OXFORD EWE FAIR.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17419, 1 April 1922, Page 8

OXFORD EWE FAIR.

The Oxford Exs Fair was bald yesterday. Biinr the last of tile season in >orth Canterbury, there was a very large attendance ox those still in need of breeding ewes. Tho yarding totalled 22,115, maaa up of 1.,6i3 ewes lo.ifibr. asd 1C44 wetners. 'here wa3 a keen demand for ail closes of sheep. ar.d onlv three lots were passed la. A procortion of the sheep were not up to tb« , quality o; those yarded at the other sa.es in ) the northern district, and taking that tact j into account the prices that ruied must be ■ regarded as very goc-d indeed. There were C, fpw lines of c«t*tan--!iwr m»nt. thos- trom Hakahuri and Rvdal Downs being especially good The two-tooth Comedale owes from each or those flocks n\ade 30s, find the four . and sis-tooths 29s 6i, whilst the Rakahuri , four-year-olds made 255. When the even- , • 717 train left there were still about a dozen lots of ewes to dispose of. Details of the sales ud to that time were as i0.10v.-e: The 'New Zealand Farmers imperative | Association so:d:-Fot tho . Brothers istate AVhitsrock), 556 two, four, sis, and eight-j tooth Corriedale a* 03s, 110 wether lambs , »< 10s 6d to 106 7d. 64 full-moutn ewes a. : 12s 6d; estate of the late J H. Ensor (Rydal Downs), 156 sound-mouth Comedale ewes at 22s 4d, 210 four-year-old ewes at j 16» fid, SO two-tooths at 30s. 104 four ana . six-tooths at 29s 6d; A. C. Witty (Lees Val- j ley) 275 wether lambs at lis sd, U0 two , and' four-tooth wethers at 2Cs and ffl «• 14s Gd- J P. M. O'Halloran (Glenard), 140 four and 'six-tooth wethers at 17s 3d, 742 two and four-tooth halfbred ewes at 13s, _S7S four-year-ol<3 iialitrcd ewes at 15s; A. Stuol>s, 75 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes at 163; O'Halloran's Estate (Glentui), 92 aged ewe 3 at 10a 3d, 162. four-year-old ewes at lis 6d, 211 four and five-yoar-o!d ewes at 14s, 442 at 13a fid; Scott and Griffiths (Horsford), 459 ewa iambs at 18s; Bros. (Glentui), US failing-mouth halfbred ewes at 13s 3d; T Home, 113 two, four, six, and eight-tooth halfbred ewes at 17s 7d; F. W. Howard Bennetts). ,K5 two, four, six, and ei<rht-tooth ewes at 21s, 93 four, sis, and eight-tooth ewes at 23a 3d; D. Hawke (Oxford), 253 four to eight-tooth halfbred ewG3 at 13s 8d; F Brown (Oxford), 142 four-year-old ewes at 10b Cd; Jame3' Clarke, 73 four, six. and eighttooth halfbred ewes at 14s 9d; G. A. Bruce (Lees Vnl'.ey), 234 four and six-tooth wethers at 18s id, 63 fat wethers at 21 s 9d, 154 twotooth wethers at 14s sd; W. J. Skurr, 51 two. four, nnd six-tooth ewes -at 9 1 z Pd; E-. Meyer (Oxford), 92 two-tooth halfbred ewea at 21s, 73 sound-mouth at 16s, 25 two and four-tooth ewea at 16s; P. W. wether iambs at 14s 6d, 47 aged ewes at Bs, 12 wethers at 12s 9d; H. J. Francis (Lees Valley), 148 failing-mouth ewes at 9s 3d, 70 wether lambs at 143 9d: Miss L. O'Halloran (Glentui), 200 ewe lambs at 13s 9d; T. Doody, 74 aged halfbred ewes at 7s Sd; C. Mcintosh, 77 six and eight-tooth ewea at 19 s, 80 two-tooth linlfbred ewes at 24s 6d: R. Wotherspoon, 87 halfbred ewe lambs at 21s; J. Cross, 40 two-tooth halfbred ewes at 24s- J. Rossiter, e2 halfbred four to eightio "a ewes at. 17s; Blund-n's Estate (Beiinetts), 81 full-mouth halfbred ewes at 9s! ■lO d; clients, 133 halfbred ewe lambs at 14s, 87 sound-mouth halfbred ewea at 10s sd, 188 ewe lambs at 14s 3d. Messrs Dalgety and Co. eold:—For Hugh Ensor (Rakahuri), 172 two-t<x>th Corriedale ewes at 30a, 1 172 four and- sis-tooth Corriedale ewes at 29s 6d, 228 sound-mouth at 21s to 255.. 71 full-mouth at 14s Cd; J. McXaughton (Woodstock), 410 four, six, and eight-t-ooth hfl'fbred ew»s at 19s Fd; Alex. Henderson (Oxford), 296 four-tooth three-quarter-hred ewes at 193 3d to 20s, 139 four-year-old hajf and three-quarterbred ewes at Ss 3d, 75 sound-mouth ewes at 16s 6d, 324 forward three-quarterbred lambs at 17s sd; Hayland Station, 346 four-year-old halfbred ewea at 24s 9d, 69 four and 6"'-"-tooth at 20s 9d, 51 at 245, 132 two-tooth at 275, 211 sound-mouth at 21g Sd, 51 two-tooth at 20s; Alan Macfarlane -Lawry), 263 full-mouth halfbred ewes at 14s, 244 four and six-tooth halfbred ewes at 23s 3d, 46 two-tooth halfbred ewes at Is; Harley Feary (Oxford), 46 two-tooth half and; three-quartstbred ewes at 21s, CI four-year-old half and three-quarterbred ewes at 15s 6d, 7 five-year-old at 14s 6d; C. H. Ensor (Whiterock), ofl St. James's Station, 70 four-tooth Corriedale ewes at 203 6d, 114 four-tooth ewes at 235, 681 sound-mouth halfbred ewea at .193, 124 full-mouth &t 16s; F. J. Gorton (View Hill), 163 four-tooth ewes at 18s 3d, 66 four, six, and eight-tooth at 13a 6d; R. L. Stringer (Oxford), 101 ewe lajnba at 14s 6d; C. C. Early, 85 sound-mouth ewea at 13s lid; A. McCaulley, 125 wether lambs at ISs, 24 four and eix-tooth ewe 3 at 203, 44 sound-mouth at 12s 3d, 66 wethers at 183 9d, 27 lambs at 13a; client, 150 four, sis, and eight-tooth ewe 3 at 13s 6d, 46 four and sjy-<o->th ewes at 13s 3d, and'3B ewe lambs at 15s 6d. - St.v'srs H. Mat-soti and Co. sold:—For Albert .Hamper (Lees Valley), 147 sound-mouth halfbred ewea at-13s 3d, 312 full and failingmouth halfbred ewes at.Bs 10d; Parish Bro3. (Glentui), 260 two, four, and eix-tooth halfbred ewes at 19s Id. 220 sound-mouth half and three-quarterbred ewes at 15a Id; . V/. Anderson (Rockford), 343 eix and eight-tooth thr-e-quarterbred owes at 20e ?d; A. McGillivray (Oxford), 76 full and failingmouth half and three-auarterbred ewes at 10s, 63 sound-mouth halfbred ewes at 14s; Miss Dohrmann (Bennetts), 103 eound-mouth half and three-quarterbred ewes at 17s; A. J. netts), 94 four, fix, and eight-tooth threequarterbred ewes at 14s 9d, S3 eound-mouth halfbred at 14s.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., soM:— For Mrs C. Bas3ett (Burnt Hill), 416 halfbred wether iambs at lis 10d; L. Leslie (Bennetts), 94 four, six, and eieht-v o th threequartftrhred ewes at 16s Id; Mrs Woodhouse (View Hill), 200 four-year-old three-ouarter-bred ewes at 15s 6d; G. Glass (Bexley), 159 sound-mouth ewea at 15s 6d; clients, 78 merino ewe 3 at 9s Sd, 67 sound-mouth ewes at 10s sd, 57 failing-mouth, ewes at 5a Sd. and 32 lambs at 15s 3d.

THE FRUIT MARKET. OHEISTOHUEOH. During the week the market wa& w&il suppliwl wiiu ail citiAasea ox veoHii-iiUivb, . uul pjitus mi. round were not jis afl iiujLi luoro iu tuo *JI ciujllaivois, wiiich weie in suppiy, ptiiirs were in dcnidna, suiu. yiicea lor tnwe racreaseci eiigiitiy. Deiseit wtro iuso m goua cleiuiuid, but aj) t iies aid not sell welu, the enquiry wh mcse buiag smill. The supply oi vouiatoes wna gooa, but as the deuimua lor theto liaa not increased prices 6till fuitner. & jew Hues ol iate peawies arrived on the local market during tne weea, and brought up to ojja per lb. A shipment of iruit ex tne e.s. ialuti was Undixi in Cliristcnurcii jn Thuisaiiy, but the 'i''i.3co oranges were all. in bad order, and tn& Cook Island bananas were over ripe. Aa most of the-Fiji bananas recently landed in Auckland were' in an over-ripe' condition, v«ry lew cases are coming s-uth, Quoiations are eus follows: —Apples, Kelson, per case 10s; apruea, "locai,' per case 03 to lis; appies. cooKiug, per case 5s to Csj'bananae, Cook Island, per case up to 265; bananas, Fiji, per case 32s 6d; grapes, firsta, per lb up to la Hid; grapes, seconds, per lb up to la 3d; iemons, Cook Island, per case 22s .6d; lemons, 'Frisco, per case 455; passions, Auckland, per caso 10a; pears, cooking, per case 7s k> 8s; pears, dessert, per case 12s; peaches, cooking, per lb 3d to 4d; peaches, dessert, per it> -!-id to ojd; plums, cocking, per lb Id; plums, dessert, per lb 3Jd; t-omatoe3, sauce, ner lb, id; tomatoes, dessert, per lb Id; beans, runners 6d per lb; boot, per dozen bundles 6d to 9d; cabbage®, per dozen up to 12a; cauliflowers, per dozen up to 12a; carrots, per dozen 6d ta Is; cucumbers, hothouse, per lb Gd; cucumbers, outdor, per ca£e . ss; celery, , per isundlo 4d to 8W; green peas, per peck up to 2s 7d; leeks, per bundle 6d; lettuce, per dozen 4d to lOd; marrows,. per dozen up to 7s; potatoes, per eugar bag 2s 6d; onions, local, per sugar bag 3s to 4s ed; -parsnips, per dozen la to 1b 4d; potatoes, per sack 10g to 325; pumpkins, per dozen ut to 18s; turnips, per dozen 6d; spinach, per dozen Is to la 6d; swedes, per sugar -bag 2s to 2s 6d.

DTOffiDIN'. (special to "the press.") DTJNEBIN, March 31. Choice dessert fruit still meets with a. good demand on the marts. Rip© pears are ia deanancL Large quantities of tomatoes have arrived from Christcnurch and utago Central, and fairly low prices-are ruling. The wet weather io delaying the ripening of the tomatoes, and this may result in a firmer market . Fair supplies of grapes aie now available. Pis' melons from Otago Central have realised life per cwt. Current wholesale prioes are:—Apples, Cos's Oranges and Jonathans to 193 for eztra choice, Scarlet Permains 10s, Delicious to 14a, cookers to 7s; tomatoes, Christchurch cutside to 2d per lb, local to €d per lb. Otago Central to 3Jd per lb; grapes, choice to 7£d, prime Is 3d, good to Is; pears to par lb; plums, cooking to 3s, crates to 6d per lb; peaches, crate's to 6d per lb.