TARANAKI STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 103, 3 May 1922, Page 7

TARANAKI STOCK MARKETS.

Messrs. Ni-wtou Kins:. Ltd., report:At l>oug];is on April L' 4 there was a full penning ot botb sheep and cattle, and wo report no improved sale for all classes there being exceptional activity in the sheep Pcetlon. Almost a complete clearance was effected. Lambs 10/7, 18/2 14/. cull iambs •»,': mixed aeed wethers 20/10: 4. 0 and gtooth ewes lt/5, 18/6, 10/2. full month ewes 10/6, 13/fl; store cows 25/, ?,6/ forward conditioned cows CI 7 -. 18-month steers *V. 2i-year steers £! 1/. £2 Iβ..'; UJ-year-old bullocks fi 7/0, £4 12/; weaner betters 37/, £2 12/, emptj- lieiffirs £l' IS/U, In calf heifers £8 18/, £4 IT'S, clioiccr quality heifers Iβ, I £c 5/, springing hclfcrs £8 10/. I At Stony River on tlw same day a mcxlej rnte yarding ivaa greeted wlfb an improved toue. and little »a« passed. Small atar* plfts 10/: baconcrs CI 2/8: iveaner kelfere »/8, in ralf heifers £4 Iβ.'. £8; IS-nxinf.h steers 81/: fat coxvh £3, store cons L'O■'. 85/, springing cows £.">. £T 10/, cows at profit £S.. ■At Kohuratelil on iSth Inst ebecp made up the bulk of the yarding, and sold under very spirited competition, every pen selling. 2 and 1-tootb ewes 19/1; J and 4-tootb wethers l¥/e, 20/2: mixed aged ewes 15/11: lambs 15/11, 15/9, luferior lambs S/, 10 : 2}-yenr-r>lel steers Ci B.'. £2 15/. At Walwakatho on the following dar a decidedly improved sale resulted in the complete clearance of a very good yarding. 4-tooth ewes in lamb 18/S; 2-tooth Komuey I rams £2 2'; woaner helfcre 18/6. 2S/«. I better {(rowii heifers i-, i- 8/, small JerI sey hnifers. £3 JT.'O, empty heifers i'l 15. £3, in celf heifers £3 17/G; weaner steers 14/, 18/6, 20/6: dairy cows close to proflt £S, £12; small springing heifer £6. Mr. B. C. Chilwell, district president of the New Zealand Institute oi Architects, left for .Wellington last night to attend an executive meeting. Thirty-four cadets ranging in age from 17i to 21 rears, are included in tho ship's company on the Makalla, which arrived nt the Queen's wharf this morning. These I>oys are being trained for officer? under the new scheme developed by the Anchor. Brockle'bund and Cunard Line towards the end of the war. Originally the cadets underwent early training in various ship* of the. company on the England-India service, three or four gcmrfllly being with each steamer. In 1918 the boye were taken from the ships on the PJastern service to man the two training ships' now in .commission, namely the Makalla and the Mathcran. The Makalla is now under charter to the Commonwealth anc'i Dominion Line, and the Mathcran ! continues in the Indian service. At night time turns are taken in the natch,: three boyg and an officer composing the watch on deck.