MARKET REPORTS.
SKIN SALES. ' Therhwere good-entries of sheepskins at the weeffiyi. sales; yesterday,‘ but bidding wasratljer slfick, and'prices were slightlf, easieiv,Hutch ers’ best cross-breds' brought os-3d toe's Bd, medium -do 3s 9d;tp 4s 10?,. do hbst'merinoes 4s to 5s Bd, medium do 2s 3d '-$8 , ; 3s; 8d •'"■ rough, fat •|d to" lld and rendered If'd./ ; " ' • . ’ CHEETSEY. A very successful clearing • and land sale was. -conducted by the- New Zealand Loan . and Mercantile Agency Company and Messrs H. Matson and Co. at Chertsey yesterday. , Mr Calcutt offered, the farm first, and after spirited competition it was- sold to Mr ■Peter Doig;' of Chertsey, at £5 per acre. Mr Leicester Matson then sold the live and dead stock, which included a flock of pure Shropshires, and, disposed of the various lots with despatch.- ...The;hale was one of the most successful f eyer .held ip the district, and, considering, the. dry weather, the sheep brought full. values. , Half-hred ewes, four an d’six-tboth, sold at 14s 3d, full-mouthed pross-bred ewes 11s 6d, sound-mouthed merino- ewes 'in lamb'7s''Bd, Shropshire ■Down ewe lambs >|g, 'do ■ two-tooth ewes Isg, do'ifix: and eighth-tooth ewes Ig, do full-mouthed, ewes f?. Horses, implements, &e.,; were sold 'at .full rates., ■.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11334, 30 July 1897, Page 6
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199MARKET REPORTS. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVIII, Issue 11334, 30 July 1897, Page 6
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