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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9154, 8 September 1888, Page 5

Sheep of all descriptions (the Ashburton correspondent of the Ly ttelton Times writes) are in active demand, and buyers are scouring the country for desirable lines. Prices quoted as having been obtained privately and in public market in the Ashburton district appear high compared with those current in the Addington oaleyards, and no doubt the same is noticeable in other parts of the country. Gossip has it that a strong sheep "ring" is operating very extensively, and as certain facts are pointed to as confirmatory of this rumour, there seems no reason to doubt that sheep will soon see higher values than the present. I observe that a sum has been placed on the estimates for village settlements. This will be very welcome to village settlers, in this part of the country at all events, as, unless the village settlers in this district get some help for a year or two more, they will scarcely Tbe able to hold on. It is very unfortunate that the price of kauri gum has fallen sd low, as at the present price very few of the settlers in the vicinity of gumfields are able to get even a bare existence.— [Hokianga Correspondent.]

The London Dairy Company receive the best dairies of butter that are made in the Pukekohe district. Fresh supplies every day.