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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 November 1907, Page 5

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WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. Per Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The first wool sale of the season was held here to-day: There were about ' forty buyers present. Bidding was not animated. Prices were on the average from Id to 1 y :: i\ less than at the opening sale of last season, 111 sympathy with the decline in London, though good crossbreds realised within a farthing of the iiest price realised Inst November. Many lots were passed, offers not reaching owners' ideas of value. The catalogue comprised 1700 bales, and the condition generally was good. Prices ranged as follows:—Super halfbred lid to ll'/ 2 d, medium halfbred lOd to 10'/ 2 d, inferior fl'/id to fl%d, super crossbred 9'/od to lOd. medium to inferior 7d to B'/ 4 d, bellies and pieces Cd to B'/ 2 d, stained pieces and locks 3d to 4d, dead 5%d to 7%d, crutchings 4%d to Cd. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarket. 011 Saturday there ivas a f;iir entry of pigs, and good prices were realised. Slips made As to 14s Gd, stores 17s fid to 2.15, horses C 7. At the Mart ducks made 2s to 2* Id, hells Is 3d to to 2s, chicks (id to lid, cockerels Is (id to 2s 2d, geese .'is lid. i*nrnitlire and sundries r>old at ordinary rales. Cattle.—Oll Friday at Awakino I helcl my annual spring cattle fair. Upwards of 1000 head yere yarded, mostly 2 to .IVs-year steers of good quality. There was a good attendance of buyers, an.l the bulk of the pens were quitted at satisfactory prices. Mixed yearlings made 355, heifer do. 30s, 18 1110s. heifers 41s, 2-year do. 47s (id, 12 to 18 1110s. steers £2 10s to £2 15s, 2-vear do. £3 19s, ' 2'/s to 3Vis-year bullocks £4 lis 3d to ! £5 Bs. forward and store cows £3 7s Cd to £4 13s.

At Waiwakaiho 011 Tuesday there was ;i good yarding and attendance. Heifer yearlings made 3(ta. steers £2 5s to £2 10s, 18 1110s. empty heifers 39s Cd, store cows 35s to 50s, forward do. £3 to £3 10s.

At Stratford the same day my weekly heifer sale was well attended, and satisfactory prices were realised for all Springers. (iood heifers made £5 to £O, small and backward do. £3 2s Od to £4 12s fid, cows £4 7s Cd to £C.

At Raliotu on Thursday tho yards were full, and there was a large attendance, nearly everything selling at ruling rates. Heifer c-alvc.s to yearlings made 14s Cd to 225, yearling "steers 4!)s Cd, 2-year do. £3 12s, 18 ntos. empty heifers 30s to 3Ss, store cows £2 10s to £3 15s, cows £5 15s, hulls £2 15s to £3 oa, weaner pigs 8s Gd to lis Cd, store do. 22s to 275.

L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT.

Messrs L. A. Nolan and C'. rep At our yards 011 Saturday we had a entry of poultry for which there wa_

unsatisfied demand. The new bicycles as advertised were keenly competed for and .sold jor £C 10s to £B. Furniture and sundries realised usual prices. During the week we sold a consignment of bananas at 7s Gd to os. Hens sold from Is lid to 3s, roosters Is 9d to 2s 3d, ducks 2s 3d to 2s sd, ducklings lOd to hi Id, chicks lOd. 0 a VIC'KERS & STEVENS' REPORT. \jckers and Stevens report that there wama large muster of cattle in their I yards on Wednesday last, and biddin*vas good for all classes. Mixed from £1 2s Cd to £1 fls Gd, eniAy heifers £1 8s to £1 Ifls. Jersey hei'iVs, empty, £2 12s Cd to £3 7s fid, yi.Vrling steers £2 to £2 4s, store cows tl 15s" to £2 10s, backward and old springe, s £2 15s. tft. £3 15s, good springer. £i to «g," bulls' to £5. YOUNG, HOBITTHTDE, SKIN, ETC I REPORT. On Tuesday, 12th November, v» held | our usual monthly sale of Cue pro- | duce and were pleased.!?- Import an increased catalogue,. i» hides, wool, and sheepskins. Y*ry little of the-new sea-, son's clip,csme to hand. Calfskins arid tallow maintained recent rates, while hides-and sheepskins made a further define. This was most marked in hides of light or inferior quality. The drop in is accounted for owing to . AW decline in price of best pelts in London of from 80 to 100 per cent, as well lis a\ steady decline that wool lias made recently in the home markets. Owing to the, drought in Australia a tremendous number of cattle are being killed, and the hides rushed into the sales, which accounts, for the decline in light hides and «'hic(i also reacts to a certain extent heavier. We catalogued 300 hides, 1500 calf-skins, and 350 sheepskins, as well as a quantity of wool, bones, cowtails, horsehair, etc. We quote: Wooi —Fleece Cd to 7%d, crutchings 3%d to'-JSfd, dead 4'/ a d to 5%d, locks and piei'is i'/ 2 d, lambs' 5%d. Sheepskins—Butchers' woolly Cd to O'/id, inlei'ior 4V->d to 5%d, damaged 3%d to 4,|, short-woolled 4(t to 4 1 /od. damp 4s Cd to 5s Gd, salted settlers' Is Od to 4s \2d, lamb pelts Gd to Od. Hides cow 4d to 4-Vgd, light 3'/ ; d to 4'/ a d, cut and slippy 14(1 to 3 1 / 2 d. Calfskins—flood 5d to G%d, cut and slippy Id to 3Vf,d, slinks 3d. Tallow—ln casks, inferior 23s Gd, tins 17s. \ Horsehair fld\to lOd, cowtails lOd, bones £3 10s. t ■ R. SHARE REPORT. R. Woodliousc reports the, following course of sales for the week ending 15th November, 1007 : lvaranghake, 9d; Champion, contributing, 2s 7d, 2s 6d, 2s si/ 2 d, 2s Cd, 2s Bi/ a d (3 months), 2s 9d (3 months); Talisman, £2 9s (k>. £2 9s (Id, £2 10s; Wuihis, £8 7s, £S 7 sCd,

£8 8s; Auckland Trams, ordinary, £1 3s Od. * WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT.^ On Saturday our new poultry pens were well patronised with a good cnltry of poultry. Prices rules about tlie same as last week, as under:—Fowls Is 7(1 to 2», pullets 2s to 2s 9d, ducks 2s to 2s 4d, cliieks 5d to 7d, lien and chicks\ 7s, Guinea fowls 7s Cd. Furniture following sold ait usual rates. Omata.—Our usual stock sale here 011

Friday was" well attended, and the yards were taxed to their utmost. Prices all round showed an easier tendency, except springers, which were eni'sidcrably firmer. Nearly every lot cli mged hands at prices as under:—Mixed . earlings 27s (id to 38s Cd, yearling lie fers 28s (id to 335, yearling steers 35s to 38s, 3-year steers £3 7s Cd, fat cows tn, cows in milk 30s to £2 ss, empty cows 35s to £2 12s Cd, forward cows £2 15s to £3 13s, ojjl cows 255. empty lieifel}, 35s to £2 ss, hulls £2 to £5 10s, springing cows £2 7s (id to £3 10s, springing heifers £2 15s to £(], yearling Jersey j cross heifers £2 ss, heifers in milk £(i | ss. Next sale Friday, November 20. I'ig pens and horse yards.—We have now completed our pig'pens, etc., at the rear of our premises in Devon street, and will lie glad to receive entries First sale Saturday, 23rd November, 1 p.m.