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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1604, 17 November 1905, Page 3

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Bx telegraph, Pres* A'«a‘n, Copyright London,Nov. 16. At tho tallow auctions 768 casks wore offered and 68 sold. Prices arc sound.

(Pec Press Association.) Napier, lost night. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company has reoelved the following cable from London: " Frozen meat market stronger, and there is a riso of 1-8 in mutton and $d in iamb. Quotations: Canterbury mutton 3id, Napier, Wellington and North Island B|d, lamb, first and seoond 4jd, beef, hinds Bfd, fores 2Jd.”

SALE ATI MATAWHERQ .YARDS,

Tbe combined firms held their usual sola of stock at Matawhoro yesterday, when there was a good attendance of buyers. Messrs Williams and Kettle and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company yarded about 8500 sheep, mostly young slock. There was a fair demand, and the following prices were realised : ewes 11s od, 6 shorn ewes and 6 lambs (all counted) 8s 6d, 6 fat shorn ewea 0a od, 5 prime woolly fat lambs 15s, 80 fat shorn wetheis 14a, 85 prime fat woolley wethers 20s, pea fat woolly owes 16a od, 445 2-tooth woolly wethers from Coast 16a, 485 woolly hoggets (mixed sexes) 14a, 490 Shropshire-cross woolly hoggets (mixed sexes) 14a 4d, 286 2-tooth Bhom wethera IBs, 49 woolly owes 10a, 16 fat woolly ewos 14s, 81 2-tooth sheep (shorn) 10s, pon prime fat shorn ewes 12s I (3d, 101 woolly hoggets 16s 9d. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. and Dalgety end Co. had one pen fat wethers, which were passed in at 20s. flattie—There was an entry of about ** bead of oatile. Satisfactory prioes h "Messrs Common, Shelton ID Co. quote as under; 21 heifers £3, 1 -®3ifger £7 10s, 10 young steers and 8 heifers 33a, 3 heifers and 3 steers £B, 13 young steers £2 6a, 10 ditto £2 17s, 8 heifers £2.

Pigs—There was a good entry, the prices being as follows: 4 small porkers 16s 6d, 4 big ditto 20a, 1 sow £2, 5 big porkers 82a, 1 sow £2 13a. Messrs Williams and Kettle and tho New Zealand Doan and Mercantile Company report: 5 baoon pigs 30a, 5 big baoon pigs £2 Is, 5 porkers 15a, 5 small piga da, 5 baoonera 225, 1 baoon pig £2,1 barrow 36a, 1 porker 14s.