COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10473, 9 November 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE

(By Telegraph—Special to the Age.)

JOHNSONVILLE, Last Night. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows on their Jolinsonville sale: —We ofFered a heavy yarding of bullocks. The demand was slack for all classes, and prices were easier than at last sale. Prime heavy bullocks, £lO 10s to £lO 15s; medium bullocks, £9 10s to £9 17s 6d; light, £9 ss; vealers, 27s 6d; prime wethers, 21s 9d to 22a 6d ; light wethers, 19s; prime shorn wethers, 16s 3d; lighter, 15s 3d; plain, 13s 9d to 13s lOd; prime ewes, 21s; medium ewes, 18s 3d to 19s; prime shorn, ewes, 15s 7d ; lighter, 14s: prime lambs, 14s to 14s 8d; lighter, 13s to 13s 6d; light, 10s 9d to lls6d. 1 . .......

WELLINGTON WOOL SALE

/Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., re-' port as follows: —The first sale of the season "was held in the Wellington Town Hall on, Tuesday, when a total of 1014 bales was offered by the Associated Brokers, out of which we contributed a catalogue of 393 .bales. The wool in most cases opened up clean and bright, and as regards condition was on a par as compared'.with, last sale of last year. As growers will no doubt have observed, the Home and foreign markets have shown a considerable decline as compared with the corresponding period of last year, and, as anticipated by us, values on this .side have shown a lower tendency, corresponding with those prices. Those lots sold at Tuesday's auction realised up to full market rates of the day, and in a number of instances exceeded our valuations. There was a large attendance of buyers, but, owing to a dispute between brokers and buyers, those from overseas refrained-, from bidding. Notwithstanding this, the wool was taken by .New Zealand buyers at prices, as before stated, well up to the market prices of the day. The following table will give an indication of prices ruling as compared with November, 1909, and 1910: —Greasv halfbred. Nov. 1909,12 dto 13£ d; Nov. 1910, lOd to 10* d; Nov. 1911, none offering. Super crossbred, llsd to 123 d, 9d to IOJd, none offering; medium to 8d; inferior crossbred, 6Jd to Bd, 7£d, Gd to 61d'; pieces, 5d to 72d, s£d to BJd, 3id to o£d; bellies, od to 72d, s|d to 7£d, 4d to sd; stained pieces and locks,-2d to sd, 2|d, lfd to 3d ; crutchings x , 4sd to ssd, 4Jd to s|d, 4£-d to iU ; dead, 7jd to 7*d, 7id to B*d, 5d to 6d. The highest prices realised by us were: —Eight bales Romney wethers, on account of A. J. Toxward, Palmerston North, 8d ; 4 bales, Dugald Thompson, Manakau, 7£d; 32 bales crossbred H, Thos, Revan, junr;, 7sd!; 26 bales, crossbred E., T. Morland, at 7|dj 3 bales crossbred, Wairarapa Racing Club, 7|d; and 5 bales crossbred,. C.H. Kerr, .7-|d. We are now 1 receiving wool lor our next sal eon the 4th December, ■( catalogues for which will close on 'November 28th.

PAHIATUA SALE

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Pahiatua sale as follows: —We offered a small yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle to a. good attendance of buyers, and we have to report a good sale, prices realised being in the vendors' favour. Quotations: Sheep.: Mixed hoggets, 13s lOd to 14s 2d; cull hoggets, 8s Id; ewes and lambs, to 14s lOd. Cattle: Bulls, £2 12s 6d, £4 to £5, store cows, to £3 4s; yearling heifers, £2 13s to £2. 15s; yearling bulls, £2 15s; yearling steers, £2.14s (3d; empty 2-year heifers, £3 Gs; 3-year steers, £5 3d.

SPRING CATTLE SALE

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We held our spring ■cattle sale yesterday at the Solway yai'ds, when we submitted full yardings of both sheep and cattle, to a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district. Our

yarding of cattle was composed for the most part of yearling to 2-year olds, and > a few pens of cows and heifers. The following is the range of prices realised:—Woolly hoggets, Us 9d to 12s 6d; second quality, 10s 6d; cull, 7s to 9s Id; empty ewes, forward condition, 12s 6d; fat ewes, 17s 6d. Cattle: Mixed sex yearlings, £2 lis 6d ; yearling steers, £3 to £3 7s 6d ; yearling heifers, £2 15s to £2 18s; 2year steers, rough to £4 ; 3-year steers, rough, to £5 6s. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Mastertoii stock sale held yesterday, as follows: —Our entry comprised over twelve hundred head mainly well-bred bullocks of extra, good quality, on behalf of various clients. The HerefordShorthorn cattle offered on behalf and bred by Messrs H. H. Beetham, Brancepeth station, and W. H. Beetham, of Kouarau station, respectively, stood out by themselves for quality, all showing signs of careful breeding, and they were greatly admired by the general public. The attendance was large, and business at auction animated. Prices realised were satisfactory to vendors, hi many cases con- ! siderably in excess of their anticipations. On the other hand, one or two lines were bought at reasonable figures allowing for the opening prices ' for grown bullocks as a. guide to value. With the exception of one lino of yearling steers, we disposed of the ' whole of the entry submitted. Particulars of prices realised are as under: —On behalf of Mr W. H. Beetham, 70 4-year bullocks, in somewhat backward condition, £7 8s; 64 3-year bullocks, £7 3s 6d; 70 2-yea-r steers, £4 18s. On behalf of Mr H. H. Beetham, J 71 3-year bullocks, £7 6s; 50 4-year bullocks (bought cattle), £7 4s; 176 3 . and 4-year bullocks (bought cattle), £5 13s 6d to £6; 20 4-year bullocks offered on behalf of lea station, £7 6s; 54 3 and 4-year bullocks, on behalf of Mr Erl Williams, £7 6s; 58 bullocks on behalf of Mr Rupert IMorrison, of Blairlogie station (bought cattle), dfjo"; 37 2-year steers on behalf of Mr H. G. | Williams, £4 19s; 54 2-year Short-1 horn steers, on behalf of Mr Rupert I Morrison, £5 Bs. Other sales made in- \ eluded fat cows (light), £6 5s to £6 9s; I fat heifers, £6 2s to 6 ss; springing heifers, £5 10s; dairy heifers, £3 3s to £3 13s; store cows, £3 17s 6d to £4; weaners (small), £2; 2-year steers, £4 to £4"lose; yearling steers, £2 3s.

AUCKLAND QUOTATIONS

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

INVESTMENT SHARES

Messrs C. C. Boss and Co. report the following quotations on the Wellington Stock Exchange: —

LOCAL QUOTATIONS

SHARE MARKET.

Sellers. Buyers. £ s. d. £ s. d. May Queen ■ 2 5 2 2 New Sylvia 1 9 1- 7 Saxon 1 6 1 4 Waiotahi 3 9 3 7 Waitangi 3 1 2 9 Crown 2 10 2 8 Ross 2 1 1 10 Watchman 1 10 1 9 Talisman 2 11 0 2 10 6 Waihi 3 0 0 2 19 3 Waihi Extended 1 10 1 7 Waflii Gnd. Juno. 1 13 0 1 12 9

Permanent stocks. Buy* ers Sellers. £ s. d- £ 8. d.. National Bank N.Z. 6 2 0 Bank N.Z. 12 0 0 Wellington Meat Export £5 8 5 0 Wellington Trust and Loan 7 10 0 W'gton Gas, £10 18' 15 0 W'gton Gas, £7 15s 15 10 0 Ditto, new issue < 2 15 0 Wellington Gas, rights 2 4 Union Steam 2 0 0 Wgtn Wool, pref. 3 0 0 Taupiri Coal 1 1 6 West-port Coal 1 9 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 1 0 0 1 0 9 Taranaki Oil 18 P Taringamutu ' 2 7 6

Jttiyers. Sellers. ■ '£ a. d. £ s. d. Success dredge 1 0 6 1 1 6 Worksop dredge 2 5 0 2 7 6 Masteipton dredge 10 0 Wellington Farmers' Meat, pref. 3 15 0 3 17 6 Wellington Farmers' Meat, ord. , 3 15 0