COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 23 November 1899, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

- Mr Matthew • Henry • reports as follows:*— - - ; For the week under review sales were conducted and Pahiatua and Palmerston/ A fair 'entry came forward at Pahiatua,. and the' hammer being in the hands of Mr A. Walker; there was again a practical clearance.- A-very moderate entry made upi the yarding- at 'Palmerston, the chief attraction; being Mr S- R- Lancaster's' Berkshire' and I'anvworth -pigs,- supplemented J>y amai'.l Dut choice entry'from - Mr•.>Lovelock*. 5-. Fromvthe. outset it -was very' apparent, that buyers* were holding ofi.in tne.-hopes,.-of fitting, pigs' at .their own price. This, however, did "not-" fake ' pla«e, as the bulk* of the entry forward changed babds atprices'-pretty much up tb --*7 vendors- expectations. Among the prices Jobtained'were the following: — I Tamwoi-th boar/ on account of Mr Jarvis, TamworHx sow on account of Mr Stuart, Chrisfchurch, - 8gs;: Tamworths on account of Mr Lancaster, up to s_gs; for TveauOrs?-and Berkshires,-from 2gs to sgs; and- Berkshires, on account of Mr -Love- ■ • - iock*,-3igs-to £6. The sheep and cattle yarded were almost 'all 'cleared at the. subjoined' quotations, the values realised showing very little : tendency to meet buyers' expectations. liota tiens; are-: — . . ' Cattle-*-24-year steers, .£3 18s 1 2-year -rt-ee^'fiS^sj heiferp-springing, £4 ss, , £3 10s, £"_ 16s; cows in milk,. £3 10-i; J purebred shorthorn bull, £7. —Sheep—Fat ewes, lis' 9d; shorn wis-' , there; 9s 9d. ; i WELLINGTON WOOL AND SKIN- ' " ' '- - SALE. ■ M * .. * WELLINGTON, Nov. 17;.. \ ■ Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. report j as follows :' — -i " , We offered 39 bales of wool and 4000 ■„ skins at to-day's "sale. A few' fine' lots bf the' new clip .Were offered, and bright s Romney fleeces" sold at satisfactory prices, ' but coarse, log-stained wool did not re- " ceive mufch attention., B Skins showed no change as compared ? witb the - previous sale, and we quote as * ■ follows -and fine half-breds, 7d . to 8d per'lb;. fine cross-breds, s£d to 6id; J 1 coarse cross-Breds,' 4Jd to sid; dead aiid f ■r hoggets, 3id'to 44d;' bare pe'.ts (sound), * 5d to.Bd each:' Th 4 date of next skill sale is fixed for s lst December; and the first large wool sale for the Bth December. Consignments are , now coming forward freely, for this sale, and we expect a'large 'attendance of-buy- ' ers. . * NOLAN, TONKS, aND CO.'S STOCK f REPORT. .. » ( HAWERA, November 16.=. At our montbly horse fair on the llth in- . stant, we had a very large entry. Horses sold freely, especially drauj[h*-s and upstanding hacks. At Eltham ori. 14th instant tz.e yaids were crowded with cattle, bidding was brisk, and nearly every lino was disposed of. At Hawera on 16th instant we held one 77 of the largest, saleis this year, 2000 cattle being yarded.' Competition was keeu throughout, and nearly every line was quitted under the,hammer. We quote at Eltham:—Yearlings, mixe '. 35s to 38s; yearling steers, i,2 to- £2 5s ; 18 months to 2 year steers, £2 7s 6!. to £2 , 15s; 2i.to 3 year steers, £3 is 6d to £j J 15s; forward bullocks, £4 14s '.o £5 3s; weanera, 20s to 25s ; yearling heifers, 30s ; ■_, store cows,. £2 7s to £2 12s 6d; forward cows,. £2 15s ;' 2 year heifers (quie*-), £2 5s i to £2 10s; fat cows, £3 12s 6d to £4'; I springers, £3 10s to £4 10s. At Hawera:—Yearling steers, £2 to £2 ss; 18 months to 2 year steers, £2 10s to £2 15s; 2 year steers, £2 15s to £3; 2_ to 3 year steers, £3 10s to £4 ; 3 year bullocks, £4 5s to £4 10s ; v to 4 year bullocks £4 15s to £5; weaners, isOs to 255; store cows, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; forward cows, ' £2 15s; fat cows, £3 12s 6d to £4 ; 2 year _ quiet heifers, £2.4s to £2 10s; mixed yearlings, 35s tO £2 ; springers, £0 10s to £4 ; choice, do., £5 10s. Sheep—Hoggets (small), 9s 9d; fat ewes, lis; fat mixed, 13s. 7 -•-■•' At horse, fair:--Draughts, £25 to £51 10s; milk cart horses, *>i 4 to' £18, hacks £5 to £12: harness horses, £12 to fj.B,. r