THE MARKETS.

Shannon News, 19 May 1925, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

LEVIN STOCK SALE. « Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report that at the Levin sale on Tuesday last a fair entry was yarded. Store sheep and store pigs were easier, fat sneep fat pigs and all cattle sold at late rates. Quotations;—Fat and forward ewes 24s 6d, m.s. lambs U&, 13s 2d to 13s 6d, store cows 37s 6d to £i Bs, porkers £2 6s. LONDON WOOL SALES CLOSE ACTIVE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London House under date of the 14th inst.;—Wool, sales closed active with good competition for all good wools. Continental buyers were the principal operators in mermo, good demand from Home trade for crossbred. As compared with last sale's closing rates merino wools creasy 3d to 4d lower, merino wools, scoured 4d to 8d lower,: half bred o-reasy 3d to 5d lower, crossbred fine quality 5d to 7d lower, crossbred medium and coarse 5d to 6d lower, crossbred scoured 5d to 7d lower, slipe wools fid to 8d lower, lambs id to 5d lower. 69,000 Bales catalogued, 43,000 bales sold, 24,000 bales to the Continent, 18,000 bales Home trade, 1000 bales America, leaving 115,000 carried forward of which 90,000 bales have not been offered. Following is the range Qf prices:— Merino.—Good to super 26d to 29£d; low to medium, 19d to 25d. Half bred 56/58.—Good to super, 23d to 26d; low to medium, 18d to 22d. Halfbred 50/56.— Good %o super, 18d to 22d; low to medium, 15Jd to 17d. Fine Crossbred, 48/50—Good to super, 16Jd to 19id; low to medium, i*d to 16d. Fine crossbred, 46/48.—Good to super, 15|d to 17£d; low to medium, 13Jd. to 15d. Crossbred, 44/46.—G00d to super,-lad to 16ld; low to medium, 13d to HJd. Crossbred 40/44.— Good to super, I4d to l&d; low to medium, to 14d. Coarse crossbred, 36/40.—Good to super, to 14Jd; low to medium, m& to 13d. DAIRY PRODUCE. Dalgetv and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London House under date o* the 14th Inst:— Butter.—Market quiet. We quote New Zealand salted 170 s (1725), Danish 178 s (186 s), finest Australian salted 162 s (1625), unsalted 164 s (1645). Total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for April 634,000 cwt. as compared with 375,000 cwt. for the corresponding month last year." Cheese.—Market weak. New Zealand white and coloured 94s (95s to ! 965), Canadian c.Lf. quotation 87s. !

On Saturday morning a man walked into a jeweller's shop in Palmerston North and presented a half sovereign to the shop assistant, asking how much it was worth. On .being advised that it was a genuine coin he was delighted, stating that he had bought it from a young fellow for half a. crown. 'This incident only proves how quickly many folk become ignorant of things not constantly under their notice, one of the two above not knowing the value of the coin in question and the other relieved to find he had not been taken down.