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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 6

Bullock Realises £Bll. The finances of the recently established Union Jack Club in Christchurch received a substantial fillip at the National fat stock market at Addington by the sale of an outsize bullock, “Two-Ton Barney,” in aid of the funds of the club. The animal was one of the sideshow attractions at the Centennial Exhibition, turning the scale recently at 28001 b. Bids were taken from £5 upward, and there was a steady barrage of them as the sale proceeded, the animal being reoffered after each one. Several substantial bids of £lOO and more quickly swelled the total. Amounts by telephone took the sum to £765, when the animal was offered finally for disposal. He then fell to the bid of Mr. V. E. Dockery at £46 the total received at thig_ point being £Bll.