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Shannon News, 18 August 1925, Page 3

A rise of two shillings per 1001 b. on last week's prices lor beef mark' j l the fat stock sale at YVestfield, ■ Auckland, on Wednesday. Prices opened at last week's rates, but a rise soon followed, and was maintained until almost the end of the sale. Extra choice ox brought £2 2s per lOOlb.. and prime young cow and heifer beef £1 15s to .£1 19s. There was only a medium entry of sheep, and prices were equal to late quotations. Extra heavy prime wethers made £•<! 5s to £2. 8s 6d. There was a small yarding of pigs. Prices for baconers were slightly lower, hut porkers were unchanged. Heavy baconers realised £3 17s to £4 Is.

Members of the Greymoutli Dis trict High School Committee are understood to have made a resolve that for the future they will not yield to Ihe temptation to' make jocular re marks when the reporters are present. The headmaster was very upset because it was reported in the papers that the writing at his school was very poor, at any rate not so good as that of the Marist schools. He told the board about it, and the members concerned hastened to disclaim, any unkind intentions. They said their remarks had been jocular and they had not thought for a moment that they would appear in print. Clearly this \va.s another case of the reporters being expected to be angels and turning out to be just reporters --which was what their-papers sent them to the meeting to be.