Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 142, 27 April 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

WMMATE MARKET,

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CLEARING SALE AT COMPSTALL.

On* Thnredayv thef Canterbury Farmers' Cb-opßrative Association conducted a very successful clearing sale of life' stock and ■farm implements on account o-f Mr P Simmons, Compstall. The stock was alt in ,good condition, and there was a good attendance of buyers, from both north and south of the dr.tiict. Payers were present fecm Chmtoharchafld «l«ewnere to inspect the progeny of the imported <-ire, Orpheus. The'first pair offered by this horse, were pased in at 13Q guineas. • Apair of buggy horsss, three and four year olds, broken .to single and double harness, were sold to Mr K. Qairdner, of Gapes' Valley, for £SO; and Mr N. M. Orbell, of Waimate purchased another-* pair of three and fpurjjear oldc, by Agamemnon, and Cock of the Walk, respectively, for £SO. The well-known aiTe.Agamemnon, wad offered, but a satisfactoay offer was not obtained. The sale started about 1 o'clock, and wa3 concluded shortly after 4. Mr John Mandelland Mr G. It. M. Jones were the auatfonrers. l?he following.are quotations : Sheep,—Cross bred ewes, prirae fat, were sold to Mr A. McMastej at 12s ; 144 4 and 6 tooth wether*, to Mr P. Bain* 14s KM; 30 2-tooth ewps, in Jamb, to English Leicester rains, at 16s 3d to M r O. Cross:; 434 fat lambs to Mr Cunningham, at 14s ; sizty fair conditioned lambg to Mr J-Fitzgerald at 9s 9d ; 101 merino wethers, to'Mr P. Bain, at 10 2df 17'J, 6 and 8-tooth ewes in Jamb (with three rams to be paid for at 1£ guineas each), < to M- P. Bain, at 13s 7d ; 289' fnll-mouth crossbred ewes in lamb to Shropshire rams, at 12s3d to Mr J. Fitzgerald; 3i>s ha If bred lambs nt 10s 9d to Mr P. Bain ; 3G6"good coxiditionsd in limb, at 13m to M'' F. Flatman ; e g ! *t Shropshire rams were sold at 1 guinea each-, and 260 2-tooth ewes in lamb to .English Leicester rams, at 16s 9d to Mr E* Griffiths ;SSB halfbwd 4 tooth wethers to Mr J.-S. RiUherfbH, at 13s 61. Cattle !—Springers. £2 10* to £3 2s6d ; yearling steers, £1 16s. Horses :—Fiv«±-year-old ge'dini?, Dick at £4B to Mr J. Fitzgerald ; 6 ye-r old h g Punch, at £4l t« Mr A SV Klwortiiy ; 6-yen-i Id b g Xirp«r, £34 to Mr J. Williams ; b g Bil'ie £39 to Mr ,>'. M.■ .OrbelU ob. g Sandy, £32, Mr Sfcerricker ;b g C tpliin, £34, Mr P. Biun; eh m Do'ly, stiutod to W-dcome Willie, £2B, Mr M C Sankey. £4O, Mr A.S- Elwor'hy old m.Jean, £42,- Mr J. K.iug; 3-ynar old b g Farmer, £4O Mr W C'ark ; 5 year-old gelding, £SO, Mr Shua? ; 15 | months old fiiiy, £l4 IQ.-i, Mr T. Dil'on ; pair 5-year-old g-ldings, by Orpheus*' were passed in at 130 g'lin as ; p;dr buggy horses, Z&tid old, started at £4O and were sold at, £ 5' s to" Mr ft. Gairdoer, Gapes' Valley ; pair hus/gy $ and four year old by A./nme:nnofl and C-ek of- the Walk, -started at £4O and were sold 'or £SO hMr N M Orbell. The brood mare, Iv.it«, in fo\* to Agam-mncn. was pas ed at 20 p in'neas ; ma r e Lady LiH, in foaj to Agamemnon, £2O, MrW ¥. Hamilton, Ashwiok; brood mare iy f alto Agamemnon, and witb> foal at foot by Orpheus, £l3 : 10s,Mr Hamil on ; brood mane in foal to Agam- ninon, £510:), Mi" J. Williams j 2 fi'ly, £B*lovMr J. Williams. A number of farm implements sold at satisfrot'ory prices.