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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 09, 1913
Page
8
The Ashbuc market reports no fresh developments in the grain trade for August 1918. Prices remain largely unchanged with little grain offered by farmers and millers buying only to suit demand. oats and wheat show nominal ranges and chaff holds firm at country stations.
The report records improved prices hoped after holidays but lists declines in potatoes to £2 a ton and onions to £5 10s per ton. Wheat and oats shown weaker with surplus stock outlets unsettled. Market notes indicate cargoes from Victoria easing North Island and Dunedin demand.
The notice lists numerous Southdown sheep categories and other livestock with breeding details, plus a large consignment of farm implements, carts, wagons, and a twelve room house full of furniture to be sold. The National Mortgage & Agency Company of N Z Ltd is named in the notice.
A comprehensive sale listing assets of a farm owner including horses cattle sheep pigs and farming implements. Items include draught horses, mares, foals, cattle, dairy cows, pigs, and a large range of equipment such as ploughs drays harrows and farm tools. The event is conducted with New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association Ltd in conjunction with Barker.
A dated 1912 notice from Me Ferriman invites interested parties to view the home at North Bank Rakaia. The property is described as the residence of Mrs Walker who is now living in Dunedin and wishes consideration for sale or settlement. The notice urges prompt attention to the matter.
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