Commercial THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24836, 31 August 1942, Page 6

Commercial THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report for week ending August 29:— Pigs.—Small suckers 16/- to 17/6, weaners , £l/5/6 to £l/14/6, stores £l/7/6 to £1 ' 19/-, porkers £3/10/-, empty cows £2, sow and litter £6, sow in pig £4. , Poultry—Hens 2/9 to 4/3, heavy breeds ) 3/9 to 5/3, ducks 2/6 to 3/9, Muscovys 3/- ; to 5/-, pullets 4/- to 10/-, geese 6/-. Spring cart horse £9; cow £3/5/-. ’ Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights 1201 b to ‘ 1501 b 7d per lb, delivered abattoirs. ’ Produce.—Seed potatoes—keen demand; ? consignments of all varieties wanted. King t Edwards 12/- to 14/- cwt, Arran Chiefs 10/- . to 11/- cwt. Chaff—heavy supplies; prime , £5/15/- a ton; cow chaff 3/- to 3/6 sack, ' hay £5 to £5/10/-, wheat 22/-, oats 12/6, ’ oatdust 5/6, Farrafood 16/6, meat meal 11/-, > poultry pellets 12/6, calf nuts 12/-, rock . salt 12/6, molasses 15/-, moose meal 21/-, ■ moose nuts 20/-, lucerne meal 15/6, chicken feed 19/6 a 100, maize meal 22/6 a 100, oyster shell grit 6/- cwt. Vegetables.—Cabbage 2/- to 3/- a dozen, carrots, parsnips and beetroot Id to 2d lb, 1 Brussel! sprouts 5d a lb, leeks 4/- dozen bunches. , Miscellaneous. —Pumice boilers £lO/3/3, . concrete washtubs £3/2/6, cement 7/4, timi ber 25/-, droppers 22/6, posts £9 to £lO a 100, totara strainers 15/- to 17/6, horse covers £2/15/-, cow covers 13/6. Grass Seeds.—White clover 1/6 to 2/6, Timothy 1/2, crested dogstail 9d, Montgomery clover 2/6. cocksfoot 1/9 to 2/-, Lotus Major 2/- lb ryegrass 4/6 to 5/6 bushel, mixture ryegrass, cocksfoot and clover 3 tad lb. WINTON HORSE SALE At the Winton horse sale last Friday, prices showed another rise, good working horses meeting with a ready demand. One registered 5-year-old mare made £26, and another 5-year-old mare broken to chain work made £26 also. A 6-year-old gelding broken to all work made £24, and two 4-year-old geldings made £22 and £2O. Hacks sold readily, but horses just broken in were hard to quit. Prices were as follows:—Five-year-old mare £l4, 6-year half-draft mares, £l2 and £ll, 6-year mare £9/10/-, 7-year-old gelding £7/10/-, 7-year-old mares £l4, £9/10/-, 8-year-old mare £l4/10/-, aged geldings £lO, £9/10/-, aged mares £8 down to £5, 7-year-old jogger horse £l6, 7-year-old pony £l3, plough £l7. WYNDHAM~STOCK SALE There was a small yarding of all classes of sheep penned at the Wyndham stock sale. Fat wethers sold under keen competition, beit quality making from 40/- to 45/-, lighter from 34/- to 38/-, store wethers 26/to 28/-, wether hoggets 24/-. A line of f. and f. breeding ewes sold at 25/11. There were a few pens of good quality bullocks, and these sold from £l3 to £l7/10/-, fat heifers £8 to £ll, fat cows £7'to £lO/10/-. The store cows sold from £4 to £5/10/-, two and three-year Hereford, steers £lO 12/6, yearling Black Poll steers £5/5/-, heifers £4/2/-. There was a large yarding of dairy cows and heifers, best sorts sold at recent market rates. One line of 14 : heifers averaged £B/13/-, dairy cows £7 to £lO. The few pigs penned were keenly

sought after and sold from £1 for small to 35/- for larger sorts. A. W. JONES gTOCK AND SHAREBROKER Member of Invercargill Stock Exchange Ltd. TAY STREET, INVERCARGILL. TELEPHONE 317. TRANSFERS OF LAND The following transfers were dealt with at a meeting of the Southland Land Board:— Section 38, Block XXVII, Eyre survey district, 288 acres, 2 roods 35 poles, William James Soper and Henry Soper to John Henry Soper and Andrew James Soper.— Approved. Runs 190 A and 302 A, Eyre survey district, 7200 acres, Mary C. Hamilton to John Matheson Hamilton. Registration approved. Section 20, Block XVIII, Jacobs River hundred, 19 acres 2 roods 27 perches, Gilbert Leslie Mabon Broomhall to Matilda Jane Broomhall.—Refused. Section 5, .Block 11, town of Gore, 1 rood, Watson Rhodes to Catherine Miller, wife of W. G. Miller, farm labourer. Gore.—Approved. Section 35, Block I, township of Marakura, 1 rood 27 perches, Ernest Charles Govan to Sylvia Louisa Martha Baker.— Approved. Lots 33 and 34, Block I, township of Marakura, 3 roods 18 perches, Ernest Charles Govan to Sylvia Louisa Martha Baker.— Approved. Section 15, Block XX, town of Winton, 1 rood, Robert Young to James Doherty.— Approved. Section 9E, Edendale settlement, Block IX, Lindhurst hundred, 241 acres, Charles Livingstone to Margaret Millar Rogerson and James Brand, Jun.—Left in the hands of the Commissioner of Crown lands. Run 302 C, Eyre survey district, 9310 acres, William McLeod (as executor of the will of Alexander Bruce McLeod) to William McLeod.—Approved. Lot I, D.P., 696, Part Section 23, Block I, Invercargill hundred, 1 rood 18.8 perches, Charlotte Levina Hughes to Colin Davis Thomas Robertson. —Approved. Section 17, Block 111, town of Lumsden, 1 rood, George Boyer and William Johnson (executors of the will of Mary Allan Lennie Hawthorn) to Elizabeth Henderson.— Approved. Section 13, Block IX, Wendon survey district, 265 acres 0 roods 28 perches, Agnes Lamb and William John Young to David Lamb. —Approved. Burn LINTON QUALITY COAL Southland’s Best.—Advt