COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8294, 24 November 1906, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

EKETAUUNA STOCK SALS KEFORT. |

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as' fellows on their stouk sale held at Eketahnna yesterday:—Tbe yarding comprised a limited entry of cattle. Although but little business was done at auction, ,wifch the exception of one vendor's entry, all of the stock changed hands. We quot«:~-Cattle—3 year old steers £4, 2-year stßers £3 15s, aged cons £2, store cows 255, sow and calf £1 17s Cd, Ayrshire bull £2.

WOOL SALES.

THE CANTERBURY SERIES.

By Telegraph-—Press Association

OHRISTOHCRCH, Nov. 22. The first wool sale of this season's series was held at the Canterbury Hall to-day, and 8,549 bales were offered as against 4,516 bales for the opening sale last year, when the weather for shearing was not so favourable as has been tnis seascn. There whs a large attendance of buyers, 46 occupying seats in the ring, representing American, the Continental, English and looal in terests. Hie wool was not nearly in aaoh good condition as lest year, when it was exceptional in tbis respect. The prevalence of nor'-westers in the spring nad filled the fleeces more or less with earth, and the wool was also fairly heavy in grease. The clips were from fnrma and small grazing rans, noue of the large stations having yet finished shearing. There was keen demand for all clusses of wool, Light conditioned wools were freely bid for on American account, and no striot limit appeared to have been put upon prices. The Home and Continental buyers were buying all descriptions of halfbred and crossbred, and the prides paid are said to be fully a penny above London values. Ihe representatives of the local "woollen mills competed for fine wools and pieoes, but were not large buyers. They took most of the few lots of merino that were offered. Only a small proportion of the wool was passed, the brokers' values 'being reasonable in view of the tone of the market. The number of bales sold was 7,899, The range of priaes during the forenoon was:—Greasv merino, 9d to soper. halfbred 13d to 14% d, medium to 12% d, Inferior to 10jrf>d; Oorriedsle, to 13% d; super, threequarter bred 12d to 13% d, medium 10>2d to ll%d, inferior 9d to super, crossbred 12d to 14d, medium tolled, inferior 9d to lOd; longwool 9d to ll%d; merino pieoes to best halfbred pieces lOd to lid, second pieoes to 9}£d, crossbred pieces 7%d to 9d, looks to 6}£d. Compared with the corresponding •sale of last year these prices are Id to 2d higher for halfbred, threequarter bred.and orossbred. The 'highest prid<sd clips during tbe early part of the sale were:—> Racecourse Hill, halfbred 14% d, 'crossbred I4d; Caahmere .Estate, halfbred 14}£d, threequarter bred 13}4d.; M in diamond, halfbred I4j£d, crossbred 13% d; G, halfbred 13% d, urossbred Aohray, halfbred 13>£d. Halfbred, threaquarter bred, and crossbred reaohed tbe highest prices -recorded at looal sales.