MESSRS H. MATSON AND CO.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1734, 7 January 1888, Page 2

MESSRS H. MATSON AND CO.

Messrs H. Matson and Co. report upon the second wool sale of the season for Ashburton, held yesterday, as follows :—The various salesmen oata ogued about 800 bales, most of which was disposed of at rates fully equal to last sales. Our catalogue.oonwated of 277 bales and 68 bags of wool, locks and pieoes, and 300 sheepskins, which were cleared at prices indica ed below. Woolly sheepskins realised sd, 4Jcl, and inferior ditto 3£d per In. Highest price realised by us for crossbred woo! was for Mr A. Ma farlane's, A ford Forest, which realised 9.1, Singletree B*d, and a Ranj>itata Island client B}d. O.ving to a misunderstanding amongst some of the buyers concerning the time of starting several of them refrained from bidding, thus forcing sa esmen to protect their clients' interests, which they did right manfully ER crossbred, 3 at 7£d ; ER, merino ewe, 1 at 7d; GO, crossbred, I at 6M ; CD, crossbred, well skirted, 1 at Id • f l w Oßß i l 2 d| v ,?•' 7 * d; JG ' merino ewe, 1 at 7d; ME bellies and pieoes, 1 at 4Jd; ME, looks, 1 at 2Jd; D-B, pieces, 1 at 4J : rl, ? ro^ ed> 4at 7 £ d 5 D - B » Ist cross, 5 5L7* ; — conjoined, 2nd oross, 1 at 8d ; I\V conjoined, crossbred, 2 at 8d- GP crossbred, 3 at 7d; RB over bar, orossbred ho ßßet, sat 7|d : JB, orossbred wether, sat 7§i; JB, 1 crossbred hogget, 1 orossbred hogget and ewe, 1 orossbred ewe, at 7Sd ; WB, crossbred hogget, 2 at7fi; J>r, looks and pieoes, lat 2J I ; Dy, pieces, lat4i ■ ; Dy, quarter-back hogget, 1 at 8i ; Dy, Ist cross Shropshire hogget, 4 at 8d; Dy, orossbred hogget, 12 at 8d; shepherd's crook, half-brea hogget, very heavily skirted, 5 at 8£<1; shepherd's orook, half-bred wether, very heavily Bkirted, 10 at Bid ; shepherd's orook, half-bred ewe, very heavily skir ed, 9 at B£d ; shepherd's orook, pieces, 4 at ssd ; shepherd's crook, 'ocks, 1 at 3d • R, crossbred hogget (No. 14 bale, 5 rams' fleeces m front, heavily skirted), 6 at 8d; R, crossbred ewe (heavily skirted,, 5 at 8d • R crossbred wether (heavily skirted), 3 at 8d ; R, pieces, 2at sd ; R, looks, 1 at 3d ; HH, crossbred, 5 at 7Jd ; HH, crossbred, 2 at 6£d ; WG, crossbred ewp, 2 at 7d ; WM, down hogget, 2 7fd ; G2, cross jred, 3 a> 7id ; GB, crossbred hogget, sat 7gd ; GB, orosa. bred wether, 12 at 7£d ; GB, orossbred ewe, 2 a 7Jd ; GB, merino ewe, 2 at 7£d ; GB, mixed wool, lat 7d ; GB, pieces, 2at 5d • GB, locks, 1 at 2£d ; HWP, Ist cross ewe. 8 i at 7|d ; HWP, Southdown cross, 5 at 7£d • HWP, pieces, 2 at sd ; HWP, locks, 1 at 2| i ; JW, crossbred ewe, 1 at 7d ; TD, merino ewe, 2at 7J3 ; TD, Ist oross hogget, , 2 at 7£d ; HD, quarterbaok hogget, 2d at 8d ; HD, merino, lat 7Ji ; balloon, merino ewe, 2 at 7Jd ; bHlloon, 2 orossbred hogget, 1 crossbred ewe. 1 mixed hogget and ewe, 4 at 7£d ; KA, orossbred wether, 1 bale and 1 bag at 7£d ; SB, lst cross, lat 7£d ; AJH, crossbred hogget, 3at 7£d ; AJH, crossbred ewe, 2at 7£d ; 18. half-bred ewe, 12 at B£d ; ME, locks and pieces, 2 at 2Jd ; F over A, half-' bred wether, 11 at 9d ; F over A, half-bred ewe, sat 9d ; P over A, merino ewe, 3 at 7Jd; Pover A, merino hogget, 1 at7fd; P over A, pieces, 4 at s|d ; P over A, looks, 1 at 2£d. Bag3— HD, bellies, 3 at 4Jd ; ballot, pieces, 3 at 3sd ; balloon, rams, 1 at 4£d ; JO, crossbred and black, lat 4£d ; JO, pieces, 1 at ljd ; RB, crossbred, 2 at 6d ; RB, pieoes, 2 at 3£d ; JQ, merino, lat sd ; JQ, dead wool, 1 at 2d ; WG, bellies, 1 at 4d • WG, looks, lat id ; HWP, wool, 1 at sd ; DB, looks, 5 at 2d ; D-B, dead wool, 1 at 2£d ; W. btaok wool, 1 at 4d ; W, pieoes, 4 at 4 jd ; HH, pieoes, lat3d ; C 2 pieoes, lat 2d; 02, mixed wool, 1 bale at s^d ; OD, pieces, 1 bag at 2£ i ; CD, wool, lat s|d ; S, crossbred, 1 at s£d ; S, merino, lat sd ; S, dead wool, 1 at 3d; ER, rams, 1 at sd; ER, pieces, 2 at 4d ; TD, rama, 1 at 4|d; TD, blaok wool, 1 at 4Jd ; TD, pieoes, 2 at 3d ; HR, crossbred hogget, 1 at s|d ; HR, rams lat 4$ d ; WM, pieces, 1 at l£d ; JO, looks, 1 at 2Jd; MG, crossbred, 2 at 6Jd ; MG, merino. 2 at 6d ; SB, pieces, 2 at 4d ; 88, looks, 1 at 2id| AJH, bellies, 4 at 4d'f 2"---locka at l^d ; 1 crosshrod aud black at 4§d ; JW, bellies, 1 at 4d; ME, dead wool, 3 at 4id ; ME, locks, 2 a- 2| ; ME, black, 1 at s£d ; 2 crossbred and 1 black fleece, s|d ; JS, crossbred, 3 at 5d ; JS, merino, 2 at 5Jd ; MB, do, 2at 6d ; MB, orossbred. lat sid ; 1, do, 2 4£d ; 2, do, 3at 2£l ; 3, do, lat Id.