 small eared) Brahman bull "Abel" from Waverley station in 1939 although the sale of progeny by syndicate members was not permitted.When CSIR learned of this purchase it invited Atkinson to join the syndicate and subscribe to its agreement; which he did.Atkinson and his mother and siblings, inherited the estate of his father Robert James Atkinson of Cashmere and Wairuna after his death in March 1939, however, Atkinson had been managing Wairuna from .