COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10181, 6 March 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET

Mr J. T. Hendry, sharebroker, of Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., his local agents), report tho following quotations of business at the first call on the Auckland Stock Exchange on Saturday morning:— MINING—

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. Messrs Abraham and Williaifis, Ltd., report on their sale as follows: The fifth and last sale of the series was held to-day, when catalogues comprising 2,500 bales 'were offered, to a good attendance of buyers. Our offering comprised 374 bales of mostly heavy late wools. The competition was keen for all sorts, an all-round imnrovement to the extent of -Jd per lb being quoted for fleece wool, whilst pieces and bellies were about on a par. Lambs' wool also sold a shade higher than last quotations. Our top price was lid for some very light conditioned Romney. Some of our sales were as follows: OH fine Romney, lid; WN over 0, fine crossbred, IOAd ; merino, IOJd ; CO half-bred. lOd, 7 oyer; fine crossbred, 9sd; Waiata medium crossbred, 83: to 9i; JM over MAKO lambs, 9d; JBG lambs, 9\d; PH medium crossbred, B£d.

EKETAHUNA STOCK SALE. J (By Telegraph—Special to Age). i I EKETAHUNA, March 5. ! TJio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, report as follows on their weekly sale, held on Friday : We submitted a good entry, of both sheep and cattle. Owing to re-cent-rains a much' better tone prevai'ed, especially for good, sound ewes and wethers, and cattle also'met with * good demand. We .quote—Sheep: Wethers, Us 6d to 12s; 2-th ewes, Us Gd to 12s 6d; s.m. ew»s, IDs 6rl, lis, tolls 4d; cull ewes. 6s Gd. to 8s 6d; shorn lambs. 5s to 5s 6d; cull lambs. 4s Gd to 5s Gd; 3-yr steers, £5 Gs and =£s 2s Gd; store cows, £2 10s, £3 10s, to £4; weaner calves, 30s to £1 Gd. MAKURI STOCK SALE. .Messrs Abraham and Williams, Limited, report having held a most successful sale at Makuri on March 3rd, in yards lent by Mr John McCarthy. They offered a heavy yarding of sheen, comprising the annual drafts of clients,/the quality, of which was highclass throughout. There was spirited competition in nearly every line, Mr H. Coom's 3 and 4 vear-old ewes securing the birthest figure at 14s lid. Quotations —Three and fotir-vear-old ewes. 12s 3d, 13s 6d to 14s lid; 4 and 5-yoav ewos, 9s sd. 12s to 12s Gd; 2 and 4-tootb ewes. 12s 3d to 13d : 2 and 4-tooth wethers. Us 8d; small 2-tooth ewes. 9s 3d: full-mouth ewes. 4s 7d; cull lambs. 2s; full-mouth Romney rams, £1 Is.

Sellers. Buyers. £ .8. rl. £ s. d. Kuranui 5 8 May Queen 1 11 1 7 Mcno'.vai 2 4 2 0 Saxon 2 2 2 1 Moanataire 2 1 New Sylvia 2 10 2 9 Watchman 2 S '2 7 Mt. Zeehan con. 5 3i Progress Mines 12 0 9 6 Bremner's Freehold 5 3 Mt. Welcome 21H Old Hauraki 2 6 ■- P10 4 3 Pride Tokatea 2 1 Crown 3 11 3 10 Talisman con. 2- . 5 0-' 2 4 6 Waihi 3 4 9 3 4 3 Waihi Extended 2 0 : 1 8 Waihi Gnd. June. . 1 5 9 1 5 6