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TE KUITI SALE Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their fortnightly Te Kuiti sale on the 22nd. instant, when a small yarding of sheep and cattle was offered. The entry of sheep comprising mainly hoggets, was keenly competed for and sold to late rates, whilst the cattle showed a slight decline on prices ruling at previous sales. Quotations: Light fat ewes, 15s 3d; medium ewe hoggets, 21s; medium b.f. hoggets, 13s 9d; mixed black and white face hoggets, good condition, 15s; medium two-year-old P.A. steers, good condition, £5 ss; medium two-year Jersey heifers, £2 19s to £3 9s; good yearling P.A. and Hereford steers, £3 2s 6d; medium, £2 10s; good yearling P.A. heifers, £2 ss; medium, £1 18s; small, £1 7s 6d; good Jersey dairy cows, £8 ss; good two-year-old Jersey heifers, backward, £6 7s 6d. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Limited, report as follows on the Te Kuiti sale of 22nd instant: A small yarding of sheep and cattle came forward and sold at ruling rates, quotations being: Light fat wethers, 21s to 23s 3d; heavy fat, 18s; medium ewe hoggets, 20s lOd; good wether hoggets, 16s 6d; good Southdown hoggets, 14s 3d; fairly good Hereford two-year steers, £5 ss; forward cows, £4 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, to £3 17s; fair quality dairy cows, close to profit, £6 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d; plain and backward, £3 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d; medium potter bulls, to £5 12s 6d.
34, it could be understood; but our exports during this period of retrogression were about a record, as the following export figures show: 1935, £47,000,000; 1936, £57,000,000; 1937, £67.000,000: 1938, £58,000,000; 1939 to June, £58,000,000. Where has the money gone? I know most people hate reading figures, but these are so vital and important now that we are at war that they are worthy of perusal by every citizen who takes any interest in national affairs. Thank heaven the Government has to finance this war, not I.—l am, etc., A. WARBURTON. Ngaruawahia, September 22.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 9
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340COMMERCIAL NEWS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20918, 25 September 1939, Page 9
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