Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 December 1915, Page 2

Commercial

IiiV.LV STOUK SALE

.Messrs Dalgety aud Lompany, Limited, Wellington, report having held their usual weekly Levin tale oil Wednesday, when they offered a small eui ry of sheep and a good yarding oi cattle. There w«s a poor attendance oi the public and consequently bidding was not very keen for the stock ofltorid, but by the close 01 the day they disposed of the bulk of the entry under the hammer. Quotations: —

Shorn fat ewes to 225; mixed shorn --tooth wethers I'Js id, .shorn hoggets Ut 12s (kl ; store cows £6 to £5 ss; twoyear steers £-1 12s to JUi J ss; 2J-8-year .steers £(i Ms to £7 Us <)d ; '1-year Bullocks to £13; 18-months neifeitJ £2 12k, 'J3 2s, wwiners 17s (3d, 235, 81s; yearling heifers £3 2s.

WAJKA.NAE STOCK SALE, .Messrs Ualgety and Lompany, Ltd., Wellington, report having held their iisiutl monthly stock sale at Waikanao on Tuesday, when they oliered a small in try ol a sheep and a good yarding . i cattle. The sale was well attended, and they report having had a total clearance under the hammer and pii\atcly. Quotations: — l r at ewes and wethers (shorn) to 24s (id; a line of isniall 4-tootJi wetTu-rs (.shorn) off hills 19s l)d: iat cow* i', - 10s, £7 17s (kl to j?J Is; fat heifers I'c 2s; empty heifers £/ 2s, M 10, Ut £o 2s; store cows to JJ-A i' 2 : IH-moiiths steers £-1 l(5s; 3-year steers £7 15s: yearling steers to £2 in; lorward cows 11 £6".

LONDON WOOL -SALES. Daigefcy and Oonipnny Limited Imvo received tlio following cablegram lrom their JiOiidon House under date of the 7th instant.-For the Bth series then; io a fair .selection. The attendance of buyers is goo'd, and coin petition animated. Greasy merinos and sliafty scoureds show an ndivance of 3 per cent t) 7J per cent. Good faulty scon rod o per cent deaivr. (Jreas.v eroKsbreds have advanced 7 J io 10 per cent. Catalogues aro comprised mainly of fill pes which are from par to .> per cent higher "