LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1067, 4 March 1911, Page 13

LIVE STOCK SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited (Palraerston North branch), report:—At our Mnngiiweko, talo on Wednesday we had a very good yarding of Ehecp, the majority of which changed hands at prices ns below:— Mixed-age ewes, 4s. 9d. to 75.; s.m. ewes, to fe-9d.; mixed lambs, to 7a. 3d.; two-tooth wethers, lis. to 125.; ltomney rams, to 38 guineas; two-tooth owes, 14s. Cattle: Mixed weaners, to 235. 6d. At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday a medium entry of stock of all classes camo forward, the'bulk of which were quitted at the following prices:—Sheep: Medium lambs, ss. 6d. to 6s. Bd.; mixed-age ewes, ss. 2d. to 9s. Cattle,; Weaners, to £1 55.; store cows, £2 4s. to £3 Bs.; cowg in milk, £5 55., £5 155., to ,£8 153. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report oil their Kale at Levin:—'Wc haa a full yarding of sheep, which, consisted mostly of laraos and ewes, and a fair yarding of cattle, amongst which wero 50 head off Mr. J. Kebbell's. run at Ohau, which met with a ready sale. -Wo quote:—Two-tootli ewes, 14s. ewes, Bs., lCs. 6d.; 2tooth wethers, Email, '9s. 4d.; rape lambs, 7s. 7d.; woolly lambs, 93. 3d.; cull lambs, 4s. lid.; old' rams. 9s.' 1 ' Cattle! Mr. J. Kebbell's 2-ycar steers, £4 9s; • 18-mouth steers, £3 125.; 2-year hiifers, £3 12s. 6d.; 18-month heifers, £3; fat 1 bullock, £7 7s. 6d.i £8; weaners, 175., 19s. 6d. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report :- At Dannevirke yesterday wc submitted a good entry of'both 'sheep' -nd cattle to a largo attendance of ; buyers. ■ In eonECqueuce of tlio recent' rains there was' an improvement in , tlio tone.of the market throughout, and practically al! lines wero sold. Our entry, of slieep chiefly coiipriscd ewes in lamb. • Prices for four aud five-year-olds ranged from Bs. to 9s. 2d., and culls from 4s.' 5d.; 6-tooih store wethers, lis. 5d.; small lambs, 2s. 6d. to ss. Id.; aged Homney rams, 6s. to 195.; fat heifers, £s;..fat cows, £1 5n.; empty cows, £3; 18 to 20-m.onths lieifers in calf, £3 55.; mixed weaners, 235. 6d.; small vroaner steers, 165.; weanor pigs, Bs. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly salo at Eketaliuna, yesterday. We offered a henvy yarding of sheep to a largo attendance. Bidding under the hammer wa3 much brisker than of late, and' wo have to report a clearance' at, prices in favour of vendors. We quote:—Best woolly lambs, 9s. 3d., 9s. sd. to 10s. Bd.; others, 7s. Jd., 7s. lOd. to Bs. Id,; 2-tooth wethers, 10s. 3d., 106. lid., Us. sd. 12s. Id.; 2-'.ooth ewes, 12s. 7d. tq 135.; mixed .aged ewe 3 (poor,) 3s. Bd. to 7s. Id.; better sorts, Bs. t Bs. 2d., Bs. 7d., Es. Ltd. t-o 9s. 6d.; shorn lambs, 3s. 6d.. 4s. 3d., ss. 7d. to 7b. 2d.' Cattle; Mixed weaners, 205., 21s.' 6d. to 235.; springings, £4 2s. to £4 lis. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., rjPOrt:—At Levin on Friday we yarded close upon .4000 sheep and 260 head of cattle. Lambs wero 'dull of sale, but all other classes met with good competition, and with tlio exception of one line of owes and threo pens of lambs, all lots changed hands, at Eatisfactory prices. Quotations: —Fat wethers, 14s. 4d. to 15s. Id.; fat ewes, .lis. Bd. to 13s. Id.;, forward wetherß, 13s. 7d. to 145.; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 12s. 7d.; forward ewes, Bs. 7d. to 9s. 6d.; s.w. breeding ewes, 9s. id. to lCs. 3d.; forward lambs, Bs.; store iambs, ss. 10d., 65., 6s. lCd.; mixed 2-tootlis, lis. lCd. to 125.; 2-tooth ewes, 14s. 2d. to 14s. Id.; woolly lambs, 7s. to Bs. 10d.:' cull ewes, 3s. Cd.; f.m. rams, 7b. 6d. to lis.; 2-tooth Lincoln rams, £2 25.; 2-tooth Shropshire rams, £4 45.; fat cows, £4 10s. to £6 175.; forward cows, £3 7s. 6d. to. £4 Is.; store cows, 355. to £3; 3-year Shorthorn empty heifers, 4 65.; 19'K.inth dairy heifers, £2 10s. to £2 155.; woaner heifers, 30s. to 325. 6d.; 3-year bullocks, £5 165.; 2-ycar steers, £4; 18-month steers, £3 7s. 6d.; yearling steers, £2' ss. to £2 12s. 6d.; weaner steers, 255. to 365. 6d ; springing heifers, £5 Its. 6d:; bulls, £3 to £4 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.; Ltd., report- for the week as .follows:—At.Apiti on Tuesday there was a heavy yarding of sheep, and the recent rains had their clToct on tho. market. Thoro was good competition all throUKh the sale, and a large proportion of the stock that came forward was sold. Only a few. cattle camo forward. Quotations:— Mixed'age ewes; ss. 9d., 65., Bs, 6d., 95., 9s. 3d., 10s. 2d., 10s. 4d., to 10s. 9d.; fat ewes, lis. Id. to 12s. 4d.; 2, and 4-tooth wethers (forward), 13s. 7d.; f.m._ewes, 75...,75. 10d„ Bs. lOd.; 3, 4, and "5-yoar .cv.'cs, is! 4d.; 2tooth ewes (small), lis.; . 2-tooth wethers (medium), 10s. 9d.; 4-tooth ewes, 14s. Bd.; mixed lambs, ss. 7d„ 6s. 4d„ 6s. 9d.; 2, 4,, and 6-tooth ewes,-125.; 2-tooth ewes (medium), 12s. Bd.; small lambs, 4s. 5d.; s.m. ewes, 4s. 4d.; forward: heifers. £4-2s. Cd.: mixed .weaners, 335. At Feilding, on Friday, we yarded 2500 sheep, but very few cattle. A few linos of advertised sheop did not como forward. Wc effected practically a clearance at ruling rates. Wo quote :—Ou account of A. Drown, 95 cull ewes, 4s. 3d.; on account of F. Barrow, 108 s.m. owes, 9s. 5d.; on account,of F. E. Pickering'. 97 mixed ngeß liomney ■ ewes low condition), lis. 3d.; D. P. Bagnall, 147 ewes, 7£,'.''lCd.; C. 0. Browning, 210 2tooth ewes, i2s. Id.; Frank Wilson, 66 2tooth ewes','' 123. 7d.;. F. E. Pickering, 56 2-tooth wethers, 12s. Id.; 42 2-toot!l ewes, 12s. Id.; A;-Brown, 78 Lincoln ewes, 10s.; Twigg 8r05.,,,92 2-tooth wetliers, 11~. 6d.: 76 owes, 95.;, D. Howie, Komako (annual draft), 100 .ftas,'l2s. 3d.; 241 ditto, 12s. 4d.; W. B. Barker.. 47 forward ewes, Bs. 9d.; Twigg Bros.;'7'Lincoln rams, 165.; 0. Clnvery, Southdown rams. UD to 3 guineas; C. Browning, 30 wethers,'los.; A. Brown, 570 ewes. 9s. 5d.; Twigg Bros., 15 forward ewes 10s. 6d.; E. W. Soutliee, 4 Romncy rams, 1 guinea; and various smaller lines at ruling rates. Cattle: Fat cows, £6; springing heifers, £6; bulls, £1 15s.'

Mr. NewtonliKings,.weekly. stock report is as follows ::*-At Boliokurayon Monday,-!, held my annual sheep fair, when there was a, large entry, and a fair amount of business was done at the following pricc«: Shorn lambs made 6s. Id. to 6s. Bd.; euJI do., Is. 7d. to 2s. 3d.; two to four-tootli ewes, 145.; do. small, 10s. Bd.; .six-tooth do., lis. 6d.; six-tooth to f.m. do., 7s. lOd. to 9s. 5d.; f.pv ewes, ss. 6d. to Bs. id.; old ewes, 2s. 9(1. to 3s. 4d.; two-tooth wethers, 7s. 2d. to lis. 10d.; two-tooth Lincoln rams, 25 to 3 guineas; four and 6ix-tooth do., 1J to 2 guinea's; f.m. do., J-to 19 guineas. At Stony River', oil the same day,'l held my annual wcaner- fair, when there , was .a largo attendance of buyers, and a good class of wea'ucrs M was yarded, tlio demand for which was better than of late, and everything 'H6ld "at advanced rates.''Mixed weaners made 235. to 335.; weancr heifers, 295. to £2 9s. 6d.; do. Jersey, strain, £2 10k. to £3 25.; wcaner steers, 30s. 6d. to 445. At Rahotu, on Tuesday, , there was. only a. fair yarding; young cattle being well competed for, and' nearly everything was sold at the hammer. -Weaners, small, made 10s, to 19s. 6d. j good sorts, 355. 6d.; barren heifers, £4 ?s. ,6(1.; store cows, £3 ss. to £3 9s. 6rt.;'old do., £2 9s.;'forward Cows, £4 fe. to £4 13s.'6d:;' fat cows, £4 16s. 6d. to £5 2s. 6d.'; heavy billls, £4 17s. to £6;165.; bulls, £2 15s. to £3. At Toko, on Wednesday, I held a cattle and wcaner fair. Mixed weaners made ,235. to 355.; .wcaner heifers, 295. sd. to 405.; wcaner steers, 265. to 285.; store cows, £2 6s. to £3 3s. Co.; forward do., £4 to £4 25.; three-year bul ; locks, £5 5b.; bulls, £4 C,i. 6d. At Urenui supplementary sheep fair, on the same day, slieep came forward largely in excess of advertised numbers, ah"ut 10.CC0 being penned. There was a good attendance ol buyers, but bidding for old sheep was rather Quiet, though a good numhei \\oro sold at slightly reduced prices. 'V}"" 1 ; sheen were in good demand, and aboutheld their own, with the exception, of lambs, for which there was Shorn lambs made ss. to 7b. 1 9d.,. tw o-toota owes, 12s. Id. to 15s. 6d.;J O "/; 10 ?' 11 ,! o '.' V six-tooth to f.m. do 9s. 6d. to At! fid trj 6s.* Id.: dull do., os. ou. to 3s "9d • two-tooth wethers, Bs. 2d. to 125.; four and six-tooth wethers, 13s. 6d.j do. forward condition, 15s. Id.; two-tooth Lincoln rams, 3 to 25 guineas; Lnglish Leicester rams, 25 guineas; Eomney rams, 3 to 5 tineas; Border Leicester, as guineas. At Wahvikaiho, on Thursday, weaners mado 36s fid to 355.; yearling steers. £2 9s. 6d.; heifer"' K.W.H., £3 14s. to £3 18s.: springini hCifcrs, £5 155.; store cows, £2 145.-to £3 15s ■ forward cows, £4 Bs. to £4 145.; fnt lieifcrs £5 Is.: three-year fat bullocks, #7 ita - working bullocks. £14 15s. per pair ; hulls heavy. £5 Is. to £6 7s. 61; ordinary dn„ £2 6s. to £3; old workers, £3 17s. to £5 10s.

Andrew Pattison, under manager of the Greenside Colliery, near Newcastle, England, was c-aughl by a set of runaway tubs while following his employment at Iho bottom of the shaft, and was killed. He was a member of the Kyton Urban Council.

A verdict of "accidental .death" was returned by tlio coroner's jur.y at the inquest on the eleven known victims of 11,9 disaster to the Scotch express near ilawes Junction on Christmas Eye. A thrilling story was told by the driver of one of the two light engines into which 1 lie express crashed. lie said: "We started half a minute afler tlio signal dropped. We went at about 25 miles an hour, and passed through the tunnel nt that rate. I did not notice anything unusual until wo got to the first, bridge. I heard the driver of the second engine whistle, and I looked 'back. I saw the express coming behind. 1 saw two head lights coming on nl full speed. I immediately put on full steam._ 1 shouted to my mate to look out. We had five or six seconds' grace before tlio express liumned in behind us. I was sent on lo the middle of the tender into the coals, find lay there until \vo came to a. stand. I was stunned,"