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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2698, 18 February 1916, Page 8

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LITE STOCK SALES. 'New Zealand Loan <md 3feroantfle Aceaoy Co., Ltd., .report thai & their woekly stock sale, held aZ tSeir Levin, yards "u Wednesday, they offered a fair entry of sheep iuid cattle, when a good cl earon co was made at. the following prices;— Fat ewes, 22a. 6cLi aged breeding ewes, 17s. 6d.'; cull lambs, Bs. Id.; shorn rape Jambs (good), 14s. 5d.; mixed weanors, 295.; 32month heifers (small), £2; 18month hoilera, £3 35.; empty heifers, £4. Bs'.; epringing heifers, £7 55.; bulls, £3, £4 106* £6. isv; storc/pige, 18s. v: to .235. ,6d. t Now Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report,:—At Rimitangi on Monday we bad a. good yarding of sheep and cattle, •all of which met with a good sale, sheep in particular selling well. A good line of 4-year ewes, offered on account of ill*. J. 31. Robinson, realised Other prices were as follow :-7-Small mixed lambs, ?s. Id.; low f.in. ewes,: llsi 4<L; .4-year' ewes, 265.; weaner steers,-31s. to £2 Is.; woatneir heifers,. 265.; yearling steers, £2 13f«; yearling heifers, 595.: to £2 10s.; 2-ycav. heifers, £3 175.; fair store cows, £4 .10s;,' £4 12s. to £4 155.; forward bows, £5 25.. £5 lis. to £6 lis.; fat heifers, £6-3s.;' fat cows, £7 17s. fd., £8 ss. to £9; oows* and calves, £5 55.; bulls, £6 Us. to £8.

Messrs. Dalgety and .Co., Ltd., 1 report on tkeir Morton • sole, as followsWe had a very yarding of sheep, which gold a 3 follows:—Cull lambs, 7s. 3d. to 75..'6 d.; medium lambs, to 123. 10d.; rape lambs, to 4d.; forward'ewes, to 18s. 2d.; store ewes, 2-.tooth ewes, to 255.; Southdown ramp, 3gns.; Lincoln-rams, 3.t0 3J.gns.; "weaEers;>3o6. 1 . .

■ MASTEBTON RAM FAIR. ' - By Telegraph.—(Special Correspondent.) •.• Februa.iT 17. The annual ram : -fair in connection with the Mxisterton 'and .A. and P. Association was opened here to-day, when there-was a large attendance of .buyers, who came from •all parte of the Dominion. .. Satisfactory prices wei£ obtained for flock Lincolns. The highest price obtained for stud .Bom? r.ey was 72 guineas,- for one-shear ram, on account Mr. W. Perry, and the highest price for stud Lincoln was 57 guineas, on accouDt. ••'of Mr. H. Gaisford, of Hawke's Uay.

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. INVESTMENT SHAKES. There wa.s no business done in the investment market yesterday. The quouv lion? were "as under:— .. j • 'Buyers. Sellers. - £ s. a. £ b. <1. National -Bank- . 5 0 0 — Bank Jf.Z. ; (£6 13s. M.) ... 16 8 0 - - Well. Invest. T. and A. .. — ■ 011 0 Well. Trast, Loan, Ltd. . — 710 -Well. Gw (pref.) 0 38 0 -• Gear Meat (£1) — ■ 4 4 0 Well. Meat Ex. (£2l2s. 6d.) 2 14 6 - "Union Steam (ord.) 1 6 6 17 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 6 0 — Ward and Co : 5 13 0 — W.F.C.A. (£5) - 6.2 0 COMPANY EEGISTERm 1 The "Mercantile Gazette" published yesterday records the registration o£ the following company " S. M. Baird, Ltd... Registered as a private company, February 12. Capital: £5000, dividci into SQCO shares of £1 each. Subscribers:. Jlasterton—S. M. Baird, 2500; C. C. T. Vallance, 1775; W. E. Suckling,' 2CO; C. J. Bennett, 250; N. H. James, 25. Homewood—J. H. Tatham, 250. Objects: To acquire as a going concern the business, of motor agent and motor garago proprietor carried on by S. M. Baird, and to enter into a cortain agreement mode on December 20, Wis. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Jfe'irs. Laery and Co., Ltd.; Allen Street, •report wholesale produce prices as follow:—Fowls' wheat, prime, lis. 6d,j fowls' parley, 4s. 6d.; Cape barley, 4s. 9d.; feed peas, prime, ss. 6d.;, good, ss. Jd.;. partridge peas, 6s. Bd.; maize feed, white, 55. 6d.; yellow, ss. 9d.; seed, 65.; oatensleaf chaif, £6 55.; wheat straw chaff, 2s. ,6d. per sack; toy, meadow, £4; .lucerne, £6; flour, in sacks, £14 55.; oatmeal, £20; bran; £5 10s.; pollard, £9 155.; rice pollard, £7 IDs.; rioo meal, £15; onions,; £6; potatoes, £10;: bacon, sides, lid.; rolls, JJ2id.; hams, lid.; shoulders, lOd.; cheese, medium, 84d.; linseed nuts, £13 10s. Customs duty collected at the - port of Wellington yesterday amounted -to £3622 19s. 4d. . STDXET WOOL SALE. 8y Telegraph—Press association—OtiEyrijtrt . Sydney, February 17. At inc wool 1 wile scoured crossbred brought 27d„ .the season's rccord price l . (Rec. February 17, 10.55 p.m.) Sydney, February. 17. The wool sales have closed with aninated genera] competition at full rates. . AUSTRALIAN 'PRODUCE MARKF,TS. ' ' February, 17, !M0 p.nv.) ■ Sydney, February 17. Oats. Algerian, 2s. "Bjd. to 35.; Tasmanian, white, 3s. 6d. Barley, feeding, 35.; malting, 4s. Maize, South 1 African, ss. 3d. to 6s. 6d. Potatoes, Ksinanian' (old). £10 to £13; new, £16 to £17. Onions, £7 10s. to £8. ' ' , Adelaide, February 17.. Bran. lOJd.'to Hid; Pollard, la, 2d. to Is. 2Jd. Oats, 2s.

THE HIDES MARKET. (Bee. February 17, 10.55 p.m.) Melbourne, February 17. The hides market report moderate supplies. Heavies arc unchanged; lights were passed is for lack of competition. TALLOW SALES. fßec, February 17, 8.25 p.m.) London, February 13. The tallow sales lave not been held. ■ WHEAT. London, February 16. The American risible supply of wheat is 162,701,GW • bushels. Chicago May options, 126§ cents to 128 i; July, 120J to 1212. MINING NEWS ! WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET In tho mining market yesterday there was quietness, and although there were several bids- there were uo transactions. •The quotations .were as follow:— Luyera. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 8. d. •Dominion Developing .... 115 0 — Hurray Creek 2 2 6 Boss - 0 0 1 — Tblisroon .. 0 14 0 — Waihi 116 0 — Grand Junction. 0 19 6 10 0 • STOCK EXCHANGE. • • By Telegraph.—Press Association. Ghristchurch, February 17. Sales reported:—Bank of Js'ew Zealand (£3 6s. Bd.), £10 lis.; Manning's Brewery, £4 15s. > . . Dunedin, February 17.. . Stock Exchange' sale:—Union Steam (ordinary ).; 275. - ' THE HAURAKI REEFS. The mine manager of the Haurakf Reefs reports as follows:—The sto'pes are looking well," and .continue to yield payable dirt. • About 811b. of picked stone was obtained for the week. A fine-looking reef is now flhowing in the No. 2 face.. The No. 3 face continues in- good country. I aiii pleased" to report a few nice dabs nf gold in the -Wynyardton. Beef face, obtained to-day.