Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 09-1917

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OXFORD ~A2ETl'E. 1tEWBllliY lIERA'LD, AND BERKS I COUNTY 'P.!PER. SAT'VlUJAY, SEPl'EM'BER 29, 1917.

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TO FARMERS.

NEW OVERTIM E TRACTORS

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FURl<OW l<ANSOMES
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READY

MOLINE a ld COCKSHUTI

FOR

IMMEDIATE

DEATH OF:am DAN GRIFFrnHS;

WOX III'911'&.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE

NEARLY 50 YEARS WITH MESSRS

LONDON CORN lIURKET

SUTTON & SONS

CENTflA.L NEWS SPECIAL WAR SERVICE
PA1RIS OFFICIAL
German attlmpts at varioul po nb. on the
AI.ne front and .n Argonne were ~epulled
There wtre ,harp artillery action, on the right
bank of the Meulll

And SELF-LIFT PLOUGHS
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~ATESTINTELLFGENC~

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and peas und anged

were
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bulls

ng to t.he scare ty of buyers a.t about late c
eg rop pl" ees pn. d POl" 8 Ib "ere Q,B fol
lows (Rnk ng the alTai) ;- 90 st h.t COW8 88 4d
00 8s 6d 100 st fat buUg 78 8rl t.o 7s 100
rougl ditto 78 to 78 2d SuppJ es Bot ma.rkc.t.
to da.y l\ere -~Q.8ts 103 sheep and an bs 14

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£105
£100

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TURKS ASSIST AUSTltlA
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Better shopkeepmg by the
Grocer, better Service, and better
Tea for the customer, If the customer WIll pay cash
Salmons Agents can only buy
Salmons Tea for cash
The beat
value IS the chocolate coloured
bag, 9d the Yf lb but the green.
coloured bag 10d the X lb, "
fmer Tea- more a luxury, worth
the difference to those who caD
afford It

Night

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HENLEY BOROUGH TRI1IUNAL
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NEW MI!lMJlER S 'TTAOK ON THE
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GERMANS INTERNED
FLUSHING Fr day
A Ge man aurop ana which
aplltarad
Dye
S 11 S on Thursday eyen no was unsuecessfu Iy
fi ed upon by Dutch 50 dlOr& The Gecupann of
the Gc man hydroptanes Ilot down
n Dutch
wat ~ N have been Intc ned

Salmons Ltd.

HENLEY

BRACKNELL

PaCket 1 ea Dealers at " hole ... l..
Market Place, Reading, September

SALES OF SHORTHORN DAIRY CA'rItE

230 pm..

flee vo
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d good
vo
talk
C< I aCl t)--o v 1 ) 0 r s hop
pal ca Rh ad o \ n vour

shol'

AMERICA

Thunday

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Frfday

asked Wash noton for nfo mat on regard ng re
110 ted conscMllt on of to e gn 5ubJocts for se
'I t:e
n Am8./' ean army and preparations ars
be ng made to lond special shamerl to ArMr ca
t~ b nil home Swe4es not desir ng to lerve n
Arne can A my

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The
Idea Naz ona e" learns from
BNne
that Turkey has sent three frelh dlvtsions to
Auitr a to aUlst n meatlng ttu Rumanian tflen

SWEDEN

BARNES & AVIS, Ltd., 5-7, Duke Street, Reading.

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LOTHES, food and dnDk ('mludmg Tea) and everythmg
else, are dear Not ao dear.
though, but that thmgs could be
made cheaper, If everyone paid
cash
Cash across the counter from
customer to Grocer, and cash, too,
from Grocer to wholesaler, would
make better busmess, better pncel,
better Tea
A great busmess authonty wrote.
thiS to Grocer -

NO BREAD FOR HUNGARIANS
ZURICH Friday
Budapest, bakers haVe betn unab II to bake
bread from Wedol5day as no coal or wood Is
ava lable

t 5 sta.ted that the Swe-d sh FMC gn Office hal

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PROCLAIMED BY
ITALIANS
ROME Friday
Mart a/ law has bun dedared n Reglo and
Mess na

THE PAPAL PEACE NOTE
The Secolo announces that the Pop. has
sent pastOrll etter to a I C"athol c BIShop$. urg
nil them to IIIYB a poalble support to peace
movement Initiated by lhe Papa,l Note

AT 20"1. BELOW LONDON SALE PRICES.

Chappell BI]OU Grand PIano
Bechstem Mimature Grand Plano

THE MERIT OF CASH

MARTIAL LAW

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mark.et

showed a dacren.S<l of

sted entirely of fat

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Cu 0 ners

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Work

&upply

The Grocer and his
Tea Customers.

No a

and rough ca&tle from the South Weswm Coun
t es trt.<k! (or which ruled of a. slow nnt, r e

Special Display of New Goods

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TUURSDAY
In
the bcnat

pared mt1 Thursday ID.'lot
38 head and

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Lentils nomma.l

r nIs untti Monda.:;y"",n"e,;x"t"""",,:,
LONDON CATILE MARKET

n the Baltic on WOdnHoay E even ~rvlv3t1
landed The officers went down w th th,

VINCENT'S MOTOR WORKS, READING.
T ,I....om. "VINCENT READING

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(By T,lOIraph )

M&tket inactive English whea.t steady Fore gn
and A ncr cw steady Town and country flour
steady AmtlrKl&n firm
Grmd 1 g barley u
chru ged Malting steady
Bnhah Plate an 1
Am£lr clIon oa.ts unohanged Mtlle atcady Bean s

RUSSIAN DESTROYER SUN K
Petrograd
official - Th, Ruuian dHtroye.t
Okhotn k W8$ sunk by an enemy m ne off Cuel

DEI.:I\ERY

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29th 1917

.. HIAWATHA BACK IN
READING."
list again writes Hiawatha
HIawatha DOW a wounded

Wbo bas been aDd seen and had SOllie,
Given the Basche plenty what for
He had left the lown 01 Readi..
Many

mOODS

ago aod gone to

Canada the land he came Irolll,
Wbere be mISsed tbe Langston c/othiug,
Wh,cb be used 10 gel IR this town
And of which he spoke so b,ghly
B.s1 of England s well made clothUlg
M,ghty value good apparel.
nR'

And be Jomed the Ii..t Canadian.
Whicb came over splendId fellow.
Stopped some ,hrapDel- got hIS packet,
Soon was back agam m Bhghty
Soon wa. back agam 10 Readmg

ITo I d not say th oy wo II be all nght n

tho mo rn g W tnOl:-"""S &I....... P ll OO'l (a !S b g s a
bnlf-erown o n th e 1()l'b"M
InSpecto r .Do~ h It S 1 C A W\ '6 0" enco Il.$
t.o tho M"nte of t h e I Or1:leS and fit\. d 10 fo n I I';() n n
'" hite !>tuff ha
hMn M t o n ItOme of he " 01"1'6.
H a MDan !kim tted hn.t h n g 0 tho bo) 1l.. s t ek
ThE! itt mmMS ogrunst..J)rntt W~ hKn\~ hut"
Horman llo"ll.S fined 2010 Tl e soc oty 8 OMIl,; were
rom tbld

And m Iw'JIltal be . readmg
Many books and talk. 10 Langston
01 b.. reading of b,. learnmg
Which be bopes to gel from these boo~
(Wen. and Sba", and all the b" heads
And be talk. of those most mighty
Engines built to destroy mankl.d,
ADd the cunmng Dew deVICes
For prolecllon of the fighters,
A. the old phil... pher .a,d
Mankind

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a gteat tool o, er

Sell are mad~ the smoothest hlgbwl.Y,
Wmd and fire be make. hi. .ervanU ,
W,tbout toot. mankind IS nothUll

And tool uoe.. here m ReadlDg
Know as well as HUlwatba

Tbat the be. t source for tbm cloth ....... b
Are tbe .hops 01 Langllon and Son.
Most reliable 01 Cloth,ers
Officers have found thai they are
Cheapest bouse around for Trench Coab,
Ollskm hned, fme nun repoUe..
Lang,ton ••ell • lot to ladi ..
Who are workmg lor the Army
Who are ",orkmg on tbe f. rm lands.
PYle<> low while there s a large stock..
Cork Sireet Corner West Street Corn ...
HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SALE OF
STOCK AT CIULLOW

!o.~WBURl CA.TTLE liAllKET
TH01t8D.l"T

CAKES and SCONES made WIth

Dunlop's POUENTA (Mruze) FLOUR

HENLE~

TRlBUNAL

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A sittJng or Lhe Bbovc t nb nal a$ l oll on
T esdn.v even ng Co e llor C Luker (o!: al.1'~n )
pre5 dillg
he fol OÂ¥; go dec Slons wer e recorcied _
\V1I.he r Crook e gme IT vcr flJ)(l fitot...er L-t tho
H enle} W.,,/.er W o ks (A) No ember 1st., 0 J r
ther apPUcat on Wltilf)l t leave
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Dcoombe 31 !It.
porler

SULHAlISTEAD

3ht

W If ed Eo L e.ve r e}'cl e a gent Dece 1)Q1' 31 s t
W Ba..tty employed by:r.rr W
K ee e
ob
d mltlSed not to be called before
November ht.
George Black-ha.n
praet tloner
who has alNmdy Mrved Rot the fro t
Arthur J Sburvell p eture lr~ n;a.ker ete
who served n the South Africa Wa
been w th tI e Colours for It y~r fin I n e
months n tho prC6ellt war Dec-.emoor 31st..
W 'IT an F 1'1 V. ute!! 25 (Cl)
rererred to
mu.~ter

speCial medical bOO.rd

Ch-ariC!S W Mrudmont 34

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Df .ACTION

- News was

rcee ved h-ero

~--.wwty of the de.aLh n act on on one of H M
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88n1ae on the 18th mst of Able

War

SUGAR

RAnONS.

Full particulars from R STICES Propr etor
of BONNY & KING S STORES

SI la G Goodall .Id..t 80n of Mr G
OXFORD ROAD READlNG
!'IJ it ndloTd of The Ro .. B"'"K' n ...as
'" zwJ..ee.n of &P IUId had been the N ...,.,. .&_Ca;..'.ds_now
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T'R"uuo...y
M assr~ Day and Portor hlLd OTery a a lable
s ace oecup ed for tJ 6.lr 8Q.Je on rhorSllav "I e n
638 h ead of poultr) 36 goeee 40 ducks 84 n.b
b tN 3: 642 new lu d eggs ,;}xtv pounds buHc r
larp:e q Illnt i;v or r
t Il d 10: 10 s or d OM f;t.ock
came nder tl 0 b-amme r Th~ro \1"&.."1 ~ r ItO
the
pr 00 of pou trv berd. pulIet.s mak B 128 4d n.
couple ~nd 8.'1 2d to 98 4d "couple best
eh ckens Sa 6d to!)8 each
oockere " Sa 4d n
coupk! hem\ 2.."1 to 4s ench duckhng/i 7s 40 1\
co Iple dncki 76 6d Q, <lOUple geese St; to l:ls
cach nbb t.s 1s 6d .0 2s 3d ~h fe rretoH as
9d to 48 Od each two lo~ .of eggs Mid at 2s
11d a dme n and the ~twndflr at nnOO8 v.rv
ng from & to 311 3d a doz~n
Ifutbel' mode
from 2s 3d to 2s 5d a Ib
Fro t "'1\8 cheap
Ehere WAS no quICk lIale for the detw'l :'lfock
A
IM'ge company ot buyel'8 were pt'Nent

HAll' EST

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HARVEST

THANK80rv:ING -Tl e harvest tha.nks

glvmg fest vitI W&6 held at tho Pa.rl sl Church on
S da)
fl e chureh W1lS as
sua} tn-stetuUy
decorated. and &t tI e a.ltwr tl ere wcre oiJer ngs

of tva lnrge 10~loVes
The rmgers openEd the
fest val WIth a. })ea.l at !Ion en-rly hour snd brought
t to a. cloR.c {lofter evcnS"ong The us 0.1 1 arvest
h:rmns Were sung n.nd there were processIOns at
OI\C"b of the Berwces 'Fhe canticles n.t tho evcn
ng sarv co vere those or B noo~t 6 !lett ng The
v car pnon.cbed n the morm.ng Ilnd the Rev C
N ght. ngn.le W\ve an Mldres.."1 tQ the cl ildren &t
tI ~ flower BOrv ce n.nd p.r~ached ~t evcnsonp:
'1 he ofJenngs throughout t.l e .dav wera on behalf
or the Royal nerks HO"Pital D ..Ins lhe day
there WM a. hOUBe to-hooae collection With a

gr.tlfymg result

The vanons o:ff61'3ngs of bl'"t'l8d
flowar!! veget.a.bl~ and ~" (~ WhlCh thel"8 was
B 1a.rge number) Were duly for.warded to the
h05prtal.

THANKSGIVING

le" bv

JllcCor

for H"mdhoad.

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SERVICE8.- Rarvest

tim IuiK wg IIOrvK:e6 were he d at tho Pnm t,i"e
M U olilst L-'bo.pel 001 Sunda.) when serrnDnii l\'ore
Rooacbed n tho toonung e.nd eveRlng hy tire Rev
J Squ rc& of Slough In the ahernoo 1 a moe' ng
wat. held at which tho Uev J SquU'e8 and Mr
'I \V Robin&en ga 0 add~(l.& Mr "
C Colpne
pree dod
WHDDING - At. St.. Alban ~ Chu cb (Windleaham)
the wOOding took 1Jlace on Wodnesd&y of MB
Mollia Tr&lll second da.ugh~r o( Dr and Mrs
Tr&.IU of Col'1'~loe Sunrnngdale and Major Er c
Bertram RowctoIt A S C son of Colonel G F
RowC1'Clft 0 S (1) a.nd Mre Rowcraft (If 13 Porn
bridge MIUl8lOIl.'I W Tho bnde who Wail g:Jven
&w.ay by har fa.the~z was a.ttandod by Mi. CadI
T a.ill (8 Me) and. "WIO MwCl!! K we and Dorothy
~ Buellr (n eeea) and c..Ptait K~th Mc~twri
M C ArqU and Sutho.ria.nd H ghIandma, .... beat
DMIJ1
A.!IsWted by ttho Reve J\ JiIutton (Reotor of
the Pfl,ftah) 1\.00 R MoorllOm ~Qnelo of the bddogroom} the Rov A E Be an (V Cll.r of Fawley
Berka) OfBClf~WI The '"aorvlOO WUI fully ohoral. and
mu.o approprJ8.t.e to tho occ.u on wu plf\yed 0
tho organ Alttar the 00 6rnG1 Y the happy couple

FARMERS and OTHERS
",ho I k YO

HAY

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STRAW

RELEASED fOR SALE BY MILITARY AUTHORITlES
a r e n v tee I La
off r tho r lUCKS t o

WALTER PARSONS & SONS,
01 BLAGRAVE STREET, READING.
Good pr ccs q ck C'learaJl(! o
settle ment g ve n
Casb adva nced if rcqwrcd

and

(Cont fluod from P"~I,UI C'lumn..)

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BRACKNELL MARKEr

BUNliINGDALE

nnd

fitter Noven ber 31st
En cst J Brow
41 (BI) p ooJa} e r employed

by M no "'YeT W&5 gnl ted s x month!! e:xe mp
t on He hM ole en 01 Idrcn
flo nl\.<t TRTlMr 40 (Bl) ell1"t er throe roo tI s
Jol n B shnell huker s ro llldsma.n e mpl.o) e d
by M Ha.wkc r Mnmh 31Rt
G-n.hnel MMlf itIl (el) nss stant to h 8 fu{h(lr "
b t..cl e r r cfu "f!O
ot .... be e&1led for a. montl
Alfred N Pit o r rca) II x months
A report of
1 SCU"61on n sed bv"Mr J
Watts mot on
regs.rd t.o tli POSl t on of lhe
ehR nnlll v1I1 b e fouru:l n a rother column

NEWllURY MARKE r PLACE S'\LE

HARVEST THANKSGIVllfG - rlre
thnrtksg"I ng
sen ees vcre held on Sund,,) September 16th
rhc He mon n t e mortllng wns nrea.che d b) the
R ev A J P Shepherd on the words from tl e
G~I ){! for th"3 day
Your Heavenly It&t1 or
k owell
I tl e e vonlng t he Rev C N Ha.t..eld ch: plam to the Po 008 n France and
fom erly curate at S lhrtm"tooll preached o..n n
~p nng sermon
0 & c ro..... ded c ongregation
'I he
gtfts of flower s frwt and vegetables
vere u
ulUaUy llW'gc '1" er e we r e three sach of pota.toes
two sooks of Ilpples onc eack or e&M'of..8 roots
e~
bes des peas tornat.oes moloIl1l et~
The
offertor es were a. record Three cheques were
reee 'lied by -the rect.or" and I\dded to the S Il-.m
collect OD The totals wera.. 8 a...rn £10 1311
11 a m £2 125 6 P m £1 ~ 6d
tota.l £}4:
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employe d bv hi W n..kefield
r on a Rolfe not.or ga.rage I opr ator
Fra.nc s K bv h & mechn,n~ ong gt!
on
ork
n connootio
..",t.h p"kmgi np; t.rfl.c tors
WeI'(!
II. .anted cenci t onaJ exe npf on u t
Decem be r

oa

St.nck was not qu t.e 80 pla nt. Iud 1.0 dRY I'Intf
bw;, ne ss r ~ br L'lk but the b 6 ef' trade S SGm(>
wha.t. unsottkd M leh c&tile net an
nproved
Req u r IJ less Lard or B tt.cr
1/ 0 mak I II
rhe p g tra.do WIlA a.s bn sk n.nd good
DUNLOP·S.
~8 eve r Me8.CIfS Dreweat.t. and W!\l.9on '" Imet on
CORN ~d COAL MERCHMfTS.
IInl ~ figu es
eluded t.he followmg - 1" ",1. Ilf~e",
£31 5s to £35 tat cows £~ hI'! (CMi &nd carvell
OXFORD ROAD READING.
£28 5s to £.40 d U.o n oatr £38 yeArt ngs £ t 8
to £25 COws &nd calve!! £29 511 1.0 £ 37 en ves .~====================~~
t o £7 we ll-nom £u La £8 5!'1 ewe", 94", flO 104
TAR TREATMENT .~~ HAIR
fat lambs 54!! 6<1 to 57s fn.i 80W " £11) fn.t.
hoge £9 Ek to £ll porke rs 65s. t,o 1218
J) WI ~!; Ctfi to :>1 11
Al.eF.llr8 A W NOAtc and Sons pnee s foel wJo I
F :l.t.. CO~ £.1S 5 s .£.34 £32 lOR ete
C()~ s fUlrl
cn.lv~ £34 £~) 151> etc
heife rs n.nd en.hcs
£3!) ISs to £OJI
n c nlf I Plfer s
(I £~
hr.- re n
h.e fcr~ £18 a. CaivElR £8 lOr; .£8 £4 (I t.c
i,clts 77
75" Gel 7:1... 6d (tw ee) 71 (t." ce)
run s 86s 67s In-rnbs 366 IXI 214

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DRILLS,
PLOUGHS
CULTIVATORS.
OIL ENGINES.
In Stock
S9L£ AGENTS FOR

MASSEY HARRIS IMPLEMENTS
ENGINE and

BASINGSTOKE CA TILE lURKEr

PLANT REJi'AIRS

a Spectal ty

WKDN1I:SllAY

At tho sale ya.rd of Hup:1 E Raynb nl and
Sons Ltd there WIWl & food att.endnneo of bUY(lrs
and others to meet & 8'IIpply of 62 fa~ beuta 404
r~t ,beep and tombs 48 &Ior••beep 194 h<e<l or
da rv 00W8 he ten and !!Itore oott.le 28 fat. and
suckling oa.1vee 80 fat -and .. tore plp 12 Iota of
poultry and JI118C011aneoOR dead farm Moek Fat.
caUle wore m fall" supply the deDlIUld being

hi .heep pen~ _ . mod...u.Jy ftlled lhe
quality bemg improved lrltb tnde bnu at r.un Yery dear makin, from 618 to.c6 1~ hogIt £8
..1Dee aU round D.iry COWl . . " . an ......0 lOll to £13 lOa
1.0 £Hi StOl'C Pl81I aald
IIttpply the btjet deecrlptlOIll IeD~ 'fffrJ well
from 25M to 418 One h ndrod and l.biriy 'our
Store caWe ,.1 round met. a .Iow demuel at lou
of
poultrj
weN! penned benlli makina np w.
lower pri.eee
Sucklmg oak. were of gDOd
bl'eecHns and wert! t~ tor .Dial weD ok.fd oookeoreb UI to &. nd 1 ort.~ . . or
- . . .1I<>red (3 o:l4 eSgo) "-11''' a.. 1'"
~ hop ..... pork,.. _ _
d_ good

ItO.,.

Yield Hall Foundr,. Readiq.
PHoat_ ....

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• .".. aDd ' JI'!I"dlloe.
Ibh-Ioo. pi,. roa1lo1nl QO lIB 8d Bntm•
Boal f.t .....to I~I" to 161<\
I i!nd qutJity
FORTHCOIDNG sA'l.R OF JBB8BYB.
dlilo IlId 10 14d Ib I heet fal .....p ..... I...,,,,,
Meure
Tiamrnond &nd Craahard of
I ..
17d Ia IBd Ih I 2nd quoit" dill. 1M 10 1611.
Lobdan W C I wW . . .
Ib 1.1
1411 Ib
lat hOC' and perken Rloomsb."Y
by ... U....n 'rhurodair _ I ... Tho lIeU
2. .0 SOl per lCore
Ayl ..bury pure bNd JO-l _
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(Q.nlI ..... In N • ., CeIotnoJ
he. . or .u......++td .......,...__
Stan PIlla

JOHN \ WILDER

1 UU1UID.t."!
I
A.t M"easrs Hunt..o
and Son" weekly ......
tlore was Co (ull s upply o( boot With MooP and
p gs a.vera.ge Bc..ef nude tiligbtly lower pnooa.
IIhorthorn hollooks and I OIfer. aelliofl; tram £:IJ
16A t.o £43 Doyon atocrll to £.13 IIIJlI.1I pollod
helr.rs rron £~ 10 £2!l 10. ba .....ll. . . . . £J6
158 to £84 I ony e gM o.l"9M "MIre offered
fll.t 6alv68 ROll uJ wall {rom £: 12e.. 6d to £9 51
aDd weaning ca.lvca up t(lo £5 2s. 6ci Sbnep wOJ'G
a faAt trade t.op aoIllIIl from 82s to 868. 6d
ewe" toO 761 and lambs 5& 1.0 718 Pi«, were

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