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Greymouth Evening Star, 1 December 1925, Page 5

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WOOL SALES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, November 30. At the wool sales to-dry prices for all good quality wools were firm at last week’s level. Weakness and irregularity in faulty medium to broad fleece wools were in evidence. Comebacks and crossbreds sold. to Uje best last week’s ' rates. Grea,sy .merino sold to twenty-eight pence per pound. '■ ‘ • MELBOURNE December 1. At the wool sales rhe npafket lacked buoyancy and was very irregular. Tlie prices realised wers considerably. Cower’ than at'the last week’s 'sale/. HOMELAND MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd.', report having received the following recent cablegrams from their London House: “Wool sales opened; attendance of buyers is large. Good general' competition, fairly good selection,- practically all offerings sold. As compared with last week’s closing rates —Greasy merino wools unchanged; greasy halfbreds, unchanged; scoured merinos, Id to 2d higher; greasy fine crossbreds, to Id higher ;’ greasy'medium crossbreds, Id higher; greasy coarse crossbreds, Id to higher; slipe fine crossbreds, unchanged ; other qualities and descriptions of wool, Id to l|d higher; scoured crossbreds, par to id higher. ” Butter. —Market barely steady. New Zealand salted 206/, Danish 218/, finest Australian salted 196/, unsalted 196. Cheese. —Market very quiet. Quotation, New Zealand and Canadian spot 112/ to 114/, c.i.f. 104/. 1410 easks of tallow offered; 660 sold. Prices unchanged. ABAHURA STOCK SALE. Yesterday’s fixture at the Arahura Yards was attended by a full gathering of buyers, when an entry of 80 head of cattle was submitted. The quality of the yarding was excellent, and though prices were back fully £1 per head as compared with the last sale, they were nevertheless equal to those of the last fixture in October. Prime ox beef, made to 51s per 1001 b, finished medium weights from 42/6 to 47/6. Prime heifer from 40/ to 46/6. Cow beef, of which there was a good sprinkling, ranged from 35/ to 42/6 according, to quality. Messrs W. Jeffries and Co. sold as follow :—For E. A. Gibb 2 bullocks at £l4 15/, 2 do. at £lB, 2 do. at’£ls 7/6, 3 do. at £l7, 1 do. at £l5 17/6, -3 heifers at £l2 15/, 4 do. at £ll, 3 do. at £lO 7/6, 3 do. at £lO 2/6, 2 do. at £lO 12/6, 1 cow at £9 12/6/ 3do. £l3 2/6. For Poerua run 1 bullock at £lB IQ-, 1 do. at £l7, 1 do. at £l6 10/, 2 do. at £l6, 6 do. at £l5 15/, 6 do. at £l4, 1 do. at £l3 12/6, 2 do. at £l3, 1 heifer at £l3 12/6, 1 do. at £l3, 3 vealers at £6, 1 do. at £5, 1 do. at £3 15/. For J. Condon 2 bullocks at £lB 15/, 1 heifer at £ll 2/6, 2 do. at. £l4 7/6, Iredo. at £l4 5/, 3 do. at £l2, 2 do. at £l2 2/6, 2 do. at £U !&/, 2 do. at £lO 17/6, 2 do. at £lO 15/. ’ For a client 2. cows at £lO, 2. heifers at £7 2/6, 1 stag at £l2. For J. McGuigan 1 dry cow at £6, 2 cows in profit £5. For Awatuna dredge. 1 draught gelding at £lB 10/. Eor C. L. Homan trotting gelding “Lincoln Drift” £5. LIVE STOCK SALE. At Preston Road Saleyards on Monday, December 7, at 1 p.m., the National' Mortgage and Agency Co. w.ill sell by auction fat and. store cattle, cows and heifers. The invite further entries. —A.D.