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Shipments of draught hones to Australia bave been resumed, about 80 having left for Melbourne aud Sydney this week. Possibly the ventures may only be on account of the great parades in Melbourne, but it is to be hoped the trade may continue. At the same time, if many Horses are wanted for export I do not know where they are to come from. There has been very little life in the Cnristchdrch or country markets lately, and some consignments from the South td Aahbnrton, which was for a long time our best market, were sent back unsold. One of the large South Canterbury runs will send 500 horses to market this winter. The first instalment met with a fair sale. They are being cleared off because of the injury which it is said they do to adjoining properly. woor. The rise in the value of merino wool has put most of the squatters on good terms with themselves. Most of the merino clips sold in the April-May London sales realised higher prices than they fetched the previous year. Crossbred wools, on the other hand, sold disappointingly, and farmers— who aro the principal growers of this data— have, as usual, done well by telling at the local sales.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 7
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209HOUSES Otago Witness, Issue 1911, 6 July 1888, Page 7
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