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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3337, 2 October 1911, Page 2

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HORSE SALE. About thirty horses were yarded at Messrs. Kettle’s Horso Bazaar on Hacks fetched from £5 to £l6, and harness horses up to £l6 15s. Multifid . was passed in at 500 guineas, and . Royal Favorite, a Clydesdale stallipriijtat 8Q~; guineas. London Meat market. REPORT. FROM PRODUCERS’ REPRESENTATIVE. CPEB PBEHS ASSOCIATION.! WEMNjGTON, Sent. 30. Mr F. .J.r'ShhjWrifiVHo'rifeijrelpresentative of the Rrqducers’ Association , writing' Tinder "dfite‘August 18th, says: The Smith field market has settled down somewhat during the past week, but business is in a very unsatisfactory condition" owing, to the general uncertaintyMj3.ue'' to-‘-the strike. This present strike, combined with the continued hot weather, lias caused a lot of attention to/the cold storage question, which Ihas’l much assisted-, to bridge over the-food’supply. In support of the report of the New Zealand committee on the condition of barges, Mr Shelton- quotation from .the Daily Telegraph, which reads: ‘ ‘Master lightermen. have refused 1 to allow their foremen to become members of the Federation; the contention being that in the event of a'strike the foremen .would Tiave to come out, and the result - would /be- serious. During the recent . trouble the ; foremen Were working, day and, night ;t pumping out barges, which otherwise would have sunk.” ~ .