COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10408, 31 August 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 ia good yarding of prime sheep and cattle, which sold readily at the following prices:— Prime heavy bullocks, £ll 2s 6d to £ll 15s, and £lO 10s to £lO 15s; medium bullocks, £9 17s 6d to £lO ss; prime heavy wethers, 22s to 22s 4d; good wethers, £1 Os 4d to 21s; light, 9s od; prime ewes, 19s 3d to 20s.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE

SHARE MARKET.

I Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly sale in (the Solward yards (Masterton) yesterday, when tihey offered a very small yarding of both sheep and cattle, which met with good competition, and a clearance is reported at prices rig|ht up to late rates. Quotations are as follow: —Woolly hoggets, to 12s sd; extra good hoggets, to 13s lid; 12-month steers and heifers, 365; forward cows, £3 10s; 2-year empty hoifers, £3 Is to £3 7s 6d ; 18-months bull, to'£4l/ '

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows :-KEhe entry in ewes, ; with one exception, were inferior sorts. Hoggets were well represented, but prices showed no improvement, a fact mainly due to the .backward growth of grass. In cattle all classes were represented, good sorts selling, but bad class were difficult to quit. In breeding ewes a specially good line of 4 and 6-tooth reached 17s; medium hoggets, 10s 6d; dairy cows in profit, £6; backward sorts, £4 to £5; yearling steers, 45s to 555; calves, 27s 6d; young bulls, £3 to £4; store cows, good condition, £3 10s.

AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS.

Mr J. T. fclcnary. sharebroker, "t Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs C. C. 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 Q. ■■s. Ross and Co., report the foUojivftig quotations oh the WelHngtQnlStock Exchange. Permanent stocks; Buyers'. Sellers.

Sellers. Buyers. £ 8. d. £ S. i). Caledonian 1 5 1 4 May v Qu©en 2 2 2 1 New" Sylvia 2 10 2 8 Saxon 2 1 1 11 Waiotahi 3 1 2 10 Waitangi: 3 2 3 1 Watchman 1 10 Ross 2 4 2 ,;2 Crown 3 0 .2 9 Tairua Mines 1 1 11 Waihi 3 6 0 3 5 0 Waihi Extended 1 $ 1 5 Waihi Gnd. June . 1 3 ,;B 1 7 9

'■•■ £ s - d. £ s. d. National BkN.Z. 6 1 6 6 2 0, Wellington Meat Export £5 '65 0 Wellington Meat Export, £212s 6d 3 5 6 Wgtn Wool, pref. 3 1 0 Wgtn wool. ord. 4 1 6 Westport Coal 1 9 3 N.Z. Drug 2 9 3 Taranaki Oil / 17 3 Taringamutu 2 6 r 8 8 0

LOCAL QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Worksop dredge 2 10 0 Success dredge- 10 0 Wellington Farmers' Meat, ord 3 5 0 Taringamutu 2 8 0 Masterton dredge 12 6 Wellington Farmers' v. Meat, pref. 3 5 0