AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 215, 9 June 1920, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES,' & .''■' ' ' : ' TO-DAX- . If? Beatoun Hoad, Kilbirnie, 1 p.m.—Furn: Mure Bato-OVUnon and Co.). .Westown, New Plymouth.—Sale of pedigre cattle (Newton King). Waikanae Yards.-Stoek sale ~ I;''. "■'".'■ TO-MOKROW. [Upper Hutt Yards, 1 p.m.-Stock sale (Ae • sociated Auctioneers)." Town Hall, Martlnborough, 2.30 p.m.—La-ni i' sale (Wrifrht, Stephenson and Co.). ilos Customhouse Quay.-- Wellinuton,' 2.31 EP.m,—Suburban property sale (Nathai jand Co.). I Eketahuna, Yards-Land sale (Wairarapi [Farmers). ■'-'•■'■ •;•••■ j; •■:..' FBIDAY. IS3 Queen Btreot, Auckland, 2 p.m.-Pro : perty sale (Vailo and Son). [Drill Hall, Feilding, 3 p.m.-Land aal( i (N.Z. Loan Co.). j:Pukenga,hu.-Salo of stock and imple ; ments (Newton King and Farmers' Co !■■: op. Ltd.); - : .. - [Bell. Block, Now Plymouth.-Sale of pedi. jV, ereei cattle (Newton King). [I MARKETS ['- HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED £./■/-] lIBPOET. ; The Department of Agriculture has •received the lolowing cablegrams, dated [June 2 and June 5, respectively, from the .High Commissioner for New Zealand; (London :— /.Thirteenth 6erics Government wool sales [commenced on Monday afternoon. Fair [attendance buyers,' but competition hesitating;' (mutilated word) unsatisfactory ! demand, it 'has been decided .to restrict [length this series to fortnight.- Compnried with'closing rates last series, prices flower: Merinos, 15 to 20 per cent.; fine rcrossbreds, 10 per cent, to J5 per cent.; jmedium, 5 per cent.; coarse, not represented. So far 150,000 bales shown wools [Available for series, 31,500 of which are |New Zealand. i Butter.—No chaiigo in. price for Govjernnientbutter. English butter plentiful [and selling steadily at average. price of j.2s. 10Jd. per lb. Irish supplies mcreas;ing and demand is good; creamery .£l4. JAI4 ISs,Bd. per cwt;. : Cheese.—Supplies increasing, with. fair ! inquiry for .English at Is. 7<1., Is. 9d. market is easier; current quo- ! tations, c.i.f.', ,£8 Is., Jcß 35., but price is [considered too high by trade for large [buying.. New Zealand 'j'tock, June 4, 2083 } cratesi'.as against 13,120 at this timo last '.year. ' , ;-.'Wool Sales—Crossbreds felling slowly, limit is .too liighi in many i'cases,.f6r,',New Zealand crossbreds, and Uarge. proportion withdrawn, as buyers: ican -purchase similar description free | Argentine at relatively lower prices. h". ; Honey.—-Demand is improving. Prices :'firmer at this.week's public sale. New J Zealand sold D grade fas. per cwt., C >". grade', 85s. : t Hemp—Manila marketdull and declini ing. J . grade, I'ebriinry-ADril to AprilJune shipments now quoted"' at .£6l; July-, i'September shipment sold XO4 ss. New \ Zealand market very dull. No change, in ; prices except high points spot, now quot-