AUCTIONEER'S REPORT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1937, 6 September 1888, Page 2

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT.

Mr Peter Williams (for Messrs Friedlander Bros.) reports for the week ending Tuesday, September 4th, 1888 :— On Saturday, Ist September, we held our weekly sale of horses at our East Street Horse Bazaar. Our entry consisted of 14 horses, 9 of whioh were from Mr Robert Gawn, Deer Park, Taien, Otago. There was a very larga attendance of farmers, horse breeders and dealers, and great animation characterised the biddings. Prices shewed a considerable improvement on late sales, whioh waa no doubt due to the quality of the etook offered, and aIBO the rise m the price of wheat. The first lot offered was the draught entire horse "Paisley Jook," the property of Mr John Gilmour. The first bid was 150 guineas, and after spirited competition he waa withdrawn at a lona fide bid of 200 guineas. Oilers made privately immediately afterwards will probably lead to his sale. Mr Gawn's pedigree marea were next submitted, most of whioh were muoh admired. They were m foal to Mr Gawn's renowned Olydeßdale horse Lord Salisbury, a faot whioh doubtless had its weight with buyers. Every lot was well competed for, the result being that all were sold, the average reaohing the Batisfaotory figure of £32. [The prioes and buyers appeared m our;ißaue of Tuesday last.] Cattle— Springera sold at £5 10s, oow and calf, £3 sa ; oow m full profit, £5. Implements— Croskill roller, £9 sa. Pboduoe- -Potatoes (Derwent), Oamaru, 8a per bag ; looal, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; prime mutton, 2Jd to 2Jd per lb ; onions, lid per lb. Furniture— Sundry lots at full rates.

At Aahburton yards on Tuesday, Sept. 4th, there was a larger entry than usual, viz., about 3300 sheep and 20 head cattle. There was a Btrong demand for all descriptions of sheep, and the highest prices of the season were realised. The market was topped by us with a line of 50 Hampshire Down hoggets, bred and grazed by Mr Max Friedlander, whioh, for weight and quality would be hard to equal, and whioh were a striking illustration of the merits of the Hampshire fareodj for produoing prime heavy mutton at an early age. They were bought by one of the best butohers m New Zealand at 17s 6d eaoh. The prinoipal sales of the day were : Fat croßßbreds, mixed sexes, sold from 11s 6d to 14s 2d, a line of ewes fetohing the latter figure ; wethers, 15a to 16s Gd ; crossbred hoggets, lls 8d to 14s 3d ; lighter, at 8s 3d to 9a Id ; 2-tooth mixed orossbreds, lls 4d ; fat merino wethers, 12a 9d. Stores— Crossbred ewes m lamb, lls Id, lls 7d, 12a 7d and 13a lOd ; merino ewes, m lamb 6a 2d, 7s 6d and 7a 8d ; orossbred ewes, with lamba at foot, lla to 13s lOd. Cattle were an indifferent assortment, and brought former rates, A Use of yearlings gold at 225,