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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8723, 10 November 1908, Page 3

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LONDON, QUOTATIONS. CEr Electric Telecha'ph—Copyright.) . (.Per Pkess Association.) LONDON, November 8. Sheep, Canterbury light 1 4" e 'l-16d, mc•dium b 15-l6d, heavy 3;Jd, Southland 3S<I, North Island unchanged. Lambs, Canterbury light sfd, medium 5 7-16 d, heavy '4|d, Southland 5 5-16 d, North Island Beef, hinds 3 13-16 d River Plate eiioep; heavy- 3id, 'light, 3 " 7-16 d. llemp is quiet.' October-December £25§. . ' , Thirteen hundred quarters of Australian January-February wheat sold at 36s 9d and 10,000 quarters of Adelaide December- January at 375. The tin and copper markets arc strong in expectation that Mr Taft's election w ill cause expansion of trade. American copper, spot £64 2s*6d, tr.ico months £65; tin, spot £139, three months £140 10a", iron, £49 ss. STOCK REPORT. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report follows: —At "Wariganui, on 4th in,st., we yarded 700 sheep and 400 cattle. The demanci all round, especially for cattle, was slack compared with recent- sales. At Waver Icy, oil 6th inst., we had a small yarding of sheep. A good quantity of cattle in excess of advertised numbers caine forward. There was good competition for female classes of cattle, but steers were easier. Quotations: —Wanganui—Good young ewes with 100 per cent, lambs, 19s 3d; mixed hoggets, lis; 3 to 4-yr steers, £4 8s 6d'to £5; 2 to 2-n-yr'steers, £3 to £3 lis; 15mos steers, £2; fat heifers, £4 3s; forward empty heifers, £3 6s; 18-mos heifers, 38«; cows and calves, £3; mixed weaners, poor condition, 16s 6d. Waverley—Mixed bush hoggets (rough condition), 9s; fat heifers. £5 3s; 2to 21-yr empty heifers, £3 to £3 4s 6d; yearling to 15-mos heifers, 31s to 38s 6d; 18-mos to 2-yr steers, £2 -,12s ; 3-vr steers, £3 '19s ; forward bullocks. £5 lis; forward empty cows, £3 to £3 12s 6d; store cows, £2 Is 6d to £2 15s; cows and calves, £2 12s to £2 los; springing cows, £5 15s: yearling to 15-mos steers; 31s 6d to £2 8.5'~3-yr grade Jersey bull, 9i guineas; breeding sow. £2 15s; good weaner pigs, 14s 6d. 15s 6d, to 17s 6d; small ditto, 10s 6d; tip dray, £11.