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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17908, 12 October 1932, Page 11

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WHAKATANE CATTLE £AIR i; A.:. - \y, -

A record number of over 2000 cattle were pefsnbd at’ theWhakataffe' spring fair.' ' Messrs. • Dalgety' '’and tA report thath feature'bf the sale Wns' thfe offering‘of several lines of statibn-bied Hereford ’and'- Polled Angus ‘cattle-’ of extra: !gdod ‘ quality:- ‘ There Bva# a 'large attendance, but there viols'not the usual number ‘of outside 'buyers.' Bribes were affected by the ¥ecfent''drop in 'other districts, and buyers’’ limits oif station cuttle "were ’below 1 ’ 'sellers’ -reserves- and only a few pens changed handrf.' There Wife n-gbod clearance Of cows’ and rough cattle'. Valnfe were fat cows, £2 17s to £3 10s; lightbr''fat cows, 25s to : £2"; stori boWs,. 22ii'fo 32s'6d'; toners, 5s lb 17s 6d ; fbnVard-cohditidned fiVeyear •'Shorthorn 'steel-sy to £4” ss'- 1 three arid fo'ur-yeai* 'Polled Angus”' and Hereford stCoi's,'£3 fls-'to £3 15s ; * "three to 3.pyear Holstein steers; '£2'2s 6d to £2 5s f 2J-year 'Hereford steers, £2 8s to £2 9s; 2J.yedr l Shorthorn steel’s; 35s to £2; 'two-year''Hereford heifers, 32s 6d; Jersey arid Jersby-eross 'yearling heifei-s, £2 to £2- iKf 6d ; "ShorthOiiv- heifers; 20s to 22s 6d” : '“ l Siu - l -

MARKER ADVANCE

Under date of October 10, the Depai'tmefit of 'Agrieulftire quotes '-front the High Cioinnrissiwtter’s cable' message iis follOWs*;— I ‘TiilloW: There was a fair' deiha'fid at anetfoii; 431 casks wore offered, of which ’lll9 were sold at fid.k'idVU'ticb. 'Pi-'esent spot ''quotations are:—Mutton, fine. 2os, fair to good 23s lo 25s fid, dark to dull 20s to 21s; beef, sweet and/or mixed 25s to 28s, fair to good 22s (id to 245, dark to dull 19s (id to 2(ls (id; mixed, fair to good 22s (id to 23s pel, dark to dull 18s fid to 20s (id; gut, etc., 18s to 20s fid.”

SOVIET BUTTER LONDON, Sej>t. (i. Russia .is reported by the Daily Express of to-day to be dumping butter ■ into Great Britain in alarming quan- : tities. The newspaper alleges that in the course off the last ■ three weeks no less than 50,000 cwt. fins been placed on the English • llia’rket. ' It is selling | at 9d a pound.