CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 19 June 1925, Page 7

CHRISTCHURCH NOTES.

(Our own Correspondent). Personal. .Messrs A. A. Adams and L. Inkster, of Greymouth, arc visitors to Christ churchy having arrived on Monday. Mr I Cahill, of Christchurch, is at present visiting the West Coast. •Mrs Murray, widow of the late Mr W . Murray, lorjnerly Commissioner of Croxvn Lands in Hokitika, has taken up her residence in Christchurch. Messrs R. Wild and 11. J. Bigneil, of Greymouth, are visitors to Christchurch . Miss Beryl of Christchurch, leaves to-morroxx’ i n a visit to Airs G. Perry, of Hokitika. Malicious False Alarms. \\ hilst members ot the Christchurch Fire Brigade xvere preparing for the funeral of their comrade, - xvho xvas killed on Monday ’.light when a fire engine overturned on the way to a trivial outbreak of fire, a false alarm eam e from Riccarton to-dayl. An engine was dispatched, only to find that there xvas no fire in the Riccarton Hotel, as they had been told by a xvoman’s voice over the ’phone. Following on the terrible accident hero on Monday, and the equally terrible results of false alarms i«n other parts of the country, this alarm is regarded as being a particularly reprehensible one. It is stated that there have been numerous false alarms given in the city lately, all of them by telephone and in each case given by a woman. It is thought that the same person is the culprit in each ease. Addington Yards. There wore fairly .large entries of stock at the xvcekly sale at Addington to-day. Tn the case of fat cattle the offering totalled 490 head, compared with 650 last week'. Generally, the quality xvas poor, the proportion of unfinished coxvs and heifers being heavy, xvhilst there were only a few pens of prime steers forxvard. The inferior stuff met with a slack demand throughout, and prices for this class were doxvn by 10s to 20s a head on late rates. Best steers made prices slightW in adxance oi those ruling last week. Prices a 1001 b were: — Best beef, to 40s. Prime 35s to 375. Medium 32s to 345. Light, 26s to 31s. Rough 16s to 245. The entry of fat sheep xvas a large one. over eleven races being forward. On flu- whole the quality was good, there being several good drafts of both wethers and ewes included in the offering. Except for the best quality lines prices were lower than those of a week ago bv 1/6 to 2/6 a head. The freezi ing buyers did not compete actively. I and onlv odd lines went to them. Graziers were i-n the market for unfinished ! wethers. The entry of fat lambs was ! a small one, only 1140 head being penI ned The bulk of the lambs were of indifferent quality. As it is nearly the

c,, d of the season, the freezing buyers did Mot compete with their usual keen ncss, and a decline in prices amounting to 2s to 3s a head was recorded. \ small yarding of store sheep met with a good demand, hoggets and good owes especially being sought after. Hoggets were better than at tin* last sale by 1/6 to 2/6 a head, and good met with ready competiticn realising up to 41/6. Wethers recovered the drop recorded at the last sale. As usual, the bulk of tin* store cattle entry consisted of odd lots of cows. Practically the only quotable line forward was jme of two-year-old heifers which made £2 10s. In the diary cattle section good rows and heifers tdose to calving sold readily but backward sorts were neglected. Most ot the vealers penned were a plain lot. and those were not competed for at all keenlv. Good sorts sold well. Fat pigs made late rates practically throughout the sale, and a fairly substantial rise was recorded in the price of store pigs.