INTERPROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13766, 30 November 1908, Page 5

INTERPROVINCIAL.

F«r Press Association. t 'v GISBORJJe/ Nov? 28. - At the annual meeting of the)>_,Gisborno Sheepfarmers' Frojsett Meat Company, the chairman, Mr D<? Itatour, in his annual address, stated that the year just closed had been a difficult one. , They : had had to contend with a continuous fall in the markets for their principal commodities, but the* corner had been- turned not only without loss, but-.,with a moderate profit. The. recovery,in the prices of wool should restore the confidence N that was all that*was needed in-bring back the good times we? had become used to. The meeting'passed a. dividend of 5 per,eent--on_qrd.innry shares, and a 2 per cent, bonus"" on shares, and decided that a "bonus be "granted shareholders at lAd per sheep received for export. ~ ' , ! > , NEW PLYMOIFTH S /Nov. 28, The weekly meeting of the TartmaM Petroleum Company's directors shows -that No. 2 well is a steady oil-produ-cer, some 19 barrels being obtained this week. Mr, W. J., Hall, who is 'connocted with the iCommonwealth Oil Corporation, of byduey, 'visited the wells this> week, and.expressed himself as most favourably impressed .with tbo company's prospects.^ WELLINGTON, Nov. 28.-.-The Fcilding. Show Association decided- to introduce' a class offering'a prize for value and 4 u »Hty 'of wool. The conditions tin?.that rams-be shorn, kept by the- AssociSftiqli * "for twelve mouths, and then£,'shbrh again, tho wool of tho- f second shearing"to be weighed, scoured'an*d weighed again, and then sold, and-the' prizes awarded the value of , the wool.