PAEROA MART

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32406, 13 March 1944, Page 8

PAEROA MART

REALISATIONS ON FRIDAY GOOD ATTENDANCE OF BUYERS There was a good attendance with competition keen at the auction sale held by Messrs G. Shepherd and Co. at the Paeroa Mart on Friday. Realisations. —8.0. hens, 2s 9d to 4s 6d; Minorca roosters, 4s; cockerels, 3s 3d; rooster, ss; other fowls, 2s 6d each; onions, 3ikl per lb.; potatoes, 7's 6d per sugar bag; pumpkins, Is to Is 9d each; marrows, 8d; cabbages, Sd each; beetroot, 6d per bunch; carrots, 3d per bunch; peaches, Ils 6d small case; grapes, 8d to Is per lb.; beans, 4d per lb.; passion fruit, Is 2d per doz.; tomatoes, 3id to 5d per lb. Aluminium kettle, T9s; clothes rack Is; kitchen table, 17s 6d; coil rope, 3s; ornaments, Is to 3s 9d; small jug and dish, Is 3d; bread knife and spoon, 2s 9d; picture frame, 2s 3d; horse collars, Ils and £1 Ils; cream can, 12s; wringers, £1 18s to £4; teapot, 3s 6d; pie dishes, 2s 9d, 3s 3d; pictures, Is each to 15s pair; clocks, £1 9s to £1 15s. Child’s gumboots, 7s; carpet runner, Ils; preserving pan, 13s; hammock, £1; gumboots, Ils and £3 16s; lawn mower, £3 ss; sideboard, 10s; book case, 6s *6d; two iron bed, 16s; camp stretchers, 15s to 17s; camp stretcher mattresses, 9s; cot mattresses, 7s to 8s; portable gramophone and records, £4; Morris chair, 12s d; easy chairs, £1 ss; kitchen chairs, 11s 6d; sideboard, £3.