COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10291, 20 July 1911, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE,

(By Telegraph—Special to the Age.)

JOHNSONVILLE, Last Night. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows :—We offered a heavy yarding of prime bullocks and sheep, which sold readily at late rates. Prinw heavy bullocks, £lO to £lO ss; lighter £9 10s to £9 15s; light, £8 5s to £3 15s; prime cows, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d; vealers, £2 14s, prime heavy wethers, £1 0s 7d to 21s 3d; good wethers, 17s; prime ewes, 15s 3d to 15s 9d; medium ewes, 13s Id to 13s 6d; plain, 13s; fair lambs, 10s 2d to 10s 3d.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd,, report having held their weekly sale at the Solway yards yesterday:— Our offerings were confined to sheep, for which there'was a better demand, buyers generally operating more freely, all lots submitted by us finding buyers at auction. The following pr' were realised :—Small 2-tooth wetlu:°» but good woolled, up to lis 7d; twotooth empty ewes, 10s 3d down to 8s lOd.

The New Zealand Loan anfl Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows: —Skeep of ah classes came forward in average numbers, and the quality nearly all through being good, we were enabled to make a clearance under the hammer. The market generally showed a marked improvement. A line of exceptionally good ewes in lamb made . 14s 4d; others ewes in lamb, 10s to 12s. The fat ewes were not a finished lot, making 12s 7d; forward ewes, 9s to 10s 8d; store wethers (only medium), 113 2d; good lambs, 9s Id; others, 7s to 7s 4d. In cattle, a few 3-year steers made £5 6s; dairy cows,' backward, £4.

PAHIATUA SALE

a Messrs Abraham and Williams, Jsitd., report:—At our Pahiatua. sale on Tuesday, we offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle. There was a good enquiry for sheep, all classes being sold at prices in advance of late rates. Cattle sold as usual. Quotations :—Ewes in lamb. 8s v sd to lis 6d; 2-tooth wethers, 3s 6d to 12s 3d; good mixed hoggets, 8s 8d to 10s 9d'; medium ditto, 6s to 8s 4d; wether hoggets 7s 6d; ewe hoggets, dairy cows, £5 17s 6d to £7 ss, springing heifers, £6: weaners, 21s. 255, and 375.

AUCKLAND SHARV. MARKt-

Mr J. T. Henary, sharebroker, of Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs C. 0. Ross and Co., his Masterton agents), reports the following quotations of business at the first call of the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday morning:— MINING--

PERMANENT QUOTATIONS

Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Gualter, Dykes, and Co., of Wellington, report the following quotations and sales:—

Permanent stocks. Buyers. Sellers

LOCAL QUOTATIONS

LOCAL SALES

Sellers. Buyers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Caledonian 1 6 1 3 May Queen 2 5 2 3 New Sylvia 3 8 3 7 Saxon 2 6 2 5 Waiotalhi , ' 3 0 2 10 Waitangi 3 4 ' 3 3 Watchman ' 1 11 1 9 Ross 2 0 1 i) Old Hauraki 2 1 2 0 Crown [ 3 3 3 0 Tairua Mines 2 5 . ..' 2 4 Wa&i 3 4 0 3 3 !) Waihi Extended 1 9 18 Waihi Gnd. June. 1 8 0 17 6

£ 8. d. £ s. d. National BkN.Z. 6 1 6 6 2 0 BankN.Z. 12 1 0 Wellington Meat Export £5 6 5 0 Wellington Meat Export, £2 12s 6d 3 5 6 Wgtn Wool, pref. 3 1 0 Wgtn wool, ord. 4 1 6 Wellington Trust and Loan 7 12 0 Wellington Gas, £10, 19 9 0 Ditto, new issue 3 5 0 N.Z, Shipping 11 15 0 Union Steam 2 1 3 Westport Goal 1 9 3 N.Z; Drug 2 9 3 Taranaki Oil ." • 17 3 Taringamutu 2 6 0 2 8 0

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. W.F.C.A. l 7 5 0 Wellington Farnters' Meat, pref. 3 0 0 Wellington Farmers' , Meat, ord. 2 15 0 3 0 0 Worksop Dredge 2 0 0 2 5 0 Success Dredge 1 0 0 Taringamutu 2 8 6

Sellers. .£ a. d. Mystery Plat 6 1] Talisman Gold Mine 2 10 6