COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21250, 22 October 1940, Page 10

COMMERCIAL

CLEARING AT TAUPIRI The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report* having conducted a most successful clearing sale of dairy cattle on account or Mr D. D. Gordon, I Warlng’s Road. Tatipiri. Considering it was Iso late in the *ea=on and that or the 5 5 dairy cattle sold, thpre were 1 s helTers included, all except four bein? calved, the • whole herd realised the excellent average price or £ U ss. There was a good attendance of buyers who made the biddina- very brisk from the commencement. Realisation* were:— Choice youne- calved Jersey cows. £l7 to £l* 10s ; choice young Jensev-cross calved cow*. £ 1 i to £ls 15*: choice calved Jersey and Jer*ev-cro*s fourth and firth calvers, £l3 to £ 1 i in*: sprintring cow*, including a November calver. £ll to £l?: choice springing brindle heifer, £I r, 10*: choice Jersey calved heirers. £ll to £l7 s*: choice crns*brcd calved heifers. £1? to £l3 ins; calved cows, light in a quarter. £7 to £5; two boner cows. £3 5s to £i: one \month Jersev heifer, running with bull. £7 : three ?.• Tour months nki Jersev cross lieifcr calves, e 22?;22?; two and n-half ,! \ "ir Jersev bull. £9 s* : *ma'l yearling £ - pigs 33s to 38s; wcaner pig*. 235.

When the doctor looked in to replenish his capacious pouch he remarked in that half-humorous way of his, “ my colleagues are always—and of course most properly—stressing the importance of pure food and pure water, but do you know, I think pure tobacco is almost as important as pure anything else.” “ That’s right, sir,” agreed the tobacconist, “ but of course we can’t guarantee the purity of all the brands we have to stock.” “ Quite so,” smiled the doctor, “ so let’s have my usual two ounces of Navy Cut No. 3, I know that’s pure; been smoking it for years, and I suppose that like all the genuine toasted orands it’s as guiltless of nicotine—therefore as harmless—as it can be. • Toasted ’ certainly has a delightful bouquet.” “ I know,” said the tobacconist, “ I’m selling a lot of all five toasted blends, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. “ Glad to hear it! ” said the doctor, “ it merits its popularity. Trust the public to know a really good thing! ”