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Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1997, 17 December 1863, Page 3

Sale of Rams at Melboubne. — The continuation of the ram sale at Messrs dough and Co.'s stores on Saturday was less success* ftd than the sale of the previous day. The i delivery of the mail prevented many buyers ' i being present, and the attendance was, therefore, not so numerous. 163 lots were catalogued, but owing to the lateness of the hour at which the sale commenced, some few of them were not offered. Amongst these are i tlie pure Rambouillet rams and ewes, which, if not in the interval disposed of privately, will be offered at auction in the course bt a few weeks. Some , valuable animals were sold at prices scarcely equal to those realised |on Friday. The remainder of Baron Schachten's Hesse Cassel merino rams and ewes were being offered, but the list of them had not been got through at the time the sale terminated, and there are therefore a few of them still on hand. The prices at which they sold were greatly below their value, judging from what they realised last year. They ranged from £25 to £80 for rams, and from £30 to £45 for ewes. The rams bred by Herr Homey er, of Ranzine, brought from £43 to £56 each : and the Negretti rams of Herr von Nathusius, of Hundisburg, from £41 to £56. Mr Desailly, Mr Hogg, Mr Robertson, Mr Edgar, Mr Landell, Mb Pep* pin, and Mr M'Kellar, were amongst the principal purchasers. The prices at which these sheep have been sold are, it is unnecessary to say, liighly discouraging to importers * and it is much to be regretted if it should, as it probably will, interfere with further consignments from the distinguished European breeders whose names we have quoted.— Argus, 16th Nov. The Last of Cbemobne. — Yesterday Cremorne Gai'dens were opened for the last time. The occassion was the disposal, under the hammer, of the works of art and living curosities Mr Coppin has accumulated during the years he has held Cremorne. There was a large attendance. It nrnst be confessed that the scene was somewhat melancholy. On every hand there were evidences of the taste and liberality with which Mr Coppin. furnished the pretty spot on the banks oi the Yarra, to which the name of Cremorne has been given. The walks were overgrown with weeds, and flowering shrubs, rankly blooming, almost degenerated to the character of worthless products of the soil. The pretty statues and classic groups were drawn together, the gods and goddesses appearing as the Irish poet has described Nebuchad- . nezzar in the " Groves of Blarney." A considerable number of Mr Coppin' s friends assembled on the occasion, and the whole of the statuary was disposed of at fair prices. The two lions went for £100, but the other animals are still unsold. The sale will be resumed to-day, and we are informed that there is still a large amount of property- to be disposed of. — Argus, Nov. 24, Indian News. — We understand that the difficulty as regards the women and children of H.M.s 43rd L.I. going on service to New Zealand, has been overcome in the following rational and considerate manner : — All the women and children of European race go down to New Zealand with the regiment, and the husbands of all the women of Asiatic race are to be permitted to" volunteer for other European- regiments servingjjin India, to remain behind, i and join their new corps in-the ensuing cold season. This is exactly the solution of the difficulty which common sense and kind consideration would have suggested, and we congratulate the government on haying listened to the voice and followed the sugges* tionsof those two excellent CQunseJlers ifi . mp^ftdm^a^on, , » , , Tni ,V,.c