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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10454, 20 October 1911, Page 3

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TALLOW SALES.

7 United Press Association — Jin Electric Telegraph—Vopyrvjfd. (Received October 19, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 18. At the tallow sales 1450 casks wero offered, and 1105 sold. Quotations : Mutton.: Fine, 38s Gd; medium, 355. Beef: Fine, 36s (3d; medium, 33s 6d. WHEAT SUPPLY. United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright (Received October 19, 10.25 a.m.) LONDON, October 18. The visible American wheat 6iipply ■ is 82,633,000 bushels:. SPRING CATTLE FAIR. The fourth annual spring cattle fair, , conducted by ■Messrs Balgety and Co., Ltd., and the New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., on behalf of Mr R. A. McKenzie, was held at Palmerston North on Tuesday last. There was a large attendance of buy- j era, but competition was not so keen ) as in previous years, owing no doubt j to the dearth of cattle feed in the up country districts. There were 4160 head of various classes of cattle yarded, the whole being well-bred station lines of Shorthorn, Herefords and Polled Angus. As in the past, these were excellently drafted by Mr McKenzie, and the cattle looked well although they did not carry much eon- i dition, the result of the recent dry autumn and winter. Following are the,quotations of' principal lines:—SO yearling Hereford Cross heifers, £2 13s (J. Heckler, Mauriceville); 50, yearling Hereford heifers, £3 14s (H. ! V. Hammond, Lismore, Wanganui); j 176 Polled Angus yearling heifers, £2 10s (Abraham and Williams, Palmers- ■ ton North); 83 2-year Polled Angus | heifers, £3 14s (H. V. Hammond, , Wanganui); 40 2-year Polled Angus heifers (W. H. Booth, Carterton); 45 j cows in calf, £4 6s 6d (Abraham and I Williams, Pahiatua); 94 empty cows ' a.nd heifers, £3 16s (H. G. Hammond, } Himitangi); 49 three-year steers, £5 8s 6d (W. V. B. Pearce, Rangiotu) j 145 Polled Angus yearlings £3 Is 6d (Anderson Bros., Eketahuma); 93 Shorthorn yearling steers, £3 10s , (Anderson Bros., Eketahuna); 300 ' Polled Angus yearling steers, £3 15s (M. Morrison, Mowhango); 250 Polled Angus yearling steers, £3 14s (M. Morrison, Mowhango); 47 Hereford yearling steers, £3 18s 6d (A. J. Toxward, Akitio); 58 Shorthorn yearling steers, £4 (J. Heckler, Mauriceville); 110 2-year steers, £4 2s (Chas. Carr, | Feilding) ; light fat cows, and heifers, I £6 to £7; light fat bullocks, £9 7s 6d I to £9 12s. SHARE MARKET. j AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS. Mr J. T. Honary, sfiarebroker, of Auckland (in conjunction with Messrs C. C. Ross and Co., his Masterton agents), reports the following quotations of husiness at the first call of the Auckland Stock Exchange yestordajr i morning:— MINING-

PERMANENT QUOTATIONS Messrs 0. 0, Ross and vo., report ,- the following quotations on the Wei- i lington Stock Exchange. j Permanent stocks. Buyers. Sellers, j

LOCAL QUOTATIONS. /

Sellers. Buyers. £ | b. A. £ e. d. May Queen 2 4 2 3 New Sylvia 1 9 17 Saxon 1 8 1 7 Waiotahi 3 3 3 2; Waitangi 3 3 3 i, Crown •-'■.-•■'■■'■•■ r,; - 3 3 3 r v Ross - 2 1 1 10 Watchman 1 11 1 7 Talisman 2 11. 0 2 10 9 Waihi 3 9 0 3 8 6 Waihi Extended ' 1 11 1 9 j Waihi Gad. Juv; C . 1 M 0 1 14 6 1

£ s. d. £ s. d. National Bk N.Z. 6 1 6 6 2 0 Wellington Meat Export £5 6 6 0 I Wellingtoa Meat . 1 Export, £2 12s 6d 8 5 6 1 Wellington Trast i and Loan 7 9 6 1 Wellington. Gas, £10 19 0 0j Wellington Gas, £7 ... 10s 15 10 0 ! Ditto, new issue 2 15 0 i Wellington Gas, rights 2 4 Union Steam 2 0 6 Wgtn Wool, pref. 3 0 0 Taupiri Coal 1 2 0 Westport Coal 1 8 6 1 9 0 9 ■N;Z. Paper Mills 1 0 o 1 0 Taranaki Oil 18 0 Taringamutu 2 2 9 2 4 9 Kotuku Oil, 10s 1 10 0

Buyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £ e. d Success dredge v 10 0 Worksop dredge 2 7 6 2 10 0 Mastertpn dredge 10 0 Wellington Farcers' Meat, pref. 3 15 0 Wellington Farmers' Meat, ord. 3 15 0 4 0 0 2 4 0 Taringamutu 2 0 0