COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8122, 19 April 1906, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS,

By Telegraph -Press Association. Received April 18, 10.40 a.m. SYDNEY, April 18. Wheat 3s 4d, chiok, 3a 3d; flour £7 10e, Manitoba £l4 10s; oats, Tasmania prime white 2s lOd to 2s lid, Algerian heavy feeding 2s 6d to 2s 8d; feed 3s; "maize 3a 8d to 3a 9d; barley, Cape 3s Gd, malting 4s to 4s 3d; peaa, blue, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; bran and pollard, lOd; potatoes, Taeinaniau, £8 to £8 10s; onions £6 10b to £7; butter 8%<l; cheesa E%d to 6d; bacon to 7d. MELBOURNE, April 18. Wheat 3s 3d; flour £7 ss; bran 10}£d; pollard lid. ADELAIDE, ApriJ 18. Wheat 3a 2d; flour £7 to £7 10a; oats, Algerian 2a Id to 2a 3d, white 2s 8d to 2a lid; bran and pollara potatoes, JB7; onions, £G.

MASTERTON STUCK SALE,

Messrs Abraham and Williamn, Ltd., report on their Maßterton stock sale na follows--Sheep were penned far in exceaa of advertised numbers, upwards of 6,000 being yarded. Wo have to report the dullest sale of the season, bidding at auction laoking animation from atart to finish, and although we quitted privately the bulk of the yarding, vendora had in most cases to ucoept prioea considerably under their reserves. Iu cattle some ua«f ul sorts iu ateera were penned, and we quitted the whole of the catalogue at prices phghtly in advance of late rates. Wo quote:—Pat ewea 14a to 14a Gd, fat and forward ewes 12s to 13a, forward ewes 10a Od to lie Gd, ewea iu lamb 13s, 12s, lis, 10a 7d, lOsOd, 10s, 9a down to 8a 6d, other ewee 7s 4d to Bs, culls 2s 7d to 48, wothera, which were in poor demand, made, 2 and 4-tooth 15s 6d for best, others lie to 14a 7d, 2tooth wethers 13a 9d to 14s Id, lamba, fat and forward 10a Gd, beßt woolly 9a 9d, othera 7s Gd to 9a Gd, poorer sorts 3s to ss. Cattle: Fat cows £3 10a to £4 7s Gd, bullocks in fair order £4 Ga to £5, «toro cows £2 10a to £3, 2?4-year steera £3 Ga to £3 10s, weanors ss. Pigs, weanera 7a.