PROSPECTING FOR GOLD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21305, 5 October 1932, Page 7

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD

OPERATIONS AT TE AROHA PROPOSAL FOR BATfERY [t'noji ox;n own correspondent] TE AROHA, Tuesday Tlio To A roll a Gold Syndicate, Limited, having sought permission from the Crown to purchase an area of six acres at Ruakaka, To Aroha, for the purpose of erecting a battery in connection with- mining operations it proposes to commence in this district shortly, the matter was referred by the department to the Te Aroha Borough Council for its approval. The council held a special meeting last evening and decided to offer no opposition provided that all plans and specifications of the buildings be submitted to the council for approval. Other stipulations were made regarding any water taken from Lipsey Creek; and care to prevent tlio destruction of the native bush in the vicinity from bush fires. Mr. It. M. Scclly, one of the company's Auckland promoters, who was present, said that they intended to raise capital amounting to £125,000. It was hoped to commence work in two months, the intention being to prospect extensively before going iri for a very costly plant. The buildings and plant would bo built so that additions could be easily added, and provision would be made for crushing 150 tons a day.

COUNTRY STOCK SALES PRICES AT FRANKTON DECLINE FOR OX BEEF [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday The market for the medium entry of ox beof which came forward at the weekly j Frankton slock sale to-day was slightly I easier than last week, values receding by j approximately 2s per 1001b. Good tow beef ' met with a keen demand, selling at rates ' fully up to late quotations. The prices for ; poorer quality cows and stores showed little ; variation. Both ewes and wethers came for- j ward in largo numbers, late rates being j barely maintained for all classes. Spring i lambs wero yarded in excess of tho demand and values declined as a result, 'I here was , a, large yarding of fat pigs, values for which j remained firm at recent quotations. Stores ; and weaners advanced in price. The auctioneers quote as follows: — New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency j Company. Limited. —Cattle: Good quality ox ; beef sold at I'G 2s to £7; medium, £5 5s to j £G; lighter, JL'l 7s Gd to £5; prime fat cows and heifer beef, £4 10s to £5 7s Cd; medium quality, £3 10s to £4 ss; lighter sorts. £2 12s Gd to £3 ss; light, XI ISs to £2 7s Gd; good store cows, 22s to 295; poorer, IGs to •2ls; others, 9s to Its. Sheep: Prime fat wethers, 12s 3d to 13s Gd; medium quali'y, 10s 9d to ]2s; lighter. 9s Gd to 10s Gd; prime young ewes, 8s to 93 Id; medium quality,, Gs Gd to 7.= Gd; lighter, 5s to Gs; very prime hoggets, 12s' Gd to 15s; medium, lis to 12s; lighter, 9s Gd to 10s 9d; medium spring lambs 12s 7d to 13s Id; others, 10s to 12s. Pigs: Heavy baconers. £2 7s to £2 Us; medium, £2 to £2 4s; light. 35s to 395; heavy porkers, 30s to 333: medium, 25s to 295: light, 22s to 2ls; large stores, 22s to 263 Gd; medium. 19s to 21s; good weaners. IGs to 20s: medium, 12s to 15sj small, 9s tolls. G. W. Vercoe and Company. Limited.— Sheep: Fat wethers, woolly, sold at 12s Gd to 13s; shorn, lis to 12s; light fat ewes. Gs 9d to 8s; heavy fat hoggets, lis Gd to 12s 3d; light, 10s to lis 3d; heavy spring lambs, IGs to 18s; li-hter, 14s to 15a Gd: li"ht 9s to 12s Gd. Cattle: Medium-weight fat bullocks, £7 to £7 12s; lighter, £6 to £G 15s; light, £5 to £5 15s; heavy fat cows, IT, to £5 10s: lighter. £4 to £4 15s; light. £2 to £3 10s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 1 Fs to £2 lis; medium-weight, £'2 to £2 ss; light, 35s to 395; heavy porkers, 28s to 335: lighter. 24s to 275; light, 20s to 235: choppers, 25s to 355: good stores, 23s to 275; smaller, 18s to 225; slips. 15s to 17s; best weaners. IGs to 18s; weaners. Us to 14s Gd. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Medium woolly wethers sold at 12s lOd to 13s 7d; heavy shorn wethers, 12s id to 12s OH; 39 s to lIS 3d; fat shorn ewes, 9s to 9s <d: medium. 7s 3d to 8s; fat woolly ewes. 7b 3d to 8s 3d; prime shorn hoggets, 12s to 13s; lighter, 0s Gd to lis; heavy fat lambs. 13s Id to 14s Gd; light, 10s to lis Gd; good , woolly ewe hoggets, lis to lis Gd. Cattle: Vealers. 14s to 30s; heavy fat steers, £7 15s [ to £8 2s Gd ; medium. £G Gs to £G IGs; light. I £5 5s to £5 17s; heavy fat cows. £5 lis to £5 18s; prime medium fat heifers. £5 Gs to £5 12s; light fat cows. £3 15s to £4 8s; second quality cows, £3 Gs to £3 Lir: store cows, 20s to 295: boners. 8s to Its; 18months empty heifers, £2 15s to £3 ss; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 15s to £3 15s. I i~s: Choppers. 32s to £2 Is; heavy baconers. £2 4s to £2 9s; medium, 38s to £2 3s; light, 34s to 37s- heavv porkers, 30s to 335: medium, 2Gs to 295; stores, 21s Gd to 275: good slips. 18s Gd to 22s Gd; good weaners, 14s Gd to 17s; smaller. Us to 13s Gd. Dalgoty and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Prime woolly wethers sold up to 14s 7d; medium-quality and light, 12s Gd to 14s: shorn fat wethers. 10s 9d to 12s 3d: fat woolly ewes, 7s 3d to 8s 9d: shorn. Gs Gd to 8s; inferior, 5s Gd; prime fat hoggets, lis to 13s; small find light, 5s 9d to 8s Gd. Cattle: Well-finished bullocks, to £8 IGs: medium-weight, £G 10s to £7 7s Gd; prime yoimsr cows and heifers, £4 10s to £5 los: ordinary fat cows, £3 to £3 15s; inferior. J.to £2 15s; two-year Polled Angus and Here-ford-cross steers in low condition, £2 10s: empty storo condition cows, 22s Gd; yearling Hereford steers. 28s; yearling Hereford heifers, IGs; Shorthorn yearling heifers. 20s. Pigs: Best baconers, £2 Gs to £2 lis: medium, £2 to £2 Gs: light. £1 13s to £1 VPs; best stores, £1 to £1 7s; slips, 18s to 255; best weaners, 15s Gd to 17s; others. 8s Gd to 14s Gd.

CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS Dalgcty and Company. Limited, report having: held the usual Cnmbridgo eniQ on Monday. There was a good yarding of pigs and a medium yarding of entile. Store mid weaner piss sold under very keen competition Values were: Light Polled Angus bullocks. £5 17s fid to £fi 2s 6(1; Jersey-cross bullocks, £3 15s; forward heifers, to £."5 ITs- boner cows, 10 s to Its; sound Jersey cows, Has to 'lis: yearling Jersey heifers. (m x'H; small Shorthorn steers, 20s; small Jersey heifers, :Jls: dairy heifers, ,£'s 10s to i"i- dairy cows, £5 to £7: inferior sorts. X'i'fis to £4 15s. Pigs: Medium baeoners, 355; heavy porkers. 2Ss to 325; medium stores. 18s to 2'2s: slips. 15s to 17s (3d; best weancrs, 12s to ins fid. KOPU BULL PRICES Dalcety and Company Limited, report having held its annual Kopu bull sale at, the Kopu saleyards on Monday. A Rood yardinc of both Jersey and Fnesian bulls camo forward and met, with a. ready sale to a representative bench of buyers. Good quality bulls wero in demand and realised full late rates. On account of Messrs. lizard Bros., a two-vear-old pedigree Jersey bull was sold at £» 10s. A pedigreo Jersey bull sold on account of Mr. J. Thompson realised £8 ss. Good grade two-year-old Jersey bulls 11inclo £•! to £5 ss; medium two-year-olds, I'2 10s to :Ct; ordinary two-year-olds, £1 to £1 10s; yearling Jersey bulls, £1 17s fid to £2 ss. Two-year-old Fricsian bulls, which were not, in demand, realised from £2 15a to £3 ss. BULL VALUES AT WAIJIOU Tito V arm era* Co-opcvativo Auctioneering Company, Limited, roports having held a successful bull sale at Wnihou on Monday. Thero was a full yarding of bulls, which mot with good competition frfim a largo bench of buyers. Aged bulls wero not sought after, but yearling and two-year-old bulls met with a good sale. The top price of the sale, 251 guineas, was paid by the Cliudlei"h Estate for Mr. \V. Luston's Rexcourt T,ord Magnet, Other good prices were us followsßexcourt Taxpayer, Ifilgns, to Mr, T. G. James, To Aroha; Ngahiwi Stalwart, ISriis Mr. A. Hunger; Livcly's Volunteer, lilgns, Mr. If. Holmes. To Aroha ; l" airy Meadows Oxford, Kerens, JSfr. G. Cowley; Premier Love Boy. 17gns, Mr. S. Bulge; Rexcourt Croupier. lOgns. Chudleigh r.state; Zealandia's Commander, Ifigns, Ohudleigh Estate; Rexcouit Kings ford Smith, Itigns. Mr J. Waugh; Oxford Gay Lord. 10 ens, Mr. T. Saunders: Wairoa Belle Master Ifigns, Mr. C. Field house; Brookdell Pad die, Ifigns, Mr. W H. Lewis; Fitzroy Golden Pride, Ifigns. Mr. R. A. Thompson. Four very choice yearling grade Jersey hulls on account of Messrs. W. Dunn and Sons averaged £lB 7s <?d. ranging in price from j"to 10s to £'Xi 10s Other grade bull prices wero: Good aged bulls, good condition. £6 5s to £lO 10s; poorer-conditioned aged bulls, £3 to £5 10s; good two year-old Jersey oul s, £8 to £lO 15s; good yearling Jersey bus. £7 15s to £ll ss; poorer two-year-old bulls, £5 to £7; small and poor condition yearlings, £1 to £4. STOCKS OF RUBBER LONDON. Oct. 3 Rubber stocks in London total 44,972 tons and 'it Liverpool 53,261 tons..