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SAJ.t: OF W G STEAD'S RANGIRIRI 'PROPKRTY. Roadiey. Son and Stewart. Ltd.. acting in conjunction with -Levin and Co., Ltd., announce that thev will conduct a sale of 2277 acres of freehold land, situated at .Waikato. at K very body's- Theatre. Palmeriston North, on Thursday, November 22nd. at 2 o'clock. Particulars are given in our auction column's. AUCTION SALES. At Levin to-morroiy Abraham and Williams, Ltd., will hold their annual spring cattle fair, when they wjll oiler nearly 2000 head of cattle. The entry comprises the annual draft: from the lending farmers of the district, and the"'took is in excellent. condition. The entries include good Shorthorn and Polled Angus yearling steer.-;. These an Ihe cla.ss of catile much in demand at present, and they uill be sold in lots' to suit buyers. Tlii- Empire Auctioneering- Co. will hold a sale of furniture, etc.. on Wednesday. at 1.30, at No 2-1 Colombo street. MART REPORT. Harry Palmer and Co. report the following prices al. their usual mart sale on Sa'turdav: —Pigs, woaners (small) 9s to M h Od, medium Pis lo 19s, good 19s 6d to 2-1s Gd, slips to 30s Oil; pullets to 9s 6d, cockerels to Bs, hens 5s 3d to 6,i od, ducks 6s 3d to 7.5, ducklings to 9s 3d, all at. per pair: table potatoes from 2s 6d to 12s stick: rhubarb to 6d bundle,'asparagus to 7d. Barley, pollard, bran. Meggitt's meal, maize and oats show a good turnover at market rates. The linn also held a successful furniture sale at the mart on Thursday. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE GO'S WEEKLY REPORT. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report :—AI Apiti on Tuesday a .small entry met with a fair sab- at the following prices: Yearling Holstein steers £7 17s, 15-mth steers JJ9 Ms, springing heifers £9 15s to £l2. cow in milk £l3, springing cow £9 ss. forward cows £9 lis, light fat heifer £lO 10s, Jersey bull. £7, Holstein bull 20 guineas. At Feilding on Friday a moderate entry' of sheep and cattle came forward. Sheep were inclined to drag, but cattle sold well. Small b.f. hoggets 23s 6d to 23s 7d, medium vwv hoggets 345, very fair ewe hoggets 37s io 37s 6d, fair wether hoggets 35s 6d to 05-s 9d, iat ewes 39s 9d. store cows £0 13s to £7, 18-mth heifers £7 lis, light fal cows £l3 7s 6d. bulls £lO to £ls. LEVIN A.ND GO'S REPORT. During the past week we held our yard sales at Hunterville and Feilding and a clearance sale on account of Mr Herbert, of Buimylhorpo. At Hunterville we had a small entry and a poor attendance. Bidding, however, was spirited for all lots, and we made a total clearance at full rate.,. At Feilding a full entry of shoe)) and a medium entrv of catile came forward. Bidding for sheep was fair. Although several line- .were passed ai auction we quitted the whole of our offering with the exception of one lot of ewes and lambs ai prices fully up to last week's rates. The demand was slightly easier than m our last sale, heel' and dairy cattle showing a slight easing up in prices. At Mr Herbert's -ale. notwithstanding the extremely wel weather, we had a very large attendance of buyers and the kidding right through Ihe sale was animated, a herd ot cows 'making a very highly satisfactory average at £l7 12s 0d per head. Furniture and sundries also made good prices. At Hunterville: Mixed woolly hoggets 275, yearling steers £3 15s. £8 3s 6d, 2-yr empt'v heifers £8 ss. V! H Herbert'.- clearing sale, 15 tinnythorpe: 28 cows in milk £lO 10s to £22 10s, 3-teaters £9 15-. £l3 10s. At Feilding: On account J. G. Cobbe, 1 pedigree Jersey bull 50 guineas; on account other vendors, Jersey bulls £5 10s, £7 10s, Shorthorn hulls 12Agns, logos. 30ens heifers and calves £0 10s, springing heifers £7 10s. £8 2s Od. £9 10s, £lO. £l4, heifers in milk £7, £B. £9 7s 6d, £lO, £l6 ss, yearling heifers £4 7s Od, £4 12s 6d, 15-mths S.II. empty heifers £7 15s, Yearling steers £3 10s, 20-mths .steers £9 10-, fat cows £l6, fat Hereford Heifers £l4, fat speved cows £l3, £l4. £ls. Sheep: Oil account D. 11. McLean, 2-th ewes 25s sd, 28s 6d, 2-th wethers 265; on account R. D. Rodgers, Ltd.. 2-th wethers 295, hoggets 18s Id. 21s. ewe hoggets £2 3s. fat wethers £2 7s 6d: on account J. Home, woollv hoggets 34, 7d; on aeeouni McLennau Bros., fat- shorn wethers 32s 9d. ojs sd, 2-th ■'•ether, 31s Od: on account McMullian Bros., ewes and lambs £2 os ocl.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1019, 12 November 1917, Page 6
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