First Sale

The first private sale of Southdown Stud and Flock rams in the Gisborne district was held at Manutuke recently. This was at the Te Arai Stud, the property of Mrs Mary Hutchinson. A fair number of buyers and interested parties attended the sale, which was quite successful

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Mrs Hutchinson parades a pair of rams before some of the buyers.

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Inspection of the property, and the stud's sires, was invited before the sale took place.

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The three auctioneers were, from left, David Ward, Pat Cooper and Rod Sloan.