COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13880, 17 April 1909, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

'.CLEARING sale."The National Mortgage and Agency Company -of .New /Zealand. Limited, report having held a successful clearing sale on account, of Mr I. J. Curtis, Albiiry, on the "Bth- inst. There was a go'otl attendance present, and competition \vas keen for* every lot offered. Sates , resulted as follows: —104 fourtooth, ewes 175,. 150 six and eight-tooth ewes 14s, 52 two-tooth ewes 13s 7d. Jl7O full-mouth ewes 7s, 290 lambs 9s, 60 ■wethers : 9s 7d, - rams 2gn to 3gns. Worses.—Bay mare £42, hay mare (7vrs) £3O. aged mares and geldings £5 to";i:18. Cattle. —Fat steer £5 10s, do. £*i*6s,-fat' cow £3 ss, springing heifers £o.-to £5 15s. Pigs £2 12s 6d. Implements and sundries sold at market ra'tes. • STDDHOLME JUNCTION SALE. The -usual fortnightly sale was held yards yesterday, wheu air-entry of. 6300 sheep and 3-3 cattle were .'offered. In sheep there was a gopd: demand for all classes, and the realised prices show an advance on late rates. Cattle; met; with a dull demand, consequently • few . were sold. Prices ruled as follows: —Fat ewes. 8s 6d, 9s. 9s-2d. 9s 3d. 9s 6d to 10s lid: fat lambs,' 12s 6d to 13s: fat wethers, 13s 9d, 14s 3d to 14s 4d: store lambs. Ss od,-8s Bd. lis 2d. lis 5d to lis 8d; ewe lambs, lis lid. 12s to 12s Gd: twotooth ewes, 14s 4d, 14s 9d, 15s Gd, 16s 7d, 17s/to 19s 2d; four and six-tooth ewes, 15s 4d to 16s 3d: sound-mouth ewes. 12s Id.. 12s 3d to 13s 2d: old e'wesj' ss, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ; store wethers to -12s Id. Cattle.—Fat heifers to £5 10s. cows to £4 15s, yearlings 20s to 265: CAVE SALE. '.The usual monthly sale was held at the. Cave yards yesterday, when about 4000 sheep, comprising princinallv ewes and lambs, were penned. The demand for lambs was good, and prices show a hardening tendency. Ewes were well competed for v.p to certain limits. Sales were made as follows: —Account Mr Andrew Burnett, Cave, 220 wether lambs lis Id,- 200 five-vear-old ewe* 10s 6d. 100 two-tooth wethers lis. 120 two-tooth ewes 16s. Other sales. —Twotooth ewes. 14s fid. Los, 16s Id to 17s 2d; fat lambs. 12s to 13s Id: fat wethers. 13s to 13s 7d; store lambs, 9s 9d to lis: Border Leicester rams to £2 2s. Immediately after the sale the National Mortgage and Agency Company offered - ✓»! ac"n--nt of Mr rTnch Black, his l.i.n. of 59 acres, adjoinine Cave township, and wassed it in to Mr Cameron's bid at £290. Tt, is, however, expected that a sale will be effected privately, there being very little difference between the passed in price and the owner's reserve. SALE OF SURPLUS STOCK. The National Mortgage and .An-ency Company of New Zealand. Limited, report as follows:—We held a sale if surolus stock, comprising sheen, cattle and hordes, on account of Mr E. Richards. Viihao Downs, on Tlmrsdav. loth. The stock offered was drawn from Mr RHiards' Waihno Downs and Elenhant Hill estates, and was ?mt forward in splendid condition. ' The attendance at the sale was very good. buyers being "resent f r om all 'iarts of Soi'th Canterbury. Competition was sufficiently keen to enable us to m-ike plrnoct a total dearar-w s>+ prices which compare favourably with of late sales. Before commencing tb° sale Mr Scott, th» intimated that it wts Mr Richards' intention, providing this sale was a torv one. to make it an. annual fixture, pifl jud-rin" bv the nrices receivd we think Mr Richards' in+entions will be carried out. The following ore soi"e of the nrincinnl sales: —1024 fa*" lambs .«+; ]3s 7d 1400 fit !»«d forwird lambs lis Id to lis 3d. 1180 WPthe- la-I<s 10s 3d. 900 ewe-lambs 10s 9d. 1950 lamb= (mixed spy*?) 7s 9d to Ss 3d. 400 ewe lambs 9s lOd. 1300 tw~tooth wres 14s sd. 154 ell two-+o<->th owes 12s Bd. Horcps.—tßtv geldin" £2O. bay "elding £33. aged mares and ™ldin<'s PK) to £lfi 10s. vim'? .£7 to £H_. fottl".—Fat heifers and cows £4 15s to £5 10s. Dalgetv and Co. rennrt under date. London. April 15th: "The froze" b°ef and mutton market is weak, and the demand is still very limited. There ■ - "*i imnrot-pd floniond tnr fi'r-"" lamb, and the market is firm at last quotations."