DISTRICT STOCK SALES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1014, 3 July 1930, Page 10

DISTRICT STOCK SALES

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS Stock auctioneers report on sales bold throughout the district during the past week as follow: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.—Sales were held during the past week at Westfield, Pukekohe (cattle and pigs), &nd Papakura. and one clearing sale fat Hauraki Plains. Values for all classes of cattle are on a par with last week’s report. We quote:—Extra choice diiry cows, £l6 to £2O 10s; S°od dairy cows and heifers, £ll to ■£ls 10s, others, £7 10s to £lO 10s; hged cows and inferior heifers, £3 15s Jo £7 ss: bulls, £2 10s to £8 7s 6d; boner and store cows, £3 to £6 ss; Weaner heifer calves, £1 15s to £4 7s Gd; weanor steers, £2 5s to £4 10s: yearling to 18 months heifers, £4 .10s to £6 15s; yearline: to 18 months Rteers, £4 12s 6d to •£ 5 17s 6d: 2 to -i-year steers, £6 to £7 15s; 3 to 3*year steers, £7 17s 6d to £ 8 17s 6d; SJ*own steers, £9 to £lO ss. Beef and PS® sold at fully Westfield rates. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited •“During the week we held sales at vvestfield, Waiuku, Waitakarru*u and Haiotira; also clearing sales on account of Mr. J. E. Langman, Mangatangi, Mr. w. Townsend, Bombay, and " p - J- Ballantyne, Otaua. Average Wings of cattle changed owners at UUng values. High prices continue or first quality dairy cows and heifrs. Mr. Townsend’s cows sold at up n A 22 .’ ancl tlie 38 averaged £ls 3s. a ; ls heifers realised up to £lB, the 15 averaging £l4 10s. Mr. Ballantyne’s cows sold up to £2B. Dairy cows and tn l rs at other sales brought £6 10s ® 10s, according to quality; tmpty young cows and heifers, £3 10s tn r.-’ _ store boner cows, £1 10s £o ss; fat cows and heifers, £5 la e° £l ° ss; fat steers, £lO 10s t ss; three to four-year-old «*». £ 8 5s to £9 10s; two to three- : steers, £6 15s to £8; yearling A# months steers, £4 10s to £6 10s; yearling dairy heifers, £5 15s to £7 < nf t° r best; others, £4 5s to £5 10s; n, er; ? r yearling heifers, £2 10s to * los; cows with calves, £6 to £9 sound young herd bulls, £4 4s to ntL 9s V heay y bulls, £4 10s to £ 6 15s; ot her bulls, £l 10s to £4 ss. SYDNEY SHEEP SHOW r SYDNEY, Wednesday. ne annual Sydney sheep show was 'M>en e< l today. There arc many ’en- , ~ f* fr °ra New Zealand. The quality . the exhibits, particularly the ♦L no s* is described by the judges t ne best they have ever seen.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE British Official Wireless RU&BY, Tuesday. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current today, compared with the cabled quotations on June 24 and par:

Batavia, IT. .. SYDNEY WOOL SALES SYDNEY, Wednesday. At the Sydney wool sales today the offerings comprised 9,218 ’ bales, of which the majority were sold. Also 1,794 bales were sold privately. Tho market showed no quotable change. Yorkshire buyers operated sparingly, otherwise there was good competition. Greasy Merino sold to 16d. AUCTION NOTICES William A. Horne, Limited, will offer bv public auction at the auction rooms, Horne’s Buildings, corner High Street and \ ulcal) Lane, tomorrow, at noon, instructed by the sub-mortgagees, a property comprising a freehold section 50ft by 110 ft, situated in Junction Road, Paeroa, with a new dwelling of four rooms and conveniences; a property at No. 53 Marlborough Street, off Bellwood Avenue, Dominion Roacl, comprising villa residence of seven rooms, all conveniences, on corner section; No. 55 Marlborough Street, villa, six rooms and all appointments, situated corner section; instructed by the first mortgagees, a property consisting of a freehold section having 49ft Gin frontage to Balmoral Road and Dunbar Road, .Mount Eden, by a through depth of 132i'1, with a modern block of four residential flats, each containing three rooms, kitchenette and conveniences.

July 1. June 24. Montreal, dol . . 4.806 New York, dol. . 4.8(5 1-32 4.85 3132 4.866 Paris, fr 123.68 123.77 124.21 Brussels, belga 34.815 34.815 35.00 Geneva, fr. . . . 25.075 25.075 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. 12.08 7-S 12.00 A 12.10 Rome, lire .. 02.75 Berlin, r.m. 20.385 20.385 Stockholm, kr. 18.005 18.00 18.159 Oslo, kr IS.15 18.15 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 18.16 18.151 18.159 V ienna, sch. 34.425 34.425 34.583 Prague, kr. . . . 1632 24.02 Helsingfors, mk. 193 1-16 103 192.23 Madrid, pes. 43.35 41.70 Ldsbori, escu. 108.25 108.25 Athens, dr. . . . 375.00 Bucharest, lei. 818 R. de Jan., mil. 5 17-32 Buen. Ayres, dol. 41 3-16 41 5-16 47.57d Calcutta, rupee. 17 13-16 17 25-32 ISd Shanghai, tael . 183 17Jj Hong Kong, dol. 153 15 Yokohama, yen.. 24 7-16 24 13-22 24.5Sd