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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1915, Page 3

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, LOAN' & MERCANTILE 00.'.S ItKPOUT. I 'l'iic New Zealand Loan and 'Mercan- | :ile" Agency Co., Ltd. (Slrutford branch) ■ report as follows: j On liriday. July 2. we held a clearing -ale on account of Mr. <!i!bert KeetL ai J iVaiuii. when we had a very large at- ■ tendance of the public, anil we were :ihie to i]uit all line-, at full market values. Pries obtained wen; as follows:—led s.f. 'plough £2. I lift, iron 3s per sheet, old milk cans lis. Wallaby jack £2 His, gig fill His, gig harness £5, dray ,l'S ss. dray liarncs., l':; Ills, waggnn fill, traces and reins CI lis, chests drawers £3 is, £2 3;- to CI lis, conch £2 Is, double iron bedsteads £2 (is, chains -Is (>d each. piano C 35 Ills, mare (1(1 years (dd) (JIT 11 is, cob Cli ss, hay inure (111 years) £2ll. •echini;; (11 years) .-C2II, -1 di 11 CI!! Ills, goats :1s each, wuauer heifers 21s liil, springing heifers .CI! IDs, 5 small springing heifers -CIS 15.-. Cows, early calvers and clo-e to profit, made from CHI to Cl 5 ss. others (later calvers) £S 15s to fid, aud cows carrying second calves (without, rernrds) f5 Iss to fS Ills, store cow., .C sto £5 15s. Cows at this sadc averaged £8 14.-,

At this, sale we aiso ul'feied on account ol the Wounded Soldiers' Lund due bull calf donated hy Mr. A. d. Pakewel!. of Waitui, the purchaser-', oi which were as follows;--Purchased bv Mr. 'Frank Cladding for ss. \\. Uvnie ss, Frank Cladding (Is. (hi Monday, duly 5. we held a. clear-ing-ale on acount of Mr. Cha-. Ilazolton on (the llndnor road. M'idhirst. when we had a large attendance of the public, lory:'— Hood mill; cans 21s, others slightly worn 14s to Ills, aerator ss. gig harness C 3. dray harne-s £5 15s, s.f. I!. & (I. plough £!>. d.f. 1!. X C. fit Us lid, I'rice's jack £5 Ills. do. !,-mall) £1 17s (ill. swiugl ■-(rees Ills to 15s. tine harrows c:i 12s (id. dray C2l Ills, gig .fill, , gelding i l ini" I 12 I. 2-ye-ir-old lilly by IhU'on Killoy £ Hi. Cows, early culvers, close to proli't, made troni .fill lUs to fls lOs. later calvers £S His io £1(1. second ealvers without monk £() to CS HI-- Shorthorn steer (2l)->noiit|i,',) ,f:j lis, led empty fat cow £7 is till. At this sale the cows averaged £'lo 111*. V:'disree hull. "Lord .Rutland," was sold to Mr. ,1. W. Davidson. Pembroke road, Stratford, for lligns., and pedigree bull. "1X1.'," yearling, was sold to Mr. (1. K. Ireland. Ea-'t road. Stratford, !<•-• guineas. At this sale we also offered a ' gig hur.-e and harness on account of Mr. K. Anderson, tin; horse selling for CIS | 1,7 h. ami the lianvss. whit-h was nut in U'vy gii'oil onliT, lor ,C 1 15*. tin Thursday. Siii inst., wo liclil it. rivaling sak 1 in conjunction with .Mr. Wwton Kin<*\ 0:1 ai-couni oi Mr. -lolm Uurkrtt. Soli 1 road, of his inrnilnri'. Mimiries and stock. In all tlu-rc were no !e*s than 45! l lots. 'There was ,' imnieiise attendance, anil bidding was I verv brisk for hoth fnrnitiire and stock The lines were so numerous that it is hardly necessary to enumerate them. The herd '. 'insisted el aijout. 1-5!) cows, and made an average of XS 12s. which should be considered very satisfactory for a. large herd of machine milked cows. Th.' auctioneers started at a tew minutes after It o'clock, and were going :itiong until dark, when there were a few of the cows and a number of cattle left unsold, au<l these wen; disposed of at our yards on the following Tuesday. I'igs also met. -with a very ready market ' as follows-. —Store pigs l(is (Id, 17s, 20s to 21s. sows ft 7s fid, £5 l(}s, £(», £ti 15s, f7 to £7 ss, boar £1 15s. We also oli'ered at this sale one lamb on account of .Miss Droski. on account ~'f the 'Wounded Soldiers' Fund, which was sold and resold as follows;—M. T. I'hillips £1 2s (id. Geo. Coleman £l, J. Misellew.ski £l. <ieorge Coplestone £l, .f. A. Oliver UK Mv T. J'iiilliips 10s, C. M. Ilawken 10s'( Orr Jfros. 10s, .Toe Famish as, C. A. Simons 5s i ICrnest ißennett ss. Kmiehone ss, W . A.' Hewitt (Loan Co.) ss, K. Mamer ss, Newton l\ing ss, 11. W. James ss, Jack Moor ss, Wkkham Tiros. 3s, Win. 'sl,'• lieth ss, Miss Droski ss, being finally jnu'ehasedli'v I'ros. at ,£1 1 i'-. On Tuesday, July 13, we -licit! our tistia/ j fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards. , when there' was a fair yarding of Tat j stock and a very good yarding of dairy stock, the prices being slightly in advance of those realised at the previous sale. "We yarded 2fo head oT cattle and 22(1 sheep, most of which were disposed of at satisfactory prices. Fat cows, good weights, made from £0 to £!', store cows 84s to 118s, old store cows 47s to 7"s, v,'eaner .steers '2ss to 3-ls, weaner 'heifers 7s. ids Oil to 345, 20.months heifers 4-7* to 745, empty eovvs .",7s (id, oU and'4Bs. bulls tiOs to 120s. In our dairy yards we offered the balance of }lr. John liurkett's herd ami IS heifers and 'hulls, all of which met with a ready sale at CS 17s M to £0 10s, hulls £4 to £(i. We also offered m the dairy yards 40 heifers advertised on account of Mr. L. W. Catchpole, of 'i'arata, most of which showed quality and were sold at £8 15s for good colored to £0 12s for medium quality and £5 for small and backward. At this sale we al=o oli'ered oil account of the Pelgian Kelief Kiind one ewe donated hy .Mr. I'Tiufk Cladding, the pureha'sers of the same 'being;—(!eo. ilobhs ss. ('. F. Young ss, Mr. Brown ss, Boh Collins 'lss (Id. Our next Stratford sale will 'he held on July 27. On Wednesday. 14th insl., we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. A. M. vSole road. Ngaere. The day was Jino and there was a. very large attendanve of 'buyers from all over the district, and everything oli'ered sohl well. The stock was in good condition and showed careful '.-election, and competition was very keen, more espe. ially for the .best cows. Oliver plough £!!, Trewhella jack' £3 Ss, heavy tip milk cart £li, gig £22 Pis, eans 10s to 245, sow and litter £8 ss, store pigs up to 30s, weaner heifers 225, empty cows £4, bull £-1 15s. late calving cows £•"> to £<!. aged cows £7 to £8; youngest cows, fair ouaTity and close to profit realised from £8 10s, giving the very high average of £l2 12s till. We also offered at tUis sale on account of Mr. John Burkett two dogs and two horses, the dogs selling at 13s and £3 Ss. and the horses at £8 15s and £!».

On Thursday, July 15. wo held a clearinu- (jale on account of Mi'. Win. Earp, York road, 'Midhirst, who has sold liis farm. Tilde was a. large attendance of tlif public. C ompetition ua-s keen and ail lines offered were eleared at very full values. The cows were a. credita.hlo lot. although a good i.'.auv were late calvers and a, good many showed age, but notwithstanding this an average of £ll 7.s cj-vvas made. The sundries were in good order and realised full values: — Old s-pring vart 70s. milk cart .€ls 10s, set niilk cart harness £4 7 a <M, milk cans 18s 'buggy (old design) .15, Walloon- jack IW-.'l!ay rake £5, grass mower £l2, tine (harrows (/Meal') 255, chain harru\va !HK Oliver .plough £2, lientail chair-cu'tter £5 is Gtl, dray and harness 60s, hack mar 1 (aged) £7 2s Oil, saddle and bridle 455. milk cart gelding (aged) £« ss, useful fanner's gi'lding £'2s, pedigree Jersey bull ''lvondale's Heather Boy - ' ltigns. C'ows, ettrty calvers and close to .profit, made £9 15s to £lo, later calvors £8 10s to £0 10s. We also offered a very nice line of heifers, which met with very keen competition and sold, for nice stuff, lit £8 15s to £f» ss, smaller £5 to £B, yearling steers 4ts and 20-mont,hs steel's 82s, weaner heifers 22s to -lis.

of 'Mr. Anthony iFotroz three nice liuifers, 3-yenr-ol<l heifers foiling at £8 to £8 2.s fid, and 2-year-ohl heifer at £4 12s fid. A't this sale we also sold for the Wounded Soldiers' fund, per the Scottish Soeiely, one yearling steer donated I>y Mr. Win. Earp, which wa- sold anil refold as follow*: —S. I'itt £2, I). Drown £2, .1. Stewart £l. \V. A. Hewitt (Loan Co.) £l, .lackson £l, .1. H. Clemow £l, Win. Earp £l, W. .)ones £l, S. I'itt £2 4s. We also otiei'ed oil account of the same fund an old mare donated , by Mr. .1. Moure, which was pnivhn-ed hy ,f. Thackcr for ss, re-oU'ered on his account and purchased hy W. Ladjltoiin for 7s lii!. (In behalf of the Trfl^jtnn Refugees' Fund we otlVred a. saddle donateit hy .Mr. Win. Karp, which was sold, and re-sold as follows: W. A. Hewitt, (Loan Co.) 2s (id. It. Mi-I.:t 1 l.nli 1 iII ,2s tid, Peterson 2s (Id, .1. Donald 2s (id, •J. KettTewell ■>* liil. .1. Taylor 2s lid. At this sale the following lYork road syndicate) were purchasers in connection with the Camphell .(aeks.in's section jjilt t ickcts, l)einti organised hy the Stratford Scottish Si.■ ii■ t\- for the Wounded So]diers' 'Lund:—A. I). Stanley S. I'itt ss, Campbell Jackson ss, I). l!roun ."is. T. Sullivan ss, W. Wilnishurst, ss. W, Jones o-, W. A. Hewitt (l.oan <'o.) ;V. X. li. 'Fletcher •'.can Co.) .Is, A. C. Hell (Loan Co.) ."is. J. Ilabowski .'is, C. F. A. Yoizke ss, doe Dudiinski ."is, L. il. Line!! ss, .August. il'otroz ,is. Joe I'otroz .U, doc Doiirbroski ss. I'. Schmidt 10-.

Since we la-t reported we have pul through a good many stock deal.-, privately to both local and outside buyers at tile following rates;- Mixed weanei's 20s to 2-"s, yearling steers (small) 375, 2'/o-year sto 'l's f7 to C 7 ss. dairy cows £ti to £lO, springing ln-ifers £S, for-♦va-'d wethers 21s to 2lis lid for fats, forward ewes 2t)s Oil to 23s f;d for fats, ■ f.in. 'Wes (pour and scraggy) 7s lid to Ids, medium l is to His, fair quality 17s 3d to ISs lid, 2-tool,h ewes np to 245, lambs (jioor and small) 8s to Ids 3d. medium 11 -, (id to Lis (id. good lines up to 17s. milk cart Cl] If!--, milk cart gelding C2S.