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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND 00. mHH following information may bo well A worth perusing by our friends, tne producers in Canterbury:— EXTRACTS FROM A MELBOURNE PAPER, Dated 18th November, 1925. "London Market ex Store Values nominal, account poor demands. Ist quality Victoria lambs, 28 to 861b. 10Jd. Ist quality Victoria lambs, 37 to 421b, 93d. Heavier weightu 9d. Ist quality Victoria wether mutton, 30 to 551b, 6}d. Heavier weighty 6Jd. Australian ewe mutton, 30 to 551b, sja. Heavy weights, 5d- ... The forecast of values for November shipment upon arrival is pessimistic" MELBOURNE LAMB SALES. J 57,240 yarded. Quotations at per head on Melbourne Market:— Prime, 23s to 25s 6d. Extra, Prime, 25s 6d to 28s. Heavy, 29s to 31s. Extra Heavy, 32s to 34s 9d. Good, 18s 6d to 225. LAMBS ON A PER LB BASIS. Prime light and medium weight lambs, EXCLUSIVE OF SON AND OFFAL, 6id to 61d per lb. Prime heavy lambs, 6d to 6jd per lb. ' Good useful trade lamb, 5Jd to 6*d. Fleshy, plain, and useful trade lamb, 4Jd to 5Jd. On the above bare meat prices of lambs, the most of which the report says are in the wool, you can add ljd per lb to get the over-all prices, on the hoof. REMARKS ON THE MARKET: Most of the lambs were dry or drying off in condition, and very few were of really prime quality. Plain and useful grades and stores were very plentiful; notwithstanding, there was a good proportion of fair quality lambs suitable for export. This will be some gauge for a comparison with our rates in Addington and the rates ruling in the most favoured Australian market. MUTTON. 42,320 yarded. Quotations on a per head basis:— '*_»»■ Crossbred and come-back wethers — Prims, 25s to 275. Extra, 28s. Heavy, 29s 7d. Good, 23s 6d. ____ Crossbred and come-back std Prima, 17s to 19s. Extra prime, 2l«. „„ „, Heavy weights, 21s 6d to 235. Good, 14s to 16s. Merino wethers — Prime, 24s to 265. ' „. ! Extra prime, 27s to 28s M. \ Good, 21s to 235. Merino ewes up to 19s 6d; ON A PER LB BASIS. Prime light and medium weight ™* heT mutton, EXCLUSIVE OF SKIN AND OFFAL, on an average made 4d to 4Jd, and in some cases up to 4jd for the best two-tooths. Heavy wether mutton made 3|d perlo. Good quality wether mutton, aid to 44. Plain and useful wether mutton, BJd to 3Jd. Primo light and medium weight ewe mutton, 3d to 31d. Heavy ewe mutton, 2}d to 84, Plain and useful owe mutton, 2jd to 2%a. Wethers and ewes that are shorn you car add Id per lb, bnt in the wool you can add 2Jd per lb to get the overall prices on the hoof. , /. This will be sure gan&« *«* a comparison with our rates in Addington and the rates ruling in the best Australian Market. FAT OATTLB. Melbourne Market, November l«h. 1990 yarded. Beef on the leg— _ iJ- v~n~.v. Prime light and medium wetgK iraitoexs, 38s 6d to 41s per 1001b. Up to 48s per 1001b fox a choice pes of young bullocks. Prime heavy .beef from Ms to 40s per 1001b. Coarse aged heavy buHoeks, SSs to See «d per IOOJb. .«__„„ i Good quality trade beet, B*s to 38s per 1001b. Plain and useful trade beef, 3H to 35e. COW AND HEIFER BEEF— . x ! Prime light and medium weight heifer beef, 37s to 40s per 1001b. J Prime light and medium weight cow Met, 36s to 38s 6d per 1001b. Heavier cows and heifers, from 35s to 375, according to weight and age. -, Good quality cow and heifer beef from | 30s to 34s per. 1001b. Plain, useful cow and heifer beef, 27s '■ to 30s, per 1001b. Good choppers from 18s to 225. PIGS ON THE HOOF. MELBOURNE SALE, NOVEMBER 12th. 2890 pigs were penned. Quotations: — Prime light and medium (weight porkers, from 8d to BJd per lb. Heavier, porkers, from 71d to 8d per lb. Medium grade porkers, 7Jd to 8d per lb. Prime light and medium weight 7Sd to BJd per lb. M.edium quality baconers, 7d to 73d per lb, according to weight. Heavier, 7Jd to Bd, according to feeding-. REPORTS" ON THE MAKKET: All round, the. quality wiis very middling, and in the fat sections wcll-fcd, prime pigs' were in small proportion. STORE PIGS. Small suckers made from 7s to 8s 6d. Well-grown Backers, 14s. Small slips, 10s to 13s. Well-grown slips, 15s to 225. Small pork stores, 20s to 235. Good quality stores, 14 to 20 weeks, 26s to 325, according tq condition. Bacon stores, 25s to 425. TMb will be some gauge for a comparison with our rates in Addington and those ruling at the best .Australian Market. H. MATSON and CO. LIMITATION OF WOOL*OFFBRINOS. LIMITATION OF WOOL OFFERINGS. LIMITATION OF WOOL OFFERINGS. WOOL COMMITTEE. WOOL COMMITTEE. TXTE are on the eve of the wool sale*. Every iTv business house is endeavouring to place trade upon normal conditions, and yet we are aubjßCtiv* to. an -Order in Council regulating the quantities of wool that aro put up, and the brokers are not permitted to sell wool without a license. Growers "in Canterbury, we ask you to put your thinking, cape on, and consider whether this is compatible with the general welfare of this province. H. MATSON and 00. held the first wool sale in Canterbury and the stteease of the local sales is of the greatest moment to us. In the old da}, up to the morning of the sale. Climatic conditions,, the difficulty of labour and transport, and the thousand-and-cne obstructions that meet & sheepowner at this time of the year aro sot taken'into consideration. The financial interests and the claims of the London Marketa are put forward by many officers associated with big Companies and Banks, and if the local sales had not, by their own merit, gained such a position as they hold to-' day, we are doubtful if they would : have been maintained or reached' the state of efficiency they have done if it. had not been for the efforts of individual and private firms.v' An ( owner nay have important engagements to.mset financially, and yet his wool is crowded oat of a Catalogue through the restrictionsfthat are direotly attributable to those factors at the head of this report. The Wool Committee may be an excellent thing for tho huge octopus Companies, the Shipping Companies; the Insurance Companies and Banks, but for the independent woolgrdwer who wants-to get his wool soid and dealt with. and the independent selling broker, such as H. MATSON and CO, such restrictions are ■«——*««»,• Individuality is not counted, but let us ten yon right here and now, that it the British Empire wants the best that can be got out of her Dominions, and she certainly does, individuality alone is the one factor that is going to produce the goods. J& MATSON and CO. thoroughly understand their business; they inspect every lot, they asaeet a fair basis of values, and they centre the principal part of their energy, not on the lots that make extraordinary. good sales, but' on the lots that are bid at a price with little or no margin. . This delegating the control of your business, and the realisation of your products, and eliminating aO possibility of lower, rates for shipping, insurance, or anything else, are all factors that have to be carefully weighed, and these various possibilities are now sticking oat in front of everyone. Tour wool may be eoi oat or net, and either way have no recourse, bat if you are able to sit down and discuss what yon want doing with your broker, and assuming your broker is a responsible man with experience, then yon have no one to blame bat yourselves, bat to be surrounded with barrages similar to the above insane idea, and to think that yon are going to regulate the world's markets, to the mind of the writer it is too absurd for words. ( H. MATSON and 00. invite xnter- ■ views from the Woolgrower, sad : will be glad to discuss all matters } connected therewith. TJie Producer ; of to-day wants to become personally ' acquainted with his Broker, and to nave the confidence of each other is a wonderful adjunct to results.. Think it over and let us nave your opinion, as the sooner these restrictions are swept aside and business, is .allowed to get a normal noting, the better for all concerned.