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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12757, 10 January 1905, Page 2

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United Press .A^ociulitri. —tty I'lecLric Telegraph.— Copyright. LondoUj January 8. Silves "2s 3 15-26 d. Copper.— fcj pot £GS Us od, tlnou •Moiuhs X(J9 Ua Gd. A l tiio ral-bit skins auctions l>>-> olKTed and 1807 sold. BosL advance a iH'nny. Low-furred suckers were uL [>ar to a half-ponuy decline. Sheejj. — Canterbury light 'i^d, medium dgd, heavy 4 ld, Dunedin und Southland, none oflering', North lbland 4§d. Lambs. — Nono offering. Beef foros, 3d. hinds 3gd. Uivor Plato Sheen.— lioavy a '.i-lfid, ii»-ht 3gd. Beef fores 2 IL-lGd, 1-ind^ 3id. lieinp. — Quite unchanged. WOOL SALES. Sydney, January '.). ! The wool sales opened with price.-; slightly irregular, but no material ] alteration of last year's closing- rates i was noticeable Gi'casy .-sold up to t'2d, scoureds to ISUI per Tb. Invercargill, January 9. At the wool sales to-day crossbred hog-get clips brought to .'2.} d, and 12£ d for ewe. Compared with last year's prices crossbred super was worth 3d to 4d more, medium Id to i -Yd, inferior 2Ad to 3d. half-bred •rootl to Id, aud half-bred medium !|d to 2d. Lincoln owe brcught S)jd and hogget U\d. as against C : ]d last year; bclli<'s 3:|d to -I.Yd, pieces 4\«l to sd. . The sale wont with great spirit, aud some vendors, confident of obtaining even better values, withdrew thoir lots. | SYDNEY STOCiv MARKET. j Sydney, January 'J. i Sheep. — Unchanged. Best wethers 16s 3d, ewes lfe sd. Cattle.— The demand is .strong. 1 Best bullocks £9 10s, good £d ss, best cows £7 10s, good £6 ss. Beat beef averaged 22s Gd per 1001 b. AiGKNT-G IiNEBAL" S ADVICE. Per Press Association. Wellington, January 9. The Department of Industries and Comm-croe jhas received the following cablegram from the -Agent-> General, dated London, Bth :— Tho frozen meat market is very dull, and n'uotationsi hhow a weaker tendency. Butter continues in active demand, the market being firm, with «, hardening tendency. The ii\crage i - riw ofi choicest New Zealand butter to-day is 100s. The cheese market is active and advancing, tlio average price ct iinest Now Zealand being 525. The homp nuarket is very quiet at about last week's price. There has been no alteration in the cocksfoot seed market since last week. Importations of JJivcr Plate mutton fof the month of Decambcr were :-— London G5,S6:>, Liverpool 129,313, Hull 6223, Cardiff 4523, Newcastle 11,213. Plymouth 537. Lamb :—London 4534, Liverpool GS3I. Butter :— Jo,o.V7c\\ ts. was distributed over Lcudon, Liverpool, Hull, and Southampton. PIIOPEJITY SALES. .Messrs Bewley <5c Grillit/hs report' the following property sales during the la.st quarter of the year just closed : 9SS acres, Urenui, on account of .Air \\. We&t, to a local investor. 50 acre farm at Lepperton, on account of Mr Brewer, of Palmers ton. 110 aero farm at Feilding, together with large milk run, on account of Mr J. Kynvett, to a Pabnerston invesfor. 22A acres, Frankioy Road, on accoum of Mr G. Price, to Mr L. Frost. Mr iiodgers' well-known beautiful orchard ana farm at Bell Block to Mr •I. Home. Mr Lennon's house (Jill-street to a local investor. j\lr Koch's subm-ban house and 10 acres, Wcs'town. Mr Lennon's suburban house and 10 acres, WcstoAvn, to New Plymouth resident. Mr Coldwcll'b house in Uobson- ■ street to Mr Binnie, of We<Lo\\n. •Mr Binnie's 50 acre far.m at to\\n to a Stratford investor. !Mr Rawlings' W acre farm at Onuita to Mr W. I). Webster. Mr Perrotts' 150 acre farm :\t OaUura, at X 7 l7s;Gd per acre, to Mr Aitken, of Ashurbt. 4 -roomed hou.se in BuUcol-strcet to Mr K a wliJigs, of Omatu. ij-roomed house in Pciidarves-streLt on account of Mr W. 1). Wclstcr, to a local investor. 9 .sections in Waitara township ou acvonnt of tho late Majo.s Parris, by pul lie auction : all realised ■'Try satisfactory prices, the upsets being in most cases doubled or trebled. 50 acre faian, together with lino house ana' orchard. at Loppcrton,^ r>u account of Mr L. Randall, to Mr' T. Bransgrovc, of New Plymouth. • Also they report having leased :—: — 12(5 acres, Frankley Road, to Mr L, Frost. Mr "W. D. Webster's 40 acre farm at r'lmnia to Mr Morris. 170 acre farm front Mr J. Vcalc to Mr L. Frost.

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