COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 21 April 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

KKF/f AHUNA STOCK SALES. .Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. import on tfioir Fkoktahuna sulo, hold on Friday a s follows: A fairl'y large entry of .sheep and a small entry of cattle, wore offered io a good attendance of buyers. Sheep sold retul'lv and wo had a good clearance at auction, at- highly satisfactory prices, wethers uvre ia particularly good demand. On account of i\fr Harding, of Alfredton, we. aho sold a team of horses ami a wool waggon all eomplote at -LI•")'); sundries, also on ae-_ count of this eli.mt, sold. well. The following is a list of prices: Wether-ri-tonthi IDs 3d, IDs Hid, .Ms 7d, Lis Bd, 2 and l-tooth do. l~i& Id to los 7d, f.f.iu. ev.ws !)s 2:1. poorer >sorts do. 7s 7d. 7s !>d, Ks 3d to 9s 2d, lambs 3s Kid, Is lid, os 2d, 7s 8d to 7s 9d, rams IDs). The Xew Zealand Loan a>nd Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report on jtlieir weekly sale, held on. Friday, as follows: We submitted a. fair entry of sheep and a ff-w cattle. We sold the whole or our enfy at .slightly better prices than last week. AW- quote: Fat lowos lis Hd, fat lambs 12s 9d, do 6." J9d to 7s, small do. 5s 3d, cull do. J3s 2d to Is (id, springing heifers £-5 !(K.

HOMF MARKETS.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Ltd., have received t!i" following cablegram from their London house, under date of 16th inst:—Wool: We think a decline of 5 per cent, is likely to take place in crossbred woo!. The market is unchanged for merino, .hut there is a reasonable pr:.-pect of it improving during the year. Tallow: We quote present s'lmt value for the following descriptions: Good mutton 37s 6d per cwt.; good beef 3os 9d per cwt. ; mixed 33s J)d per cwt. 'Die market i. s quiet. Wheat: We have sold an Australian cargo at 38s c.i.f. The market is quiet, but steady, but the outlook is uncertain. We quote per quarter c.i.f. New Zealand wheat: Long-berried 3Gs 9d, fthort-herried 36s 3. Oats: We quote Garfcon s 23s 6d, sparrowbills 235. The market is fair. Under date April 17th: — Sheepskins: Crossbred sheepskins generally ' t d dearer.