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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9004, 18 November 1907, Page 2

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HIGH COMMSISIONEB’S REPORT. Per Press Association. Wellington, November 18. The Jligli Commissioner’s cablegram dated Loudon, ; November .18, is as follows The mutton market is quiet, _ out steady. Stocks of New Zealand ; are light and firmly held in few hands. River Plate mutton is in large supply and is being strongly pushed for sale. Canterbury mutton 3 q.d, North Island ,3-HJd. There is good demand for all lam o considering the lateness of the season. Canterbury 5%d, other than •Canterbury 51^1. The beef market is dull ami supplies of River Plate arc heavy. Hind-quarters 3Qdv foro-quarters 2%d. „ , , The butter market is firm and demand good 1 in anticipation of small .arrivals for some time, although buyers are holding hack expecting prices to go lower. Choicest New Zealand 118 s, Australian 117 s, Argentine 117 s, Danish 12:25, Siberian 110 s. The cheese market is quiet, with less demand. ~Canadian manufactures average G2s, per cwt. The (hemp market is qmeu and prices irregular as the demand is principally speculative. New Zealand good fair on spot is quoted at £3O. Fair in the same position £2B 10s, both quotations being nominal as nothing is offering hero. JanuaryMarch shipments are quoted: Good fair grade £2B 10s, fair £27. Fair -current Manila, of which a largo supply is expected, is quoted at £2O 10s. , . The cocksfoot seed market is quiet and buyers are not keen to do business. Prices are firm at 75s per cwt. The supplies from the River Plato for October 1007 are as Mutton; Loudon 57,533, Liverpool ■162,700, Hull 7,317, Newcastle 7,080, Southampton 3,297, Cardiff 3,100, Ireland 000, total 750,827; lamb; Liverpool 317. The following are current quotations for Bradford tops: 36 s (low crossbreds) Is 2,L t d, 40’s (low crossbreds) Is 36JVI, 4-i’s (medium crossbreds) Is lOd, sC’s (quarter-breds) 2s, 60’s {Merinos) 2s 3?.(d.

STOOK REPORT. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and 00. report as follows : —At onr Wanganui sale on Wednesday, l3tli instant, wo had a yarding of OJOjoattlo, 450 sheep, and TO pigs. Although cattle on the whole wore somewhat easier, wo sold out all the various pens of mixed cattle, with the exception of two pons of 3 year steers. Only a few sheep i'camo forward. J*igs of good quality sold at late rates. Wo quoto—Fat bullocks £O, fat cows £5 to £5 10s. light fat bullocks £7 10s, forward heifers and ‘Claws £2 las to £3, sto*p cows £3 to £2 10s, 3to year bullocks £3 to £5 ss, 2K to 3'year steers to £4 11s, 3 year steers, £3 to £3 7s, cows and calves £2 10s to £3 13s, well bred mixed yearlings 395. others 25s tc 2iS 6d, empty heifers £3 2s to £2 Bs, light fat cows £4 10s, good cotvs in milk £3 5s to £5 10s, others £3 las to £B, 3 and 4 year bulls £3 7s to £4 10s, yearling bulls £3 10s £3 ss, prime shorn fat ewcs-lTsCd, fat ewes in wool 22s 3d, fat wethers in wool 25s 6d, woolly hoggets IC.s Oil, pigs (choppers) £3 10s to £.3 15s, host porkers 34s 6d to 425, good porkers 39a to 325, others 24s to 28s, stores 18a 6d to 21s, woanors 10s to 12s Od.

Messrs Dalgety and 00., Ltd., report on their Feilding sale of the 15th instant as follows: —Wo had a very fair yarding of sheep, all of which were disposed of hut one pen, at prices as below: —Wether hoggets 16s 5d to 16s Gd, shorn forward empty ewes 12s 3d, empty shorn owes 10s 4d. FEILDING MAREKT REPORT.

Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co., Ltd. , report on their Friday’s sale : To a good attendance of buyers we Offered a fair entry of pigs, jionltry and produce. The pigs entered were of a good class. Competition was keen and prices showed a marked improvement on last sales. Figs: Woauors 10s to 13s Gd, slips 14s to 15s, small porkers 17s, good porkors'23s to 30s, sows 50s, to C2s. Poultry: Hens Is 3d to 2s 7d, Roos- ' ters Is 7d to Ss'ld, ducks 2s to 2s od; all at each. Produce: Pig potatoes ,8s 9d, seed ditto ss, table ditto 10s > to 18s, rhubarb Gd per bundle. WOOL SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.,,report on their first wool sale of the season, {held at Welliutgon, AS follows :—Tlie total offering com- ■ prised about 1500 bales, and there was a good attendance of buyers. Our catalogue was small owing to the lateness of the season. Bidding was slow from the start, and a very • small proportion of the wool offered wrfu sold. Owners have not yet .realised that wool has receded in

value, and the reserves placed upon the wool precluded much lausin • being done. The difference m value now and this time last year Id to I}o lower. Wo passed i ordinary medium crossbred woo's B>.<d to 9d and good clean Romney at'OJKd to 9%rt. GRAIN AND SEED.

Messrs Kayo and Carter Ltd., Christchurch. report as_ io lovvs Wheat: Milling Tuscan as lid to G,, milling pearl Os to Os hi. mill •» Hunters as Hu to -fis, towl « uo.it .. ‘Hi to 5s Kid, f. o. b., Lyttelton, sacks { extra. Milling wl.oat: The nuu-vct , as easier in sympathy with Aortw lian.markets. Fowl n ‘ ton cally unobtainable. t,'. ;,,i' L i, i 4s id to ‘ls 2d, B Gar ton 3k Ihl to-is, Iparxowbills 3s lid to 4s, DanishMs lOd to 3s lid. Duns 4s Id to 4s 3d, fo.b., Lvttoltou, sacks included. The market is very strong and micos have still further advanced, i ora toes: Table sorts £6 10s to &t 10-’> market very dull. ,