COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10447, 12 October 1911, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph—Special to the Age.) JOHNSONVILLE, Last Night. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnson ville sale as follows—The yarding comprised :i heavy entry of sheep and lasnubs and a good one of heavy bullocks. There was a large attendance of buyers, and both cattle and sheep sold well at late rates. Extra heavy bullocks made £ll 17s 6d to £l2; heavy bullocks, £ll to £ll 7s 6d; lighter, £lO 12s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; extra heavy •wethers £24s 6d; good wethers, 21s to 21s 8d; prime shorn wetiliers, 17s; prime heavy ewes, 22s 3d to 22s 7d; prime owes, 21s to 21s lOd; plain ewes, 19s 4d; •prime shoni ewes, 16s 4d; stags, 18s Id; extra fine heavy lambs, 17s Id to 173 lid to 18s 2d; prime lamibs, 14s, 14s 4d to 14s 6d'; sows and suckers, £3 10s to £3 18s.

PAHIATUA STOCK SALE,

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—We offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, and have to report practically a total clearance. The quality of the sheep yarded was well above the average, and elicited strong competition. Cattle were represented principally by dairy sorts, which sold well. Quotations:—Fat wethers, 17s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 18s; fat and forward ewes, 14s to 16s; fat hoggets, 17s 9d; good ewe hoggets, 15s 7d to 15s 10d'; good wether hoggets, 12s 6d to 16s; small hoggets, 7s 3d to 10s; cows in milk, £7 ; : springing cows, £5 12s 6d to £6; empty cows, £3 5s to £4; springing heifers, £4 15&' to £6 58; backward "hieifers, £3 7s 6d to £4; empty heifers, £2 to £2 18s; bulls, to £5 12s 6d.

MASTERTON STOCK SALE,

Messrs Abrahamtaiid Williams, Ltd., report on their Masterton stock sale held at the Solway yards yesterday as follows:—The yarding of both sheep and cattle was a small one #s compared with last week, our offering comorising ten pens of sheep arid four small pens of cattle. The demand.; for sheep was not equal to tlhe previous week, nor was the quality, with one or two exceptions. The bulk of our en-; try, however, changed hands at vendor's anticipations:—Hoggets 13s to 14s 8d for good sorts, and down to 9s for culls; fat ewes, 20s; yearling steers, £3; springing heifers backward and small, £2 12s 6d. A quantity of harness offered made fairly satisfactory prices, but not as good as previously.

SHARE MARKET.

AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS. Mr J. ■T. Honary^narebroker, of j Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs, C. O. Ross and Co., his Mastertou; agents), reports the following quota-; tions of business at the first call of the, Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday morning:— ''

PERMANENT QUOTATIONS

Messrs C. C. Rosa and Co., report the following quotations on the Wellington Stock Exchange. Permanent stocks. Bayers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ ». d. National Bk N.Z. 6 16 6 2 0 Wellington Meat Export £5 6 6 0 Wellington Meat Export, £2l2s 6d 8 5 6 Wgtn Wool, pref. £ 1 0 Wgtn wool, ord. 4 16 WestportOoal 19 8 N.Z. Drug 2 10 6 TaranakiOil 18 ? Taringamutu 22 9 24 9 Union Steam 22 0 Taupiri Coal 1 J « Westport Stockton 2 0

LOOAIj QUOTATIONS.

Buyers, Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Worksop dredge 2 7 0 210 0 Success dredge 1' 0 0 Masterton dredge 10 .0 Wellington Farmers' Meat, ord. 3 10 0 Wellington Farmers' Meat, pref. 3 10 0 Taringamutu 2 0 0 2 4 0 Grand Junction 1 15 0

MINING- ' 1 SeltareBuyer«(..j £ s. A. £ •.'*] May Queen 2 5 2 4; New Sylvia 1 8 1 7. Saxon. 1 8 1 6 WaiotaJii 3 4 3 2 Waitangi 3 3 3 1 Watchman 1 11 1 -Si Ross 2 1 1 10: Crown " , 3 0 2 11 Talisman 6, M. 2 11 3 2 10 9 Waihi 3 10 3 3 9 3 Waihi Extended .■.v''lll-.. 1 9 Waihi Gnd. June. 1 ,15 0. 1 14 6