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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2456, 22 March 1909, Page 4

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United Pbess Association — Corvine ht

LONDON, March 19

At the sheepskin sales 6722 bundles were offered and sold. There was a good attendance, and animated competition. Combings, except coarser crossbreds, are 4d to |<l dearer. Clothing sorts and shorn pelfs were a farthing cheaper. Wool is strong oi sale with keen eoni-Eet-ition. Prices for merinos are the igliest of the series, Continental buyers taking the bulk. Americans are buying best crossbreds heavily. PRICE OF WHEAT STILL RISING. SYDNEY, March 20. Wheat is still on the upward grade. There haw-e been sales at 4s 7UI, and wheat is now ko.d ior 4s Sd. SALE OF SUBURBAN LANDS. There was only a fair attendance of buyers at His Majerty’e Theatre on Saturday morning, when Messrs Williams and Kettle, in conjunction with Mr. H. E. Dodd, submitted Mr. J. T. Griffin’s suburban property of Kirktown extension No. “3 to public auction. The property is about two miles from town, and has been subdivided into mostly quarter-acre sections. The result was exceedingly disappointing to the vendor, the audience apparently considering that the reserve was rather beyond present values. Mr. G. R. Wyllie officiated as auctioneer, and started with lot 1, a quarter-acre section on the corner of WliataupokoOrniond road and Valley read. Bidding started at- £SO. and advanced to £6l. Although pressed the owner adhered to his reserve, and the lot was passed in. Lot- 17, adjoining passed in without a bid. An offer of £SO, increasing to £6O, was made for lot 2. also a quarter acre, whilst lots 14 and 15 were also passed at £SO, lot 19 at £46, and let 20~at £45. As bidding was very slow, Air. Wyllie announced that he would dispose of the sections at 75 per cent of their value, and section 21, quarter-acre, went to Mrs. Hogan at £53. Further efforts, however, proved unavailing, and Mr. A. F. Kennedy ultimately announced that it was apparently no use proceeding. Reasonable upset prices had been fixed, from which the owner was unwilling to recede, and they would be pleased to dispose of the sections privately. Within ten minutes after the auction sale-imi sections we re sold, as follows : Sections ’IS, 19, and 20, £6O, £55, and £55, Mrs. Hogan ; sections 43 and 64, £4O each. J. G. Graham; sections 42, 65, and 66, £35 each, 3. G. Graham; sections 67 and 63, £35 each, J. Duncan. Inquiries for the purchase of the remaining section*- can be made from Mr. H. E. Dodd, Love Street. PRODUCE SALES. Messrs F. S. Mcloclm and Go., auctioneers, report the following prices realised at- their produce sales on Saturday :—Pullets Od to Is, hens Is ~6d to 2s 3d. roosters Is *d Ip 3s. eggs 2-s 2d, potatoes 6c ewt. .on.tops 7 6d cwt, Id lb, cabbages Is to 2s Jez. pumpkins 3s tb 12,i doz, pears I4d .to 2£d lb, peaches 2Jd to 3d lb, apples ipj to 3d lb, plums 2id tb. tomatoes 21 to "2kl lb. Small vegetables at nsusl prices. HORSE SALES.

Messrs Williams ami Kettle, Ltd., yarded about 50 horses of various descriptions at their weekly sales on Saturday. Hacks soH from £3 to £l3 os, harness horses from £<3 to £l4, and one heavy horse at £B3. -