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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2120, 20 February 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

.MATAW I I'K-KO STUCK SALE,

There was ;i moderate attendance ;ii the .stock sale held at A 1 at;iwhom yesterday. The entry o ( sheep comprised ahold: 10,000, mostly stores, of which tln> majority wore disposed of. Sheep were selling well tit reduced prices, hut people did not want them, •is the grass has not yet had time to come. Cl< v iiora 1 ly, however, sellers were more inclined to meet buyers, and a hotter sale resulted than has lately been the case. .Lambs of only fair ipiality went cheap. There was only a pen or two of lat sheep, und these realised i'lii' nrices. .SIIKKP. The principal sales were: •Stores: lUti •"> and (i year old ewes 7s Id, ;t7.‘» full-mouth ewes os 7d, 20't t-tooth wethers Ills i)d, 7S ewes 7s. 1 :jt):t 7>-ycar-oltl ewes As Id. Kams: There was a lair entry of rains, hut most of them were passed. ,Might Lincoln Leicesteis were jmt up', and -.darted at os each., and sold tor Bs. Others sold front fis to 12s. • CATTLE. About odd fund of cattle mine forward. hut the demand was poor, and the TTnlk were passed at auction, h'onr empty' eows were otlered, hut the auctioneer could not get beyond a single bid of £‘2. A number ot calves wore offered, but no sale resulted. Sales were:—22 bullocks IM KM Id bullocks I'd, d fat hetlers £l. PIGS. The,re -was only a moderate.entry ot pig<, and oiiilv a low won* sold. were: 7 w tumors ds (id, 1 pig Us.