LIFE AT MAFEKING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6700, 18 May 1900, Page 4

LIFE AT MAFEKING.

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pricestorfunlfr^^^PßßßHH^^^^H ened. Freezing qualitytn-orj^h^rrorrr 13s to 17s ; a few extra heavy up to 18s ; butchers' sorts, 10s 9d to 12s 6d. Store sheep—The yarding was the smallest for some time and the demand for all sorts was weaker, a good many being passed. Not a single wether changed hands at auction. A line of 142 half-bred ewes brought 14s 5d ; 160 crossbreds, 13s 5d ; 100 do., 12s Id ; I some h&lf breds, 17s 7d ; 540 backward i )ambs/7s lld ; small lots of better j sorts, is "3d, 10s 7d aud lis Sd. | Pigs?— A heavy yarding, considerably more fhan required. All classes were dull off sale. Baconers. 30s 6d to 36s 6d, equalfto 2-J-d to 3d for pigs of 1201b to 1401b,) and 2Jd for heavier kinds ; porkyrs, 21s to 28s Gd equal to S^d to 3§d aer lb ; stores, 83 to 1/a 6d ; suckers, 4s tops 6d. /