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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 7 December 1906, Page 3

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BURNSIDE STOCK REPORT, Per Press Association. Duucdiu, December 0. Fat cattle.—The yarding comprised 274 head, with a fow pens of prime heavy weigkle. The sale was anything but brisk. Prime heavy weight bullick's brouglit ,£ll to x .i2 15/, good do £g 10 to ,£lO 2(0, light to medium ,£6 10 to ,£8 15/. best cows £i to & 10/, inferior 10 medium £l '5/ 'o #> to/Fat sheep—2OsS penned. A big yarding. The majority of these were medium Quality wc'.he.: and ewes, wiih an odd pen or two of prime sorts. Bidding was somewhat slack, and prices receded to the extent of from I/O to 2; per head. There were very few woolly sheep forwaul. At (he close of the sale \yetii::s were hard to quit. Best slmiu weiiicis 19' to 21/, extra to 24/6, good wethers 10/ to iS;, best shorn ewes |S< to 20,Fat lanil)»— 218 pcnti'd. Tnc maiket showed a slight filming ten dancy. Best iambs 14/ to i6_o\ extra to 17/. Pigs—274 yarded. Suckers an I slips were a triHe easiei, and baconera were firm at late rates. Suckeis 14/ to iG/ti, slips 17/ to IS/6. stores 21 to 2b/, porkers 34, to 30,/, light baconer--43/ to 4S/, heavy bat-oners 51/ to 00/. DUNEDIN GRAIN REPORT. Per Press Association. Diiiicdin, December 0. The wheat market is quiet. Prime milling 3/2} to 335, medium to goo 1 3 1 to 3/2, who'e fowl wheat 30 to 3/4. broken and damaged 2,6 to 2 11, pet bushel (sacks extra).

Oats — very limited shipping business is passing. Fail cons.gnmens I are coming to hand i'rnru the tounuy, but local demands are nut heavy. Prime milling 2/oJ, good to besi feed i/u to 2/i, inferior to medium i,i> to l/iol, per bushel (sacks extra-. Potatoes—owing to arrivals fiom Australia and Auckland of new potatoes, the demand for old sort* lias sla kened, and prices all round show a decline. Prime Dnwdit £w to ,£io to/, medium to good £? to 8 io ; , per ton (bags in). NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, at'u inst, I held my usual monthly sale. The catalogue comprised 1275 sheepskins, 992 hides, 4907 cafskins, 3030 bales, 1 fadge of wool, ISO H)8 horse hair, 13 casks, 11 tins tallow, and 100 sacks bones. Wool and eheepkins advanc d in va'ue, while tallow bides and calfskins showed a decline on tic exceptiona'ly high prices obtained at last sale. 1 quote : Wool.—Flaeoe SJ toiod, hoggets 90', dead 7d to Bd, ctutchings 4id to 53d, pieces 5I to 53d, ocks 4d to 4Jd, The following brands were 6old: two ps reversed fleece 3 bales giA 3 fleece od. J.W.B. dead Sd. do erutchings C and cross hoggets gd M and W. cliutcliings 4i<l. Motuka'wa fleece B?,d, 11.L.V. erutchings Sheepskins: Butchers dry SJd 10 gid, settlers OJd to -SJd, dry iambs B'/|d, part damp butchers' 7s (id to 10s, tattlers up to 8/6, lambs 2/3 to 3/, salted butchers 7/ to g/i, pelts butchers 2 to 2/9. Hides, butcher's. Ox good 296 to 34.0, medium 26/ to 29', iiglit 22; to ->5 6. coe good 27/ to 28/6, medium 22' to 26:, light 18/ to 21/O, settlers' hides badly flayed ami damaged to 18/, yearlings 4/0 to 13 6, according to weight and condition. Calfskins: 2/6 to 3 ft, for sound, cut drv and damaged from 1' up-

Ta'low. in casks: 19/ to 24/ per cut. 2'xouliiig to quarty. lu tins io;'to 22/. . , Horse hair: 1/1 to 1/6, bones *,3 !} p.-r ton. A full complement of buyers attended from North and South, with the result that va'ues were obtained which were equal to any market values ill the Colonv. Mv next sale wrl be held mi 'Tuesday, Sth Jam'aryClients lulling woo] i.i enter siioinn advise as early as possible. WILSON AND NOLAN'S ULPOKT. t)u Saturdav last we penned a fair ~,,1,-v of poultry, which were sold at th, 'following rates: -liens, Is 7d I" •>s .VI: pullets. 2s 2d; chicks, .«! to !ld; diiekliiiL's. small. Is od; ditto, largo. 2s 2,1 (o 2s 8d; turkeys, 4s lid: goslings. 3s: fox terrier, lis. In the mart we sold a huge catalogue of sundries at fail prices. The fruit market lios been brisk. We quote: Gooseberries, .is -!d to 3s; red currants 3s (Jd to -Is 3d; ihcrrics good quality Ss !M to Ills I 3d; peas, yd peck; strawberries, Od to Is 3d lb.'