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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15567, 17 April 1916, Page 9

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1 WOOL SALES. (B.t Cables— Association.— Copyright.) (Received April 16th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 15. There was a spirited bale for all qualities of erossbreds, at full recent prices. Merinos were exceedingly firm. The following prices were realised for the fleece portions of the New Zealand clips named: Okare, top price average price 16Jd; Hikorangi, 17Jd and 16id- Orangi, 18d and 17d; Okirac, lßd and Otaiki, 194 and 17jjd. Catalogued to date, 30,786 bales: sold, 28,967. LONDON. April 14. "Wool—There, was a good selection of crossbreds. The tone continues to improve, and prices are hardening. Merinos are vorv firmat 24Jd to 22Jd. New Zealand —GPW, ton price 18d, average 17£ d; Manga nui, top price 17d, average 16£ d ; Olnvea, top 16id, average 16Jd. Sheepskins—l7so worn offered. Home buyers wero active, and practically all were sold. Compared with the March . sales, merino combings, clothings, and cros cbred clothings are a halfpenny dearer, crossbred combings remain unchanged, while lambs are slightly in buyers' favour. WHEAT. LONDON. April 15. The market is 1 slightly easier. Cargoes are steadily held: Chicago Mav options, llui cents, to 1181 ; July, 113J to 116i.~ LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, April 15. Cotton: April-May shipment, 7.62Jd. Jute: March-April shipment, £33 10s.' Hemp: May-July shipment, £48. Rubber: Para, 3s o}d; plantation, 2s 2Jd; smoked, 3s 2d. Copra: January-March shipment, £35 15s. Hides: £11 7s 6d. Leather: Finn; best Australian, £18 , to £21. Basils: Good sorts are firmer, whilst ' common are unchanged. First Sydlipv?, £15 10.9 to £17; New Zealand, 1 £17 to £19. LONDON, April 14. Copper: spot £120 10s to £126; three months. £120 to £121. Eleetroi vtic: £126 to £138. Tin: cash £200 to £200 lOs; three months, £198 5s to £198 10s. Pig-iron : 96s (nominal). Silver: 30Jd nor oz. [ RABBITS. LONDON. April 15. : The market is steady and unchanged. I FROZEN PRODUCE. Frozen meats arc not quoted. TATTERS ALL'S HORSE SALE. Messrs H. Matson and Co. liad an entry of 68 horses on Saturday. 'Die catalogue was a. diversified one, ranging from very good draughts down to inferior, worn out hacks. 'Hie demand right along was solid, and good business resulted. • Among the principal sales were: Account M. J. C. Mc--1 Gratli, Parnassus, 4yr-old gelding, £23 10s, 3vr-old gelding £18, 4yr-old filly [ £18 10s; account E. D. Giles, Par- - nassus, aged gelding £31 10s, 7yr-old ■ gelding £27; account client, 4vr-old . filly, £16: account F. Woods, Rotolnanau, 4vr-old mare £17, 7yr-old maro 3 £15 4vr-old gelding £1,5, 3yr-old mare t £18.' syr-old gelding £14 10s, 3yr-old , gelding £14 10s; account J. H. Skinner, ,• Dunsandel, 3yr-old mare, £19; account ? client, 7vr-old gelding £35, 4yr-old * gelding £10. Lower-priced sorts sold | at th(T -usual wide range. r SATURDAY'S POULTRY MARKET. * Messrs J. B. Merrett had a. vory 2 largo entry for tlicir- Easter sale. I Table chickens wero in gdod demand, and realised 4s Gd to 8s 7d, hens 2s to 4s lOd, pullets 3s to 12s ifjcl, geeso 7s to 9s. ducks 4s to 7s sd, turkevs 9s to 275; all per pair. i * EGG MARKET. Supplies of eggs are rapidly falling off while the demand is good for Easter requirements. Canterbury Egg Circle first grade realised 2s 3d, seconds 2s per dozen. IvIRWEE SALE. At the Kirwee salcyards on Friday there was an entry of 2000 fat and r> store sheep and lambs, and a good atII tendance of buyers. The demand for G all classes of sheep was keen, and late 0 values wore well maintained. Fat lambs sold at from 20s 3d to 24s Sd, fat wethers from 22s to 23s 9d.' In n the store pens a line of 330 two-tooth 0 halfbred wethers fetched 18s 9d, fnll- - mouth crossbred ewes 17s, store lambs from 9s lOd to 17s. No cattlc was yarded. ASHBUIITON MARKET, k The grain and produce, market still 9 continues in a very quiet condition, and * the volume of business as between ; growers n.nd merchants is of small proportion for so early in the season. 1 ' "Wheat.—The demand "is only for i first grade milling wheat, and values '• may be quoted as: Tuscan 4s Id, Hunters 4s 2d, on trucks country stai tions. Pearl and Velvet are scarce, and command a considerably higher L figure, sales being made at 4s od to r. 4s 6'l. wh'lo extra prime samples com- [. mand a shade higher. i- Oats.—The quantity no*v offering by J" growers is very small, and as thr Coastal trade is practically all goinp ~ to the Southern markets, the position locally is almost nominal. Quota- [. tions: Gartons 2s to 2s 2d, prime. Dim:4 2s fid. lighter 2s 3d to 2s -Id on trucks, !• Chaff.—The demand is only local,

j and to-day's values aro 72s 6d to 75s ! on rail, country stations, for prime quality. THE PROPERTY MARKET. The National Mortgage and Agcncy Co., in conjunction with Mr F. Ferriman. sold the goodwill of Mr A. N. Anderson's farm of 113 acres, at Maytiold, to Mr Robert Montgomery, at JL'l2 5s per acrc. At Ashburton on Saturday, Messrs Fricdlander Brothers sold on behalf of Mr Mark Scott, two Timvald leases of land for a term of two years, at £2 6s per acre, to Mr T. Bradley. Messrs Pyne and Co. offereci a number of farms for sale on Saturday. Messrs McLaughlin's farm of 157 acres, at Dunsandel, was offered in two blocks, one of 100 acres being passed in at £27 10s per aero, and tho ..other of 57 acres was passed in at £lo 10s per acrc. A small farm of 34 acres at Darfield was sold at £900 to Mr R. Hall. A farm of 653 acres at Burnham was offered on behalf of Mr Goo. Parr, and was passed in at £*1G 15s per acrc. Messrs Craddock, McCrostie and Co. held their weekly sale of city and suburban properties, and also a farm of 141 acres at Rolleston. which was sold to Mr Butler at £15 per acre. A house and section on Ferry road, belonging to the estate of the late Mrs Courtcnay. was sold at £252 10s to Mr A. P. F. Watson. CRADDOCK. McCROSTIE COMPANY. j Messrs Craddock, McCrostie Co. report having sold by public auction: On account of tho lirst .mortgagee, 141 acres of land, together with homestead and improvements thereon, situate Rolleston, to Mr Butler; on account the trustees in the estate late M. A. Courtney, J-acre and residence of 6 rooms, etc., situate Ferry road, opposite tho school, to 3lr M. P. Watson; on account absentee, Marley, new bungalow residence, situate Mersey street, St. Albans, to Mr Barnard; on .account Mr Porter, a valuablo building site in Hawke street, New Brighton, to Mr Henrv • on account Mr H. Anderson, about 100 acres of land, together with buildings and* improvements thereon, situate at Annat, to Mr P. Westaway; oa account of Mr Allison, residential property, situate Forbes street, Sydenham, to Mr J. Yates; on Jiecount of tho owner, about 10 acres of land, situate in Winter's road, Papanui, to Mrs J. Martin ;• having held a very successful clearing salo of implements, throe horses, etc., etc., on account Mr J. Fitzpatrick, on the premises, Preston's road, Marshlands. Also, in our rooms, sale of 300 rugs on Frida-r last. Wo draw attention to important sale of superior furniture in Chippendale, piano, ctc., etc., to bo sold to-morrow (Tuesday), on the premises, Mansfield avenue, off Papanui road, St. Albans, on account Miss ™ng. v 3990 W. E. SIMES AND CO., SALE REPORT. W. E. Simes and Co. report that there is a good demand for all classes of property. In all cases where vendors sold and were desirous of re-pur-chasing, they elected to purchase solely through us, thereby showing their confidence in ns and our methods of square dealing. Our principal sity ' suburban sales for the months of February and March wore: By public auction: On account Mr L. S. Henderson, of Wellington, his residence at Belfast, t-» Mr R. White; on account J. D. Hall, Esq.. his beautiful property, known as "Riseholme," situated at Mi'ddleton, 62 acres, and the fine residence of 15 rooms, to the V.T?. Mothers Superior: on account Mr Macfarlane, bungalow and section, Dver's Pass road, Cashmere Hills, to Miss Watliew: on account Mr W. Barrel!, 5-roomed bnngr-low sind i-aerc, TTina.u street, Uiccarton, to Mr W. A. Davis: on account Mrs Rolleston, building section, Hackthorne road, to Mrs .Tas. Mitchell; on account Mr L. Archer, 5roomed bungalow and J-acre, Francis I avenue, St. Albans, to Mrs L. K. Butcher: on account tho owner, bungalow, site Euston street. Sumner, to ' a client: on account Mr J. Trethewcy, 3 acres of land nrul 6-roomed residence, i Opawa, to Mr F. Sclwyn: on account trustees late Mrs Ividdcy's estate, property. Byron street, Sydenham, to > Mr Bright-more; account Mr C. Dunnet. modern bungalow, and 3-16-acvo, Blctsoe avenue. Snrevdon, to Mr W. • Barroll: account Mr Hubert, section, > Mayfield avenue, to Mr C. Dnnnet: account Mr F. Hubbarrl. 42 acres of land and 4-roomed house. Riocarton, 1 to Mr Barrett: account Mr T. Prosser, bungalow. Avonside. to Mrs Stewart: on account Mrs Graham, 5-roomed re- ' sidence and J-acre. Linwood. to Miss Stott: account Mr C. H. Schmoll, modern bungalow and i-nore land. Innes road. St. Albans, to "Mr Barrell: account Jas. Mitchell, Esq., his beautiful 2-store.v art bungalow, of 8 rooms, with. , the charming garden of £-acre, situate cr. Brown's road and St. Aibans street, to Mrs Barrett; on account Mrs Barrett, her superior 7roomed residence, Rugby street, Mcrivale, to Mr W. Rutherford; account i Mrs Chappie, building section, St. Al- > bans, to Mr' Otley; account client, sec- ; tion Bowhill road New Brighton to - Mr G. Smith; account Mr Whittle, secl j tion, Brett's road, St. Albans, to _ «i -1 client; account Mr Slcigli, his superior 1 7-roomed brick residence, and g-acre -1 of land, Manchester street, city, to J Mr E. E. Nutt; account trustees estate 7 late A. Appleby, 2 fine building sites, - Hackthorne road, Cashmere Hills, to I Mrs R. Mitchell, also account same 1 ■ estate, building site, Hackthorne road, - j to a client. "> j The business above represented trans- "> actions individua.lly from £60 to £8000, I and our long experience and volume of , business done |s a sufficient guarantee t to both buyers and sellers that by eonl ducting their business through us, tliey 1 work through capable hands. Therefore, when you aro buving or selling, consult W. E. SIMES AND CO., The Land Salesmen, ( 144-146 Hereford street. 1 3997