FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 65, 11 December 1918, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

! NEWS AND NOTES

i' "-' AUCTION SALES i ■ . '.

!... THE SEASON'S LAMBING

• RABBIT NUISANCE i •

CANTERBURY PRODUCE ; MARKET

STOCK SALES

' COMMERCIAL ITEMS

j FORTHCOMING FIXTUBEB. J TO-DAY. I Allen Street, 11 a.m.—Sale of grocer's I . stock-in-trade (0. Thomas and Co.). j Tβ Horo Yards, 12.15 p.m.—Stock sale (N.Z. i ' Loan Co.), j ■ Shannon Y».r<ls, 1 p.m.-Stcck sale (AbraI ham and Williams). j TO-JZOIiKCnV. : Paraparaumu, IS uoon.—Sale of stock and ' implements (Abraham and AVilliama ! and Levin and Co.). i lira. J. It. Oswald'a Farm, (Haiti, 12.30 p.m. 1 —Sale of stock and sundries (N.Z. Loan ! Co.). ! 154 Feathereton Street, Wellington, 1 p.m. . —Sale of library (J. H. Betlume and Co.). ; A.B.C. Garage, Lambton Quay, Wellingi ton, 1.30 p.m.—Salo of niotor-care (E. ! . Johnston and Co.). FIUDAY. ' Pahautanui Yards, 1 Tun—Stock salo ; (Abraham oad Williani6). ; Town Hal. Waverley, 2.30 .p.m.—Land sola ; (Murray, Boberts and Co.. Freeman It : Jackson, Ltd., and Smith, Webster, I . and Co.).

I NORTH ISLAND ESTIMATE. j Following is an estimate of the curj rent seasons lambing in the North I Island, compiled from estimated average . percentages of lambs dropped, furnished , . by the Agricultural Department's in- ! Kpectors of stock in the various districts. ! Corresponding figures for the three prei vious years are also given for com- ' panson:— 'Estimated, average Esti- Actual :' . _ percentage mated liuin-, ;.' _ Number of num- bcr of ! 'of ewes lamb- ber of lambs ; to ram. ing. lambs. tailed. i 1918...6,846,049 85| 5,881,682 * ; .M7...",.175,41S S7-J 0,389,033 16,354,249 • 1918...7,!K0,450 S3} 6,203,726 6,312,573 ' 1915...6,643,5(>7_ SGI 5,753,329 5,771,113 "Not yet collected. j. tlnterim figures.

[' AN AMENDING- BILL. The Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Bill, ;•, which gave rise to a lony discussion in ;. the House of. Representatives on Monday : evening, makes more drastic, the law for .'■ the suppression of rabbits. The principal ; clause of the Bill provides lhat a land- ! owner who is served with 'notice by :.n , inspector to destroy rabbits must act at i once, and must continue to carry out j •.'the measures considered necessary by • the inspector, on penalty of a line (if not I less than «£5 and not more than ,£IOO. ; Any area not exceeding 20,000 aores : may be declared a. rabbit district,. pro- >'■ viding that it contains the holdings cf | ;- at least, twenty ratepayers. j rate that may be levied by a rab- !, bit board is increased to one penny an [. acre, with a proviso that, the total •amount payable by any one owner shall | not exceed one shilling per acre of his I; holding. j This Bill was subjected to iini-ch. adI verse criticism in the Bouse last evenj ing.' Mr. Anderson (Mataura) moved to j report progress. He said that the Bill ; was much too severe. The ?dinister cf ' Agriculture replied that the Department \- was determined to encourage the breed- ■■ ing of cattle and sheep as' against the ; breeding of rabbits. The discussion that .'. followed revealed on the one hand a : wholesome dislike for rabbits.' and en the other hand a desire to protect tl e ' farmers from severe treatment. The Bill ' ' finally passed without amendment. •

. By Teleei'n-nh.—Pros? Apanciat'in. I Christchurch, December 1. It i? not expected thai, there will 1m • any life in the grain and produce mar- ] Iret until the New Tear. There is nothing offering from the country, and ! shipping is still restricted. Crops of all, i kinds are promising well after the recent "' Tains.

I The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report having ■}' held a. clearing sale on account of Mr. ] A. J. Bnrne, at Levin, on Monday. Tbero "-■--was a, fair attendance of .buyers...and a good Bale resulted. Quotations:—E-.vos ; and lambs, JOf. to '65. Id.; fat and fori ward, wethers. £2 Is.; fat and forward' ewes. 355.; good ewe hoggets. '38b. lOd. i to 425.; good wethev hoggets, iA% Bd.:. 4tooth itomney rams, 3sgns.: f.f.m. ditto, , ■ 2?gns.; SJ-year steers, £8 !Bb.; 18-month j ditto, £6 95.; heifers with calves, £7 10s.; ; 2-year empty heifers, £6 2s. 6d. to £9 2s. 1 MiKweaner heifer, 355.; gig maTe, ,£l6; . f.nring cart mare, £10; dog-cart. £24; ! spring dray. £12 10s. On account outside i vendors: Shorn hoggets, 225. 3d. to 25a. : 2d:; "cows in milk, £9 17s. 6d.

INVESTMENT SHARES. I Tefferday's quotations for investment, I (hares were an follow:— : Buyors. . Sellers. i , J3 s. d. £ 3. d. - Bank Australasia 121 0 0 — , National Bank — 6 7 0 : N.Z. and River Plate ... 119 6 - i Well. Trust, and Loan ... 515 0 - - | Meat Export' (525. «d.) ... ■2 11 0 - • Auckland Trams (ordX. fl 19 6 t- ' , Huddart-Parker fpvef.) 10 9 — : . P. and 0. Def. Stock ... 405 0 0 415 0 0 ; ■ Well. Woollen (ord.) - 7 16 0 Westport Coal 110 6 _:. : ""lieyland-O'Bricn — 17 0 Colonial Sugar (Fiji) ... 20 0 0 20 10 'o i Customs duties collected at the port of ; Wellington yesterday amounted to £1814 i Ss. 6d.