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auctions. H. MATSON AND CO. H. matson A.ND CO. FAT CATTLE. The supply «'M cattle at Addington yeaterdar km toe heaviest for the season, over 400 head being penned. 'lho entry comprjaad toffio beautifully finished hn«fl from Lbc. W. Meniies, Thaexor, Godwin tm, Forrester, Fahey, Kennedy Rutherford, Hainos, Barclay, Leslie Hul * Eata*®. £ nCi othera The market opened weaker than that of lo*t week axd prices were very patohy throughout, sorao entries Belling- up to jite rftte!, whi* priooe lor otners were from £1 to £1 103 per head easier. Values during the latter part of the uule were distinctly ecjier the demand being unable to cope •with the supply. We quote best exhibition iteera £l4 to £l7, butchers' ateem £ll lte to £l4 10s, medium to fiood £'S to £ll, light and inferior £1 10s to £", beat oowa £1 to £7 10s, best beifera £? to oM 6nd 3 °° W6 £2 fc> £*. STORE CATTLE. The entry was rouoh smaller thisiweek, but there wna a distinct keenness of competition for a3l cattle showing any quality. We cuq'.o: three-year-old fit«ors up to £6, f.vo-veur-9ld Bit-art, rnudiura, £2 10s to £3 10s, War-ißg-s £1 5a to £2, two-yofir-old lieilers £"> to £3, yearling heifers £1 to .£1 10s, •tore cows £1 to £1 10s, better eorts up.to £3." DAIRY CATTLE. The yarding wafl more nondescript than last vreek, some 67 cows coming under the .hammer. Our entry comprised about 4G head of which some were., of classical quality and others very ordinary. Wo quote: Good springers 2nd, 3rd and 4th calvers up to £lO 10s, other# gocd £s> 10s to £8 10s, best springers up to £9, medium from £4 to £7 10s, aged and rough aorta £1 lfts to £2 30s.

VEAL CALVES. This department oornprises one of the bright spots in the trad©. Veal was m ebort supply, only 100 calves of all sorta coming forward. We quoto the following lunge of prices:— Runners made up to £5 12s 6d. Best voalers, from £3 10s to £4 103. Medium vcalers from £2 10s to £3 sb. Light »nd harder sorts from £1 to £1 15s. FAT SHEEP. There was a much, smaller entry than has been the case for the last few weeks. The yarding again oomprised mostly ewes, although there wis a bigger proportion of wethers than ueual. liters were several lines of excellent quality. The market opened considerably firmer than lest weeJ:, showing an advance oi 8s to 4s on heavy ewes, and from 2i to 3s 6cl oil medium ewes, wethers .averaging an advance of from 2g to Bs. However, towards the end of t<ho *«]e the demand slackened somewhat, but even eo, the market throughout waa oonsidrably firmer "than last* week's. Prime woUiara sold 'from 88s to 40b, extra up to 45s 6d, medium from 23s to 375, others down to 2!>s. Prime ewes from 32a to 365, extra up to 39s 9d, medium from 27s to 31s 6d, others down to 19s 6d. 1 FAT LAMBS. There was a very small yarding of fat iambs, and these were practically all bought for iooal consumption. The eale aspeciiwly for any good quality was about, equal to last week's. One exceptionally good line of West Coast lambs, which we understand were the first sheep that have been consigned to Addingtou through the Tunnel, aoid very well, and arrived in excellent condition, showing the advantage of railing stock direct instead of trailing them over the hill from Otira to Arthur's Pass. STORE sheep: Tlie yarding was smaller than that of last week. The entry mostly comprised hoggets and wethers, for which values were slightly easier than last week. There was a good demand for all sound mouth ewes. W® quoto best sound mouth ewea up to 87a Gd, best forward halfbred wethers up to 30s, best crossbred wethers up to 29s 9d, others from 25s to 275, best wether hoggets up to 235, few extra good up to 255, befit ewe hoggets up to 29s 6d, others from 22s Cd to 26e. BACON PIGS. The ®try was smaller and prices somewhat better than at recent sales. Pork was in over supply and prices eased. We quoto—- : Light baconws from £3 15s to £4. ss. Heavy baconers from £4 10s to £5 ss. Average, price per lb 7d to 7jd. Light porkers from £2 5s to £2 12s 6d. tteavy porkera from £2 16s to £3 ss. Average price'per lb 8d to 9Jd. • STORE PIGS. Ttare was an average yarding and fair demand. No targiQ store pigs were offering. The following is an average raaige of values— Weanera from 10s to Ise. Extra -up to 20s. Slips from 16s to 265. Medium from 26s to Sfia. Sows in pig from £3 to £4 10». ADDINGTON. ADDING TON. METROPOLITAN MARKET. fjl/rES&RS H. WATSON and 00. will bo aiX .pleased to receive Consigilmente at any time for this central market. "We offer the Producers our services as realism? Agents. We Jftavo grown up in the business and know tlw trade from A to iS, our Salesmen are good judges and our business is a Farmers realisation agency. We have nover allowed ourselves to be diverted from the strict linos of our business laid down by the late John Thomas Matson ?^^l < JnJ ,:RO^ :CT TBrE VENDORS' INTERESTS WITH ALL CONSIGNT0 OUB CARK, and to REALISE TO THE BEST ADVANTAGE. place at the disposal of our Clients the best paddocking aocommodation procurable, comprising excellent paddocks at Spreydon, where the stock is free from disVurbanco or tHe fear ol do s s, Has ample water, and the best of pasture. shall zealously guard the realisations of all consignments entrusted to our caro. '782 H. MATSON and CO. GRAIN SEASON 1322-33„ GHAIN SEASON 1922-23! GRAIN SEASON 1922-23. H MATSON and CO. invite enquiry from. • Growers of WHEAT OATS CHAFF BARLEY COCKSFOOT COW Gil ASS CLOVER LINSEED AND ALL ROOT CROPS. THE HIGHEST PRICES, PROMPT RETURNS. CALL OK OR COMMUNICATE WITH US. WE Ai;;; carrying full stocks CORN SACKS AND SEAMING DELIVERY CAN GIYE IMMEDUTE QUOTE SEEDS AND MANUKA. 3 OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS OP AT bOTOST ICO4WMB £. MATBONI Kau <3O.