FRANKTON STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 279, 15 February 1928, Page 12

FRANKTON STOCK SALE

STORE SHEEP WANTED Lalgety and Company. Limited, Hamilton, report having- held their usuel weekly stock sale in the Frankton yards on Tuesday, 14th inst., as under: — There was a small yarding of beef, which sold at very full late rates; in fact, second quality was dearer than it has been for some time. Best young cows made to £B. There was a small yarding of store cattle. Store cows in low condition sold from £2 17s to £3 7s. There was a good yarding of sheep, our total yarding consisting of 2,967. Fat sheep sold at late rates, and there was a good, steady demand for store sheep. Fat wethers made to 25s 2d to 275; prime woolly lambs, extra heavy, 295; shorn fat and forward lambs, 17s; 106 store wethers made 19s; pen of two-tooth ewes, 26s 6d; 59 wethers, 21s 3d; 19 small two-tooth ewes, 16s 6d; 28 mixed aged ewes, 18s; 30 two-tooth wethers, 20s 9d; 22 mixed aged ewes, 21s 9d; 34 small woolly lambs, 12s 2d; 44 small lambs, 10s 3d; 25 shorn wether lambs, 15s 6d; 69 ditto, 15s 3d; 43 medium-sized shorn lambs, 11s; 21 lambs, woolly, 12s 3d; 210 lambs, 15s and 15s Id; 132 mixed sex shorn lambs, 12s 7d; 100 f ni. ewes, 17s Id; 189 ditto, 16s 6d; 44 four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 235; 50 mixed aged ewes, 19s; 39 ditto, 17s, 104 four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 25s 9d; 116 two and four-tooth ewes, 23s 6d; 116 ditto, 235; 101 four and five-year-old, 17s 3d; 33 four-year-old ewes, 245; 253 mixed aged ewes, 20s 6d; 53 cull ewes, 15s 3d; 159 five-year-old ewes, 14s 6d; 144 f.m. ewes, 14s 9d--150 ditto, 15s Id; 34 cull ewes, .13s; Southdown rams, three and four shear, from 3 to 6 guineas. Pigs sold at late rates. HAMILTON-, To-day. The Co-operative Auctioneering Co , Ltd., report as follows on the weekly stock market:— In the Frankton yards yesterday there was a short entry of beef. Prices were firmer. There was a fair number of fat sheep penned, but they barely reached the values of the previous week. A few pens of breeding ewes submitted sold under good competition. There was a full yarding of fat and store pigs. Forward fats improved on late rates by 3s to 4s a head, but stores and weaners were hard to quit. We quote:— Beef.—Light fat steers, two-year-olds, £7 15s to £7 9s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £8 14s to £10; prime, £8 to £8 10s; medium fat cows and heifers, £7 2s 6d to £7 15s; light cows and heifers, £5 to £6; fresh-conditioned cows, £4 to £4 16s. Sheep.—Medium fat wethers, 22s to 22s 3d; lighter, 20s 3d to 20s 9d; prime fat ewes, 18s 6d to 19s 9d; medium quality fat ewes, 13s 9d to 15s; prime woolly lambs, to 24s lOd; medium weights, £1 to £1 Is 6d; four and five-year breeding ewes, 20s Sd; good sound-mouth ewes, 18s to 20s; low-conditioned sound-mouth ewes, 12s 6d to 12s 9d; medium store lambs, 9s 9d to 10s 3d; culls, 6s to 6s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £2 15s to £3 Is; light, £2 5s to £2 10s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 ss; light, 30s to 365; slips, 10s to 14s; best weaners, 7s to 9s; others, 2s 6d to ss.

“CABLES BEAT PISTOL” LOAN FOR AUSTRALIA By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright SYDNEY, Tuesday. Dr. Earle Page, Federal Treasurer, referring to the reported flotation in America of a loan of £10,000,000 to £15,000,000 for the Commonwealth, said no money had been raised in America yet. The cables had “beaten the pistol.” When the money was raised it would be utilised for meeting the commitments in the ordinary works programmes of the Federal and State Governments. — A. and N.Z. STANDARD INSURANCE CO. INTERIM DIVIDEND DECLARED Press Association. DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The directors of the Standard Insurance Company to-day declared a dividend for the half year ended December 31 of Is 3d a share. This is at the same rate as in the last two years. COTTON IN UGANDA British Wireless —Press Assn.—Copyright RUGBY, Monday. Official advices from Uganda estimate the cotton crop of that protectorate for the year 1927-28 at from 110,000 to 140,000 bales. —A. and N.Z. MINING NEWS WAI OTA Hl.—The report of the manager of the Waiotahi Company for the week ending February 11 is given below: “The drive hillward for the WaiotahiCambria reef has been advanced nine feet for the week, leaving a further eight feet to reach the estimated position of the reef. The country rock continues to be a mild grey andesite..” KURANUI. —The manager reports: “The croscut from the surface has been advanced a further 30ft for the week, making a total of'ls3ft from the starting point. There has been a change in the country for the last few feet with a fair amount of water making from the face. Have not been able to get into the workings in the battery level yet. I tried to get in this morning, but could not get past the Shotover croscut on account of gas.” ALBURN I A.—The manager reports: “The drive on the dropper was extended from 152 ft to 158 ft. In the early part of this week the reef jumped into the hanging wall. We advanced the drive on the footwall, this accounting for the small footage for the week. We have now picked up the reef, which shows ;i width of about 15in of most favourable quartz, and continues to show a fair amount of silica. The drive seaward on the ‘Sons of Freedom’ reef has been advanced from 137 ft to 14Sft. The reef continues to maintain its size about 2ft 6in in width and in the last breakingdown showed some nice coarse colours of gold on the hanging wall portion, and prospects generally continue to be most favourable.” OHINEMURI.—The superintendent reports: "The new power plant was started to-day (February 14). Mining operations at four points are now in progress. The drive on “Camoola” reef north of the Silverstream crosscut has been resumed. This work had been suspended at 72Sft pending provision of power. The present face is in sulphide ore of good grade. In order to test the width and value of the reef in the section south of the Silverstream crosscut, contracts have been let for three crosscuts covering approximately 500 ft on the line of the reef. The last of these is 290 ft north of the chute of ore opened up in the south section.”

PALMERSTON-WELLINGTON ROAD RACE Xearly all the cyclists taking part in this strenuous event used Q-Tol as a massage to keep their muscles supple. Mr. O’Sullivan, secretary A.A.A. had ocular proof of this.—3.