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Mataura Ensign, 24 May 1909, Page 4

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LONDON WOOL SALES. BI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COI'YImiUI l'Elt UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Xlny 23. Tlie wool catalogued wus 170,500 J bales, of which were sold to Homo i buyers 88,000, for tha Continent (51,uuu, America 2:i,000, and held over 10,001.1. Compared jvith March closing rates, best greasy merinos suitable for America advanced 10 to 15 per cent., average sorts fully 71, good scoured 7J to 10, laulty o, and flue crossbreds for America 10. Jledium was lower, lino medium topmaking sorts 10 per cent., coarse 7J to 10. Merinos: I/UUilis fully 5 and crossbreds J.O per cent, higher. Gear sold at OJd.

-Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., re|M>r; having received the following cable from their head oflice, dated laiikloii, May 21 : "Tho wool sales have closed and lately-reported rates are fully maintained. As compared with the closing rates of last series good merino combing greasy wools are 10 per cent, higher and greasy merino wools of oilier descriptions ."j to 75 per cell I. higher. Scoured merino wools are ■"> to per cent, higher, while in broken or short and faulty descriptions and short wasty wools a change if ally is in favor of sellers. Crossbred wools ol line quality are 10 per cent, higher and crossbred wools of medium quality 'ID per cent, higher and if suitable for America 15 to 10 per cent, higher, while coarse crossbreds are 71, per cel.;. higher. The total quantity available amounted to 182,000 bales, of which Si,ooo bales, were sold to America. 88,000 bales were sold for lionie .consumption, 01,000 bales Were sold to lieContinent, and 7000 were not olfcrod. Ten thousand bales were carried forward to next series.

GOHK 110HSK liA/AAi; -Missrs AVrighi, Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., report concerning • their Satuidav's liorse sale as follows: An entry of 3.) horses canic forward for our weekly sale on Saturday. Ihe attendance was large anil bidding was good for all young sorts; both draughts and lighl harness horses selling well. We can with confidence urge consignments ol this kind, as only on rare .«■- casions of late lias a good sound reliable young draught gone away unsold. Aged horses, especially draughts, are still do. Jicult. to quit. We intend holding a special sale of horses on Friday and Saturday, .lime II and 12, entries for which are now being received. IXYKKCAHCILL I'lilCKS. -Messrs McKay liros., of Invereaigill, report concerning their Saturday sale as follows: Stock.-—,A cow sold at Co. Poultry.—Old Hens, lOd to ls;y:mng cockerels, 8d to lOd ; roosters. Is Id ;o Is 7d ; ducks, Is !)d to 2s; geese, 2s (id. Pigs.—Suckers, <ls to Us; wcancrs. lis (id to los; slips, to Ills (id. Produce.—l'otatoes, 70s to 7.">s <iiiI'ciior and diseased unsalable); onions, 7s to 8s; wheat, 17s to ISs: oals, (is to 7".-, pollard, (is Od ; bran, Is lid; mill- 1 seeds, 2s; oatdust, 2s; vegetable marrows, fis to 7s per cwt.; carrots, Is to -Is (id per bag; parsnips, Is Od ; turnips, Is (id per bag; beetroot, -Is (id per bag. I'VuiL—Apples, cookers os (id to 7s. eating 7s to 0s (id, imported dessert 'ls to 12s; pears, cookers 2d per lb. eating 7s to Us per case, imported 12s per case; oranges, 7s to Ss ; bananas, (is to is: pines, lis; lemons (singles) lis, (doubles) 17s per case: melons, 7s to Xs per cwt. Til K.HI ALTO RKI'OKT. Thomas Green and Co. report the following sales yn Saturday:— Cows: 2s (id. C-l. U.'t ss. Pigs: Suckers (small) Ss to li's. good do. 12s to Kis (id. weaners 12s (id to ,I<is. good slips 2ds to 2 Is. Poultry: liens (old) Hi I i<> Is, younft Is to Is (><l, roosters Is to Is (jd, cockerels Od to Is. pureliixd roosters 2s Oil to ,'s, ducks Is lid to Is Od each. Produce: Potatoes os to r,s (id sack, oats -Is (id to (is. liarliey 10s, cow c.halT 3s sack, onions Is to 7s cwt, carrots its (id sack, swedes -2s. Fruit: Apples (cookers) Id to |-|d lb, dessert ,ljd to 24*1, pears id to i'JKI, grapes (id, tomatoes lid. quinces 1 id. UfVKRSIIAI.K SALF. The National -Mortgage and Agones Co., 1,1 d., report as follows oouc-'-.'n-ing their ltiversdale sale:—There «•«» a, large attendance at Frid i.'s sale at Hiversdale, when about Cm u sheep ami 30 head of cattle were offered. Prices throughout, were e io.| and showed an all-round improvement, oil those of last month's tale ,uid also on the . last Core, sale vntei. I.auilj* and forward wethers weiv in good demand, and all of these classes met with a ready sale. F.wcs uls-o sold better than at late sale®. Fat ewes lirought from 7s to 10s; ial wethers, up to Fis Od; fat lambs, His (id to Its (id; forward wethers, from 0s fid to 12s sd. Two-tooth ewes sold well at from 12s (id to Ids, while s.iii. ewos brought from (is to lis Od. For mixed ages of good ewes (not all sound) from 7s to 10s lid was realised, and half-fa,t ewes sold at from -Is (id to 0s (id. Boilers brought. 2s (id to -Is Od, and lambs, for tops, up to 10s Od; medium lots, 7s l()d to 0s; culls, Is to (is. Merino wethers from Argyle. Station, sold b.\ Halgety and Co., lirought (is til to Os 2d. The cattle brought, good values, milk cows selling up t;> t liii Ids, and IJ-year steers and heifers up ' to !C~ LOs.