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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2058, 19 April 1907, Page 2

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Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, April 17. At the tallow sales 1268 casks were offered and 226 sold. Alutton, fine, is at 37s 3d, medium 35s 6d; beef, fine, 365, medium 345. SYDNEY, April 18. At tho wool sales greasy touched 12id, and scoured 25d. NAPIER, yesterday. Tho Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cabled to-day:— Alutton—Canterbury 4d, Napier, Wellington and North Island, 3Jd; lamb, first quality sgd, second 4jd; beef, hindquarters 3fd, fores 2Jd.

AIATAAVHERO SALES. There was a good attendance at tho sale of stock at' Alatawliero yesterday, and there was brisk competition.

Alessrs Common, Shelton and Co. and Dalgcty and Co. sold: 114 twotooth wethers 13s lid, 21 soundmouthed ewes Gs 7d, and 92 blackfaced lambs in forward condition 9s 3d There was a small yarding of cattle, and everything was sold at satisfactory prices: 3 yearling steers £1 each, 5 cows in calf £1 17s, 7 cows £2 16s, 7 steers £3 15s, 21 cows with 17 calves £2 10s, 4 steers £2 19s 6d, 1 fat cow £3 12s 6d, 40 18-inonths-old heifers £2. Alessrs AA'illiams and Kettle and the Loan and Alorcantile Co., Ltd., had an entry of about 4000 sheep. Alost of the yarding was lambs, for which there was brisk demand. Tho sale was good throughout, and for all classes there was keen competition. A few lots passed in found purchasers as the sale proceeded. Lambs sold at 6s 7d for medium to 10s 3d for good sorts, serviceable ewes brought from 12s 3d to 13s 9d for two-tooths. Only a few fats were offered, ewes bringing 11s 3d and wethers 16s 3d. Prices: Small pen fat ewes 10s, G. AVitiers; 200 good lambs 10s 3d, AA 7 . H. Cooper; 240 lambs 8s Id, Mills; 184 empty ewes 6s,R. Jefferson; 662 ewes in lamb 12s 3d, R. Jefferson; 389 lambs 9s lOd, AV. 11. Cooper; 29 old owes 3s Sd, R. Jefferson; 30 lambs in poor condition Gs 7d, R. Boyd; 3S small lambs 7s 2d, Mills; 16 fat and forward wethers 14s, AV. Jobson; 240 lambs 8s Id, O. Omerod ; 35 ewes 3s sd, R. Cameron ; 28 cull lambs 2s, C. Gibson; 60 lambs 8s 3d, R. Cameron; 204 lambs 75,. AA 1 . Alaxwell; 148 old ewes 4s, R. Jefferson; 83 two-tooth owes in lamb 13s 9d, Afossman; 175 woolly lambs 9s 4d, D. Todd ; 10 fabewes 11s 3d, Edwards; 7 fat wethers 16s 3d, J. Russell. Cattle:Over 600 head of cattle were yarded, mostly store steers and heifers. Bidding was slow at the start, but competition afterwards was brisk. Prices were low on an average, and most of the yarding was cleared under the hammer. Prices: 24 young heifers £2 Is, Jefferson; 21fat and forward cows £2 11s, G. AVitters ; 87 fat and forward bullocks £5, Cooper’s estate; 65 young steers £2 10s, Afonckton; 16 bullocks £4 10s, C. J. Parker; 28 steers £3 4s, Saxby; 33 steers £2 12s, Alonckton; 8 steers £2 14s, Saxby; 4 big steers £3 ss] C. .1. Parker; 5 heifers £2, Jefferson; 11 beef cows £3 15s, F. Hall ;11 beef cows £4 10s, F. Hall; 9 light beef bullocks £5, F. Hall; 3 steers £2 12s, 6d, Alonckton ; 18 bullocks £4 17s Gd, Parker; 9 fat and forward bullocks £5 2s Gd, Parker ; 16 young cattle £2 7s Gd, Glasslord ; 12 young steers £1 14s, Denton; 7 steers £2 10s, Saxby; 9 do. £2 7s Gd, Glassford; 7 heifers £2 15s, Jefferson; 7 cows in calf £2 2s, G. AA 7 ittcrs; 1 beef cow £4 ss, Newton; 8 weanors £l, C. Gibson: 19 young heifers £2, Jefferson ; I I weanors £l, C. Gibson; 7 lieifers £2 11s, Denton.

Pigs: There was a small entry ol pigs: 2 weanors Bs, AV. AA 7 ood ; 1 snial pig 12s Gd, R. J. AVitters ; 4 do. 12s Judd; 4 do. 11s Gd, Judd; 2 bacoi pigs £1 19s, AA’oods; 2 porkers £l, D. Gordon ; 3 porkers £1 3s, Caesar.