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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16873, 9 February 1929, Page 16

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FEILDING EAM FAIR (Per Press Association.) FEILDING, last night. The Bam Fair concluded to-day. The flock of Southdowns offered were a splendid lot, and prices were maintained, the average probably being 12 guineas. The highest price for flock lines was 21 guineas, obtained by A. C. Vile (P.ulls), A few stud Southdowns were sold, the highest price being 60 guineas for a ram offered by Ellis Bros. (Bulls). BRADFORD TOPS MARKET (Elec. Tel. Copyright-United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 8. Bradford tops are weaks and business is at a standstill. Sixtv-fours, 45d; 60’s, 42jd; 46’s, 32W; 50’*s, 28£d; 46’s, 23d; 40’s, 22d. DAIRY PRODUCE MARKET — —— S LONDON, Feb. 8. Current quotations for dairy produce are: Butter, Danish is firm at 195 sto 1965; others are slightly easier. Choicest salted: New Zealand 181 s to 182 b; Australian 180 s to 182 s; unsalted New Zealand 182 s to 186 s, Australian 180 s to 184 d. Cheese is quiet with an easier tendency. New Zealand white 91s, colored 945; Australian 90s to 935. - s NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) NEW YORK, Feb. 7. Members of the Stock Exchange agreed tq increase the membership by 275,, bringing the total to 1375 seats. This increase will bring a division of the pool among the present members giving each of them a considerable sum of money. • MATAWHERO STOCK SALE The entry of store shoep at the Matawhere stock sale yesterday totalled 18,275. The sale generally was better than that of the previous week.

Ewes maintained of recent sales, two-tooth ewes selling up to £1 11s, for a well-grown pen, .carrying plenty of condition and early shorn. Other two-tooth ewes sold at £1 9s lOd, £1 Ss 7d, and £1 8s (id. Medium 2-th owes made £1 3s 9d, and a pen lacking condition £1 Is. Bix and eight-tooth ewes in good store condition were passed at £1 (is Bd, and 4 and 6-ths at £1 6s. A pen of 4, 6 and 8-th ewes from Mr. Barns-Braham’s station, sold at £1 8s 7d. A pen of 5-year ewes in good condition made £1 4s, other pens of this age making round about £1 Is. A good pen of 6-year owes, with good frames, condition and skins, was passed at £1 Os 6d. A pen of 300 4-th to 4-year ewes, with heavy skins and in fairly good order, 'sold at £1 4s, and a pen of 5 and 6-year ewes, with great size and condition, passed at £1 2s, and a pen of the same age, big-boned and. fat, made £1 Is.

Although some good prices / were realised for lambs, lambs generally are easier than they were three or four weeks ago. One of the best pens of woolly lambs yarded this season, with great'size and condition, made £l, and other good pens realised 17s 7d and 17s 3d. A pen of shorn lambs, big and active, made 17s l(Jd, and another lot of big shorn lambs sold at 15s 4d. Fair sorts of shorn cull lambs made from 10s to 12s. Good 3-tooth wethers made £1 as 9d and £1 ss. Strong-skinned’ ordinary conditioned wethers sold at £1 4s /d, and a pen of small 2-tgoths with rough skins was passed at 19s 6d.

Messrs. M. A. Eliott, Ltd., have received cable advice of the following Rmithfield prices for the week ended February B:—"Best North Island prime lambs, U/361b. 9|d, 36/42 9|d, 42/50 9Ad; ordinary North Island lambs, I|/42 9£d. second quality, U/42 9d; best North. Island wethers” and/or maiden ewes, 48/56 6£d, 56/64 6£d, 64/72 5Jd; ordinary North Island wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48/56 6§d, 56/64 6§d, 64/72 5Jd, 0/72 5Jd; North Island ewes, U/64 4-Jd, 64/72 4gel, 0/72 4§d; New Zealand prime os hoof (equal fores and hinds), 160/220 4£d. Remarks: Lamb, no change; wethers, £d to id lower; ewes, id lower; beef, no ; change.”