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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13875, 12 April 1907, Page 4

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LOXDOX MARKETS. LONDON, April 10. Silver, 30il. Copper: Spot f9B ss. Tin: Spot £180 10s, three months flß,i. Lead, 12s 0(1. At the tallow auctions 12,075 casks were offered ami 294 sold. Fine mutton 38s GO, medium 3Gs. Fino beef 3Gs Gd, medium Ills Od.

FROZEN MEAT. NAPIER, April 11. The C.C. and D. Company cabled as follows to-day:—' 11 North Island in niton has fallal another Jd per lb in value. To-day's quotations arc: Canterbury mutton id, Napier, Wellington, and North Island 3Jd. Lambs: irst quality 5Jd, feeond 4Jd. JJeef: Hindquarters fores' 2}d. HIDES. LONDON, April 10. (Received April 11, 11.51 p.m.) Hilies arc very firm. The catalogues haTo been cleared in sellers' favour. PROPERTY SALES. ,Tho Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand report the following sales ot farms at satisfactory prices: — The lease of about -ICO acres known as Sjiriii"field, eituMcd at To llouka, sold on account

of Mir F. J. Wright to Mr John Kendall, jnn., of Shag Valley; price of goodwill, £400. Sale of freehold farm known as Broadacres, XarthKast Valley, containing -19 acres 0 rood.? 3J pole=, sold on account of trustees of Collins's Kstate to Mr T. Collin?; price £1600. Sale of Mr .Ins, Ireland's freehold farm, containing SSJ acre?, situated at Sawyers' Bay, sold, io Mr James Fairbairu, of HighclilT; price, ££ 1 pel acre.

' CLKAIiIXG SAI/B AT MAUNfiATUA. Messrs Wright. Stephenson, and Co. vepovt having held a very succcssful clearing pale at tlronmlsnds, Maungutua. by order ot tho Public Trustco in llio estate of the late Mia-i Marclihank. The whoie of Hie- stock was brought forward ill tip-top condition, reflecting groat credit on the Public Trust Ofiico and the caretaker, Mr M'Hardy. Every lot as offered was eagerly computed for, and realised excellent prices. Sound-mouth ewes fetched C.' a -Id, two-tooth ewes and wethers 18s od, lambs IGs M, steers to £G l-i«, horses tfl £47. Implements and sundries made fi;!'. vniucs. The freehold property, contnitiinj; in all about 170 acres. 80 of which Aeiug alxmt the, l»st and in the district, will bo offered for sale by tho same company at an early dale.