COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 July 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

WAIPOUA STOCK SALE

Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co. Ltd. (late Jas. Macintosh, and Co.), report having held their usual weekly sale in their \Vaipoua sale yards (MasI terton) on Wednesday, July 9th, 1913, when they offered a very good' yarding / of sheep and cattle, wdl above advertised numbers. Buyi rs were present from all parts of tie ' district, and competition being ve;v keen, the whole yarding ch.mg> d hands at prices well in advance < f late sales. The following prices were realised:—Fat wethers 20s 3d to 22 , fat ewes 17s (kl, 18s Ud, 20s, fat lam I . 14g 6d, fit wethers and maiden ewt t 18s 6d, fat and forward ewes 14s, 15s 4d to 16s Id, forward wethers and ewes 16s, woolly lambs 12s 2d, 13s [j4d to 14s, store lambs 12s to 12s 2d, b.f. lambs 10 s to lis sd, 4, 6 8-tooth to f.m. ewes in lamb Us to 13s 2d,, rams (potters) 8s to 9s; yearling heifer s £2 6s, 18-months heifers £2 18s 6d, store cows £1 15s, £2 15a, £2 17s, I£3 to £4 Is; dairy cows in milk £5 10s to £7 10s, bulls £B.

SOLWAY SALE

Messrs D&lgety and Co., (Ltd;, rep I port liaviiig offered a .'-small entry of sheep at their Sol way sale, all line-? of which changed hands at late., market rates". The following is a list of prices realised .-—Cull lambs to 6s medium lamb s to, 9s, fat owes to. 17s 4d, store cows £2 6s. . ; - The New Zealand .Loan and - ..Merr catntile Co., Ltd., report:—At Solway yesterday we had a good 'jan-diiifi of sheep which we submitted to i large attendance of buyers. i'-nm-petition was again keen for all classes and we are pleased to report'a good clearance at increased rates. Two and ;4*tootJij .wethers?'made ■■■. from low lOd to 19s, 2-tooth ewes in lamb 15s Id, 4, *6 and full mouth do. 18s 9d. aged do. 8s to 9s 3d, culls 7s Id, woolly lambs 7s Id to 13s 9d, short

PAHIATUA STOCK-SALE!

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows: We offered a good yarding, of both sheep .and cattle. All the sheep sold under tse hammer at-, advanced values, breeding ewes in particular selling well. The bulk of the cattle changed hands at late' rates. Quotations: -Young ewes in lamb 15s to 17s sd. s.'m, 'do. 12s 9d to 14s od. forward wetherf 175,, good hoggets 12s to' .12s Bd, others 6s 2d, 9s Id to'«oslid, springing £6 los< .-"forwardfemptv '\ ; i£s* ia £A ssv store/ cows: £2. ■Y^to''M^,*;'-go'bd^weaherV. : i£2' 65,v18-mos steers £3 12s. bulls tb £3 los. ', The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: held our weekly sale in the P..F.R. yards yesterday,, when we offered a fair entry of sheep to a full represent tation, of buyers, and evcv lot offered changed hand* to the "entire', satisfaction of vendors. We sold ewe hoggets to 12s 'lid. mixed hosrgets- to lis 10d, smaller so?'--. to 70s, 2-tooth ,3'.4th'fa'rtf 16«. breeding ewes (mixVd., agef) to 14s lOd, s.m. owes to 9s Gd. |

LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Abraham and Williams', Ltd., r?oort having received the undermentioned cabl°gram from their London , a?en fcp.: "As compared' with mie* of last series nne and 2}i"dium crossbred nrd merino wool sliofl' fi .decline of o i#r rent coarse wool 2* per cent uecuHe. ' steady."