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Hokitika Guardian, 14 July 1922, Page 3

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A te in 10. ri sent inn tile West; ort Nival Juniors will lay Westland Juniois at Hokitika on Saturday August otb.

At the usual meeting of tiie Econo- j inns class held in connection with the ; Work-rs’ Educational Association ill the Education Board room, Mr Ih‘ 1shav concluded a series of lectures on unemployment, tracing out root causes, j describing remedies in the [last and suggesting remedies. The next meet- 1 ing will he devoted to a debate on ; " i nat New Zealand will become a great manufacturing nation." The lecturer will then deliver a course of lectures on the economics of war. All | lectures are open to the public. j At Addington stock sales on WedI uesday there was an average yarding lof fat pigs. Not many bat-oners j were forward, hut as the demand was 1 weak prices were easier than those j ruling la-st week, porkers were in over I supply, and consequently values dej clined. Values were: Choppers £4 to i CO Us. light baconers .3 to £3 10s j bean- baconers C 3 lAs to C 4, extra I heavy baconers to £4 13s, average price | ijjd to (id per III; light porkers 38s to j 13s, heavy porkers -18 - tp 57 s (id, aver- | agp price per lb 7d to 7Jd. The supj ply of store pigs was not specially ! large, and the majority were small sorts. In sympathy with the prices ot ! fat pigs, prices declined. Values were; j Medium stores, 33s to 335. small stores ; 18s to 3ls, weaners 7s to 10s.