THE STOCK MARKETS.
OH INGAITI EWE FAIR. At the special ewe fair held in Messrs Mclntyre and Company’s yards at Ohingaiti on Monday, the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report having offered 4000 breeding ewes, with a few pens of lambs, to a fair attendance' of tho public. The special offering on account of Mr Charles Mclntyre, which included his complete flock of 2th, 4th, 6th and 4yr and syr ewes, elicited keen conipetition. Values for this client’s entries were well up to recent quotations. Several pens of 21h ewes were offered. One lino of well-grown early shorn good-condition-ed. finc-woolled sheep offered on account of Mr J. C Wilkie realised the excellent price of 35s Id, while other smaller lots made from 22s 3d upwards. A few pens of aged owes in poor condition and low in the mouth were not wanted. Ewe and wether lambs met with keen competition, a total clearance being effected in this section at prices fully up to late rates. Ihe following is a list of sales: —On account Chas. Mclntyre. 282 4th ewes 27s 6d, 150 6th ewes 25s lOd, 227 6th ewes 255, 292 4yr eves 22s 3d, 190 svr ewes 18s 3d, 100 7t.h owes 22s 3d. 300 2th ewes 28s 7d, 100 2th owes 28s 2d,. 580 2th ewes 28s; on account O. Henderson, 70 6yr ewes 11s; on account 11. Pritchard, 65 6yr ewes 14s 6d ; on account .1. G. Wilkie, 100 21 h ewes, 275; 60 2th owes 3os Id, 116 2th owes 34s Bd, 140 2th ewes 19s 3d, 86 wether lambs 7s 6d, 4 Romney rams 35gns. 79 owe lambs 14s 6d. 136 wether lambs 12s 3d; on account L. 11. Dalzicll, 35 owe lamb? 18s 9d ; on account P. A. Barnett, 130 6vr ewes 9s; on account G. E. Collins, 34 2th owes 23s 2d, 104 wethor lambs 12s 3d, 44 wether lambs 6s 9d; other realisations, 2th owes 21s, 22s 6d to 255, syr owes 18s 6d and 19s 4d, 6yr ewes Bs, 9s to lls Bd, wether lambs 6s 4d, 7s 3d to 10s 4d.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 71, 21 February 1940, Page 14
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354THE STOCK MARKETS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 71, 21 February 1940, Page 14
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