THE HARBOR

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2024, 8 March 1907, Page 2

THE HARBOR

MR WILSOivS VISIT. Mr. "Wilson, of the firm of Coodc, Son, and Matthews, who has boon retained to consider the report of Mr. Marcliant, on the matter of a harbor for Gisborne, has had a very busy time during his stay in town. Yesterday morning ho was engaged with Mr. Darton, who acted as assistant to Mr. Merchant when the latter was sutrveying the site of the proposed harbor, in going through the soundings taken at that time. Later Mr. Wilson was taken up Haiti Hill that lie might see the line of the country and the contour of the Bay. In the afternoon he visited the site of the harbor, and inspected it at low water. Tills morning Mr. Wilson goes to the proposed quarry at Wailiirere, and he meets the members of the Harbor Board at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. He will leave oil Saturday for Auckland and will pay a visit to Rotorua. It is expected that Mr. Marcliant will meet Mr. Wilson before lie leaves the colony -and discuss the plans.

COMMERCIAL. LONDON SALES. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., are in receipt of the following cablegram from the London office: “AVool: AVo expect next sales will open at about present quotations. Market has an upward tendency. Tallow: AA’e quote fine mutton 38s, good beef 35s 9d, mixed 35s 3d; market firm.”

MAT AAV HERO STOCK SALES. The weekly sales were held at the Matawhero yards yesterday, there being a fair atendanee. Sheep: Over 16,000 sheep came forward. The sale dragged considerably at the start, but as it progressed, the biding became more spirited. There was good competition for superior and serviceable classes of sheep, most of which were sold. Fats sold well, a line of wethers fetching 16s Od. Messrs. Common, Shelton and Co. and Dalgety and Co. sold : 108 sound-mouthed ewes, dipped, 6s 3d, T. Goldsmith; 17 forward ewes, 12s Id, J. Maynard; 10 fat lambs, 9s Bd, Maynard; 115 owes, mixed ages, dipped, 3s Bd, Geo. AA’itters; 100 old ewes, 2s 7d, J. Hunt; 28 mixed cull sheep, 6s, R. D. Long; a small i )e n of owes, mixed ages, dipped, 7s 3d, D. P. Cameron; 12 ewes, 9 lambs, all counted, 10s Bd, J. Maynard ; 221 small lambs, 2s, Snowsill. Messrs. AVilliams and Kettle, New Zealand L. and M. A. Co., and Murray, Roberts and Co : 229 two, four, and six-tootli ewes, dipped, 12s 9d, E. J. Baker; 200 sound-mouthed ewes, 8s; 29 fat ewes, 12s, McCabe; 13 wethers, 2 ewes, 12s lid, C. Gibson ; 32 woolly lambs, 9s, C. Neenan; 122 woolly lambs, small, 2s lOd, R. Preston ; 350 sound-mouthed ewes, 7s 6d, Hines; 203 sound-mouthed ewes, 5s 9d, Hyland ; 216 five-year-old ewes, 10s 6d, AA 7 . Priestly ; 124 fat wethers, 16s 6d, Nelson Bros.; 456 lambs, 5s Id ; 31 fat ewes, 10s lOd, J. Maynard; 69 4-tootli ewes, 11s Bd, H. Bayly; 72 prime fat ewes, 13s 6d, Nelson Bros.; 30 fat wethers, 16s, J. Maynard ; 82 fat and forward two and four-toot'li wethers, 13s 4d, F. Hall; 90 2 and 4-tooth ewes, 14s 4d, AA 7yllie; 87 prime fat ewes, 14s, J. Maynard ; 151 2-tooth ewes, 13s 2d, A. Smith; 56 sound-mouthed ewes, in poor condition, 4s Bd, C. Gibson; 1254 2-tooth wethers, 13s 4d, McAra and Burgess; 14 mixed sheep, 6s Id, C. Neenan; 43 woolly lambs, 9s 9d, A. Zinker; 118 small lambs, 2s, C. Gibson; 93 2 and 4-tooth fat ewes, 15s Id, D. Kirkpatrick; 53 soundmouth ewes, in poor condition, 3s Id, J Hunt; 89 2-tooth wethers, dipped, 13s, F. Hall; 75 sound-mouth ewes, in poor condition, clipped, 5s lOd, A. Zinker; 295 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 13s 6d, McAra and Burgess; 243 2tooth wethers, 13s Bd, F. Hall; 81 old ewes, ss, J. Bulst; 83 soundmouthed ewes, 6s lOd, C. Neenan; 68 2-tootli ewes and wethers, 10s 4d, Long; 40 fat ewes, 11s lOd, D. Gordon; 20 cull ewes, 3s, Zinker; 41 2,4, and 6-tootli wethers, dipped, Aislabie; 34 2-tootli wethers, dipped, 10s sd, Aislabie; 164 old ewes, 3s, J. Hunt; 295 ewes, dipped, 6s lOd, F. Tietjen; 67 cull ewes, 3s, D. Dinan; 181 lambs, dipped, os Id, Bryson; 168 prime fat ewes, 14s, H. McPhail; 124 4-tooth ewes, 11s 2d, Russell; 497 ewes, dipped, 13s, Coop ; 169 sound-mouthed ewes, Bs, Smith; 145 ewes, 8s sd, F. Reed; 168 four, two, and six-tooth ewes, 14s sd, D. Kirkpatrick ; 202 good wether lambs, 8s 9d, F. Hall; 209 two-tooth wethers, 12s 6d, D. Fraser; 71 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 13s 7d, T. Fraser; 43 twot'ootli ewes, 12s lid, Smith; 2 Lin-coln-Loicester fresh full-mouth rams, bred by Chas. Gray , 2gns., Telford; 4 do., A. Smith; 11 do., 2tooth, ljgns., Kent; 4 English Leicester rams, 10s, Fraser.

Pigs: Only 6 pigs were offered, and brought the following prices: 2 porkers, 225, A 7 on Pein; 2 do., 225, Maxwell; 2 do., 255, Pilcher Bros. Cattle: There was a fair yarding of cattle, 200 head being offered. Tho sales proceeded very slowly. The few sold brought the following prices: 1 beef cow, £5 Bs, Pilcher Bros.; 5 store bullocks, £4, A. AVillson; 2 cows with calves, £3, A. AVillson; 1 cow and calf, 27 6d, E. Dwyer; 10 calves, 12s 6d, C. Gibson; 3 cows, £3, A. AVillson; 7 calves, 11s, C. Gibson; 1 •cow, £3, A. AA 7 illson; 1 steer, 15s, A. AVillson; 30 calves, 15s, G. AVitters.