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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1920, Page 2

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1 NEW-SOUTH WALES LOAN. By 'Jelegraph.—Press Assn Copyright. , London, Nov. 20. 1 Thu Express says it is rumoured that the underwriters will take 73 per cent, of the. New South Wales loan.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ The Farmers Co-op. Organisation Society, I Ltd., report a3 follows: ! On Monday, tie 13th inst., at Okaiawa. ;we had a good yarding. Prices were well i maintained throughout the auction, values ' being on a par with late rites. Suckers made to 12s Od, good forvrai '. ."I'.vs £lO 10s ; lo £ll 15s, medium to good ■■:s to £0 11)3, | light old £"> to £7 Ills, yOKi'linK steers to j £4 12s, Jersey yearling heifers £9 2s GU, dairy heifers £l3 to £l9 10s, calved £lO I 15a. ! On Wednesday, at Elthnm, there was a i full yarding. Bidding was dull for woolly | sheep and only a few pens were sold. Prices for store cattle were slightly easier. Quotations : Woolly hoggets, fat 34a, small 20s i Cd, best cows to £l2 10s, medium £8 to I £9, others £5 to £7, empty yearling heif- ! ers £4 to £5 10s, 4-year bullocks to £l2 ' >, .yearling steers £4 12s, best dairy heifers ~:18 10s, small do £0 to £l2. : On Thursday, at Hawera, we had a large j yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a very dragging sale of sheep, most or the offering being in the wool. However, vendors were out for business and in the I majority of cases sales were effected but .at low money. Store cattle were slightly ; easier, steers especially being hard to Quit, i woolly wethers, medium 28s 3d, fat shorn do i 335, ewes with 100 per cent lambs up to ' 40s, woolly hoggets, small 22s 6d, fat and forward ewes 27s 6d, store mixed aged woolly ewes to 265, best, cows £lO to £ll 10s, medium £8 to £9, others £5 upwards, fat bullocks £l7 7s 6d, 2,-year steers £5 lis to £6 15s, . well-grown Holsteln yearling heifers to £6 ss, mixed breeds to £5 10s, smaller do £4 ss, Jersey heifers to £ll 10s, dairy heifers, best £l6 10s to £.19, others £8 to £l2, store pigs to £3 18s suckers to 12s fid. At Waverley, on Friday, there was a full yarding of cattle, and a medium entry of sheep. The sate was dragging throughout, but a fair proportion of the entry was sold at prh'v considerably below those ruling at our last sale. Sucking pigs 14s to 275, woolly ewes 31s, best cows £lO to £ll 17s 6d, 2-year Hereford forward steera £8 14s, 3year forward Shorthorn hel.fers £7 9s, wellgrown dairy yearling heifers to £6 ss,