LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 January 1907, Page 17

LIVE STOCK

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as- -ibllows i~~ t *• . - The number of horses forward 'on Saturday - last was very small, and the quality all through was poor ' I here were a few_ buyers .p.resent reqoiii'lng good' sound, active shatters, but as none of;, bur entries corl responded with the l classes in demand 'very little -busi-" ness . was done. We found it very difficult indeed -to " ehcrt a bid for some .of the aged -draogtits,- and old and broken-down, harness horses are a- drug in the market. There is still, however,, t 'a - good" inquiry for soun<T # young .draught- " mares;- and geldings- and slrong- upstanding light, harness .' horses, are ■ readily saleable at -prices slightly in . favor of- buyers We- quote : Superior young . draught geldings, at from £45 .to % £52.;, - ex.tr a "good do. (piize takers), £55 to £60'; superior young draught mares • £55 S to £65; medium draught- mares and geldings £30 to £40 ; aged do, &.15 to £25 ; well-matched carriage p.airs, £75 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses £25 to £30,;, milk-cart and - butchers? order-cart horses, -£18. to £25; light hacks, £10.' to £15'; extra good hacks and harness horse's,"" 'i^pO'-" to. £25"- weedy ' and aged do, £5 to £8. ""

Classes will be resumed at St. DominickV College, Dunedin, on Tuesday, February 5, and boarders-;- are notified to ,be in ".residence on . the eyening' of. "-Monday. Immediately on the re-opening' pi- .the^,cpjleg{y studies^ in preparation, for Oxford Local, / M&triculajtfiton . „aaiid Civil. Service examinations will be^ -taken up.^-Jn - L ihe> -inisic school work wili also be resumed 4 n- - connection. ' with Ihn usual examinations under the auspices of, the-Asr spciated Board and Trinity College, and the-usual.clas-hes -in "" art studio will' ' commence:, " Further particulars can -be obtained -on-- application to. the.Rev. Mother Prioress...: %1 '" "'■ > "- - ~ c -■ ,;