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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14480, 29 June 1911, Page 5

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GERALDINE STOCK BALE. The .fortnightly wil« was hold at G-oraldino yards yesterday, when a small yarding was «ffori'd. Fat stock. with the exception of a lew pens, was represented by lambs wethers and owes of very medium quality. Prices kowover woro good. Sail's were made nt the following prices:— Fat lanilw, lis lis Gd, Ite (id, 12s, 12s 4d, los and 20s —the latter price , was obtained hy Dalgety and Company for ft small pea of oxtru primes on. account of Mr Jolui Ellis, Komgita- | tii—fat wethers, 15s 6d, 16a fid, IBs Id to 20s; fat owes. 14s, 12a, lis, 10s Id, 9s Id, 9s 6d, to 9s; store lambs, 0s 7d, 8s to 10s lot; store wethers, 12s; sixtooth ewes, 14s 4d*. mixed ages, 10s <sd, Bs, 7s 7d, 12a; boilers. 2s 3d to 8a £fd. SHARE MARKETS. CHRISTOEURCH 'CHANGE. Yesterday's call:—Bank of N.Z., b £ll 17s Od; Notional Insurance, b £1 16s; South British do., b £3 13s; Canterbury Frozen Meat Co., b £8 10s; I Cliristchuroh do. (£10), s £lO 2s 6d; |N.Z. Shipping Co., s £ll 16s; Weßt-port-Stockton Coal, s. 2s 3d; Mason Struthors and Co., a £1 Cb ; Taranaki Petroleum, h lGs 6d, s 17s Cd; Manning and Co., s £4 ss; Ward and Co., b £5 16s s £5 2s 6d; Waitnngi Consolidated, b 2s 7d,; Watchman, b 2s, b 2s 6d. Sales reported—Ohristchureh Gas, £9 15s; Kaiapoi Woollen, £5 lt/s; N. 55. Farmers' Co-ojt. <CS paid), £5 12s. ;..•■;..■ DONEDTN EXCHANGE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, June 98. Stock Exchange sales:—Consolidated Goldfields, £1 Is; May Queen, 2s 7d; Waihi, £3 6s 9d; Waihi Grand Junction, £1 7s 6d (8 weeks delivery). Sales reported—New Sylvia, 2s W, Ss lOd; Saxon ,2s; Waihi, £3 7s 6d; Rising Sun, £2: Consolidated Goldfields, £1 Is; May Queen, 2s 8d; Watchman, 2s OJd; Dominion Rubber, Cs prem.; New Zealand Drug 2s 9d. , A ROMNEY SALE. . : '":'" : 'rm£im, June 28. A dispersal sale of the : late G. C. Wheelers Roraney sheep and 1 Hereford cattle commenced nero to-day, when 900 stud rams and ewes were offered. Buyers were present from all over New Zealand and Australia. Bidding was extremely brisk all day, and the sale was the most successful of its kind' over known in trie Bdmmion. The Wgbest price paid was for iXe ram Freeliolder 18, for which W. F. Jacob paid' 100 guineas. Quito a number of rams went over,6o guin-: eas. Ewes brought from 4to 26 gnineas, the latter price being paid for each of two, to go to Australia, where a fair proportion of the whole of the aheap will e». The Herofords will be sold to-morrow ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. , ' CHRISTOHURCB, June 28. j At Addington there was fair entries of stock and a good *ttendarJoe. Fat cattle were easier in : consequence of a large supply. " Store sheep sold well. Prime fat lambs were firm and fat pigs showed some improvement. Prime Cat sheep sold well., but roodium and inferior ewes were rather easier. ' . For star© sheep tbero was a good demand, especially for lambs, and! these with good sound mouth ewes sold if anything, better"■: than the previous week. A lino of two tooth ewes made 14s lid, others lis/ mixed, aees'Bs Id, aged ewes in lamb 0s 6d to 7s 6d,. and aged dry owes, 4s to 6s Id, forward wethers 12s 3d to 13s '4d, .halfbred wethers 10s 6d to lis 2d, mixed lines of lambs 9s 6d- to lis Id, others 7s 9d to 8s 3d, ewe lambs lis 9d to 12s id, and wether lambs 8s 6d> to 10s 4d.

Fat lambs totalled 3799, including a fab proportion of prim© quality. A good many lota would havo sold better in the store pens, to which several lots were transferred. Prime lambs were if anything a shade firmer, and unfinished and inferior were diffioult to fi*U; There were 2821 taken for export at 9s lOd to 19s 6d, 117 by butchers at 12s to 15a lOd, and 861 were passed at 7s 9d to lis Id, and some lots did not elicit a bid, There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep,, and the range of prices was —Extra prime wethers to 345, prime ]&s to 23s 3d, medium 15s 6d to 17s Gd, light 14s 4d to 15s, prime ewes ICs to 19s 9d, medium lis 6di to 14s Cd, aged and light 8s to lis, morino wetliers 13s Id to 14s 2d.

The supply of beef totalled 870 head and included several large conisgnments!of prime cattle from the North Island. .In consequence of the heavy supply there was a decided decline in prices, prime steer beef malting 22s 6d to 26s 6d, extra to 28s; medium 20s to 225, and cow and inferior 19s per lOOib. Some useful lines of store cattle were yarded but there was not much demand. Two year steers made £3 to £3 lis, two year heifers £3 7s 6d, three year 6teers £6 5s to £7 15s (passed), and dry cows 80s to £2 15s. Good dairy cows sold well at prices ranging from £3 10s to £lO 2s (id. Fat pigs met with an improved demand and better prices. Ohoppers sold up to 84s, large baconers GOs to 555, smaller 37s to 455, equal to 4d to did; largt porkers equal to 4Ad per lb. Medium pigs mode 20s to 235. smaller 9a to 16s, and wcanere 2s 6d to ss. BtJUNSIDE MARKET. »UNEI>IN, Juno 28. It Burnside to-day 170 fat cattlo were yarded, thu majority being good to prime quality. There was a br.sk doiuaml ana pnesa were very firm ut lato rates. Best bullocks £lO 10s to £l2 7t Gd, ouc truck of extra heavy to £ls 12s Gd, medium to good i-'H 10s t.i £9 10s, light £6 10s to £7 lUs, best cows and boilers £8 10s to £9 10s, medium to good £U 5s to £7 10s, light £4 10s to £5 15s. fat sheep—4 800 were penned. The qual.ty all through was good. Wethers were not forward in huge numbers and they sold at about late rates. Kvvcs showed a drop of about Is per head Best wethers 19s Gd to 21s, extra wj 235 Od, medium to send l(is od to 18s 6d, light Ms to 15s 6d, best eivca ICs to 17s 6d, oxtni to 20s o.d, medium l(i ,cood 14s to 15s 6d, light &s Gd to 12a CJ. Fat lambs—37oo wore panned. Competition was good and prices »«•« about the panie as last week. Cast 17s od to ]Ss 6rl, extra 20» Dd, medium 14.* 0d to Ms 6d, light and inferior 12s 6d to 13s fid. Tlure was a large yarding of porkers and raconens, and valc.es were a good deal easier. Suckers *na slips wore (n short supply, but there xns no domanJ. Slips to 14x, stores to 16s fid, porkers 25s to 34s Cd. IgSs banners 38s to 47s 6d, heavy do. tc 67s 6d. I'nOlVrjCTC MATHCRT. Oats. —Consignments from the country are light, and all lines coming to hand are readily placed. Tile deniniid is for A grade Cartons, ami Pmrrnwbills. prime niiUin-r 2s ■id t i '.'.■. s'.d. n-,,0d to best feed 9 S 4,5 to 2s od: inferior to medium 2s Id to 2s M. be-t seed linos 2s Td to 2s 3d. (s;>r-Vs oxtri). M'!in:ir..—-ThPro is very little change to ren-ri. Prim,, v-lv-ot is principally i>ir,:::ro,l for. hut holders are "»• -viir.-- i„ cell ni millers' prices "'•J"' :I ■"■ vr'vef .'!- .V.i! to 3.-- fid, ~...) v -i„.,:- •>.. .|,,, in 3, ~, bcst n .j ]of fowl wheat 3s 3Jd to 3s 4d.