Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1916, Page 2

Commercial.

J OidLXSUNiVI LLE .SALE,

Jolmsonviile, Jail. 19 Messrs Abraham ami Williams, Ltd. u-port 011 their Joiinsoiiville sale as I ollows:—A good entry of prime cattio and sheep oauie forward and sold readily at the following prices:— Prime bullocks £17 10s 5o £17 12s 0d; lighter £10, £16 7s Gd to £16 10s Vealers 40s to 41s. Extra prime heavy wetli: s 2"s I'd to % Ju 8d; extra iteavy owes 265; good ewes 20s Gd to 21s Gd ; eitra i.t-avy 1:11111)8 22s Id; prime shorn lambs 17a 6d j plain woolly lambs 14s to 16s. PARAUTAXUI STOCK SALE. Messrs Balgety and Company, Ltd., V.'ellmgton. report having held tlieir Jirst Pahautanui sale of the new year : .Monday when they offered a largo ( utry of both sheep and cattle. There v. as a big attendance of buyers a; t iis fixture and all classes of stock were keenly competed for and liigh juices were realized. They rejort ab •s ilutely a total clearance under th« hummer. Quotations P.M. ewes 16s 4 J, 16s 7d, 18s 3d, 21s 6d; 2, 4 and (5t ioth to f .111. ewes 52s 3d to 245; a lino o; : good! 2-tooth ewes realized 22s 8d; lit and forward ewes to 6d; lambs lis ttto 13s 8d; 2-tootli wethers 21s •5 1, ils Gd, 22s 3d; ramsc 20s to 50s: weaner heifers 27, 30s, 35s 6d; weaner steers 345; empty heifers £6 fat c iws £6 3s, £6 6s, £7 4s to £7 I6s; 3-year steers to £7 15s; springing cows £o, £9, to £11 10s; cows and calves 6s. HIDE AND SKIN SALE. Dalgety and Co. ]7td., report:—At out usual monthly sale in Wellington, we offered a fair catalogue of all classes to the usual attendance of buyers; competition was good and prices for wool were well maintained, while both skins and hides showed an advance of from id to fd per lb. Prices for tallow remained firm at late rates. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Apples choice 8s to Us case; prime 6s 6tl to 7s 6d; unpopular varieties 4s to ss; cookers, choice 5s 6d 6s case; prime 4s to ss; pears, choice 3s 6d to 4s 6d half case; prime 3s to 3s 3d ; stewing 2s and 3s; raspberries 6s 6d to 7s 6d bucket; nectarines 4s to 5s half ease; black currants 8s to 9s half onse; apricots, choice 5s to 5e 9d ; prime 4 ■ to 4s 6d half caso; plums, choice 4.- to 5s half case ; prime 3s to 3s 6d; ' -sums 8s to 10s half case; greengages

4k Gd to 5s 6d half case; peaches choice 4s to 4s 9d half ease, prime 3s to 3s fid; logan-berries 6d to 7d per lb; tomatoes, choice outdoor 9s to' lis half case, prime 6s. Potatoes.—Choice £7 to £7 10s ton. Unions £6 10s to ,C 7 ton. Cnuliflower, choice 13s to 13s 9d • sack; prime 10s to l£s sack ; cabbage. • choice to sack, prime 4s to -"s: lettuce choice 5s to 6s: cucumbers Is <i(! to -Is dozen ; French beans 3d to 3}d lb : rhubarb 4s to 5s 3d dozen; green peas 10s to 12s pari sack: carrots 7s (id to 8s Cd sack ; swediee os, to 6s; beetroot 4s to os sack ; turnips 3s to 4s sack ; spinaefi 4s to 6s ease: ma rows 6s to 7s ; small 4s to ss. h'airlv largo quantities of eggs are coming to this market and at the pros- ' cnt time a good demand is being met r

-.vita at. Is 3d to Is 4<J doaen.