MATAMATA JERSEY SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1080, 18 September 1930, Page 11

MATAMATA JERSEY SALE

Special to THE SUN MAT AM AT A, Wednesday. The first annual pedigree bull sale under the auspices of the Matamata Jersey Club was held today. There was an attendance of about 250. Eighty-five bulls were listed and 4J changed hands under the hammer, though many were sold privately at the conclusion of the sale. The top price of the sale was 48 guineas, paid by Brocklesby Brothers, Peria, Matamata, for the two-year bull Merton Holly Royal. The top price for three-year bulls was paid by G. Dodd, Waharoa, who secured Right at Last Of Argyll, for 29 guineas. The highest-priced yearlings realised 30 guineas, these being Oxford Dale ►Sunny Boy, Marjorie's Oxford Lad, and Thornton Park Nelson. The buyers of these animals were A. Totman, Morrinsville, Smythe Brothers, Okoroire, and A. Welsh, Morrinsville. The average prices for those sold under the hammer were as follow: Thirty-two yearlings. £2O 18s; nine two-year-olds, £3O 18s; two three-year-olds, £2B. The average for the salo was £23 7s. A silver cup offered for the best bull in the sale by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. Limited, was won bv J. F. Vosper, Matamata, with the three-year-old bull. Begonia’s Distinction which was bought by A. A. Wright, of Okoroire Springs, for 27 guineas.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES British Official Wireless RUGBY, Tuesday. I The following- rates on foreign exchanges are current today, compared with ihe cabled quotations on September 11 and par:—

AUCTION NOTICES "William A. Horae, Limited, tv ill sell j auction at their rooms, Horne's I Budding, s coiner High Street and Vulcan ! Lane, tomorrow, Friday, at 12.30 p.m., ! by order of the first mortgages, freehold i section containing: 2 roods 15 perches having a frontage of 100 ft to Cameron Street, Onehunga, and a depth of 235 ft. , also frontage to George Street: buildings ; comprise wash-house and racing stable. Also, at 1 p.m., under conduct of the '• registrar, a property consisting of six ! sections, with wooden house, situated at Number 29. Fourth Avenue, Kingsland; | the house is modern and comprises four rooms, wash-house and basement, with : electric light, hot water and gas stove. j T. Mandeno Jackson will sell by pub- ! lie auction at their rooms, 9 Commerce .Street, at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning j the mortgagor’s interest in the balance j of principal of a legacy amounting to I £S63 with interest thereon accruing at 51 per cent, per annum, from March 4, ! 1930; also a share in the residuary estate of the late William Hickev. ! C. F. Bennett, Ltd., will offer the fol- I i lowing for sale by public auction at their I I rooms, corner Queen and Shortland Streets, at 12 noon tomorrow, under conduct of the Registrar of the Supreme I Court: A property comprising 6-roomed [ dwelling on freehold section, 37.7 perches, j situated at the corner of New North ! Road and Wolseley Street, Morningside. ! — i ~ MORRINSVILLE DAIRYING From Our Own Correspondent 1 MORRINSVILLE, Today. | j The returns for August for the j undermentioned dairy companies are ■ jas follow, the figures for last year j being given in parentheses: Sunny Park (Te Poi). —Cheese: i Pounds of butter-fat, 21,038 (12,070): i ! pay-out. Is 2d (Is sd) ; v amount distributed, £1,277 4s 4d (£855). Butter: Pounds of cream. 20,508 (24,655); pay- ; out, Is 2£rt (Is 5cl); distribution, £SSO 11s 4d ( £1,101). ! Norfolk (Motumaoho). —Pounds of ! butter-fat. 27,125 (27,814): pay-out, Is !2d (Is sd); distribution, £1,582 7s (£1,926).

Montreal, dol. .. 4.85a 16 Sept. 11 Par. 4.85 19-32 4.860 Paris, .1- 123.74 Brussels, belga . 34.855 Geneva, fr 25.055 Amsterdam, n. .. 12.07 Rome, lire . . . . 92.805 l?f 5 124.21 35.00 12.072 92.85 12.10 92.46 Stockholm, kr. .18.09 Oslo, kr 18.17 Copenhagen, kr. . 18.16 Vienna, sch 34.415 IS.095 3 8.17 18.36 18.159 3 8.159 18.159 34.585 24.02 Prague, kr 163J Helsingfors, m. .. 193 Madrid, pes 45.60 ii Lisbon escu 108.25 Athens, dr .175 Bukarest, lei. . . 814.5 R. de Janeiro, ml!. 5 1-32 i" 5 Montevideo, dol. . 41i 4 i ,57c 1 fa Shanghai, tael .. 3 9; Yokohama, yen. . 218 2 i 23-32 24.5Sd