COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4435, 3 June 1893, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

d The'igmniFornim'ihwti; Limited. - ;.' ;. HMRA,'Jiinel.', We had ft very small sale at Strat- , ford on Friday, tho 26th ult„ when scarcely any of tho advertised entries ofcattiojcame forward, but this is accounted''for by the • terribly had I Btate.of sonio of the bush roads owing ] to the (then) Into rains. The only . cattle that changed hands were some lines of springers which realised from 8 Ji-i 10s to'.«G per head,' ' : 0 Our monthly Home Fair was held 8 in the Union street yards on Saturday, " the 27ih nit, Tho number oMiorses ? entered for' sale w>' rather small, ■■ though tho quality of them was fairly f «ood. The attendance was good, but J bidding was rather flow, though we siiccceded,in.disposing.of4lje bulk of the horses liiidcr the hammer.- We quote: .Draught*, .£15.??;. .trap, 3 liotos up to £18; hacks' upto £l7. ! B Welieldour.fortniglitly.saleinlhe f, Glover fioad yards, Hawera, on'^'ednesd»y, the olst ult, The yards were t ■ fairly well tilled with cattle, a good ' number of theso being fat. There , was n largo attendance and brisk hid ■ ding, so that notwithstanding'the Ut " that high prices were aiked, nearly every lino changed band's before leav-; [ ing'tliß yards. Sheep met with a o lather dragging sale, but wo managed to quit (ho few lines we had uitered, " We quote: Fat and forward bullocks, £5 10s to£G B.i; IS m.m'lw, £3 Is " 6d to £3 ss; fat co.v?, £l2s Ctl io X 4 143; cu«-Bin oaf,£d 2i fid .to ~U 10s. Sheep': Fat ewes, lis; 2 touth ewes, 10sDd; woolly lambs, 1 BsId; 2 looth wethers, lis 5.1. ■ During the past foitnigh't wo have effected sumo, large private snips' jn cattle, there being several Oiitside q buyers in quest of stock, and to this . fact ulono'is due tho temporary hard-' , otiing of the cattlo market, - • ■■ o —.