COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 30 October 1925, Page 1

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

WA'IAIiOA SPUING SALK. .Messrs At. Houston and Co report:— The iiimual Spring Sale of tut and store untie was held at the Watarou sale yards on Wednesday lasi, there Lome a large attendance id buyers. The yarding consisted id ii]nvards of 500 head of full crown tlereiord cattle, ranging from 2 to 1 year olds with a large proportion ol lat heilors and cows, and notwithstanding their lone; journey front the far south, the cattle were landed in splendid condition. Competition was very animated rigid from the commencement of the sale, but more particularly -n towards the close when there appeared to be a scramble anioiiysr buyers to till their roi'iitiremcnt ■. As was hilly aniicipatcd |u iees recorded showed a markeil increase on those ol the lasi lew years, and were almost on a level with the hi.-ib prices realised during the war period. Top price was secured hy Mr .John Condon of Maintain for a splendid pen of l.'S tour-yea r-o!d forward bullocks at L'l I I As. whilst a very nice pen ol L‘f three-vea i'-o!d steers Irom Messrs Nolan Bros of Okttru realized the verv satisfactory price ol £l3. Fat heifer- and cows were keenly competed for at current values, and the only pen of fat sheep yarded al=o met with a satisfactory sale. The following were the sales:- (In account of Oihb Bros tWaiho) do tat wethers at -Ids, IT fat ewes s: !Is : on account of K.ggling Hros lOkurui 10 fat cows at £> It’s (id: on account of W. Scott (Karangnrua) 1! forward heifers at CG 17s fid: on account of Karris Bros (Mnhuka) S two-vear-old steers at £?, 11 21-year-old steers at CO 10s. far heifers at efi |f)s : 1 cow at C 7 2s (id ; on account of .lo!m Condon (Maintain) 1-1 forward -1-year bullock at Cl I 15s, 5 forward heifers at £7 2s (hi : on account of Cain Bros . Karangnrua) 4 forward cows at CO .ss, ,1 at C 5. 2« 6d, I stag at £3 os, 7 2 year heifers at £4 15s, 8 2 year steers nr £G 10s. on account of Nolan Bros fOknru) 13 forward 3 year steers at Cl 3. oat £lO, G fat cows at £9, I forward heifers at £7 os, S lat heifers at £9: we also sold the 12 months’ tinning rights of Diedrichs " Wnitanai ” Block of 1100 acres to Mrs K. Nolan for £lO4.