COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIX, Issue 8148, 24 May 1906, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

MASTBKTON STOCK SAL2S. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their fortnightly sale at the Masterton yards yesterday (Wednesday). The weathec was deoidedly unpropitious, and only a small yarding oame forward. There was only a moderate attendance of buyers, and as the stock appeared to disadvanage, bidding was dull and very little business was done. Two lines of lambs, totalling over 2,000, whioh were prevented from coming in, wero sold privately to a Wanganui olient from 9s 4d to 106 6d. At the yards fat ewes sold from 14s 5d to 14s 7d, good shorn lambs lis 7d, empty ewes from 10s, fat cows from 67s 6d, weaners 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:-—Ac our Masterton fortnightly stock sale yesterday the entries in both sheep and cattle were somewhat short, owing to the rough state of the weather. However, we had a very fair yarding, the class being generally good, and all lines with two

exceptions ohauged bands; in cattle we made a olearanoe, Fat ewes, prime 15s 4d, others 14s 6d, forward ewes lis 2d to 13s 6d, best breeding ewes 13s, others 10a to lis, culls 3a 6d to 7s 6d, 2-tooth wetnors 14s to 15s Id, lambs, i best lis 6d, others 10a 6d, 18-rnouth steers 31s to 455, yeailings 30s, heifers in oalf 475, store cows and heifers 29s to 31s. WOOL MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. Eecieved May 23, 8.16 a.m. LONDON May 22. The fleece portions of the follow- / ing clips sold as under:—Waramen, 14% d; Christohurch, 13% a; Kawarau, 11 %d. Recoived May 23, 10.44 a.m. SYDNEY, May 23. There was a strong demand at the wool sales. Prices were fully 5 per cent, above last month, and occasionally more. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Received May 23. 10.25. a.m. SYDNEY, May 23.""" Wheat, chick 3a 3d to 3s 4d, milling 3s 6d; flour £7 10s to £7 15s; oats, Algerian 2s lOd to 3s, New Zealand Cartons 3s 3d; maize 2s 7d to 2a 8d; peas 5s 3d; bran and pollard Is; potatoes, Tasmanians £8 to £8 10s; onions £6 10s; bacon s)£d to 7d; butter, choice to lOd. MELBOURNE, May 23. Wheat 3s 4d to 3s 4%d; flour £7 12s 6d; oats, Algerian feeding 2s 6d to 2s 7>£d, milling and seeding 2s 8d to 2s lid; barley, Cape malting 3a to 3s Id, English 4s lOd; maize 3s; bran Is; pollard la o>£d; potatoes £6 10a to £7 6s; onions £5 to £5 ss. ADELAIDE, May 23. Wheat 3s 4d; flour £7 5b ; bran and pollard Is.