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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8061, 17 March 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

BEAYLEY AND GRIFFITHS' 1! EPORT. On Saturday last there was a good entry of poultry, and prices were on the usual level, liens bringing lid to is (Id, cockerels Is til to 1» sd, chicks 7d to !lil. ducks Is Id to Is lid. A good deal of furniture and sundries realised a goud s;i!c. Land —We report having disposed of Mr Henry Gray's line farm of 500 acres al Sentry Hill to Mr Hyslop, of i'ueeu-dand. The clearing sale of stock will be held on March 2Sth as per advertisement. We have also sold Mr Nenl's Barret I-road leases to Mr 11. Cocker lor building purposes. MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. . At the Hsiyinarket on Saturday a fair quantity of pigs were sold, wciiners making lis (id to 7s, small stores Us to 14s Gd, good stores 23s to l!0s.

At the Mart there was only n limited supply of poultry. Geese made 2s (id to 4s 4d, cockerels Is (id to 2s lid, turkeys 2s lid, hens 8d to Is 3d. The sp. c a! sale ot furniti re was well atteuded and good prices were realised, Cattle : At AVaiwakailio on Tucsdav, bidding was very dull, and prices continued low. Wcancrs made os to !!s (id, 20 mouths steers llos (id, store cows lilts to 10s, springing do. C2 10s to £■!•.

On AVcdnesday, at Junction Road, Air AVere-Baker's sale of farm ami dairy stock was well attended. The cows were nearly nil past profit, and except for two or three nice looking •Jerseys, there was poor competition, and eventually n good proportion were withdrawn from sale. Cows in milk made 37s (id to £(i 2s (id, mare and foa| Ll'.), 2 year colt Lit Ills,' trap horse LlO, breeding sows LI Is to L2 7s (id.

ADDINGTON STOCK REPORT.

Store sheep: There was a very heavy yarding of store sliocp, totalling over L5,00l), mostly lambs and ewes, and for the latter there was a good sale, a large number oE buyers being present. Lambs were too not- in quite such demand as of late, and the few wethers iffered were very dull of sale. The principal sales were:—Ewes: Half, bred, two-tooth from 20s (id to 20s lid ••ross-bred, four-tooth from 21s 3d to -'ls Hd, mixed ages, young, lCs 2d to 18s 9d.

Fat lambs • For numbers, quality, ind priee the fat lamb market was the best this season. The prices ranged rom 1.5s to Ids 7d for best, and up to 17s 3d for extra. The lighter lambs sold from 1:1s to l is (id, the bulk being taken for export Fat sheep: Prime welhers ISs (id to 21s Id. A few extras sold to 25s lid. Ughls sold from His lo IKs, prime •wes 10s to 17s (id, medium 12s lo 15s id, aged Us to 11 (id. Fat cattle: Steers sold from 1(1 17s ■id to L'.l on, heifers from 1,5 7s Oil to i/> 15s, cuwsfrom LI 17s (id 'o L(i ss, equal lo 2l)s and 21s for prime, and 1.5s to l!ls for cows and medium juahly, ]»er KKIlb. A'eal calves sold .'rom 7s. (i lo 355, and extra to 15s. Store and dairy cattle: ,\ suuffl nixed entry of store catlle met with a <low sale, the principal, line sold being 10 two and a half-year steers at 1110s. Dairy cows sold fairly well from Lli 10s lo 17 15s for best, and 1:1 Ids to Lli for others.

Pigs: Bn(-oners made IDs to 575, equal to :Ud to 3:jd, and in the early part of the sale lo 3d per lb. Porkers so lit from 21s to 375, equal to Id to 'Hd per lb. Medium stores sold from LSs to 2l!s, slips 12s lo 15s, wcancrs lis lo Ills,

N.Z. LUAX A>'D IIKUI'ANTILI ; AGENCY OO.'S ]! lil'OitT.

Stmitkobk, March Hi. The New Zealand Loan and Mercanlile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cable from Ibeir London ollice, under date the 13tli inst :

Wool.—-■ Market opened strong for all sorts. As compared with last sales closing rates, prices are higher by about 5 per eent lo 7h per rent ii,r line crossbred ami Merino, ami alum! In prr mil. to 15 per rout, higher lor coar.-e iTussbred and medium erossbred. ['here is it good American demand.