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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1877, 5 October 1906, Page 2

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PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT London, Ootober 3. At tbe wool sales competition was extremely brisk. Prioes for all sorts were all from par to five per oentum above the opening rates. Tbirty-eight bales of wool from Ane* tralian sheep which were imported inttN Mombassa in 1905 sold at anotion in Lon-' don and realised lid. Tbe woolbrokers in their report do not regard the experiment hopefully. An Australian wheat oargo sold at fils. At the wool sales Americana are competing keenly for Merinos and fine crossbreds. The Kekerangu dip sold at lOj-d, Tariki 12Jd. At tho tallow auotions 976 casks were off—ed, and 500 sold. Prioes are unchanged,

PRESS ASSOCIATION Napier, last night. The Colonial Consignment aod Distributing Company, London, has cabled today :—Froz-n meat market : Mutton, Canterbury 3j;d, Napier, Wellington, and North Island 3£d ; lamb, first quality 4§d, second 4£d ; beef, hinds SJd, fores 2|d.

SALE AT MATAWHERQ .YARDS,*

There was a good attendance at tbe Matawbero stook sales yesterday. Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. and Dalgety and Co. had a yarding of about 2COO sheep. Tbe demand for ewes waß slack, but there was good demand for hoggets. A line of 386 store wethers brought ISs, a line of light fat wethers 38j lid, and a line oi wethers and hoggets 36s 3d. About 200 head of cattle were yarded. Taere was a fair demand for yourg stook, but cows ware not in demand. The following prices were obtained : Seven heifers in calf £2 17s 6d, 7 empty oows £1 16s, 9 cows in calf £3 ss, 8 springing heifers £3 7., 5 light beef cows £4, 22 empty heifers £2 16j, 1 fat oow £3, 1 heifer £3 15s, 51 Polled Angns heifers £2 10s. Messrs Willisms and Kettle and the N.Z Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. had a yarding of close on 5500 sheep. Messrs Williams and Kettle report: Large prioes were received for hoggets—belter than any recorded this soasoD, but tbe demand for ewes and lambs waa not

as brisk as at previous Bales. A good line of ewes carrying 100 per cent, of iambs was passed in at £l, but was afterwards, disposed of at £1 O 3 61. s' There was a heavy yarding of cattle. Dairy oows and young stock were in poor demand, but brisk competition was evinoed for good lines of three-year old store bullooks, two lines being sold at £5 There waa a fair demand for butchers’ beef and a light supply, Oa the whole tbe sale was rather a dragging one. There should be better demand at future sales as the spiing grass is coming od.

The following prioes were realised by Messrs Williams and Kettle and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. 49 hoggets 15s 41,19 hoggets in poor condition 11s 53, 3 ewes and iambs 11a 6d 150 - hoggets (mixed sexes) 11 8 iod, 76 empty ewes 11s SI, 92 fat and store ewes 10a 9d, 160 hoggets 11s 6d, 10 oull hoggets 5s 4d, 31 fat ewes (prime lot) 20s, 26 prime fat wethers 21s, 29 prime fat wethers 23a 35 oull ewes 4s, 56 hoggets 133. 58 wethers' 20s, pen ewes 13a 6d, 60 ewes 14s 6d, 243 ewes and lamb 3 (good line) 20s. 224 hog. gets 14s lOd, 224 do (good line) 163 pen fat ewes 18s fid, 7 fat owes 15s, 1