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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8136, 16 June 1906, Page 3

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NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT.

At the Haymarket on Saturdry small stofe pigs made 10s to 12s fid, pony £2'lss.

it the mart some very nice poultry came forward and solcl at good prices. Old lions lgade Is to Is 3d, pullets Is fid to 2s 8d A large quantity of furniture and sundries \yas disposed of at ordinary prices. Fruit: On Wednesday f Ijeld a sate of oranges and bananas. The fruit ar. rived in very bad order aril prices con. sequently were low. Oran vs made '23 to fis, ditto repackeil 7s !ld, bananas Is to 4s tld per case. There is a fair demand for elioioo apples and pears, very few coming forward. At Stratford on Monday calves met with fair enquiry and sold at slightly better prices making from Ss to 15s, according to quality, 18-months steers 27s to 33s Gd, 2 to 2i-year ditto 43s to 465, IS-months to 20-months heifers 20s to 28s Gd, heifers in ealf 37s to_ 51s, 3-year springing heifers (extra quality) £1 to £4 15s, store cows 17s to 345, fat and foryapi} do, £3 10s to £3 15s. At Raliotu, on Thursday, wcanevs made 2s fid to 10s, calves to yearlings lis to 10s Gd, 2 yesr bcifers in calf £2 15s to £3 ss, store cows £1 Is to £2 Is, fat do. £3 10s to £4 4s, bulls 30s.

JENKINS MATTHEWS AND PIGOTT'S REPORT. Jenkins, Matthews and Pigott report : —We had a big entry of all kinds of cattle at our Urenui yards on Monday last. Bidding was fairly keen and wo sold most lines either at the hammer or privately. We quote : Full-mouth ewes lis 9d, 18months heifers 2ls to 30s, 2-year steers 32s fid, 21 ditto £3 3s, cows in cilf £3 to £3 7s (id, store cows 24s to 30s, forward cows 50s. Mr Madgwirk's cows were a fair lot, and were eagerly competed for, but being rather backward did not realise such good prices as early ealvers would have done, the top price being £4 2s fid. At our Waitara yards on Tuesday, calves made from 8s to lfis, old cows 20s to 295, springing cows £3 to £4 15s, fat wethers 18s fid.

HIDES ANI) WOOL SALE RE. PORT.

Messrs Bewlcy and Griffiths report having held tlicir first woo"! m:.I hides sale on Monday last in Mr M. Jones' lino premises, which are cminenlly suited for the purpose. There was a good entry of all classes, and capital prices were realised for all the lots, vendors' reserves being exceeded in every instance. It is now only a question of obtaining the hearty co-opera-tion of the butchers and farmers at this end of the district, by their consigning to us regularly ;;I! their hides, wool, skins and tallow, to establish these sale* on a basis that will give the consignees much higher prices than they have realised hitherto. We have i the assurance of buyers all over the Colony thai they will attend our sales provided the catalogue shows a fair entry. Our next sale will be held >•:! July 23rd, and every four weeks thereafter, enabling buyers to take the Strut ford and Wanganui sales on following days. Entries should be sent in by July 18th as per advertisement, to enable us to place catalogues in buyers' hands befor. tl'e sale. Prices rea'iscd were as follow :

: Wool 9?d per lb, locks and pieces [ 3gil to ssd per lb, skins from Is 9d (a : poor lot of mildewed skins) to (is 7d for best, hides, farmers lots, cows, from 17s to 21s, hides, butchers' lots, cows, from 22s to 22s fid, hides, butchers' lots, steers 27s to 355, prime heavy ox 35s to 40s, tallow 22s per cut. BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. PER MESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, June 15. Messrs Btieklanl and Son report : Horses.—There was a full yard, with s>i,l competition. Aged draughts harness horses £lO 15s to £lO 16s. or linary £G 5s to £9 10s. At Remuera beef was in full supply, and sold irregularly. Steers made to 2-s per lOOlbs, and from £6 to £lO 10s im'-Ii ; cows to 18s per lOOlbs, and from Co 10s to £7 12s fid each, S'ucop were in modorate supply. Wethers brought to 22s 6d, ewes to22s, and hog-;ets to IPs,