION

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NEW ZEALAND FAT LAMBS

AUSTRALIAN ATTITUDE UNABLE TO COMPETE The opinion that Australia would not compete with New Zealand in the fat lamb industry was expressed by Mr. L. L. B. Campbell, a member of an Australian tourist party at present in the North Island. This statement supports the contention of Mr. Donald Cameron, who returned to his home in Poverty Bay after several years in Australia, Mr. Cameron maintaining that New Zealand had such a good start over Australia that the Commonwealth should never be able to pick up on New Zealand’s supremacy in the fat lamb trade.

“Your fat lamb industry is a thing in which Australia cannot compete," stated Mr. Campbell, when interviewed in Wellington. “We have fat lambs, but not in the same class as yours. Your Southdown - Romney crossbreds are beautiful animals.”

WOOL SALE SEASON R EMAINING AUCTIONS With arrangements made for the fifth wool sale at Napier this season, there still remain two sales at which Hawke’s Bay and Poverty Bay growers may offer their wool in that centre. The next Napier sale will be held on April 3, commencing at 9 a.m., and for this the allocation has been filled. The fifth auction is set down for April 27 at 7.30 p.m. Following are the dates for the remaining sales of the New Zealand series for 1938-39; — March 11 (2 p.m.).—lnvercargill. March 16 (9 a.m.).— Dunedin. March 23 (9 a.m.).— Wellington. March 27 (9 a.m.).— Auckland. March 30 (2.30 p.m.).—Wanganui. •April 3 (9 a.m.).—Napier. April 14 (9 a.m.).— Christchurch. April 19 (9 a.m.).— Dunedin. April 24 (9 a.m.).— Wellington. April 27 (7.30 p.m.).—Napier, 18,000 bales.