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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8926, 12 September 1905, Page 3

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factory prices. Sheep sold somewhat easier. ' At Mr Russell's sale : Best cows £8 10s to £8 17s 6d ; good sows, £7 to £8 ; 1 medium cows. £5 12s 6d to 6s lOd ; others, ' £4 to £5. Mr Wright's cows. £7 to £9 | 7s 6d ' At Mahoney estate sale : Best cows. £6 j to" £6 17s 6d'; medium do., £4 10s to £5 os : aged and backward cows. £2 to £3 10s ; weaners, 13s. At Waverley horse sale : Unbroken (draughts, £25' to £29 Is; lighter do., £18 7s 6d to £22; broken do., £30 to ±<o7 ; harness horses. £9 15s to £13 17s 6d : others. £7 to £8 ss ; liacks (good). £8 to £14; others, £3 10s to £6 10s. At Wanganui sale : ±'at and forward bullocks. £8 6s; forward four-year bullocks. £6 ss ; fat cows, £5 5s to £5 17s ; store' cows. £2 to £2 11s; others, 30s; 15 to "18 months mixed, 375 ; 18 months to two-year steers. £2 17s 6d ; yearlings, 24s to 27s 6d; others. 18s to 235; small. ~15s; two-year springing heifers. £4 to £4 8s 6d; springing cows. £5 to £5 7s 6d. Sheep : Extra prime fat ewes. 235 ; fat- wethers, 22s 2d to 22s 6d ; fat and forward wethers. 19s 3d to 20s ; store wethers (medium), 14s 7d to 16s lOd ; good hoggets. 16s to 17s; medium do., 15s 2d to. 15s lOd : small do.. 14s 2d. Pigs : Best porkers. 34s to 38s 6d ; medium do.. 29s to 31s 6d ; lighter. 18s to 21s ; sows in pig, 28s, to 38s ; weaners. 7s 3d to 11s ; medium stores, 14s to 15s. - At .Waverley : Good fat cows. £5 13s ; three-year steers. £4 2s to £4 ss ; 18monthV steers £2 12s 6d to £2 15s; 2^year steers.. £3 8s to £3 15s; mixed yearlings. 28s 6d ; cows in calf (poor), 37s to-£2'2s-6d; springing heifers, £4 10s to £s_los; springing cows, £4 15s to £6; others, £3 17s 6d ; aged cows, 15s to 3Qs ; medium hoggets, 14s; cull do., 9s 6d.

AUSTRALIA v. TARANAKI. COMMENT ON THE MATCH. (}Jy -ALL-ROUND."")

'■\'<>r. could not wish to 6v:e a 'better gi.iie. ' wa.s tii" popular answeT to the ra:iier monotuiK>us query, "What did you think ot the game': Better matches have probably been witnessed on the Recreation Ground, hut as a spectators' game it •was perhaps thf-. best ever" seen here. The visitors deserved their win as they played better football than the locals. They heat the home team in every department. In scrum work, they packed more quickly and better, hooking in~superioT style, and w:rh one man more in the scrumthey were aMe to more than hold their own in_the pushing. Tiieir forwards were also sunerior in the !'"jSe and on the line out.

The Australian back combination was fari suptrior in .uiaik to Taranaki. There ] were bevera] very weak spots in the Tara- , niki tvnrn, and to these the result is due.

The wet iK>ti- eable failing-' on the local side was with ili3 front rankers who were practically u=*lc-5.5 no far as getting ihe ball w.is coacf-riirtL Thoii- when they did get it the halt was so poor tliat no advantage was gatnod. These" weak 'spots were the tatibt oi the Taranaki backs so s-ldcjn availing then^elves_- of chances. Ti;e other weakjuss was"aT left wing-three-quarter, Murray missing on?_ sure" score and being very poor on defence", so poor indeed that on two occasionsfwhen tries, v/ere stored on Jiie wing -the men went in almost- unopposed." Had . Taranakib.cks been used in _th e way- Woods iised bis th; visitorh' deience, judging~by the ] sample given, would not have successfully withstood attack for long.-- The local t~ tin had an average all round advantage of JOlbs pc- m«m in weight— Oi the Kongaroo's backs' McLenn; Woods, B. Smith, and Dore - were the best. . Wicklnm did not uphold his reputation for go.i] kicking, and Penman (linked very noticeably, and it was a wise move to put.- him full-back on the change of ends. L\i<_as was the pick of the -for- ' wards, M".rnin .Swannell" and darken also being" rat h*»r^ in«-'re conspicuous than their fellows. C'olmdii was Taranaki's safest back. Hardgiave was. the,_best of" the tiiree-quaffcri. Burke did not .collar c.onsistentJy, but. was preferable- to McDonilcl. Hunter played a good game, but was _inc'ined to Jeavt his_ place. - Forsyth was._a failure. Guy and Kothery- made gowi i wing-forwnrdfc. "the former losing not asingle i-hnnc*. "f the pack M-cKny. Himerton, .imi Ryan were the best. FAKEWELLr. "

— A L>i^ (_i<-\vd gathered at tLe siation [■rur to the departure oi the mail tra-n ou Saturday lo bid farewell to the Australuuns, who were on all sides heartily congratuiuU'd on their victory". The visitors, uetore leaving \sere joined by f. Ujrge, who underwent aii~ operation to liis Ik- id in Huned in. and had to be left- beI.: ud. liurge, the Australians considered, was their best iorward, but he-wid Oe unaij.e lo play aguin during thsi tour. Many a hearty handshake greeted him as he stepped on to the station, and ho_was, of cjiiroe, delighted to hear of the victDry. Murnin and fcjwaiinell, both of whom were injured in the match,, ..obtained niedicaL auvice before leaving, and it was found that Mnrnin'6 co!lar-oone_was iractured. Swannell, Though his eye~had swollen to such a siz* umt- no openings was visioie,appeaitd qu.tc cheeriul^_but~-\lufiuu" \v»a wry deprtfcicd. The Ashore were died" el as the train drew out, _ and they" lustily returned the ro-mpHniem.