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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9740, 5 March 1914, Page 6

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AUCTION SALES. j \\ itli ;in< iss-m\ Mounsoy and Co. advor ! .so the various items contained in Mr Roolo's nalo, which thoy will conduct to-j morrow, at the residence, Soanclia street, j commencing ai i p.in I STOCK MARKET. X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Lid., report: —AI Rangiwalua on Tm>day we had i good yarding of sheep and a final! entry of cattle, and have to report a very satisfactory clearance at late rates, Ouo'tuiions: Sheep : Cull ho.nl)> 4s Id to 5- 9d. !i'"(u' : m lambs 7s Id to 7s Sd. good lam!)- 10- 4d to lis Id, mixed 2-ths (small) 13s 6d. 2-th wethers 15s yd to 15.- ' lOd. aged ewe-; 10- 9d to 12s 6d. 4 and 5-vr ewes 14s Id ru Us 10(1. fat ewes 15- Bd. j (attic: 2-yr steers £4. 18-rnos steers £5 ss. j empty hoifoi'd £2 2- to £3 3-. good wean- ' ors 51s to 345, fa: cows £5. j Abraham and William , Ltd.. report on j their I'aliiutua sheep fair as follows: -An exceptionallv iieavr vardine; caiue forward, aver 10.000' being peimed, including several lines of L' 1 "-"' breeding ewes in excellent condition. Tie attendance was verr hip.'.e, Mana.watu and Wairarapa buyers beiiiir prominent. and the bulk of the yarding leaves the district. Husir.oss at auction was animated throughout,, am! on ihe whole particularly keen, vendors in ••mvyal insuinces making four and live shilling.s in excv>s of iheir anticipations. Kvery slit'vp, with the exception of one solitary vendor, war, -old under tho hammer, and thai individual wa- uol a descendant of "Robby Lurn.-" eitlicr. The sale can be stimniid uii as a r.cord for the- district, and -eldom we have exiierieiiced one half -atisfa'torv. Mr William Mitchell temped the mar!;--! with a hue of 2HO (X ,d 'conditioned four and I'm war old ewes at 13s Id. Mr Ma'-k Ci-e.1,'..- : ; eaiue next with 17s 3d. and Mr Jun- (nunc!! 17s sd. Mr Krauk White's cull 2-th ewes made 18s 10d while Mr William Miller's aged ewtsmadc Jo- 6d. the 4 and 6-th ov e.- 19- lid and tin-2-ths 20s sd. Ap: ended arc the principal -ah-; made, in addiiiou to thfise quoted ab ,vc : 2-th ewe:, on aocouni of Mr J Vile 17s 2d. S. Mel, a. i 17,. A. J. Mexied 16s Id. I'. Tatere 17s 8d; 2. 4 and sth. ewes, on accounl of Mrs David, e, His 4d. Mrs Swan 17- 3d. A. floirirard 15s Gel, J. Mati"han 15s 6(1. J. G. 11 ill 14s lOd; 4 to 5- v v •awe.. V. Hi 11.,, k,, .1,1, s. Mclycod 17s '!■: M. ivcbbel! lb- 2, . J. Redman 15s 6-1 J P. - 3d. J. Chilow 15s 7d and 15s 50 J. Woolridcre 16s Id R. McCJowan 17s :d. ('. 11. Arrow 14* Id and 15s 2d. l'.aiP, r es'atc 15s 3d. fi. II Miller 15- 4d. R. Ilaliburton 14s lid. A. I). Eglinton 14- }o,{, J. Moutrhati 15a, 6-h Rritland Bros 14s 60. Mis Verry 14s Id] OtheV qiiorations: 2 to 4-th ewes 15s Id 16s Id to 19s lOd. 4 aid H-w ewes lis 6d, 13s. 13s 5d 13s 3d, 15s hi 16s 4d. f.m. ewes 10s lOd. in lb- Id. ia.inb. 8, 9d, 9'- 3d. 11, to 12s. Wo also sold a number of rams of all breeds up to sgns. LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalirety and Co., Ltd... have just received cabled informarioa from Iheir London oflice as follows:—The woo! -ahs have opened v.nd the attendance of buyers is large. ■ Competition is wry animated. American buyers arc operating. As compared with last sale-' closing raiis. there is an advance on merinos Lrcneraily of 5 jier cent to tear cent, (ina e.n-breds nor cent advance, and on medium and coarse crossbreds 10 per cent, advance. Abraham and William-. Ltd., have received a cable from their l/mdon agents, as follows:—London sales: Fine cro.-sbred and merinos per cent up. medium and crossbred 10 per cent ip; prospects good. (By Electhic Telegraph—Copyhight.) (Pee Press Association.) LONDON, March 4. At the woo! sales there were catalogued 5723 bales, including 5644 of New Zealand. There was .an excellent 'election of crossbreds and 'a crowded attendance, there being a record number from the United States. There was the keenest competition for all classes, the Tinted States and Yorkshire bidding excitedly for crcssbreds, and Yorkshire and the Continent for merinos. Received March 5. 10.10 a.m. LONDON. -March 4. At the wool sales there was animated competition. Yorkshire and American buyers operating keenly. All crossbred* are ten percent, above the last sales. Received March 5. 9.30 a.m. LONDON, March 4. | Tallow : 1399 casks were offered and 554 sold; mutton, fine 365. medium 335; beef, line 355, medium 335.