LITTLE CHANGE LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 5

LITTLE CHANGE

LEVEL CROSSING ACCIDENT.

(Special to the "Evening Post.")

LEVIN, March 10.

A collision occurred on Tuesday evening 'at the Queen Street' crossing, Levin, between a goods train proceeding south'and alight car driven by Mr. L. B." Howard." The engine driver, noticing the- approach of the car, ap-J plied the brakes •so that the' impact was not so severe as it might otherwise have been. The car was thrown aside after being carried about a chain and was badly damaged, but the driver escaped with only a few bruises.

Two grandchildren of Keat's sister Fanny were last heard of living in Madrid,

PRICES OF LIVESTOCK

YESTERDAY'S MARKETS

Prices at the principal livestock sales held in the Dominion yesterday had no marked tendency. Cattle, if anything were inclined .to be easier, with the best sorts of sheep a little dearer. At the local sale cattle and ewes were easier, and wethers dearer. Most classes of stock realised better prices at Addington. A marked increase in the number of fat cattle penned at Westfield resulted in a decrease of Is per 1001b in beef values for the first time in seven weeks. The quality was good, but bidding was slack and prices were from 5s to 10s a head easier. A smaller entry of sheep was offered, but the quality suffered nothing in consequence and values rose sharply by as much as 3s a head. The fewer lambs also sold readily and improved about 2s a head. A full yarding of good quality calves came forward: Bidding was steady for extra choice sorts, but values were easier by about Is on last-

week's reduced rates for inferior grades. A large offering of pigs included a greater proportion of. bacon-' ers. There was a steady sale at late quotations, exporters operating freely.

A steady demand existed for fat | cattle at Burnside, prices being on a par with •to slightly firmer than , last : week's. The yarding totalled 265, and the quality generally was much the. same as last: week, the ,bulk of the. yarding consisting of. medium .sorts. There was a medium yarding of 180 head of store cattle. A pen,of three and four-year-old steers realised £9.' and a pen of two and'three-year-old steers made £5 to £6 ss. The balance of the yarding, consisted of cows and heifers, which sold-at late rates. There was another large, yarding of fat sheep, and values showed .an easing of from Is to Is 6d per head. ' ; ; There was a yarding of 1084 fat lambs, the quality being the same as last week. Exporters operated on the slightly reduced scales.. JOHNSONVILLE PRICES. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham arid Williams, Ltd., report on Johnsonville sale held yesterday as follows: —To a small attendance •of butchers we offered a large yarding of all classes of cattle and an average yarding of ' sheep. The' bullocks comprised chiefly prime heavyweight cattle with a few ' pens •of prime medium-weight bullocks. Heavyweignt bullocks met with a ready sale at prices on a par with last week's, while medium to-lightweight cattle were easier to the extent of 5s per head. The yarding of cows and heifers was of exceptionally good quality, prime, heavyweight cows and heifers meeting with keen demand at. prices firm on last week, while ■unfinished stati'ort cows were easier-to the extent, of 5s to 10s. per head. Prices for cows, ex dairy were down 10s on those ruling, last week. No good quality runners and vealers came forward, the yarding consisting' of dairy sorts, and, allowing for the quality, these met with a good sale with no "alterations. Only a few pens of heavyweight wethers came forward, the balance of _the yarding consisting of prime lightweight two4ooth sheep. All classes met with a good demand at prices firm on last week. The demand for ew-es was not keen and prices showed an easing tendency to the extent of Is per head. There was a good demand • for all classes of lambs with a total clearance. .

Quotations:—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £14, £13 18s, £13 12s 6d, £13 5s (all single); prime heavy bullocks, £13, £12 17s 6d, £12 -14s; heavy bullocks, £12 10s down to £12 2s 6d; medium bullocks (well finished),. £12 down to £11 ss; light and unfinished bullocks, £10 18s down to £10 10s; extra prime heavy cows ■ and heifers, £9 2s down to £8 15s: prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 12s 6d down, to £8 7s 6d; cows and "heifers, £8 down to £7 12s; cows, ex dairy, £5 ss, £4 18s, £4.5s (all heavy cows), £3 lis 6d £3 10s. £3 ss; .runners,.£44s, £4 2s. £3 17s 6d. £3 15s;.vealers, £2 17s, £2 12s 6d, £2 ss, £2 2s,- doVn to £1 ; 18s; small calves, £1 2s 6d, £1, 18s, down to 12s Gd: prime extra heavy wethers, 30s 6d, 29s 9d, 29s 6d; prime heavy wethers, 29s 4d, 28s 9d. 28s 6d; medium wethers (b.f. prime quality), 28r, 6d to 28s; light prime b.f. wethers, 26s 6d, down to 24s 8d; prime extra heavy ewes (s.d.), 21s 8d to 21s 3d; prime heavy ewes, 22s 7d to 21s 6d; medium ewes.- 20s to 18s. 6d; extra heavy lambs. 28s 9d. 27s lOd, 27s 6d, 26s lOd. 26s 6d (small lots); medium lambs (good quality), 25s 6d 24s 23s 10d- medium lambs (plain), 22s Md '-P. 21s 6d; light lambs, 20s 9d to 19s 6d. LEVIN SALE. There were good yardings "in" all classes of stock, at the Levin sale held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency on Tuesday, when a good attendance of buyers presented the usual competition, and prices remained firm at late rates. Realisations were as follows:— . Pigs: Pork, light, 345, 36s 6d, 38s 6d, to £2; heavier sorfs, £2 Is, £2 2s, £2 ss, £2 7s 6d;. stores, 18s 6d, £1 2s 6d, to £1 5s 6d; slips, 13s 6d to 15s 6d; weaners, 5s to'Bs; choppers, .to £2 Is. j Cattle: Fat cows, ex 'dairy, light, _£3 5s- £3 10s, to £3 12s 6d; medium ditto, £4 to £4 7s 6d; heavy ditto, £4 12s 6d, £4 15s. to £5; vealers, £1 10s, £1 14s, £2, £2 ss, .to £3;. runners, £3 6s £3 18s, to £4; store.cows, £1 12s 6d £2 ss, £2 16s;to-£3; three-year-old heifers, to £3 19s; cows sP^" guig; to £5 15s; potter bulls, £4 7s 6d to £4 15s Sheep:, Fat ewes, 14s 6d, 18s, to 24s 4d; fat lambs, to 225; four and sixtooth ewes, to 24s 3d; ewe lambs, 15s 9d to 22s 8d; wether 1-ambs, • 13& ld,-.13s 9d; to 14s 8d; store Jambs, 10s 3d, -11s Me°srs S Abraham and. .Williams report that there were large yardings in all classes of stock, which sold readily at late rates. A wether donated'to the Blind Institute by the Hannan Estate was sold sdme 24 times at prices ranging from £1 Is to 32s and so realised in all £35.. Prices for stock were as follows:-Pigs: Light 30s to 37s 6d; medium, 37s 6d to. 42s 6d heavy, 42s 6d to £2 16s; chaffers, £2 to £2 15s; baconers, £3 to £3 6s; veaners, 4s Jd to 10s; slips. 10s to las; stores, 17s 6d to 255. Sheep: Fat wethers, 25s 6d to 27s 6d; fat ewes, 18s