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Taranaki Daily News, 16 December 1920, Page 5

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LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Dec. 15, n.SO p.m. London, Dec. 14. At the wool sales there was i poor seleetl.n of all qualities, and tiie tone was unchanged. Reserves were (maintained, 25 per cent, being sold.—Aus.-X.Z. Cable Assn. BRISBANE WOOL SALES. Brisbane, Dec. 15. Japan and France are the main competitors for good wools. Prices are 10 to 13 per cent, lower than at last ouctiou, and withdrawals are heavy. PRICE OF TIN. London, Dec. 14. The Malayan Government hn fixed minimum prices for tin, as cabled on December 4. WEEKLY REPORT. Tlie K.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. (Stratford) report as follows:

On Tuesday, the 7th. Inst., we had a good yarding at our Stratford Sole. Store and forward cows, also good dalrjl cows and heifers sold well up to late rates, while several small lines of sheep sold oxeeptlcnally well, a choice pen of ewes and lambs realising £2 12s Cd.' Trices: Yearling steers £4 IDs lid, yearling bulls £4 to £3 ss, store cows £5 to £7 4s, forward ditto t£9 3s to £9 10s, dairy heifers close up £l2 to £l4, backward sorts £7 ]ss, dairy cows, Jerseys to £24. others £lO Ms lo £l9, f.ui.' ewes 2ils, woolly hoggets 2r.s, shorn forward wethers lids lid.

In conjunction with Newton King. Lid., wa luid a full yarding at Koliuratohl on the Bth mst. Entry consisted mainly of steers for which there was a very poor demand, but where vendors mot the' market cattle were disposed of. Prices: Woolly hoggets 235, yearling steers £2 i; s to £4, 2-year ditto £5 2s Ocl to £7, 3-yesr ditto £9 5» to £9 10s, :i and 4-year mixed £lO 2s 6d, forward cows £lO, 2-year heifers £8 10s, bulls, Holbtein £9 10s. vending Shorthorn £6 2s od, Matau yarding was a fair one, hut vendors' reserves were high, and a poor sale resulted. Shorn wether hoggets 19s 4d, ewes 15s sd, ewes and lamb £l, dairy heifers £9, 2-year steers £5 7» Od to £6 Ml, bulls. Shorthorns £3 13s, yearling Jerjeyi £7 Si to