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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17844, 29 July 1932, Page 10

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WAIKATO STOCK MARKET GENERAL FIRM TONE J iie Waikato stock market generally continues firm, with au improving tone m some sections. The bobby call 1 trade is in full swing and the ruling average is Is 6(1 a bead. I tie average daily killing at tbe various works is 4000 to 5000. Beef.—A fair entry at the central yards on Tuesday failed to sustain tbe advance made u week ago, although in oxen values seemed to harden toward the close. Cow and heifer beef was distinctly lower. Prime ox sold from 19s to 20s; ordinary, 17s to 18s; prime heifer, Its to 17s 6d; young cow, 15s; ordinary cow, lis to 12); plain, 8s to

Mutton.—-A heavier yarding than usual was dealt with at the central yards on Tuesday. The quality also showed an improvement. Wether values were a little higher a head. Ewes were firmer, and tlio quality was' superior to recent yardings. Prime wethers sold from 13s to 1.45; medium, 11s 9d to 12s 9d; prime ewes, 9s to 10s; medium, 7s fid to. 8s 6d ; light and unfinished, from 6s 6d ; best lambs to 11s; medium, 8s 6d to 9s 6d ; unfinished, from 7s.

Store Cattle.—The offerings in tliis section are small, male cattle being rarely displayed. Values are : Forward bullocks, £3 to £3 15s: forward young cows, 25s to 355; stores, 15s to 20s; aged, 7s 6d to 12s 6d; two-year empty Jersey heifers, £1 10„s to £2; yearlings, best £2 10s to £3; medium. 3Ns to £2 ss; small, from 20s; Shorthorn heifers, best, 35s to £2; smaller and inferior bred. 15s lo 255.

Store Sheep.—Although a fair inquiry exists the offerings in all centres are small, with a notable absence of good sheen. Good ewes in lamb sell from 8s to 10s; older sheep, from 5s to 7s; ewe hoggets, 7s 6d to 9s; wether hoggets, 7s to Ps; medium sorts, about 2s less: forward wethers, 9s to IDs; forward ewes. 3s fid to 4s 6d. Dairy Cattle. —The demand for good dairy cows continues unabated, and at all genuine clearing sales good averages are assured. Good cows are worth L 8 to £ll (in some cases higher): nvenem. 96 10s to £7 10s: backward, from £3; best heifers, £6 5s to £7 10s (occasionally higher); medium, £5 to £6; backward and small, from £3 10s. STORTFORD LODGE SALE At the S tort ford Lodge (Hastings) saL on Wednesday there was a large yarding of 300 cattle in the beef section, and ox beef was most in evidence, a change from recent sales, A large proportion of the bullocks oflered were 3!-year-old, in light condition, and were sold at a low range of prices. Over 2000 store sheep were penned, and prices -woro slightly lower than the rates ruling for the last two or three weeks. There was a heavy yarding ot ■■>ooo frit sheen, and Dio quality was very mixed. Prime ewes were in such over-supply that there was a substantial drop in prices, but fat wethers ucie in better demand, and for them the orices were almost on a oar with last work’s vnios. Ilotrcrots sold woll fit kitf '••itos. a“d lambs were i" fair demand, though there was not a big selection.

lIAWKE ’ S BAY FARMERS The accounts of the Hawke’s Bax Farmers’ Go-operative Association, Limited, which were adopted at the annual meeting at Hastings last week, showed a profit of £7179, after provision for depreciation on buildings, plant, etc., and for estimated amount of income tax. With £72815 brought m from the previous year, there was £14,4(1") available for distribution, as against £15,872 last year. Th« directors recommended a dividend 0f.4 per cent., compared with 5 per cent, in the preceding year, and to carry the butancc forward. The report stated that, the very adverse economic conditions obtaining last year had greatly handicapped the trading operations of the company. .Hi moving the adoption of the report j and accounts, the chairman ol'_ directors. Air. ,T. AY. Harding, said it was largely the past prudent provision of: reserves and writing-down of properties, combined with reasonably cantilons administration, that enabled the ; company to pay a dividend. ! A London report states Hint; f rom 10,000 to 15,000 quarters of Russian | wheat have boon sold at Oil. per I quarter advance. The New Zealand Mining Investment 1 Company has completed, for a. Grev- : mouth syndicate, the boring of a claim on the Blackball Creek, the results being satisfactory. The area averaged slightly ■ over a shilling a yard, one bore averaging! two shillings. The company’s plant ; is’conimoncinu this week t/.> ( lnll '[' lo ; Mouth Beach, south of Greymoutli. Rich I The Bay of Plenty Sheep Dog Trial j Club recently applied for the group i centre championship for the Gisborne district, but was turned down in favor of Ruatoria. These trials will lie held on Mayßi, .17, .18, 19 and 20, 1923. "My valour is certainly going ... I ’ feel it oozing out ... at the palms of my hands.” —Sheridan, just how you feel with influenza coming on! Quick, take Baxter’s Lung Preserver. This rich, red compound sends a comforting glow of warmth through the body, strengthens the sysLui to throw off the nttn-’: and avoid a relapse. Invaluable too, for I all chest and bronchial ailments. Got | the large economical bottle at 4'G for family use. Smaller sizes 2/G, 1/0. All | chemists and stores,*

returns were secured on the alluvial flats in this vicinity in the early clays, the famous Golconda lead running through the district. Should the boring reveal satisfactory results a mining enterprise of considerable importance should develop, as the area adjoins the electric power line, the railway, road, and sawmills, and is within a few miles of < Ireymoulh.

It is understood that the syndicate whose proposed development of an extensive dredging area in the Barrytown district, Westport, was objected to by the farmers of the district, has been granted mining rights over the property, provided that the agricultural area of it is resoiled. The probabilities are. that several dredges will be placed on the

An area of 3COO acres of alluvial ground in the Okarito district, West {'oast, held by an Auckland syndicate, has been submitted to Home mining interests. Pome- scout bores have been put down with very encouraging results. A commencement is being made this week with the dismantling of a dredge in Waikaka Valley (Southland), and another in Central Otago, for removal to Murchison to work n claim on the Matakitaki River. From the two dredges an efficient machine will bo provided. i

An Auckland resident made the unj usual find of a porcimine fish on tbo bench at Deep Creek. This peculiar fish, which inflated its prickly body to the. si/.e of a soccer football when disturbed, is ouite a common sight in the catches of trawlers a few miles off the coast, but is rarely seen in shallow .water. ZANN RELIEVES PILES. “You will be glad to learn that for the last few days 1 have enjoyed considerable relief and am free from pain. I will certainly continue the treatment and feel sure that it will do all you claim it can do.” So writes a grateful user of the Zunn Double Absorption Treatment. Neglected Piles can cause untold agony, and lead to more serious complaints such as Fistula and Cancer. There is no need to continue suffering Write for a free trial treatment of "Zaun,” enclosing sixpence in stamps for packing and postage. Address: Zann Proprietary, Box 952, AVeliington. #