COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 76, 20 March 1914, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Morantile Agency Co. have received the bllo.wing cablegram, fr.ojn their jCbnion .House under data'l7th March:— As compared - with .last sales, closng rates, prices are .higher about 5 >er cent, for .medium .greasy cross>red, and higher about o per cent, to '.} per icent. for scoured crossbred,

greasy merino super, scoured merino super, medium crossbred slipe, fine :rossbred .slipe, and higher about 7J >er cent. to. 10 jjer, cent, for merino nedium and inferior,,.;,coarse greasy ■rossbred, coarse crossbred slipe, and

tie greasy crossbred. 137,000 bales of

\vool sold at the, sale.s,,.of )00 bales . were, taken, ,for the nCohti'lent, and 17,000. bales for '-OOQbales- of wool being .held, ov.eT.. Sales closed Avith good competition,.

Webster, Dobscn anti Co.'s Stock ,y. • Report.'.' . Km3v# At Strathmore on Monday vv.e : held

r usual, monthly sale, meeting a

I fair .yarding of cattle and sheep. There \ 'vas. a good attendance, and competition, was fairly keen,,,kp pen being sold at the hammgr, or after. We j quote: —Heifers and calves £4 lis to \}£4 15s, in calf heifers £3 19s, fat 'cows £6 10s, store cows £4. ,1s to £4 19s 6d, bull 655,' forward e'w"e s H s 6d Id 12s 10d, pull-ewes. 7s 10d... A{; Strathford, on Tuesday, we had a.full yarding. Competition was brisk, almost every, pen. being sold '.at,.the. hammer. Weaner steers 26s'.' 6d to ' 305,. weaner heifers 18s" to. 28s, "20-, •mon } tii steers (with color) 50s, t 0.585,.585, empty heifers £2,12s 6(1,t0 £3 ,0s 6d, l>ulls £4 Is to £7 lis, lambs, lis, cull do 5s to 5s 6d,- store cows, (old) £2 Is to £3, fresh do £3 10s to. £4 10s, forward.'do! £4. 15s to £5 :195,. fat do.£6 3s to £6 12s.

We report private sales as follows: Cull.lambs. 7s,_ 65,..6s 3d, ss, 6d,- lambs Bs, 10s, 7s 10d, 8s 6d, Bs'3d, ; .ewes 13si 13s 3d, 10s 6d, 14s 1 6d, 13s 9(1, :l2sflod, 15s, 14s. lis, 2-tooth ewes 16s, 15s 6d, Komney rams 2 i to 2£gns, 2-tooth Lincoln {rams, £5 ■ ss, fat cows £6, £7, £7 ss, £6 15s, store cows £5, £5 ss, £5 10s, £5 17s Gd, £4 15s, £4 8s 6d„ £4-,1,7s 6,d, wethers 17s 9cl, 17s, 16s, 16s 6d, Holstein in calf heifers £6, 10s, fat.bullocks £9, 20monjth steers £3 ,5s to £3 17s 6d, weaner steers 255, 28s, 30s, 32s 6d, 31s, weaner heifers 255, 28s, 30s, fat wethers 19s, 18s 3d, 17s 6d, 19s 3d, fat ewes 15s, 15s 3d, 16s, 16s 6d, 16s 4d, 16s 7d,. fat lambs 14s, 13s, 15s. j

Matthews, Gam Jin and Ca.'s Report. Co. report :i good yarding at their sheep and cattle sale in their Inglewood yards last Wednesday..,. Bidding was fair for all classes of stock, with the exception of empty • heifers, and most of the stock yarded were disposed of at the following prices:— L F.m. ewes 6s 6d, 7s 4d, to Bs, ewes mixed ages 9s 6d to 13s, fat ewes 15s, lambs Ss 3d, 8s lid to lis, woolly do 8s to 9s 4d, cnll rams 5s to Tf)s, 2 and 4tooth Lineolns I.J and ijgns, Romnoy,do H to 2gns, store cows £3 to £3 15s, fat and forward do CI to £5 ss, springing cows £6 10s to £7, fat cows £6 10s, hulls £3 to £4 12s fid, old and thin cows 25s to £2 ss, mixed weaners (good) 2*6s fid to 31s, heifer weaners' 20s to 235, Jersey do, 30s. "We also report the sale of Mr Kilpntrick's 214 acres at Wajongona," and Mr A. Life's'6-rooine'd house pnj, the\ Junction Road.

(Contributed.)

It is within the memory of lots of people who still inhabit our beautiful town when our present day sheep country out back was unstocked with our woolly mortgage-banishers. It was considered in those days almost impossible for sheep to thrive under oui climatic conditions, while it was true that it was almost an impossibility tx convey them to new pastures, owing to the roads in those days being seven or eight feet under New Zealand',-, soil. Still, several of our early pioneers successfully accomplished tin. hazardolir teat. Woll I remember the drovers remark whose misfortune h was to take the first flock Tututawawards. "Hang me," lie said, "I don't think I'll get. half them there, and iff a sure thing they will never get them back here again." The' position today is that countless thousands roam the rich uplands where in days gone bj they could bo counted almost on one't. fingers. In order to marshal theii flocks landholders had perforce tt seek the aid of man's most faithi'u friend, the working collie. lam afraic. our J;own dwellers have small appreci ation of his wisdom and his sterling worth, seeing him only as they do perhaps, threading his way dow, Broadway, or resting near the sale- j yards a mud-stained mass. To know him properly, one needs, to see him at work in the back country where sheep abound, to watch him adroitly rounding up his scattered charges on hilly land, gathering the wandering wethers into close order and driving ! them before him in unbroken companv to the fold, handling the stubborn pack in a narrow roadway, running lightly around to whisper a stern command in the ear of some patriarch of the flock; or holding them in a corner 01, a field under the spell of his vigilant eye. Note him when beyond the sound of call or whistle, how eagerly he watches for the semaphore signal given by his master's directing hand from the distant ridge. He is at his best as a worker, conscious of the responsibility reposed in him; a marvel ol generalship; gentle, judicious; slow to anger, quick to action, the priceless helpmate of the shepherd, of whom he is the business half, and who, regarding the East Road Sheep Dog Trial Club's* fixture as providing the keenest competition to be held.inuSew Zealand, owing to the very best dogs competing for the many solid silvei cups, trophies, and other specials too numerous to mention, selects this trial as the one for his champion to ex hibit his resourcefulness on the 26th and 27th March. The grounds for tin test is picturesquely situated, nestling among the hills of Te Wera. The drive from town is in itself an editing much, to be' appreciated by wean business men, and motorists have aJ their disposal a beautiful road.<.whilst the train arrangements are suitable for those desiring this mode of loco motion. Already a record entry has been assured, and those who have no\ as yet sent their entries are reminded that entries close 'on the 21st with X...1H, Nolan, TevWera. Remembei that it" is the unsuccessful competitor who' makes the-show a success, and that at anyrate these will be able to speak;at the social held o,n tin evening of the day of what they will, do Ho 'em next time. >