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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
7
The Chertsey district shifts toward sheep farming due to labour scarcity and high stock prices. Breeding ewes rise, crutching and fattening flourish, and grain yields are satisfactory though below last year. Potatoes, root crops, and kale expand, while the grass grub declines and the Chertsey Library reports strong patronage and government subsidy.
At Addington stock market May 928 large entries across sheep, store sheep light, fat lambs and fat sheep with a price drop for lambs as export buyers reduce limits. Fat cattle demand irregular with beef prices steady. Store cattle small entry. dairy cows up to 11 10. Pigs mixed with medium and heavy sorts improving. weaners sold from 6s 6d upward.
A well attended meeting of Rakaia residents at the Library chaired by Mr Alexander Haslett outlined improvements for asphalt footpaths shingling main streets lighting at the railway station and fencing in railway reserves A 12 member committee was elected and instructed to engage with the South Rakaia Road Board and to consider forming a Town Board A collection was taken and the gathering adjourned for two weeks.
Mayfield committee met after a bazaar to aid Bend Hall improvements. Stallholders submitted their takings, and the total reached 84 pounds 6 pence, a highly satisfactory sum.
London market notes show Matton beef sales with prices around 39s for fine and medium cuts, 368 for the top grade. Trade details indicate varied offerings and limited sale quantities, reflecting cautious demand in late April.
In Dunedin on May 28 a large yarding included 250 fat cattle with bulls and cows and heifers priced near last week’s levels. Six thousand sheep showed mixed demand with prime stock steady but medium and unfinished types slipping. Four thousand five hundred fat lambs sold to exporters who kept prices strong early but eased later. a small yarding of stores indicated firmer prices than last week. A substantial yarding of fat pigs opened high then declined.
The High Commissioner in London reports large shipments of River Plate chilled beef arriving and entering markets. Heat damages the meat and vendors are accepting almost any price.
The record notes a chronic chest complaint associated with mage 8 and mentions a Great Peppermint Cure on date le 6. It reads as a brief health notation without further context.
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