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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
8
The market remains steady and unchanged. UK and European wheat afloat totals 3,080,000 quarters for the United Kingdom and 2,740,000 for the Continent, with Atlantic shipments at 522,000 quarters. Europe total 1,930,000 quarters, India 139,000, and Argentina 262,000.
Sydney reports Mr Ashford announced 1000 tons of American chaff due in July to aid necessitous farmers and railway contractors at £11 per ton. He also said 11,000 tons of wheat are due in August, part of relief imports to Australia.
Melbourne reports a butter price increase to wholesale level now quoted at 21d per pound. The terse notice notes the rise as of June 22 and attributes the change to market conditions.
Melbourne June 2 Justice Hood appointed to head a Royal Commission to inquire into that expert of Victorian frozen meat. Defence Department saved £21000 by purchasing 4600 tons of New Zealand fodder. The price difference between New Zealand and Australian fodder was £4 a ton.
The Control of Trade Commission announces a new price for chaft set at £14 per ton. The announcement is dated June 21 in Perth.
In Sydney at the real sales there is a strong demand for all the better classes at full rates with an advancing tendency. Short and burr sorts are out of favour.
June 19 market report shows firm prices and steady demand across livestock and dairy. Notes Canterbury and North Island mutton lamb beef butter cheese wheat oats and wool markets with recent price shifts and limited New Zealand beef, improved New Zealand cheese demand, and strong wool pricing trends.
Invercargill June 21 The grain business at the Bluff is under severe pressure with grain sheds filling up. The s s Eaton sailed last week taking $1,000 sacks for Sydney direct easing the strain for a time. Merchants say it is the busiest period since the Boer War.
Moderate attendance at Tinwald stock sales showed higher fat and store entries than the prior week. Fat yarding reached 452 head led by 381 ewes, 7 wethers, and 84 samba, with improved quality and strong butcher interest. Freezers operated faintly, and all fat pens sold at auction except one unfinished ewe. top crossbred ewes sold for 25s 9d and 26s 6d.
Yardings reached 541 head with store sheep selling readily amid improved demand. Fat ewes and lambs fetched varied prices with notable entries including crossbred and halfbred ewes, wethers, and several lamb lots. Cattle sales appeared limited with a small number of dairy and store animals trading at modest sums.
Palmerston North hosts the 12th annual National Dairy Show with an influx of visitors. Entries show a rise from 1870 to 1904 and list numerous prize winners across butter and cheese classes from Awahuri Levin Rangiwahia Taieri Peninsula Hawera and others.
Final results declare S Kennedy's Foss Junior first in Class II with 27 points and T Fraser's Hemp? close behind. Class III features Tyke? and Bob with top placements, while Class IV sees Jed and Yochinvar leading. 42 competitors entered overall. Special prizes awarded to Locke invar, Lance, and Bab by Urquhart and Len Bicks.
An old advertisement promotes NAL FOU as a complete remedy for coughs colds sore throats and bronchitis. It claims use with sugar or a Watol Inhaler and notes availability in chemists with 60 doses for 1s 6d.
An advertisement offers 000 acres at Southland priced at 3 108 per acre and 16 acres at Ashton with dwelling shortbuildings at 20 per acre. It states more property classes are available and invites callers for particulars.
A description notes 2 acres near Railway Station with dwelling and outbuildings, plus a full quarter-acre on Moore Street with laurel in front. Indicates a good site for a house in the suburb. Also mentions 5 acres 20 perches in Allenton District.
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