A line of 47 store ewes was sold at the unusually small figure of 10s representing less than 3d for each ewe at the fortnightly stock sale at Methven the other day. The auctioneers commission for the line was 3d which, when added to the yarding fee of 3s lid (Id for each ewe) and a probable droving charge of 10s, made the owner’s expenses 14s 2d —a loss of 4s 2d on the sale. It was stated that the sheep were in fair condition and would have brought about 7s or 8s each in “good times.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 May 1939, Page 6
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