CLEARING SALES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12015, 17 October 1904, Page 9

CLEARING SALES.

Tho New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association, Ashburton, conducted a successful clearing sale on account of Mr J. Lloyd, Newlonds, on October 13th. The implements and household furniture fold readily at good prices. Crossbred eweo and lambs realised 10s 5d to 13s 6d, Shropsljire ewes and lambs 12s 7d to 14a 2d, nWrino ewes and lambs 8a 2d to 9s (ail counted), crossbred hoggets 17a Bdi halfbred wethero 19s 7d, Shropshire owes lioggeta ljgn, Shropshire ram hoggets 2_gri. Draught hones, £30, £40, £46 10s to'£so.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date 4th. inst.: —r'Sinco our last telegram, prices of butter at Copenhagen are lower by 2 kroner. The market is weak." .. Messrs Tonks, Norton and Co.. acting under instructions from the Public Trustee, as Executor of the will of William Barr, deceased, sold by public auction on Saturday 4-acro land and house of five rooms situated in King atreet, Sydenham, to Mr Geo. for the sum of £225. The following is a statement of customs dutiea collected at the Port of Lyttelton during the week ending- October 14th, 1904 ;;-~Spirits, £1807 3s . lid; . cigars, cigarettes, and snuff, £81 18s; tobacco, £70012s 8d; wine, £119 9s sd; beer, £8; tea, 13s 4d; . coffee,' cocoa, and chocolate, £20 19s; sugar, molasses'and treacle, £39 13s 4d; weight, £259 18s 2d ; ad valorem, £2199 18s: other duties, £37 9a *d; total for week, £5275 15s 4d.