STOCK MARKETS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VII, Issue 2031, 18 August 1920, Page 10

STOCK MARKETS.

RANGIORA. The weekly stock sale was concluded at Rangiora yesterday in line weather. The yarding of cattle was 100, and amongst them were some fine springers. The entry of pigs totalled 120. In addition to those (-ales already published, the following also took place:— Cattle—Springers up to £2l 10/-, springing heifers £l2 5/- to £l3 10/-, store cows £8 to £ll ->/-, cows in profit £l3 15/- to £l6 10/-. IX-month-old steers £5 10/- to £7 5/-, calves 50/- to fill/-. Pigs.—Baconcrs £0 to £8 10/-, porkers £3 10/- to £1 10/-, smalt stores 50/- to CO/-, Weaners 27/- to 42/-. Produce Market.- In the poultry section, roosters sold at 12/-, hens it/-, and ducks at '.)/- per pair. In the produce yards. clilckwheat sold at 11- to 8/- a bushel, oats S/fl to 0/0, grass seed 3/0 to 4/-, oatsheaf chaff a/- to 7/0 pel- sack, straw chaff '.'•/-, potatoes 5/- to 7/0, carrots 3/ti to ',/-, and parsnips I - to fi '-, onions Id per lb,_apples S, 0 to 8/- per case. ASHBURTON. The store sheep offered at the Ashhurlon yards yesterday totalled 20311. Of this number 11(12 were passed, indicating that there was only a limited demand. Sales were NO crossbred wether hoggets 27'-. Kl 1 ) crossbred wether hoggets 2S 0, •>'.! merino ewes lll.fi, 102 balrbred ewe Impels a:,/!), l;>i| #hrce-quartcrbred four-tooth wethers '-to •(', 2-"> mixed sex hoggets 1!) '-. 11 crossbred ewes 22/-, 05 halfbred wethers 29 10, IS wethers and two hoggets 2!l'-, 120 two-tooth crossbred ewes 37/3, 240 fat and forward wethers 40'-, 58 four and six-tooth fat and forward hall bred wethers 37/3. In yesterday's report it was staled that a single wether had been sold on account 11. McKosker (WakanuiJ for 46/ li. The price realised was (il.fi.

Reference was made at last evening's meeting of tlie Cbristclmrch Drainage Hoard to the accident to Mr A. S. Forrester, chief engineer of the pumping station at Liiivroorl, who ou Friday was removed to the Christchurch Hospital, as a result of coming in contact with a high tension wire. It was stated that the high tension wire led past the pumphouse at the station to the transformers of the Christchurch City Council. No authority had been given by the board for the transformers to be placed where they were. It was decided to write to the City Luum.il, asking for au explana-