BOWLING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1988, 25 January 1907, Page 2

BOWLING.

The following games were played at the Gisborne Club’s Green yesterday the weather being beautiful: —Redstone. Ileiinessy, H. Lewis, Ainbrklge (16) lost to Hagen. AY. Pettie, AYilliam, Craig (34). ’ Rosenberg, E. Lewis, AYallaee, McGowen (17) lost to Miller, Pavitt, F. Pettie, Euro (24). Handicap Pairs. Neal and Robertson (28) boat Colebrook and Crawford (16). Anderson and Hookey (12) beat AVilliams atul AYallaee (13).

COMMERCIAL. LONDON, Jan. 23. At the wool sales merino and' line crossbreds have firmly maintained their values, but low crossbreds arc o tier cent, below the opening rates. Silver is at 31 7-10; copper, spot, 1071, three months H)Bj ; tin, spot, 102:1, three months 1931; lead 19J. Wheat: Sixteen thousand quarters of South Australian January shipment sold at 29s (id; 10,000 December shipment at 30s. Wool : Following were the average prices for the fleece portions of the clips named: Stonyhurst 12:ld, Gear At the tallow auctions 1092 casks were offered and 912 sold. Fine mutton is at 38s 3d, medium 355; fine beef 3(3s fid, medium 345. Press Association N A PIE 11, y esterd ay. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company to-day cabled the following report on the frozen meat market: Values of mutton and beef continue to decline. To-day’s quota tions are: Napier, Wellington, and North Island mutton, 4Jd; beef ,hind quarters. B|d; fores, 2«d. DUNEDIN, yesterday. The wool sales lasted from 2 p.m. till after 1 o’clock this morning, when all but star lots and single bales were offered. The irregularity characterising part of yesterday’s sale was hardly so pronounced towards the close, and some selling brokers quote a slight rise in best descriptions of half-bred and crossbred compared with the values of December sales. Nieholl’s Abbotsford station cl i p topped the sales at lOd. The apathy and disinterestedness of some buyers was in marked contrast to the previous sales. Continental buyers bid fairly well, but at reduced markets on the whole. Yorkshire buyers were particularly indifferent whether, they secured any lots, except at a reduction of a penny on December prices, or at their own prices. Well-grown Otago wools were eagerly competed for, realising prices almost on a par with the extreme rates of December. Prices, generally speaking, wore decidedly easier. In response to cabled information respecting the London and Sydney markets, buyers were indisposed to purchase freely.- A large number of lots were passed in. At to-day’s wool sales 15 jd was the to]) price for two lots, comprising (57 bales. Halfbreds realised up to 14 fid; super three-quarter and crossbred to 131 d.

MATAWIIEIiO SALES. There was not a large attendance at the sale at Matawhcro yesterday, and the demand was poor. Messrs. Common, Shelton and Co., Ltd., and Dalgety and Co., Ltd., had a yarding of about 650 sheep. 134 4-tooth store wethers were bought by Mr. Mclldowie for 14s sd, and ,296 shorn lambs (in forward condition) by R. Scott, at 7s 6d. A pen of 4-tooth and one of 2-tooth wethers were passed in at 14s and 13s 9d. The cattle market was also very slack. About 60 head were offered, and some sold under the hammer. Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.,had about 50uv sheep, mostly young stock. Many pens were passed in, but a few found purchasers as the sale continued. Fat wethers brought from 14s to 15s Od, and fat ewes 12s 2d. A large number of 2-tooths were offered, but the demand was slack. Ewes sold at 13s 4d, and a pen of mixed sexes brought 17s 7d. The prices were as follow: 24 fat wethers, 15s 6d, E. T. Harries; 50 do., 15s, D. Lougher; 10 fat ewes, 12s 2d, J. Mclldowie; 6 ewes (in poor condition), os 9d, R. J. Witters; box cull lambs (mixed sexes), 2s 6d.; J. Mc.Gregor; 26 2-tootli ewes and wethers, 12s, W. Bruce; 41 lambs, Ss 7d, Shanks; 6 fot wethers. 14s, W. Bruce; 182 2-tootli ewes (well grown and in good condition), 13s 4d; T. McGregor; 7 small woolly lambs, 4s 6d, H. Nicliol; 22 mixed 2-tootlis, 17s 7d, R. J. Witters; lien of lambs, 10s Id. J. Ross; 15 Romney rams (bred in Wairarapa), 2os, C. O’Connell and J. C. Field; 1 Shropshire ram, 10s, W. Jobson; pen of ewes' (in poor condition), 5s 7d. AY. Jobson; 99 small lambs, 3s sd, -F. Reid ; 39 ewes and lambs (in poor condition), all counted, 2s lOd, F. Car roll ; small pen of ewes, 10s 4d, J. W alker ; 194 sound-mouth ewes, 7s Id, AY. Jobson; pen of do., 7s lOd, R. Boyd; 512 five and six year old ewes, 13s 3d. C. O’Connell. Figs: There was a small yarding of pigs, but the market was not so brisk as usual. Two porkers brought 30s, three pigs 12s and 13s. Cattle: About 400 head of cattle came forward, but tlie sale was slow..

Messrs. AA 7 illiams and Kettle, Ltd., have received the following report fiom tlieir London agents, under date December 15 :—A\ 7 ool: The sixth and concluding series of colonial wool sales for the current year, which commenced on November 27tli, closed on the .7tli inst Throughout the series very animated competition has been evinced by all sections of the trade, American and English buyers operating with the greatest freedom, but Continental operators, on the other hand, were somewhat reserved. Merinos at the opening showed an advance of 5 .to 10 per cent., the improvement being most noticeable in the case of well-grown greasy wools, and also on inferior and faulty scoureds. At, this level prices were well maintained throughout, the last few days of the series, perhaps, being the. best. In cross-breds, the finer greasies at tlio ojJening appreciated 5 to 7) per cent., and the coarser descriptions 10 per cent., and with active competition this livel of prices was well maintained until the close. The greatest appreciation, perhaps, is noticeable in the coarser descriptions of cross-breds, caused to some extent, undoubtedly, by the covering requirements of the “bear” operators, who made heavy sales of tops for forward delivery, and have now to secure wool to fill tlieir contracts. Slips and scoureds, which at last sales mot with rather a sharp decline, have been in excellent demand, and have improved to the extent of 5 to 7-J per cent, on mediums, and 12J per cent, on coarse qualities. As compared with the closing rates of September auctions, we now quote the following changes: Merinos, greasy, fine or superior, Id advance, medium Jd-ld advance, coarse oz’ inferior par to WI advance; merinos, scoured, 1-Jd; crossbreds, greasy, Id, Id, Id; crossbreds, scoured lid, Id, Id ; slipes, Id, lid, l-Jd advance. I would appear that the general trend of. the market is towards the finer descriptions of wool, and it is probable that values for these will be upheld for some time to come, but in the case of the coarser descriptions of cross-breds, it is doubtful if these will hold their own after the January sales, as when the full weight of the clip is felt upon the market, the anticipations of those who should he best able to judge are that some setback will have to be faced, and that it is not improbable same might amount to 15 or possiblv 20 per cent' On the other hand, it is only fair to state that machinery seems to lie particularly well employed, and with a continuance of those conditions, it is possih’e that the set-back may not bo so serious. Of the quantity sold about 55,000 hales have been taken for export, including some 8000 bales for the United States. The next series of sales will commence on the loth January, and is limited to 180,000 bales . * Frozen meat: During the pasl three weeks the . demand has been zory slow, but owing to the supplies being very short, values arc web maintained. In the ease ot lambs, the market is practically bare of stocks, and .the few carcases available a>'e fetching almost any price. There is very little doing in frozen beef AA’e quote present Suiilifield prices as l.i dor; New Zealand mutton, best 3 1 2s lOd to 3s; Now Zealand lambs, 4s 6d to 4s Sd (nominal) ; beef, fores 2s 2d to 2s 4d, hinds 2» 6d to 2s 8d