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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 18, 26 February 1914, Page 10

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WHEAT MAJRKEfc ' . By Cable.-—Press A isociaiion.—-Copyright. LONDON,- February 25. The market is firm, with fair r ! inquiry ~. at full late . prices. Five Australian cargoes have been sold at 36/p to 3G/6. - .. • TALLOW SALES/ (Received February >26, -10.40- a.m.) LONDON,- February 25. At the takow sales 1758 casks wera offered and 1005 sold. .Quotation.: 36/3 x to 35/-. '' V-.fV" ■ . ' HOME M * 7KETS. ; (Received February 26, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, February 25. Bar silver is quoted at 26 '9-16 d per standard ounce. '*. A 7 BIG- SHEEP SALE. To-day sees the opening of . what may be a new saleyard for Canterbury, and•" incidentally, of the pushing of the bounds of commerce further out. One of the biggest sales of North Canterbury is 'taking plafee at White' .Rock, 16, miles' from Rangiora/ in the big yards of the station, which was again t cut up a few months Some 9100 sheep 'are to be offered; and it seems probable that as ,so many sheep are and so many runholders are likely to find White Rock a more con; yenient selling centre than Rangiora, that the sale may become a. regular fixture. * There was a good attendance at the Whiterock sale to-day, and bidding was fairly animated. Sales:—W, Macintosh,' Whiterock, 209 : half bred lambs, 14/10; J. M'Cracken, Heyland Estate, 436 6-tooth ewes, 22/7";- C.H. Ensor, Whiterock, 45 half bred ; f ullTmouthed - ewes IS/7; same account, 195 5-year-old ewes, 11/3; F. , ToWnend, -198 soundmouthed ewes, 14/7; G. H. EnsoT,, 471 sound-mouthed ewels, 16/'8; M. Kennedy, 72 half-bred 5-year-old ewes, 11/9; W. Broughton, 156 woolly ewes, 1 19/3; sfame account, 260 2 and 4-tootli wethers - 13/11; O. H. Ensor, 81 2 and 4-tooth wethers 15/1;' W. Broughton, 498 4 and 5-year ewes, 15/-; F. Townend, 353 5-year-old ewes 12/6; account of a client, 643 4-year-old ewes (English Leicester merinos) at 19/6; W. Broughton, 1346 2-tooth ewes (small), 17/6; same account, 1500 4 and 6-tooth ewes, 12/1; 320 2, 4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes, 15/7; , same account, 527 4-ye&r-<da : ewes, 17/-J W. Macintosh, - 267 full : mouthed ewes, 17/1. On account'of W/Brotto-hton, 785 - ewe lambs, 15/5. Same account, 788. wether lambs 9/11, 530 mixed lambs 8/8. On account of C. H. Ensor, 26 Corriedale rams, 3 guineas. ' On account of a client, 27 Shorthorn weaners, 48/6; 60 ditto at 40/-. Oh account of C. H. Ensor, nine forward store : bull6cks £lO 16/-. On account of W: Macintosh, 15 three-shear Corriedale Tams, 1| guineas, CHRISTGHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. FEBRUARY 26, 1914. ' SALES REPORTED. Milburn Lime and ' Cement Co. .. 31/» LATEST, QUOTATIONS,. Buyers. Sellers BANKS— New Zealand : ; . . New Zealand itislits .. - 100/ GAS—' ' i Christchurch ■> ■■■ .. 133/6 ' Timaru .. .. 150/- 165/SHIPPING New Zealand (prof.) 210/ ♦ Union Steam, Ship . . MISCELLANEOUS—trIenmore Bric4c. N.Z. Farmer's' Co-op 46/ " Whitcomb'o and Tombs Press Association. - ; • WELLINGTON, February 26. Sales—Talisman, 43/ G. . r • AUCKLAND, -February -26. . Sales —Ross, 3/6; Waihi, 51/6. . -.7.