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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 636, 15 May 1882, Page 2

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, Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale ns follows : —Horses dull; a portion change 1 hands, but values unimportant. Pigs—All lines cleared, prices still low. Cows, Ly, Lo 105, L*, and 355. Fowls, is 6d to 23 9a ; turkeys, 103 per pair. Implements inquired fo-, but few coming forward. Carcase por.<, 3d to 3%<1. Potatoes 60s; carrots, 40s; chick wheat, 2s 61 to 3s ; onions, id ; cheese, Cd per lb ; tea, 21s per bov. Harness and sundries, heavy and well sold, to a moderate attendance. Mr T. Bullock reports, Or the week ending May I3’h :—Horse Market-At the Bazaar, Burnett street, on Saturday, there was not a large attendance. The entries were fewer than at 'previous sales, and most ot them wei e of rather an inferior description, and the sale on the whole was very dull. The total entries for the day were 27, out of which I only sold 9, at the following prices :—Aged and inferior draughts, Ly, L 9 0 > Ll 3; light harness horses from L 4 to L 8 ; hacks, Ly ; D. Fplough by Reid and Gray, Ly 10s. Landed properties —On account of Messrs Tancred and Allan, I sold lot 177, Alford Forest road, containing I acre 2 roods 27 perches, for Liy lOS. During the week I have so'd two blocks of land, unimproved, on the Winchmore run, rural sections 29250, 29252. 29253, containing 542: acres I rood, to Mr M. Stilt, and road sections 29254, 29255, 29902, containing 514 acres 3 roods, to Mr George Hart, at satisfactory prices.