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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1400, 10 March 1905, Page 3

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LONDON WOOL SALES,

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 8.

Leading wool firms submitted 11,958 bales of a fairly representative solootion. There w aß a full attendance from all quarters, tho sales arousing groat interest. Competition was' irregular. Compared with January olosiDg sales, merinos were praotically unchanged, feultios occasionally 5 per oent lower, lino orossbreds about id cheaper, medium 5 per oAut and coarse 5 to 7i per cent cheaper. An amended list I shows that 179,600 bales rj&a available for I the sale. - I Later.—Wool is of sale. I Prices are firm at the rates. I . Per Press 'As; Station, I

Wellington, last night. The Commerce Depg£jinent has received a cablegram from the Agent-General at London, dated tho Bth 1- —“ There is a fair competition at the wool sales, there being plenty of Home and foreign buyers present, Compared with tho closing rates of last sales, superior meriuo is unchanged, whilst medium and inferior merino and fine orossbreds show a fall of id per lb. Medians and coarse crossbreds fell Id. There are 75,000 bales of New Zealand wool j available for the present salas.”

Napier, last night. The Colonial Consignment and Distri- ; buting Company have received the following cable from their London office :—“ A fall of Jd in the value of second quality lamb and hindquarters of beef. To-day’s quotations are : Canterbury mutton 44d, Napier, Wellington, and North Island BJd ; lamb, first quality 6d, seooDd sgd ; beef, hinds Sid, fores 2gd.”

MATAWHERO SALES. Tho Matawhero stook sales were held yesterday, when there was a record yarding of sheep. The weather was perfect, and there was a very large attendance of buyers.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. and Common, I Shelton and Co.’s joint yarding totalled 8500 sheep and 150 head of cattle. The sale opened very slack, buyers evidently heDging back on aoeount of the heavy yarding, anticipating that pricas would fall. JDalgcty and Company’s yardiog consisted mainly of old ewes, and prices were about a shilling easier than at last sales. - ' 1 '. ~: . -

Sheep—23o 2-tooth eweß 13s 9d, 193 fat and forward wethers 15s,' 230 2-tooth wethers 13s 7d, 166 4-tooth wethers 15s, 171 4-tooth wethers 14s 9d, 272 fat avid forward wethers 15s 2d, 220 ewes 13s 7(3, 392 2-tooth ewes 12s 6d, 347 Shropshire cross lambs 10s 6d, 107 2 tooth wathe’rß (io forward condition) 13a 6d, pen of cu-U ewes 5s 9d, 35 mixed ewes 6s, 150 owns

I (good sort and heavy fleece) 12s, 118 2, ‘J. I 6 and 8 tooth mixed ewes aud wethers Bs', I 122 fat wethers 16s Id, 188 good forward I ewes 12s 9d, 21 wethers 16s, 300 cull ewes.' I 5s lid, 14 ewes 7s, 13 wethers 14s Id, 2. I tooth English Leicester ram 7 8 guinea, 8 4 year old ram 3, bred by C. Gray, 14 guineas, 11 4 tooth rams, bred by Mr McKenzie, 24 guineas, 9 2 tooth LincolnLeicester rams 2 guineas, 20 ewes (light) I 6s 6d, 168 wetbers 14s 9d,' 392 2 tooth wethers 12s 6d, 838 forward owes 14s, 101 ewes 10s, 150 lambs 10s 6d, 216 cull ewes 6s, 82 full mouth ewes 9s 6d,.360 2 and 4 tooth wethers 143 6d, 300 2 tooth ewes (small) 11s 6d, 100 Shropshire cross lambs j 10s 3d, 500 cull ewes (aged) 4s 6d to ss, 14 4 and 6 tooth Lincoln rams 24 guineas. Though a considerable number of sheep was passed in during thß sale the bulk of the entries was disposed of afterwards. Cattle—2 yearling heifers 555, 5 old cows 1,5,15 steers d 63 15s, 27 youDg steers I and heifers £1 Bs, 1 oow and oalf £5 10s, 1 poll Angus bull £3, 1 Hereford bull £2 10s.

Messrs Williams and Kettle held their fortnightly stock sale at Matawharo yards yesterday, when there was a good yarding of stock. There was a decline of from Is to Is 6d in the .price of old ewes, but on improvement in lambs. Sheep brought the following prices:— 69 fresh fullmouthed ewes 93 6d, 67 cull ewes, poor lot, ss, 342 lambs 10s, 113 4 tooth wethers from Tolago Bay 14s 9d, 219 5 year old ewes 8s lOd, 225 wether lambs 9s, 221 cull ewes Bs, small pen ewes, poor sorts, 10s Id, 123 woolly lambs 7s 6d, 76 lambs in poor condilion 6s, 96 4. 6 and 8 tooth ewes 12s, 806 lambs, good sorts, 11s 2d, 198 5 year old ewes 8s lid, 155 ewes 9s 10d, a good pen of lambs, shorn, 9s 6d, 942 ewes, good lot, 14s, 144 lambs 6s 9d, 4 rams 1 guinea, small pen wethers 15s 7d,. 28 fat ewes and 12 fat wethers los, 30 lambs 83 2d, 75 fresh, full mouthed Romney cross ewes 10s 6d, 98 ewes 8s 4d, 72 young ewes 9s 6d, 22 fat ewes 12s 3d, 140 2 and 4 tooth wethers, good line, 155,'109 ewes in low condition Bs, 229 lambs, small line, 6s, 181 sound ewes 8s 6d, 108 full mouthed ewes, culls, 53, 120 lot, 10s 9d, 9 ewes and 13 lambs 75,. 59 fat and forward wethers 15s, 70 small lambs ss, 15 Lincoln rams 24 guineas, 132 ,2'tooth wethers 13s 6d, 76 4 and 6 tooth ewes 8s sd, 139 ewes 9s, 147 ewes, poor lot, ss, 210 lambs 6s Id, 131 2 tooth ewes, good lot, 16a Id, 04 fat ewes 15s 7d, 16 stud awes, bred by H. N. Watson, 11s, 12 fat wethers 15a 7d, 41 ewes, medium fata, 9s 6d.