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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2806, 26 June 1916, Page 8

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LIVE STOCK SALES

-'-!rhß N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency „Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly "sale at Eketahuna. on. Friday, when they "dffered a small yarding of sheep and Tcattle. With the exception of one pen, a ■rtotal clearance was made at the follow'»inß ratos:—Cull lambs, lis. Id.; small 2,too{h wethers, 19s. 9d.; cull ewes, lis. „6d,,; 18-month heifers, £4 10s.; backward flinging heifers, £4 7s. 6d.; 18-montli "steers, £4 lte.: weancr steers, £2 3s. "» Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., re-

'•"- "port on their Hunterville sale, held last "Tuesday that there , was o keen demand ; "for 1 all classes of good stock, which , met -with a ready sale. Quotations:—Mixed Jloggets, 225. Id.; fat ewes, 245. 9d.;'.empty ' ewes, 17s. 3d.; weaner steers, £3: 10s.; "email do..' £2 7s. 6d.; mixed weaners, to '!£3105.; weaner heifers, £2 25.; ompty cows, •--"''£s'l7s. 6h\; fat cows, £9 55.; heifers, in ; Y-oalt, £5 75.; dairy cows, springing, £8 2s. ' -6d. f £8 10s. Mr. E, E. Beckett's Polled .Angus weaner steers made £6 7e., aud his ■ Amonth steers, £8. 'JAt Taihape, on Wodnesday, there were "good entries of both sheep and cattle, all ■". "lots.'nnding. purohasers with the excenton "of one pen. Quotations:—2-tooth ewes, in -lamb. 295. 4d., 305.; mixed aged do., 28s. -Sd.; 295. 3d., 30s. 2d.; full-mouthed do., , ,235, 7d., 245. 5d.; cull do.. 155.; 2 and 4tooth wethers, 27& 10d.; mixei lambs, good, 835.-', Id.; medium do:, 15s. 6d., 17s. Id.; "empty cows, .£4 195., £7 7s, 6d. ; cows and : "calves, £4-65.: fat do., .£10; empty heifejs, -£!!:i05..",'£3.'!.,20-inonth. do., £4 65., £5 lis.; -yearling 's'teers,V£3' : 'ss., £3 145.; 20-month .do.V £6 18s.v_l"T~' ' - "."Mr. Newton King reports:—On June 15, . ~,atJNgaerc, ■ for' Mr..;'.K. M'K. Morrison's clearing sole, there was good compotl- .'. "ftohi for thpribwS: these sellinst up to £14 ~'■. "los.-> the herd averaging £10 is. ----. -.At Midhir'st, on' Juno 16, for tho clearing '.' -sale in the*estate of the late i. Uhlem .berg, best cows sold up: to £14 10s., tlio ■ averaging- £10.165.-'; weaner heifers • „made £2 lis.; farm'.horses, £15 10s. to ',-.■£2o 10s. Qxi the same, day, at Waiwai-' "USiho, there „\ra«..a; full yarding, with "SPiritod competition-for, everything offer- : "ed.-oH classes soiling very freely.. Year--line; steers'made-from £2 16s. 6d.'to £3 ■ -.'Ja..Sd.; yearling heifers, £1 18s. 6d. to £2

. 6d.; empty 20-month heifers, £3 125.. : jd.~U> £4 ss;. 6d.: grade Holsteinl yearling V, iSetters..from Mi\ King's Bell Block Hoi-'.-"stein Farm.-'inade £4 2s. 6d.; empty 2-year "grade Holstein heifers, £5;.155.; grade Hol- -.'.. 'stein dairy, _covjs, £11 ,10b. to £15 10s.; •choice grado-Holstoin 3-ycar springing hoiifer, £13,10s:: store cows mado from £5 '■ „TSts."6d. to £7--4s.;.'.forward cows. £7 16s. i-to.£9 25.; fat heifers, £10 155.;. bulls, £8 ~7sT 6d.; ddity\,cows, - £7--'ss.'to; £10 55.; •'springing belters,'£6V6s.'.tb-£8 15s. ' " At. Douglas, on June 19, .small yearling '. "heifers made,. 395.: rough yearling steers, -■' »i 3; empty 20-nionth-heifers, £4 3s. 6d. to :.' -.-.j£4 6s. 6d.; springing heifers, £5 155.; bulls, „£5 15s. to £6 2s. 6d.; fat cows, £10; for. ward cows, £7 9s. to £6 12s. 6d.; store cows. . "£4. 16s. 6d. to £7 9=.': 3-year bullookc, in . "ftffward.condition, £12 25.; good lambs, 225. *M. ;. culls. 135.-Bd.; good f.m. ewes, in lamb, ■■■'. >*255. 9d. On tho same day. at Oa-kura, at. :'; olilr., Y-. Bank's clearing, sale, tho'herd of .oows was a,' very mixed lot, there being -■very, few first-class cows in the line of ■Jao, coi'sstiuently prices wore not high, tha ■ few good-lifoking cowe showing to be 'fitly calvcrs selling at £14 55.; others, -mostly September and October calvcrs, rfrom £6 ss. to £8 155.: mixedwyincrs made v 355.; farm :horses," £22' to £23' 10s; pedl--igres Jersey bull, 18J guineas. . _ At Stratford, on June 20, there was a /lill yarding of. sheep, with, a fair entry :...of cattle. Pecord prices were obtained ."for' sheen., The majority of the entry •was lambs, these making 225. 4d., 215.. 10d., •2!5.. 235. 2d.. 19s. 10d!,M95./4d.; culls, lis. •9d. lo 155.-Id.; f.m. ewes/in lamb, 235. to : -255.; good 2-tooth forward wethers. 31s. „ld,; mixrd 2, 4, and 6-to'oth storo-wethers. ,255. 2d.; fat cows. £9 to'£lo 55.'6 d .: forward .'■ cows, £7 2s. 6'J. to £8 125.. 6d.; store -"cows, £5 15s. to £6 18s.'; small-6to>-e cow, "£4 12s. 1o £5 3.,.;• yearling.steers, £3 Bs. 6d : 'yearling heifers, 355. to £2 6s. 6d.; 20-month , -heifers, emnty. -£4 6s 6d.; 20-mbnth steers; ~£i Es. to £6 175.-6(1,: Jersey in-calf 2-ycar Jieifcrs. £6 6s. to £7 155.; 3-yon-r bullocks jeio .3s. . ~ "At liiglewood, on .Tune 21, yearling steers -""made up to £3 Bs.; yearling hei- ■•■•• "fern,-nice lines, up-'to £3 Is.;- others. 38s. -•ftdi.'to £2 12s.;.empty 20-month heifers. £4 -ssv; -forward cows,, un to £8 155.; storo , ..cows, £5,125, Cd. to £6 7s. (id.; springing ..Tcrp-y heifers, £9 17s. 6d: ; others, £5 ss. . tti £7 12s. Cd.: dairy cows, £6 12s. 6d. to' £1 ss: fair lino of f.m.-ewe's in lamb, *2'ft.. lOd. On" the same, day,: at Midhirst, , •at Messrs.' Boniface Bros.'s clearing sale, -bidding was spirited, the be~t cows sell, i .ing' up to £18, 1,05., tho herd of 63 aver". .agihe. £12.75.; yearling heifers made £3 •■■:,■■.;-• - ■: -■-,;•■■'■ it-, /'v- ;':____'

9i.i bull, £11 10s.; springing heifers, £10; farm horses, £23 t0.£24 10s.-;. --- FEILDINO ' MAKKET. Messrs. Atkinson aud 00., Ltd.. reportGood weaner pigs, 205.; "aged springcarter, £8; hens, 4s. to 45.-6 d. pair; ip.b. roosters, to 125.; turkeys, 149.; potatoes, IZs. sack: pig, 3s. 6d.: seed, 7s. to Bs.; pressed hay, £5; chnff, £5 10e.; prime wheat straw, £2 10s.; barley, 3s. to 4s. 6d.; pumpkins, Bs. sack.

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INVESTMENT SHAKES. • Saturday's quotations for investment and mining shares were as. follow:—lnvestment shares:—Wcstport-Stockton Coal (c.) changed hands. at 6.?., while in mining shares Grand Junction (c.) sold at 17s. 9d. '. -Particulars arc as under:— £s. d. . £s.d. ../'.'', ■ Buyers. Sellers.; Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 6d.) - 110 0 *Un-ion Bank — 55 5 0 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. .. - '710 N.Z. Insurance .'. — 6 6 6, S.i British Insurance — 5 10 Union Steam (ord.) •- 113 0 Union Steam (prcf.) 10 9 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) .. — 60 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) — 6 0 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) - 317 b Waipa Colliery 018 3 — lieyland-O'Brien 119 — Ward and Co - 619 0 Scoullar Co 13 6 - *Cum div. Customs duty collected at' the port of Weltiuc-ton on Saturday amounted to £1071 10s. lid. LONDON JIAEKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Keo. Juno 25, -5.5 p.m.) . London, June 24. Wheats-Dull; cargoes nominal, Chicago July options, 99J euts; September, 102 3-8 ' tviifs; December, 105J cents. Cotton.—June-July shipments, 7.95 d.'. Jute.—The market is lifeless, and quotations arc nominal. Ilemp.—Market inactive, with prices unchanged. ■ i . ' Kubber—Para, 2s.' 7Jd. per lb,; .planta--tion, 2s. 4Jd.; smoked, 2s. 3Jd. Copra—Hay-Jane shiipmcnts. £31 per ton, nominal. , . Babbits —Quiet, .'prices unchanged. '- Frozen Mutton.—New Zealand, 9d.; Australian, 82*3.; South American, 103 d. lamb: .New Zealand and Australian, 10d.; South. American, lljd.' '.