COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 87, 7 December 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

(Received 8.0 a.m A London, December 0. The Remuera’s butter arrived in excellent condition. WELLINGTON AVOOL SALES. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, December C>. At the opening wool sales to-day 10,923 bales were catalogued, aikl about sixty buyers were present representing English, American and Continental firms. Competition was good, though not so good as expected. The most clamant demands came from buyers for Yorkshire and for New Zealand woollen mills. Continental buyers for the most part were represented at the opening ol the sale by purchase of pieces and bellies for the liner grades of wool. The rise was about Id per pound on last December’s prices. A greater advance was looked for in this direction, but on all coarse and medium crossbred wools there was a rise of Ifd to 2d per pound, compared with prices realised at last year’s corresponding sales. Half bred prices today opened at llijd to 12d and 12)el per pound, best crossbred lOd to lOjd. Romney super IOJd to llfd, coarse crossbreds 9d to 9ijel, halfbred bellies and pieces Sijd to 9d, crossbred bellies and pieces 7)d to Sicl, first crutchings 7 id.

Newton King’s Weakly Report. At Kaponga on Friday, 29th, there was a good entry, mostly store cows, which sold very readily and realised as follows: —Fat cows £6 to £G 4s, good store cows £4 7s to £5 Is Gd, small and aged £1 2s Gd to £3 Gs, dairy bulls £8 to £lO 10s, bulls for canning £1 17s Gd to £3 Gs, 15 mouth heifers £3 Gs to £3 7s, dairy cows £5 10s to £7, springing heifers £7 to £8 ss.

On Tuesday, 3rd inst., owing to the very wet weather, there was only a small entry in my Jlahotu yards, with a small attendance of the public. 15 month heifers from £3 3s to £3 9s (id, small £2 (is to £2 15s, empty 2 year heifers £4 to £1 18«, dairy eons £5 Jos to £9, good store eows £1 to £4 17s, small and aged £1 17s to £2 11s. hulls up to £5 17s. t the Haymarket, New Plymouth, on Saturday,' 30th nit., good weaner pigs made 12s (id to 17s 6d, dips up to £1 .'ss, stores from .'sls to 17s (id. pedigree Berkshire slips £3 3s. Private Sales.—Since last report there were the following sales, toge ther w’th a good number of lambs for forward delivery at 10s, fat eows £6 10s to £7 3s Gd. fat bullocks £lO 5f to £lO his, yearling lieifers C 3. 3 t( ‘P-year bullocks £(i 3s to £0 13s Gd. empty 2 .to 21-year heifers £1 9s G Cl 12s Gd, hulls from £3 10s to CP 12s. yearling steers £2 Pis, springuy heifers £5 15s. Holstein heifers y milk £ls, 1 and 6-tooth wethers 15s Gd, 4-tooth wethers 13s 9d, hoggets 12s 6d.