COMMERCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume L, Issue 175, 27 October 1917, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency -Co.j' Et'd., report on thdir recent sales as follows : < At Tapawera, on 18th inst., "only a small yarding was "put forwtird, but everything found a ready sale .and good prices. We quote as follows: 167 2-tooth wethers (shorn) at 20a; 68 at 20s; 17 at 20s 6d ; 18 at 2Qs 6d;' 34 shorn fat wethers-at 25s 9d; 16 at 24s 6d : 12 at. 255; 9 woolly fat wethers at 37s 6d; 7 at 32s -6d; 11 woolly fat ewes at 29s 6d; 15 'forward wot>lly ewes at £l. >" - • • ■ ' ..'i'! V, % , We held a successful - sale on behalf of Mr Chas. Palmer, « 88 Valley, on Friday,. October 19th* Wi)eH we offered the whole of his live ajid dead stock to a large attendance of buyers . The. .cows were .a particularly good lot, the highest price realked. ing £ls, and the average for . the herd; was £lO 10s. Implements and-sundries all realised; their full market value. On Thursday, 25th inst, we report having held a most successful clearing sale on behalf of the estate of the lato iL. J. Kinzett. Notwithstanding the extremely heavy rain which ...fell throughout the day a very large' crowd turned up including buyers from Murchison and Takaka, the result being that both live and dead stock found a ready We quote as follows c—--261 ewes and lambs (all counted) at,' 14s 6d; 161 at 14s 9d; 124 at lis ; 176 at l<3s 3d; 51 at 14s 6d; 98 dty ewes in wool 30s; 104 woolly wether,,, hoggets'at 275; 121 ewe woolly hoggets at 30s 6d; 12 4-tooth wethers .at 27s 6d ; 9 2-year Romney rams at 5J guineas2 4-year Lincoln Rams at 5 guineas; 2 Shropshire rams at 12s 6d; t 8 2-year steers at £7 lis; 6 2-year heifers at £5 7s 6d; 1 cow in profit £6 £7 ss; 1 at £7 15s; 1 S.H. Bull at £8 ss-; 1 Hereford yearling bull £6 J 5 yearling steers at £4 12s od; 2 weahers at £3 2s 6d; 1 2-year springing heifer £6 7s 6d; 1 draught mare' £3l 10s ; 1 at £27 ; 1 draught gelding/ at £3l; 1 at £2l; 1 at £2O; l hack £8 ; 1 aged mare £3 ; 1 unbroken filly - at £lO ss; 1 at £8 ss; 1 at £8; 1 colt £lO 10s. ' The implements offered were in • splendid state of . repair, the resulfci"l>B- - that they found a ready, most satisfactory prices. A large tity of sundries was offered'and thesis all realised good prices.