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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13619, 25 February 1915, Page 5

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(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyrlgnt.) (Received Feb. 26 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 24. At the (allow «»le 575 casks were cflVred and sold. Mutton, fine, brought 41s 6<], medium 40s; beef, Hue 445, medium 395. (Iteceivi-d February 2v>, 12.20 p.m.) LffNDON, J'Vb. 24. 'tin* opening prices at the wool xales I'or ;:1! ports wer?> t'ully ma V.taiiied. i;<;oi| merinos bordering made up to 16£ d. average lod. Motere brought up to 16d averaging 15gd. SYDNEY, Feb. 24. Al the wool sales competition is at its keenest, with still an upward tendency. Greasy super combing reached 16jd and greasy lambs" wool 15d^ both season's records. •p«r Press Association. l CHHISTCHURCH, last night. At the Addington live stock sale market there was a much reduced yarding of stock compared with last week und generally prices all round showed a recovery. There was a fair atteiftlauce. The late rain evidently had the effect of improving the demand for store sheep and both ewes and lambs were held at advanced rsictes. Fat cattle were firmer and fat lambs sold at }s to Is 6d per head ?tetter. Fat sheep, especially medium, were also a little firmer. Store Sheep.-— Fair 2-tooth ewes 16s 6d to 193 4d, inferior 2-tooth ewes 14s to 15s, 6 and 8-tooth ewes to 18s 6d, loy conditioned and 6 and 8-tooth ewes 12s 6d, goodv, -sound-mouth ewes to 18s 2d. inferior sound-mouth ewes 14s 8d to IBs 3d, failing month ewes 10s to^ 11s 9d, fairly good lambs 10s 5d to 12s 'lid, small lambs 7s 2d to 9s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 11s lOd to 13s 6d. •■Fat -Lambs.— Best lambs 17s to 19s 6d, others 13s to 16s 6d. Fat Sheep.— Prime wethers 20s to 245, others 18s 3d to 19s 6d. prime ewes 18s 6d to 25s Id, medium 15b to 18s, others 8s =to 11s 6d. : Fat Cattle.— Ordinary steers £7 15s to £9, extra steers to £13, ordinary henx-n £5 15s to £8> extra heifers to £9 17s 6d ordinary cows £5 to £8 2s 6d, extra cows to £11 7s 6d, prime ox beef per 1001 b 28s to 37a. P Store Cattle.— ls. to 18-months £3 5s to £3 7s 6d, 2-year steers £4 17s 6d, 2-yenr hoi fora £4 5s to £4 6s, 3-year steers £6 5s to £6 10s, 3-year heifers £5 2s 6d, diy cows £3 to £6. dairy cows £3 10s to £13 10s.

The. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. 'Ltd., are to-day m receipt of the following cable re wool M-oin their London office : "London sales opened with strong competition. Merino generally 5 per cent, and crossbred greasy, medium, and coarse 5 per cent, to 7£ per cent, dearer. Operators buying for America and France.'' Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the following cablegram from their head o'flice : "Tuesday's sales opened with a good selection and a large attendance of buyers. There was animated competition for good greasy merinos, which realised 5 to IK per cent higher; other sorts 5 per cent higher: scoured wools from par to 5 per cent higher* greasy •wools 5 per cent, crossbreds S per cent, medium coarse 5 per^ cent to 7£ per cent higher. Slipe scoured wools unchanged. Third series the gross arrivals totalled 223.500, 93,500 were brought forward from last sale.' available 130,000."