Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 August 1915, Page 3

Commercial

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[P£B I'KESS ASSOCIATION.]

Ohi'istchurch, August i

fliu local grain market is still ab a standstill ,as there appears to. be iio buyers for 'wheat, and there are no oats available except what are udd by merchants, and their stocks' are light. Oateheaf diaff is slo-wer of sale at £7 10s, and there is now no demand lot" Straw chaff. Totatoes are rather easier) bub there is little more enquiry from the iS'orth island. The (lUotation now is i'o us and £o IDs at country stations.

CLMUING tiALJSS OF JSAUU

STOCK

The New Zealand Loan and MoJcantiio Agency Company, Limited, roport :— On Thursday, the sth inst., wo held a very successi' ul clearing sale on account of Messrs Page and McGregor on their farm at Mangarawa. The dairy cows showed good condition and quality, the majority bedng half-bred Jerseys, and realised the following prices;— Cows oalvod a. lew days £U to £5; cows been milking since March £5 2s (3d to £3 15s; springers £12 Vβ (id to £6'. The herd averaged £7 Bβ-Two-year springing lieiTers £5; purebred Jersey bull' £8; aged gelding *6. A few sundries were sold at satisfactory prices. On Wednesday, Ac 28th at 'Mrs John Englebreteen's sale we -Meted a roaji yearling presented by U" J. Englebretsen for the Wounded Soldiere , Fund, the purchasers being: A. Englebretson 30s; G. Lainbeer 20s. Also for -Qie..same fund a calf presentel by Mre Englebretsen was offered, the purchasers being: G. Lainbeer, A. Evans, Pastor Rice. D. Dunstow, R. M. Boyne, J. Wilson, Wi T>uncan, Stevens, W. J. Sedoole, 5s each; final Mrs Ries 10s. The Wounded ISoWiere , Fund will benefit-by £5 Sβ.