HAWKE’S BAY RAM FAIR
ROMNEYS SELL FAIRLY WELL 88 GUINEAS FOR SOUTHDOWN Press Association HASTINGS, Today. The Hawke’s Bay ram fair concluded this morning with the sale of Romney and Southdown studs. The bidding fo.r the Romneys was fair, the top price being realised by a shearling sold to Mr. Fred Douglas, of Elsthorpe, on account of W. Perry and Son, Masterton, for 55 guineas, while SO guineas topped the market in the Southdowns, with a shearling sold on account of W. J. Gimblett, of Hastings, to Thompson Bros., of Hastings. The Southdown bidding was poor, many lines being passed in. Only one pen of stud ewes was offered.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 13
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109HAWKE’S BAY RAM FAIR Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 13
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