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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 178, 18 July 1908, Page 6

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LONDON WOOL SALIiS. J London, duly 10. At the wool sales the following prices were realised fur the tleeec portions of the clips named:--Xgaio Td. I.ougbuili 7%d. There was very spirited sale with si hardening tendency fur all descriptions. XEWTOX KING'S REPORT. At the Havinarket on Saturday a fair number of pigs came forward. .Slips made 6s to lis (id, small stores 10s to Ills lid. At the Mart there was a good entry of poultry and keen demand, everything selling at improved prices, especially ducks, which sold at 2s llld to 3s 3d; turkeys, 5s to 7s tid: hens, Is llld to 2s 3d; pullets, 2s Id to 3s '2d; cockerels, is to 2s 3d; purebred cockerels, 3s to 5s 4d. Bacon, Bd. A large quantity of furniture and sundries was disposed of at low prices.

Fruit.—Prices during the week ranged as follows:—Hananas (grceul. Os to Is 9d; oranges, 7s Od to 10s 6d; apples, ifs Sd to 10s (id.

At Kaponga on Friday there was a good yarding and brisk competition, nearly everything selling at the hammer. Calves made 13s to2os; 18- to 20-mouths steers, 395; store cows, 30s lo lis Cd; forward do.. £2 Ms to £3 15s; bulls, £1 15s to £» 10s.

Jin. Purdou's dairy herd made:—For early calvers, £5 to £B 10s; aged and late calvers, 35s to £4 10s.

At Douglas, on Monday, there was good competition for all classes. Calves made Us to 20s. 2-year steers £2 12s 6d; forward cows, £2 Ids to £3 8« (id; fat do., £4 to £4 9s; heifers, in calf, £3 12s 6d.

At Stratford, on Tuesday, owing to the rain, all the cattle advertised did not come forward. There was good bidding for all classes, nearly everything being sold at the hammer at satisfactory prices. Calves made 10s to 17s 6d; 18-months steers, £2 ss; 3- to 4-year bullocks, £4 to « lis M; store cows, 23s to 43s (id; fat cows, £3 15s to £1 8s 6d; working bullocks, £l2 5s to £ls. In the daiiy yards, springers made £5 5s to £6; late calvers, £2 12s Od to £3 10s.

VICKEES A STEVEXS' REPORT. Messrs. Viekers & Stevens report that there was a fair entry of cattle In their Inglewood yards on Thursday. Prices were about the same as late sales. Calves made from 13s to £1 Ss 0d; heifers, in calf, £2 4s to £3 Is (id; empy heifers. £1 5s to £1 13s (id; store cows. £1 10s to £2 ss.

E. GRIFFITHS AND (UN DAIRY PRODUCE RETORT. Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. are in receipt of the following market. report from their London, principals, .Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, dated dune 5. 1908: Butter.—Danish: Xo change in prices, with good niiirket. Siberian: ({utility' again linsatisfaetory. hut all butters being wanted, the small shipment is readily cleared, although prices realised are disappointing. French: These butters are the best values offering at the present moment; price's are low in comparison with all other butters, now that the quality is so fine, past week's shipments being of very high character. Irish: With the improvement in quality comes higher prices, orders being more frequent and buyers generally becoming interested. Australian: Again we have to report a good market and speedy clearance of shipments per s.s. Salami's and Onirah, the consumptive demand being strong enough to absorb these right away."Unless conditions alter very materially there will be jio stocks to fail hack on in the early autumn, anil the first shipments of Australian will be eagerly sought after. New Zealand: Buyers are already enquiring as to the prospects of the winter make in this colony, and it is practically certain that any early slu'pped butters will make long figures.

WAIKATO STOCK SALES. The Xew Zealaud Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report:— At our Xgaruawahia mouthly sale on Friday we yarded 300 head of cattle, mostly strong calves, 18-moutb rattle, and dairy cows. A good attendance of neighbouring settlers competed briskly for everything, and we report a successful .sale.- Eighteen-month lo I-year-old steers realised from £2 los to £3 Bs; empty 18-month to 2-year heifers, £1 l!Js to £2 10s; fat and forward heifers, £3 15s lo £4 10s; forward 3- ■ year-old steer*, £5 12s tid: strong steer calyes, £ll6a to £1 19s tid; good calves, mixed sexes, £1 3s to '£l 9s; small calves. 14s to I7s; bulls, £2 Ills to £l.

At our Hamilton sale on Thursday, competition was dull at the hammer, hut ■wo quitted all the sheep and cattle afterwards at ruling prices, excepting a few 18-month heifers. Fat heifers, £5 10s; small fat steers, £(i lis; aged heavy cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; 2- and 3-year-old steers, £5 8s; strong good calve?. £1 8s to £1 17s; smaller sorts, lGs to 19s; empty 18-month-old heifers, £2; dairy cows at profit, £5 los; 120 fat and forward heifers, 18s Gd to 19a; 140 store heifers; 14s 6d to 16s: fat hoggets, lis lid; fat ewes, 14s; sows in pig, £i to £5 Ss.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company report as follows :-rAt Oliaupo on the /7th inst. we yarded 320 head of cattle. Fresh-conditioned 4- and 4Vs-year steers brought £6 10s; 3y 2 - to 4-year steers, £5 10s to £5 15s; flesiiv 3-year steers. £4 12s to £4 19s; 18months to 2-year steers, £3 15s to £4 10s; yearling heifers, £2; choice steer calves. £2 5s to £2 12s; mixed sexes. 29s to 3(>s.

We held our annual Waihon dairy sals on the- Bth inst., and yarded 250 cowsand heifers. There was a large attendance and a good demand for young and sound cows and well-grown heifers. Choice cows made up to CO 5s to £sl os; others, £4 las til'£s 15s i aged and backward cows, from £3 downwards; choice, heifer,. £5 to £5 10s; others. .£3 10s -to ,£4-7s 6d.

At Morrinsville last Ifridav we varded 3000 sheep and JSO head of'cattle. Fat and forward wethers realised 15s tid to 19s 3d: store wethers, lis to 13s 4d; empty ewes. 10s 7d to lis 7d: fat ewes. 15s to 17s (id; woolly hoggets, !ls 9d to 10s; shorn hoggets. <s 3d to Ss 7d; sixtooth to full-month ewes, in lamb. 18s Id: aged ewes in lamb. Ms; fat steers. £7 5s to £8; lighter- weights. £0 7s fid:' heavy fat cows ami heifers. £G 17s to £(> 19s; others, £5 to £5 12s: 15- and 18-month heifers. £l 15,: springing cows. £5 to C 5 12s (id: backward cows'. £3 15s to £4: choice heifers, £5 to £li ss: others. £3 to £4 ss.

AICKLANI) STOCK MAKKrX The New Zealand Agency Company. Ltd.. report: Horses.—At the Durham yards on Friday horses were brought forward in average numbers and sold under steady competition. Heavy draughts sold at from £2B 10s to £3S lOs:'niedium do. £2O to £2B; hacks ami light harness horses. £6 7s fid to £2O. Cattle—At the Xewmarkcl Yards on Tuesday there was an average muster of dairy aud store stock and a full snpp ; v of beef. Dairy cows -old at £3 os to £7 15s: heifers, ti lis <},! to C 5 Lis; empty do., £1 18s to C 3 .><: calves. ]3s to £1 ISs. Beef showed a slight improvement on last week's rales, oxen selling up tn 23s per lOOlh. and cousi from 1 l!)s per KKllh. Steers sold ' at £5 15s to £ll Tn (id; cows' £3 13s to £7 ss. Sheep were yarded in scarcely average numbers and showed m> improvement in prices. Wethers aold from Ms .'id-to £1 -is lid; e\\-0~, Ks lo 10s; ho;.' I , gets, 9s to 15s 9d. Pigs.—Porkers realised .£( ]s to £l ITs: weaners, os 6d to 10s b'd; haeonert. £3 Os to £3 Is. DUKEDIX STOCK MARKET. •At Burnside on Wednesday 213 fat cattle were yarded. Only a small proportion were, of best qualify, which realised full market values. Medium ami inferior were in only fair demand. Tiesr bullocks £ll to £ll 10s, medium £('. IDs to £7 ss. best cows ami heifers £7 Ills to £H Ids. extra CO I.h. medium £fi 10s to £7. inferior £5 to £5 Ids. , Fat sheep (3810 yarded).—Prices, except for best wethers, were not ipiite so good as last week. I'est 20s to 22s

M, good wethers lie (id to 10s, light 15s to ltis 6d; best owes 10s (id to 17s (id, extra 10s. medium ISs (id to Us (id, inferior 8s (id to 1 Is.

Lambs (300 yarded).—l'riees for J?ood ({iiality were the same as last week, but anything not lit for freezing was very hard of sale, liest 15s fid to His (id, niediuni Ills lo 14s. inferior Ills to lis. Pigs (lid yarded).—Suckers lis 11,1 to Us lid. slips 15s to 10s, stores 23s to 2Ss. porkers 38s to 435, light baraners 35s to 50s, heavv 53s to U3-. lid.

ADDIXCTOX STOCK MARKET. At the Addington live stock market on I Wednesday there was a fairly large ru- I try of stock and a good attendance. | Store sheep sold well, as did fat lambs. Beef showed little or no change. Far. pigs were rather dull of sale, and stores were in good demand. The yarding of store sheep was a fairly large one and was made up of very good hoggets, ewes of varying cjualitv (including some of a better class than those usually entered), and several lines of wethers. The demand throughout was good, ewes and hoggets meeting with most inquiry, and for these prices were about Is to Is (id per head above last week's rates, a good clearance being effected. The best line of ewes offered was 121 two-tooth haU'-breds (Romncy merino cross), anil they changed hands at 235. Another line of two-tooth ewes made 17s (Id. Other lilies of six and eiglit-looth ewes in lamb made ISs to 20s, and low-conditioned lots Ills to 13s. Forward hoggets brought 12s to 13s (id and others 10s to ll,s (id. Forward wethers made 15s to Kis 6d. There was an entry of about 4,000 fa I lambs of fair average quality, and there was a good sale throughout for all wellfinished lots. Tegs made 17s 2d to 18s lOd (a few extra to 20s); ordinary freez- • crs, 13s to 10s (id; and lighter, ids Od to 12s Od.

There was a large entry of fat, sheep, including a good proportion of prime ewes and wethers. Competition was chiefly confined to the biitehers, whose supplies were short In consequence of the sninll yarding the week before. The export buyers were able to make few purchases within their limits, and the rise in values of the previous week was well maintained. The range of prices was:—Prime wethers, 18s to 235; lighter. 15s llld to 17s 6d; prime ewes, 17s to 20s (extra' to 21s !>d): medium. 14s to 1 10s (id: aged and light. 0s to 13s Cd: merino wethers, 12s to 13s 7d. There was a small entry of dairy cattle, mostly comprised of dry cows in low condition. Eighteen-month cattle sold at 275; yearlings, 13s to 17s; dry cows. 20s to 50s. Good dairy cows were I in demand, but other sorts were neglected. Prices ranged from £3 10s to £S 10s.

The yarding 0 f fat cattle totalled 341 head, a considerable proportion being lioifers, anil there were somo linos of very "nod The range of prices was:—Steers, .Eii 10s to £ll (extra to .€l2 12s fid); heifers. £5 15s lo ,SH 10s; cows. '.£4 17s fid to £8 ss. one extra £ll 15s (equal to 23s to 25s fid per 10(111). for prime. 21s to 22s fid for medium, and 17s to 20s for cmv and inferior beef).

There was mi average entry of veal calves, and they sold at. 4s fid' to 5s Od, according to si/.e and quality. There was a larger entry of pigs than for a few weeks, and tats were rather easier, but there was a better demand for stores. Choppers made up to £t Ills; heavy baeoners. (iOs to (i7s; and lighter, 44s to 50s (equal to 5%d per lb.). Heavy porkers realised 38s to 45s and lighter 28s to 35s (equal to 5%d per lb.). Large stoves 30s to 3Hs; medium, 20s to 275: and weancrs, 12s lo His.

DIXEDIX GRATX MARKET. Dunedin. Wednesday. There is still uo 'business passing in wheat, as millers will not advance and vendors will not reduce their reserves. Fowl wheat is in fair demand at about lal.',rates. Prime milling is won 1) nmiiiiiallv 4s Id to -Is 2d: seed, 4s 4d lo 4s Oil; whole fowl wheat, 4s to 4s Id; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s Od (sacks extra).

Oats—During the week there has been a little better inquiry for A grade Gartons and sparrowbilljl, but 1! grade and anything off colour are still hard to sell at reduced rates, as merchants hold large stocks. There, has lieoii very little business doing. Seed is worth 2s 3d to :'s Od; prime milling, 2 S 2d to 2s ;i'/ a d; good to liest feed, 2s Id to 2s 2d: inferior and medium, Is lod to 2s (sucks extra).

MASTERTOX STOCK SALES. Dalgely & Co.. Ltd., report:- Owing to very rough weather stock did not come forward as advertised, and buyers were nut, over keen, consequently sales were not effected in any number. Fat and forward ewes 10a Sd to lis Gd, fairly sound ewes in lamb 5s 9d, full-mouth ewes in lamb 7s 6d, wethers 13s 3d to lis Cd. Cattle were dull of sale, and horses rather hard to quit.

WANGAXUI STOCK SALES. Dalgely & Co., Ltd., report:—Owing In very rough weather our entry was simpler than usual, 700 sheep and 130 cattle being yarded. The sheep consisted mostly of fat and forward wethers, for which there was a fair demand. The demand for cattle was brisk, some nice pens of station store cattle causing keen competition. Medium lambs 7s 'ld, fullmouth ewes O's, fat and forward wethers 14s, 3% to 4-year steers £5 Is to £5 3s fid, 2-year steers, £3 Bs, 2'/ 3 to 3-year steers £3 19s 6d, 18-nionths steers £2 17s, forward cows £3 12s 6d, springing cows £:) 17s, old v cows 225.

' AMUSING TONGUE TWISTERS A certain well-known comedian, in one of his most popular ''turns," asserts that when he comes home late at night and bangs the knocker on the door, h.s wife always asks him to say ''Crystal Palace" three, times. If he says the two words clearly, without omitting the "t" in Crystal, his wife knows he is sober and lets him in. Hut if he says " Crysal Palace " she knows he has not been to a temperance meeting, and leaves him on the doorstep until he can *ay the words plainly. And to hear this comedian illustrate ; what a tongue-twister these apparently two simple words are for a man who has drunk none too wisely is one of the most amusing incidents""!! the variety stage. Whether the police have ever tried this simple test of sobriety the writer cannot say; but they have been known to try the following, which is recalled by the dosing of that old Strand landmark, Burgess's pickle and j sauce shop. The man who could not say, "He stood at Hie door of Burgess's (ish-sauce shop in the Strand welcoming him in." has been held to be intoxicated. I'rohably nine out of ten sober people, who tried to say this sentence quickly, would not find it come very trippingly oil' the tongue.

"Anne in an animated manner animadverted on Hannah's inhumanity," and " When a twiner a-twisting will twist hiin a twist, for the twines of the twist he three times doth intwist; but it one of the twines of the twist doth untwist, the twine that inilwistctli iintwisteth the twist," are a couple of good tonguetwisters of which perhaps you have not heard. A companion to "She sells seashells" is "Shoes and socks shocked Susan," while yet another ill which the letter "s" figures prominently is the following: "There was a silly thistlesifter. She. had n sieve of sifted thistles and a sieve of unsifted thistles. This silly thislle-siltcx took her sieve of sifted ' thistles ami mixed them with the nieve of unsifted thistles."

"A glowing gleam growing green'' and "The. bleak breeze blighted the bright bloom blossom " are not easy to say, and the same remark applies to the following three: "Grime's great gilt gig-whip," ".Sarah in a silk shawl shovels'soft snow slowly," and "Say—should such a. shapely sash shabby stitches show?"