DOMINION NEWS

Grey River Argus, 10 November 1944, Page 8

DOMINION NEWS

HEALTH STAMP SALES. P.A. WELLINGTON, Nov. 9. Great satisfaction with the progress of the health stamp campaign was expressed by the PostmasterGeneral (Hon. P. C. Webh)i when announcing the figures for October, including sales amounting to £13,336 from the stamps branch of th e General Post Office —largely overseas orders—Dominion sales for the month were £29,141. The total for October last year—a record month—was £29,513, gut the Minister pointed out that this year’s campaign did not com-, mence until October 9, and to have approached so closely in a bare three weeks to the total for the full month in 1943 was an excellent achievement. MAN KILLED. P.A. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. B.' James Boyd, aged 63 years, was accidentally killed at Kaikoura at 4.10 p.m. to-day, when the decking of a tip truck, as it was moving forward spreading metal along the drive near his home, caught a stay of the wirelass mast, which broke off and struck him bn the head. AUCKLAND HOUSING SHORTAGE. P.A. AUCKLAND, Nov. 9. One of the most distressing cases arising out of Auckland’s housing shortage is that of a woman who was living with her husband and family in a caravan at Hamilton until last Monday week, when she, the husband and five of theii! 11 children went to Auckland on the understanding a 1 house was awaiting them. The family discovered,. however, the house, they had been told about by a couple J they befriended did not exist. A search for other accommodation was unsuccessful. ■ They obtained temporary accommodation at a hospitality house. On Monday last the husband obtained work, but suffered an accident the same day and is now in hospital in a serious condition. The woman s-aid to-day the position was desperate and appeals to the authorities were without result. The youngest child with her is seven and the oldest 19.

LIVE STOCK PRICES. CHRISTCHURCH, November 9. There was little change in prices at the Addington sale, yesterday. There were 490 fat cattle, prices.' being:— Extra prime steers, £l9 5s to £22 7s 6d. Prime steers, £l7 5s to £lB 15s. Prime medium-weight steers, £l5 10s to £l6 15s. Ordinary steers, £l2 15s to £l4 10s. Extra prime heifers, to £l5 17s 6d. Prime heifers, £ll 15s to £l3 17s- 6d. Medium heifers. £9 15s to £ll ss. Light heifers, to £8 15s. Extra prime cows, £l3 to £l5 17s 6d. Prime cows, £9 5s to £l2. Medium cows, £8 5s to £5. Light cows, to £B. Large vealers, £6 18s 6d to £lO 8s 6d; others, £4 18s 6d to £6 13s 6d. Prime tuckers, £4 IBs 6d to £6 18s 6d; others, £3 16s to £4 16s. Large calves, 54s to 68s; medium, 28s to 525; small and rough, 16s to 265. Seven two-year Black Poll steers made £lO 2s, a similar pen not so forward £9 Bs, a pen of eight twoyear Black Poll heifers £6 18s, and a . pen of 11 light-conditioned Shorthorn cross heifers £4 7s. Light porkers, 54s 6d to £3 Is 6d; medium, £3 4s 6d to £3 9s 6d; heavy, £3 12s 6d to £3 19? 6d. Choppers, £4 18s 6d to £9 18s 6d. Light baconeTS, £4 10s 6d to £4 17s 6d; medium, £4 19s 6d to £5 5s 6d; heavy, £5 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d: extra heavv, £5 19s 6d to £6 9s 6d. Small weaners, 22s to 255; medium, 28? to 325; best, 34s to 375. Slips, 38s to 425. Small stores, 43s to 465; medium, 48s to 525; large, to 58s. Extra prime wethers, to 38s 4d. Prime wethers, 34s Id tot 36? lOd. Prime medium-weight wethers, 28s to 31s Light wethers, to 255. Extra prime young ewes, to 28s lOd. Prime aged ewes, 23s Id to 265, 7d. Prime mediumweight ewe?, 20s ’to 22s 6d. Light, ewes, 16s to 18s 6d. Shorn wether hoggets, to 34s 7d. Heavy lambs, 35s lOd to 38s lOd; good, 28s 7d to 32s Id: medium, 23s 7d to 25s lOd; light, to 22?. The best wether hoggets sold up to 24s 1? .good 21s 3d to 235; 404 fourtooth wethers made from 21s 4d to 23s 7d. Half-bred and three-quarter-bred woolly ewe hoggets made from 34s 4d to 37? 7d, and a pen of medium hoggets 25s 6d. There was keen bidding for a line of 136 woolly merino wethers, which made 235.