COMMERCIAL NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 12

COMMERCIAL NEWS

IYIATAMATA QUOTATIONS The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their Matamata stock sale on Wednesday, a fair yarding- or sheep comprising mostly fat and forward-conditioned hoggets was penned. Bidding was keen and prices fully up to late Frankton rates. Cattle: An average entry of all classes, including a good offering of ox and cow and heifer beef which met a keen demand. Prices showed a firming tendency, with boner cows remaining on a par with late rates. Dairy Cattle: A good entry of cows and heifers met a keen demand. Good quality cattle, close to profit, sold readily at very firm rates, while more backward sorts were not so eagerly sought. Pigs.- a light entry of all classes of pigs, with bidding throughout steady and values fully up to recent quotations. Realisations were:— Sheep: Prime rat wethers,' 30s; heavy, rat two-tooth wethers, 26s 9d; fat medium hoggets, 22s 3d to 23s 3d; lighter, 193 to 20s Id; full conditioned hoggets, 15s 6d to 16s 10s; store conditioned, 13s 3d to 13s 6d. Cattle: Medium fat steers, £lO 6s; lighter, £9 is to £9 14s; fat Jersey heifers, £6 Is; light fat Jersey heirers, £3 15s to £5 ss; heavy fat Jersey cows, £6 10s to £7 14s; medium fat Jersey cows. £5 15s to £6 6s; heavy boner rows, £4 15s to £5 4s; medium, £3 19« to £4 8s; lighter, £2 10s to £3 11 s; empty two-year heifers, £3 10s to £4 2s; Shorthorn heifer calves, £2 ITS; small Shorthorn heifer ralves. 3is; Jersey heifer calves. £3 10s to £?, 18s. Dairy cattle: Best Jersey heirers, close to profit,-£ 10 10s to £l2: medium quality Jersey heifers, £S 10s to £9 15? ; later calvers. £0 to £7 15s; best springing Jersey rows, £S 5s to £9 10s; other early calvers, £7 to £7 15S; later calvers. £5 to £6 15s, Pigs: Choppers, £3 2s; medium, £3 10s to £3 1 oS; light, £3 3s to £3 8s; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3; medium porkers, £2 10S to £2 15s; light, £3 3 s to £3 Ss; heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3; medium porkers. £2 105 to £2 155: light porkers, £2 is to £2 8s; good quality large, stores. 3Ss 6d to £2 25; large stores, 32s 6d to 36s 6d; slips. 24s to 29s 6d; best weaners. 16s 6<i to 225; others, 10s to 14s: maiden breeding sows. £5 10s to £7 2s 6d: breeding sows, £ t ios to £5 7s 6d; Large Black boar, £3 12a Gd.

Training College Burglary Thieves entered the buildings of i the Auckland Teachers’ Training ; College, Epsom, in the early hours j of yesterday morning. Using a I powerful explosive the intruders forced the strong room in the main office and took about £2, leaving a trail of damage. About a month ago the rooms in the college were i thoroughly searched by thieves with- J out result and, when the students’ i activities were transferred to the ! Mount Albert School during the influenza epidemic, their new head- I quarters were the scene of another | burglary. On this occasion there was | some loss and, as a result, littie of i value has since been left overnight j at the college.