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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 26, 1913
Page
7
London August 24 reports total afloat wheat and flour for the United Kingdom 2,325,000 quarters and for the Continent 2,180,000. Atlantic shipments 754,000 quarters. Pacific ports 10,060. Europe 1,325,000. Australia 40,000. English market is quiet but steady.
A London cable from August 23 reports New Zealand and British market conditions. Meat prices are steady with mutton and beef unchanged while lamb demand improves for heavy weights. Butter is quiet with overstocked cold stores. cheese remains firm. wool prices hold and trade in yarns continues strongly.
The Ashburton livestock market held at the Ashburton yards today was among the smallest in years with only 355 yarded and 2666 sent forward last week. Boisterous weather kept buyers away while fat sheep yarded numbered 163. Wethers totaled 179 and ewes 4 with local butchers active except for two lines of wethers passed in. Buyers secured the remaining stock at full market rates. The following sales took place.
Grinders knives and overhead gear from Wolseley and clippers in first-class order offered for sale on account of Mr McLean giving up machine shedding. Properties include 20 acres adjoining Tinwald Sale yards fronting Main South Road, Hale Acre and House on Alford Forest Road, and Section 5117 four acres opposite the Church of England with Lot 29 frontage suitable for a bank.
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