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corrugated iron TURF CLUB’S SALE , A supply of £O9 sheets'of corrugated iron submitted on behalf of the Poverty Bay .Turf Club at the IVfafrfwhero saleyards yesterday by'. Messrs. Williams .and -Kettle," Limited, sold at prices that were substantially above listed rates for the new material in some cases, Tiie iron had been used for fencing purposes, and had been dismantled after doing service for; many years. ft was 7ft. iron, and was purchased at a time when it could be procured at about 3s per sheet. . Yektefday, bidding, was] exceptionally keen, and the 209 sheets changed hands at prices ranging from 6s .1 (id to 9s 7d, or an average of about'Ba a sheet. The lots in good order were worth from . Bs. 6d, to 9s 7d.. fo the buyers, who . took the sheets that were rusted for a distance of about 6in. at the bottom at 6s lOd, to 7s 9d. . New iron in 7ft. lengths js listed at 7s 6d per sheet, retail, but it w»b the inability to purchase supplies, that goaded buyers into paying new prices for end-rusted sheets and above new iron level for the better conditioned sheets.-; -
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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196ABOVE NEW PRICE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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