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♦ N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE COMPANY, LTD. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., report:— CLEARING SALES. On Friday, 12th inst., we hold a clearing sale at Feneourt on account of Mr Claude Hope, when there was a large attendance of buyers, and all live and dead stock sold exceptionally well. The herd of 30 cows averaged £l7 6s, all young cows making from 15gns to 21gns, a few aged cows llgns to 12£gns, Jersey cross heifer calves £6 to £0 ss, implements, etc., at satisfactory rates. We held a clearing sale on account of Mr W. Ross, Kio Kio, on Tuesday, 16th inst., and report a most successful sale. Prices: Dairy cows, £ll 15s to £22, 36 two-year-old heifers (in calf) £6 10s to £9 ss, fifteen-months' empty heifers £6 4s, fifteen-months' steers £6 2s. calves £2 15s to £3 3s, hoggets 18s 6d, farm horses £l6 10s to £2O, aged horses £2 to £lO, implements and sundries at usual rates. At the clearing sale held on account of Mtb Payne, near Kihikihi, 30 dairy cows sold nt from £l2 5s to £l9, two-year-old Shorthorn bull 13igiis, two-year-old draught filly £l2, yearling draught fillv £B, drill £2B, roller £2O, plough £lB 10s. cultivator £l3 ss, disc £l6, sundries at satisfactory figures. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. We held our usual stock sale at Te Awamutu on Saturday, 13th inst., when we submitted a good entry of cattle. There was a strong demand for young stock, buyers being present from King Country, Okoroire, and Te Puke, and all lines were disposed of. Prices: Light fat cows £l2 lo £l3, eighteon-months' steers £7 15s to £8 7s 6<l, well - grown steer calves £4 12s 6d to £5 2s, others £3 4s to £4, best mixed sex calves £3 14s to £4 10s, smaller sorts £2 7s to £3 3s, good heifer calves £4 6s to £5 3s, store cows £5 10s to £7, dairy cows (44, whole herd) on account Mr F. Holmes £l3 to £l9 ss, cows from various vendors £lO to £l6, springing heifers £lO 10s to £l4, cull cows £5 to £8 10s.
ABEAHAM AND WILLIAMS, LTD. Messrs Abraham and Williams rcpoTt.— pALMERSTON gALE At our weekly sale at Palmerston North on Thursday, 18th inst.. owinj; to the inclement weather, there wis only a small yarding of sheep and a fair entry of rattle, but practically every line changed hands at late rates. We'quote: Forward ewes 21s fid, ewes (run with Komncy rams) lis (id, two, four and six-tooth wethers 27s 6d, springing heifers (rowD £lO 15s (id to £l2, springing cows £8 f)s, cows in milk (poor) £4 12s (xl to £6 As, heifers in milk £4, empty cows to £8 10s. FEILDING SALE. At Fcilding on Friday, l!)th inst., there was only a small yarding of sheep and cattle. There was n fair demand for all classes of stock, prices beini; in I advance on late rates, and the hulk of ! the vardiii'r changed hands. We (piote jas follows:—Fat ewes 225, 2. r ,s to 2:>s J Kid. lat lambs 22s (id, fat and forward ! ewes 21s Id, ewes (in lamb to Romney j rams) 22s (id to 2Ss 7d. empty ewes 17s I (id to His 4(1, store Ss to l.'is M, | hus.fed lambs 12s 2d, wether lambs 14s ! 10d, sprm-inc; heifers (MS 12s M. wej'ner steers CS to L'S lis M, stoic ! cows LTi (is to £i. fat cow- .i.'l'J. spriis^rj ingcows- CSt 7s i'd to tin 17s (id.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13817, 23 July 1918, Page 7
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