WODDVILLE SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 221, 18 August 1937, Page 4

WODDVILLE SALE.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their weekly Woodvilla sale as under: — A fair yarding of sheep, with a full yarding of cattle, of all classes, came to hand, and we" have to report an excellent sale throughout, fat cattle, dairy cows, and heifers selling exceptionally well. Several pens of vearling Jersey heifers of good quality also sold readily at fully up to late rates. A special entry of duir.v cows on account Messrs Morgan and O’Brien sold freely, the top cows making up to £l2, with ail average of £lO for all the early culvers. A. line of rising 2yr. spg. Friesian heifers on account of Mr T. J. Cotter,'Mangamutu, “i’ahiatua, sold for £9 16s. Quotations: Wether hoggets, 20s, 21s lOd, 22s 3d to 23s 6d: aged ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 20s, 22s 3d to 23s 9d; spg. Jersey cows, £5 10s, £6 10s. £7, £7 10s, £B, £8 10s, £9, £9 10s, £lO, £lO 10s, £ll to £.12: spg. Jersey and Friesian heifers, £6, £6 10s, £7, £7 105, £B. £8 10s, £9 to £9 16s; wraner Jersey heifers, £3 ss, £3 10s, £3 16s to £3 18k : fat cows and heifers. £4. £4 10s, £5. £5 10s, £6, £6 ss. £7 to £8; freshconditioned cows, £3. £3 ss, £3 10s, £3 15s, £4, £4 ss. Weiner, p *lss, 17s. 18s’, 20s to 255; store {Jigs, 255, 28s, 30s to 31s.

Instancing tho incidence of rising costs Mr W. C. Glovii,-chairman of directors ot the Rongotea Co-opi Dairy Co., stated at tho annual meeting yesterday that boxes alone had rost £1661 9s 7d more for the vear. As the cost of boxes was under tlie control of the Equalisation Committee arranged by tho Government, companies had no say in the price they had to pay. One thing which was increasing the cost ot boxes was that white ' pine had to he brought from the West Ccast of the South Island as most of tho North Island timber had been cut out. The, company was endeavouring to combat the increased price for the coming year by using a fibrous container for the local market. Those containers cost about one-Uiird tlie price of the wcoden box.