GREYTOWN.
(From Oar Own Correspondent.) • About noon yesterday, the inhabitants of our usually quiet little town ; were somewhat startled to hear that the dwelling adjoining the cheese ' ] iactory, occupied by the employees l of the lactory had been entered while \ the men were busily at work in the factory (about a hundred yrrds distant from the dwelling) and a sum of ,i -ipfnoney variously reported to be from i £lO to £3O, also a watch said to be - 1 a £lO one. The robbery was at once jj' reported to'our local constable, who with his usual promptitude set about '• .to discover the tlieif or theives—for within the last day or two strange | and queer-looking characters (2) were knocking around the JBorough, and Were that morning missing. One •'iJt Was subsequently found at Martinborough, and searched, but with no Batisfaotory results. The other is away no one knows wheee at present. bhe result of the poll yesterday here for the election of a licensing committee for the Borough resulted in the following being returned > Messrs J. Hillier, B, G.Thompson, 11.I 1 . H. Wood, H. Spratt, and J. Dollar.
l\ (jOMMEROIAL. . Mv F, H. Wood- reports of Lis Taratabi stock sale, held yesterday, , as follows About 4000 sheep and ■ 80 head of cattle' were yarded, and . with exception of ono or two, several .lots of old i:ullb, which wero passed ,i in, all'sold tit prices about equal to last Bale, The entries for sheep wero I confined to store and fat ewes, and ! shorn and woolly lambs no '( wethers being yarded. The following prices were realised: Sheep—i: Store ewes, 3s to 6s 2d; fat ewes, Gs i to 6s lOd; cullb, 2b to 3s, Lambs Ij shorn, 2s 4'dto 3s; woolly, 3s 6d to ■ i 6s lOd; culls. 2s,' Bams-Lincoln, /( 20a to 30s; Kotnney, las to 30s, 1 Cattla—Calves, 6s to 12s 6d; yearling steers, 30s; heifers, 20; 2-year-ifa' old steers, 35s to 40s; 3 years, 60s; j' *■' -t years,. 70s to 80s. Cows, store, jj. 30s t0.328 6d; iat, 60s; dairy; 60s to : j 80s. Horses—A fow sold at low Miriees,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT18890315.2.12
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3154, 15 March 1889, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
350GREYTOWN. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3154, 15 March 1889, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in