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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 41, 3 October 1911, Page 5

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(Received 3, 10.30 a.m.) London, October 2. Good wools are selling well, but faulties are irregular. Silver, 24f,d. ■ Waihi shares, 67s 6d to 70s; Junction, 33s Oil to 355; Talisman, 47s 6d to 50s. FROZEN MEAT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cablegram from its London house, under date 29th instant:—“The market is quiet for mutton and weaker for beef. The demand for amb is falling off.”

STRATFORD WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE.

YOUNG, HOBBS AND CO.’S REPORT.

On Tuesday, 26th nit., we held our usual four-weekly sale of above produce, before a representative attendance of buyers. ' The catalogue comprised 665 sheepskins, 383 hides, 661 calfskins, 1 cask 9 tins tallow, and a small quantity of tails, which realised the following prices : Sheepskins.—Butchers’ (dry), ;] wools, 3s 4d, 4s 4d, 5s 3d, us 6d, 5s 7d; i wools, 2s, 3s 6d; salted -;J wools, 3s Id, 4s, ss; settlers’ full wools, ss, 5s 7d, 5s Dd; f wools, 2s lOd, 3s 7d; } s do. 2s lid; shorn lamb, Is; pelts, Id; dead and damaged Rues, i wools, 2s lOd, 3s Id; half do., Is lOd; shorn lamb, is 2d; pelts, Is; salted 3 wools, 2s 3d, 3s, 3s Id; half do., Is 9d, 2s 3d; dead and damaged, 2s 2d'; woolly lamb, dead, Is Id, Is 2d; shorn lamb, 2d; woolly hogget, 3s 2d; pelts, Bd. Hides. —Butchers ox, 6£d, 6gd, 6ijd; cow, heavy, 6gd; medium, 6gd, ■j,jd; light, 6Jd, 6gd, 6-id; yearling, jjd, sd, ojd; enw, 31 d, 4£d, 41d, 5d sj,d; green, 3ld, 4|d; slippy, 3gd, 3}d ; cut, 4|d; yearling, 4d, old, 6~d; cut and slippy, stag, 4d ; stag slippy IJd; horse, cut, 9s. ' Calfskins.—Medium, Bfd, small bid, large dirty BJd, medium dirty 81 d, small dirty 7§d, cut and slippy 51d, part dry ud, second cut and slippy 4 J a d. ‘ , ' Tallow.—lnferior 21s per cwt, tins 23s per cwt. Cow-tails.—ls 3d per dozen. Our next sale will be held on Tuesday, 21th October.

Mr. Newton icing’s Stratford Weekly Report. At the Hay market on Saturday there was a moderate yarding of pigs, chiefly weaners, prices realised being on a par with previous sale. I quote slips and weaners 9s to 15s 6d, medium stores 29s to 30s. pedigree pigs £2 2s, calves 2s to 6s 6d ,horse £o I Os. At the Marti—Poultry: A fair number of birds were penned, all of which were cleared at the hammer at prices in advance of previous sales, with the demand again exceeding the supply— Roosters Is 9d to 2s 3d, hens Is id to 2s Bd, ducks 2s 3d to 2s 7d, turkey 6s 6d. Potatoes, 6s 6d to 9s sack; parsnips, Is bag; broccoli, 2s 9d doz; peas, 2s peck; furniture, military coats, and sundries at usual rates.