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Southland Times, Issue 17060, 5 June 1912, Page 4

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AQEICUIITUEAII EVENTS POE WEEK ENDING- JUNE Bth. —Thursday, June 6. — Stock Sale at Winton. Air G. L. Pritchard's sale at Morton Alains, by tho National Mortgage and Agency Co. —Friday, June 7. Stock Sale at Thornbury. Air J. A. Hall's clearing sale at Nightcaps, by tho National Mortgage and Agency Co. WAX.EACETOWN STOCK SAXiE. SAIALL YARDING ; POOR DEMAND. The fortnightly stock sale of the Invercargill Stock Agents, was held at the Wallacetown yards yesterday. The weather conditions wore wretched, cold showers of rain and hail falling throughout the proceedings. Tho bad weather consequently had a depreciating effect in respect to both tho yarding of sheep and cattle, and the attendance of the public. In fact it was the smallest attendance of buyers that have been present at Wallacetown for some considerable time. Tho yardings for yesterday and the two previous sales were as follow: June 4. May 21. Alay 7. Store cattle .. S2 320 250 Fat cattle . . 57 IS4 96 Store sheep .. 459 1200 2.300 Eat sheep . . 752 1430 960 CATTLE.

With such a small yarding there was not much variety for prospective buyers to Hiooso from. The sale started late, and throughout it dragged to a considable extent. There was little prime beef in the whole yarding. Tho absence of many of the usual buyers at the Dunedin show, left little for sellers to pick and choose from in regard to tho direction in which they might place entries they had forward. There was mostly cow and heifer beef in the yanking forward, but the quality, taken ail round, was not of a high class. In the vicinity of £8 10s was the best price obtained for fat stock. Some of the principal sales were:— By Wright. Stephenson and Co.: —Account F. A. Price, 5 fat cows £6 10s. 6 do £6 ss. 4 do at £6 12s 6d, 5 do at £5 ss; 3 fat bullocks, £3 15s; account N. G. Rlatch, 4 fat cows, £7; account F. A. Price, 6 store cows, £4 ss. By New Zealand Loan Co.:—6 fat heifers to W. Wills, at £6 10s. By Southland Farmers Co.-operative Association: —17 heifers at £2; 15 18raonth heifers, £2 ss; 17 do at £1 17s Cd; 14 steers at £2 2s 6d; 7 heifers at £2 2s 6d; dry cows at £2 17s 6d; 2 do at £2 10s; one at £3 10s; one at £2 16s; one at £3 Is; dairy cow at £5 7s 6d; do at £4 los; springng heifer at £4 15s; one at £3; 9 fat heifers at £5. By Ales sts J. E. Watson and Co.: — Account F. Fosbcnder, 5 fat steers at £6 15s, 6 fat cows at £6 10s, to Alcssrs D. R. Jones and Co.; account W. Ronald, 41 fat lambs at 14s. to Jas. AlcLeod. By Alessrs J. A. Alitchell and Co.: — Pen'fat'cows, at £5 12s 6d; pen heifers (spring calvers), at £4 10s; cow at £7 12s Gd. By the National Alortgage and Agency Co.; —Store cattle at £5, £4 15s, £6 15s, £4 and £4. SHEEP.

In the sheep section there were under 500 store sheep, and just SOO of the fat variety In the yarding, The demand, taken all round, was above that experienced when the cattle were previously submitted to auction. Taken all through prices were slightly easier than those prevailing at the sale of a fortnight ago. What demand there was for business was from export buyers and graziers, butchers bidding at irregular intervals. Then the latter were only operating when anything of extra prime quality was submitted. The top price of the day was secured for a line of 52 fat wethers, vended by Mr F. A. Price, which realised 21s per head; Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. being the auctioneers. Some of the principal sales were;— By Southland Farmers’ Co-operative Association: —15 fat owes at 13s CO. By Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co.: Pen store lambs at 11s Sd. By Messrs J. E. Watson and Co.:—Account Jno. McDonald (Otautau), GO fat wethers 19s od to W. Wills, jun.; account W. Leonard (West Plains), 26 fat ewes at 16s 7d; account J. Calvert, 25 fat wethers at 17s 9d, to F. A. Price; account do, 60 fat ewes Iks lid; account V,'. Ronald, 35 fat wethers to J. Taylor at 16s 9d. By Messrs Henderson and Co,: —25 2tooth wethers, 17s 4d. By Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co.: —Account 11. Erskine, 31 fat wethers at 17s; 33 do at 16s lid; account L. Garden (Bahia), 17 fat ewes. 11s 3d; account D. George, S4 fat ewes at 11s 10d; account F. A. Price, 52 fat ewes at 21s; 20 fat ewes at 10s 3d; 20 do at 11s 9cl;’account A. and R. McDonald (Hokonui), 59 fat wethers at ISk 4d; 23 fat ewes at 13s s<l; 42 fat lambs at 14s 3d. By the National Mortgage and Agency Oo.Account P. Dalrymplo, fat ewes at 13s 6cl; account C. Kingdon fat owes at 14s 9d and 15s; account .1. Gunnion, sound mouth ewes at 9s 3d; fat ewes at 11s sd; 84 lambs at 11s 7d.

SALES AT ME HE IT ALB, Messrs Henderson and Co. report the following sales of Merrivalc Estate;— Sections 44a and 45, containing 180 acres, to .Tames Matthews, Glcniti: section 40. containing 270 acres, to X. H. Brown, Tcwaewae; section 49 and part section .72. containing 495 acres, to ,1. D. Campbell, Oreti, at satisfactory prices. HIGH COMMISSIONEE’S eepoet. WELLINGTON, June 4. The Department lias received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner. dated London Ist June (quotations unless otherwise specified being average market prices on spot):—

General. —Markets are very unsettled on account of the continuation of the strike. Employers have decided to resist the strike. New Zealand moat and dairy produce cargoes cannot be disci; urged and traders are drawing from stock at present in store. The Government will be requested to assist in sustaining the food supply b\ affording protection during delivery from ships. Prices are nominally high for anything available. Mutton. Canterbury, l : ;4d; North Island, 4 Rd. Lamb. Canterbury, 7Vid; other than Canterbury, 6 : ;. t d. F,eef. New Zealand hinds, l-Rd; fores, 4d. Rutter. Choicest New Zealand, tins. Supply of Home and Continental meets ihe demand. Cheese, Average prices for (lie week; linest New Zealand, 7Ss; English cheddar, 295. Hemp.—Market steady. Spot, New Zealand good fair grade, £22; fair grade, £2O IDs. Forward shipment about the same. The market is a shade weaker fur Manila spot. Fair current Manila. £2 1 15a. Forward shipment, £22. The output from .Manila for the week totalled 24,000 bales. Wheat. —• Market quiet, with tendency in favour of buyers. Oats. .Market dull; very little business doing. Fens. —Market firm with upward teiidenc y. Reims. .Market very quiet. •\VoOI. rent quotations for Bradford lops are; SB’s, low crossbreds. 10’id; ID’sp low crossbreds. Is Ed: •« l’«. medium crossbreds, is 2V ; d; 50’s, lial f-breds, Is s'Atl; 50’s, quarter-breds. Is 7 gd; 00's, merinos, 2s lil. Cocksfoot. The seed market is dull and buyers are not keen to do business. River Plate shipments; River i’lam shipments received during May, 1912, were: —London: .Mutton, 51,222; lamb, 7322. Liverpool ; G 1.125 and 23.761; Hull: 10,182 and 67; Cardiff: mutton, 7645. Totals: Mutton, 1 36,175; lamb, 31,160. May, 1911. totals: Mutton, 261,020; lamb, 1 59,608.