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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 182, 11 December 1886, Page 2

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Cameiudgc, Fiiday. Ai.Fnnn Dltkland & Co. repoit:— At Cnnbiidge, on Sat'irlay la^f, we ]ia<l a xp\\ l:i- zh sale of cattle, -beep, and horses. Ciittlc lower in price, but in demand. Gjou n rough soit<. at £3 each ; ye.it liv ~ steei«. £2 Is; yeailing heifera, £1 Is Gd ; dairy cows, jL'3 to £4, and fat cows, at i! 4 each. Sheep: Napier weihera; We ciLr.-ied the last of iLil'mnn's lot at o< CA f'.r quod st'MC up to 8s for fat. llorsc^: Supply j'.ir in esce«s of dem md, nnd man} 7 passed : but a lot changed hand*-; at low jj'ifti. Go'->d draught at £11 each: li.'f'iinn unbroken colts, at £6 to £G 10-^ ; :Miri<£ i'or>es at 418 for soits, and £4 for imeiior. At (ihaupo. on Tiietd-i} r , we had a cinaller market than usual, but all a aid-?<] B=old, with exception of a few head fioin King Country. Te Akau steeis, g':od quality, from £3 11s to £4. Fateteie. iicm £3 to £3 lGs Two year bteein good quality, £3 10s ; eigliteen-month, up to i£2 10s for liftht quality, and £1 15s for inir]usiner. 80 head of beef sold at about £4 each for cows and £5 17s Gd for steers ; 2 oxen at £7 2s Gd Sheep : We f ' *. f-\t eves at Bs, and wethers in wool, ' II- : merino ewes at 4s 3d. At Wai- . ,u on Thuisday, we h;id a veiy large i" lifter of stock, both sheep and cattle, <nd a numerous attendance. Cattle were j'A'er than at Ohaupo, and many were ji .-sed to go to Cambridge. We sold 800 TT ipier wetliers at 6s 9d ami 7» each ; 280 - • es at 3s 3d ; 200 hoggets, at 2« 6d ; and :,it ewes at 7c Gd ; fat lamb*, at lls. One ii .<A- "old for 10£.

A ueeting in connection with the Te .j'jiia Bind of Hope was hehl in the Te .vroli.i Public Hall on last Tuesday evenn%. Rev. Mi Joughin, resident Wesleyan Mi"Kter, presiding. The building was veil filled on the occasion, and the pro- < eedings passod oif most enjoyablj-, many ,i the pieces given being lieaitily ap,,lauded. The Chaiiinan gave an excellent • uJress, -md it is veiy satisfactory to see •:n so thoroughly identifying himself ih thn cause of total abstinence so soon iur coming amongst us. The following «. the programme : — Recitation, Miss L'ly SmUhe ; song, Miss West ; recitation, Mi.i Mills ; song, Master H. Tonge ; vead.a^ .Mi # 3 lilencowe ; recitation, Miss Laura Gci'ibli; Temperance song and chorus, 'ih- Chaiiinan ; song r Miss Tonge ; readifj^ Mr Lovcll ; song, Miss Violet Pavitt ; "■.idi'ig, Mrs Ilott ; duet, Misbes Hartley „n.? S'-nithe ; song, Master Pavitt; read,iiGc Mr Lovell ; song, Miss Ethel Gen ish; .'.oe-p, the Chairman ; son-r, Mit>s •I - .ah Cocks.