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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10541, 24 August 1910, Page 4

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(Per Press Received August 24, at 1Q..15 a.m. London, August 23. Share quotations:—Bank of Australasia, £ll4 to £116; New South "Wales, .£44 10s to £45 10s; .Bank of New Zealand, £lO to £lO 10s; Loan and Mercantile, £97. RANGIORA MARKETS. There was a fair attendance at the sales yesterday. In the yards, there was a stock entry of 2000 sheep, 150 cattle, and 250 pigs. Prices were: — Fat wethers, 16s to 17s 7d; fat ewes, 12s 6d to 16s lOd; merino wethers, 10s 6d to 13s 9d ; wether hoggets, 10s 6d to 13s ; ewe hoggets, 14s 8d to 15s Id ; sound-mouth ewes in lamb, 15s 9d to 20s 8d; store wethers, to 15s lOd; old ewes in lamb, 7s to 10s 6d. Cattle: Fat steers, £S to £9 ss; fat heifers, £7 10s to £9 2s 6d; fat cows, £5 10s to £7: springers, £6 to £lO 10s; young cattle, £2 to £2 18s 6d; dry cows, £2 to £4 10s; calves, 20s to 30s. Pigs: Baeoners, 45s to 60s; porkers, 25s to 355; choppers, to £3 10s;,store pigs, l is to 255; small pigs, 3s 6d to lis.

In the produce yards prices were Heavy crossbred sheepskins, 10s 9d ; medium, 7s ; lighter, 5s 6d ; merino skins, 6s (id ; lambskins, 5s Od ; calfskins, 3s; hides, od per lb; fat, l.'d per II) ; wool, 7d pel' lb'; crutchings, Od per lit. Poultry : Boosters, 6s a couplo ; liens, 3s 6d; pullets, 6s; ducks, 5s 6d ; geese, 6s; turkeys, 10s each'; chickwheat, 3s 3d a bushed; oats, 2s 3d; barley, 2s 9d; peas, 4s 6d; potatoes, 12s a sack; peas, 4s 6d ; pigmeal, 8s; peameal, lis 6d ; bran, 4s; sharps, 8s; apples, 4s tjd a case. ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET. There was only a moderate attendance at the we eklv stock sale held at the Ashbiirton Yards yesterday, and the entry was a small one as compared with late sale. The yarding consisted of 24.9S sheep, made, up as follows: 321 fat ewes, 205 fat wethers, 103 fat lambs, and 1869 mixed classes of store sheep. The quality of the fat sheep was very much below the standard, and a large percentage failed to iind buyers by auction, and prices for anything but prime were easier. Butchers took the bulk of the ewes and wethers, while export buyers were responsible for the hoggets. Prices obtained were as follows :—Prime butchers owes ]2s 2d to 14s, others ].ls od ; prime butchers' wethers 15s 8d to 16s 9d, extra heavy 19s ; best freezing hoggets 14s to 15s Bd, others lis. Principal sales were: —-Ewes: 56 lialfbreds 12s 3d to 13s 4d, 20 three-quar-terbreds 12s 6<l, 20 do 13s 7d, 20 do 13s lOd, 12 do 14s. Wethers: 35s Jialfbreds 16s, 15 erossbreds 19s 6d. Hoggets: 46 at 15s 4d, 32 at 15s Bd. There was a better demand for store sheep, and ruling prices were well maintained, and a good clearance was ell'ected. Sales were :—SI four and six-tooth half and three-quartevbred wethers (forward condition) 15? Od, 55 two and four-tooth do 14s lid, 150 four and six-tooth throe-quarterbrecl ewes in lamb 17s lid, 73 sound-mouth do L6s 6d; 99 four, six and eighttooth do 19s, 83 do 17s 2d, 60 broken-mouth half bred ewes in lamb 7s Bd, 204 sound and fail-ing-mouth crossbred ewes in lamb 13s, 206 halfbred and threeqnarterbred hoggets (mostly ewes) 12s lid, 100 three-,niarterbred wether hoggets 9s 6d, 211 do 9s sd, 60 brokenmouth halfbred ewes and 5S lambs (all counted) 6's Bd. There was only a small yarding of cattle, and both fats and dairy cows sold well, fat steers making £4 to £4 10s, l'at heifers £8 to £8 10s, fat cows £3 5s to £6 15s. springers £6 5s to £7 2s 6d, cows full profit £ll, forward steers £3 12s

6d, yearlings 3*Ss 6d to 40s.'

WATERSiQE WORKERS. (Per Press Association.) (Abridged Press Association Report.) At the amUial conference of the New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation continued at Cliristchurch on Monday resolutions were adopted to the following effect:— That members of one union should not work at other ports where a union exists. That any member of a. union leaving unfinancial or not being of good character should not be received as a. member of another union until lie "clears his indebtedness or liis .character, bs the case may be.

That no ship should employ less than four men to work in any gang, and two men in a bunker. That the conference should adopt the objective and platform of the New Zealand Labor Party. That the Arbitration Act be amended to allow Commissioners of Conciliation to make an award for not less than three months. That all the owners of shops and factories be required to cease work at the appointed' time, emergencies to be provided for by permit. That apart from awards (which may omit the point) a. weekly half-holiday be observed by all shops and factories for male and female workers alike.

That the law be amended to permit of Union funds being used for political purpose. (This was opposed, but a proposal for a referendum of Unions was defeated by 19 to 4.) That the Compensation Act should he amended to' provide for payment to a disabled worker till he is able to follow his usual occupation, and to provide in this connection, that "worker" shall mean anyone earning not more than £6 per week. That the waterside workers casually employed by the port be subject to any award affecting private employers. That to ensure a reasonable prospect of success at the parliamentary and other' elections for the various Labor candidates, this conference holds that all such candidates should and 1 must be selected in the most democratic manner, and their political soundness ascertained before their candidature is announced to the public whether through the Press or otherwise.