CANTERBURY RAM FAIR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18664, 21 March 1924, Page 7

CANTERBURY RAM FAIR.

SALE OF FLOCK RAMS.

[bt telegkaph.— pbess association.] CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. The annual ram fair commenced to-day, when flock rams were offered. There was a very keen demand for Cornedale and half bred and Southdowns, a large entry of the first-named being totally cleared. English and Border Leiceaters were in over sup? ply and met with a dragging sale, but there was a good clearance at moderate prices. There 'was only a., small entry of Romneys but they were completely out of favour, only a few selling and those at low. prices. None of the few Lincoln s offered elicited a bid. The following is the range of prices: — English Leicesters. 2J:js to lligs; Eomneys, to sgs; Camedalcs, 3gs to 18gs: Border Leicesters, 2ses to Bgs; Shropshires, 2igs & lOgs; Southdowns, 31gs to 12igs; halfbreds, sgs to 15*gs: Merinos. 4gs to logs, Itye'lands, 3igs to 6g».

SANFORD'S SHARE ISSUE. An indication of the readiness of Auck* landers to invest in industrial cracerns is given in the announcement that the 20,000 preference shares offered by Sanfords, Ltd., in connection with their new share issue, were over-subscribed in three days. Applications for the 35,000 ordinary shares offered by the company to provide additional capital for enlarging and modernising the business, are being " steadily received, and it is announced that those who failed to secure _ preference shares may amend their applications to read' "ordinary shares."

LONDON TALLOW SALES. Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London house, under dale March 19:— Tallow.—Offered 1100 casks, sold 210. Mutton neglected. Since our last cablegram the price' of good colour mixed is* Is lower, the present value beimr *6s 6d. Low and inferior descriptions are 2s lower.

WIMBLE AND COMPANY. The secretary of F. T. Wimble and Co., Sydney, reports that the recent ;■ issue of CO.OOO cumulative preference shares of s dEl each, carrying 8 per cent, per annum dividend,, has been over subscribed.

PROPERTY . SALES. Samuel Vaile and: Sons, Ltd.. will offer by auction at their rooms, 83. Queen Street, at 2 p.m. to-day, the following properties:— Residence, eight rooms, No. 7, Park Road, Grafton,, also adjoining at back, a section, approx. ii x 80ft. frontage Seafield View Road.; also, at request of the mortgagees, under conduct of Registrar of Court, a property at No. 171, Nelson Street and a section on Glenfeld Road, Birkenhead. Mr. C. F. Bennett will offer for sale by public auction at his rooms. New Zealand Insurance Buildinge, at noon to-day:— order of the Public Trustee, city freehold block, comprising three two-storeyed houses and three shops, with dwellings attached, in Wellington and Nelson Streets on behalf,of vendors, IS building sites and house of nine rooms at Papakura. known as the Vicarage Estate, a freehold section at Young's Road, Papakura; a house of 6 rooms in Burgoyne Street, Newton; and a two-storeyed house of 7 rooms in Collingwood Street, Ponson'by. „ -~ ... _ , William A. Home, Ltd.. will offer for sale by public auction at their Auction Hall, High Street,. to-day at 1 p.m.. two btuMinK sections situated in Peary Road. Mount Eden. . __ x