COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 March 1914, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

I WAIKANAE STOCK SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: We held our monthly sale at Waikanae on Tuesday, when we yarded some 2200 sheep and 100 head of cattle. Buyers were present in large numbers, and included purchasers from Palmerston, Levin, Ohau, Mannkau, Masterton, and Pahautanui. Bidding on all lines throughout was very animated, and competition (especially on lines of breeding ewes) was particularly keen. With the exception of two small pens of cattle a total clearance,, of all lots was effected under the hammer at lighly satisfactory prices. The following were some of the principal sales : —On account H. 11. Klder, 4 and 5-year old ewes, 15s vd, IGs, 16s Id; shorn lambs• (small), 7s Bd, 7s 7d; Romney tarns, 81 gns and 4 gns. On account McLean Bros., 4 and ' 5-ycar-old ewes, 15s Od. On account A. Campion, 4-year-old ewes, 15s 3d ;2-tooth wethers, 16s 4. On account J. Grant, f.m. owes, Lis sd; 2-tooth ewes, Kis

Id. Other sales were: 2-tooth ewes (small), Lis 8d to 13s 10(1; 4 and 6-tooth and f.m. ewes (low conditioned) 12s 6d, 14s Id; fat ewes, Ids 7d to 16s Od : fat wethers, 18s 7d; forward ewes, lis 4d to 13s; store ewes, 9s 4d to 10s Id; cull lambs, 4s 9d to (is 8d: 2.1year old steers, £4 12s 6d,'£s 9s"; IS-month steers ,£3 9s Gd; yearling steers,_ £2 17s to £2 18s Gd; weaner heifers, 28s; weaner steers 30s. 30s (id : store cows, £2 1.7s Gd to £3: tat cows. £7: bulk £3 5s (o t'4 7s fid. . LONDON WOOL SALES.

JDaJgetv and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have just received cabled information from their London office, as follows:—"The wool sales have opened, and the

attendance of buyers is large. Competition is very animated. American buyers are operating. As compared with last sales' closing rates, there is an advance on Merinos "generally of 5 per cent, to 71 per cent., fine crossbreds 71 per cent advance, and on medium and coarse crossbreds 10 per cent, advance."