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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12550, 13 July 1905, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON MARKETS

Per Press Association. CHRLSTCHURCH, July 12

At the Addington yards there were a fair number of entries of stock, and a good attendance. The few store sheep entered met with a good demand, and the best fat lambs sold at the previous week's price, while unfinished sorts wero again easier. Fat wethers and ewea showed a decline, and prime beef brought last week's rates. Thero was a poor sale of store cattle, and a modenato demand for dairy cows. Fat pigs were easier, and sores were not in very keen demand. Stora Sheep.—Only a few lots of welhers and ewe« 3 were offered and they sold we"!— 99 4, 6, and 8 tooth ewes making 26s 7d,'313 aged 14s, 93 Merinos 8s 10:1, 36 wethers 18s lid, and 483 brought 16s lOd to 17s. Fat Lambs.—A small yarding of mostly unfinished sorts were again easier^ while any well finished lots brought thy previous week's rates, though there was not much competition. Tegs made 19 j Orl to 21s 6d, .and standard weights 16s to 19>;.

Fat Sheep.—The entry of fat sheep was not so large as the previous week, and they were again mostly wethers. Thero wero only a few export buyers operating, and though, the market opened very well, wethers upon the whole declined Is to Is 6d per head, and there was a further drop in the value of ewes, especially medium and inferior sorts. Prices were as follow: Prime wethers 23s to 26s 6d, others 18s 3d to 22.-5 6d; prime heavy ewes 20s to 22s 6d, medium 17s 6d to *21s 6d, aged 14s to 17s; good Merino wethers 17s Id to 18s.

Fat Cattle.—There was an entry of 175, the bulk being steers. There was a fair "demand, and prime beef maintained its value, while medium and inferior wero rather easier. One steer from Mr. G. E. Rhodes' (Meadowbank) made £13 10s, and five brought £6 10s to £S 15s; 16 from W. J. Rutherford (Mcntrose), £10 2s 6d to £12, and 12 from Mr. E. D. Giles (Parnassus) £7 5s to £8 ss. Other* steers brought £6 7s 6d to £10 12s 6d; heifers £4 17s 6d to £i', and cows £4 10s to £7 2s 6d, equal to 21s to 235, and medium to good 17s to 20s. A fair entry of veal calves sold ar, 7s Id to £2 10s.

Storo and Dairy Oattle.—A few odd lots of store cattle changed hands at comparatively low rates. There was a fairly large entry of medium dairy cows, which sold tip to £7 17s Gd. Pigs.—There was a medium yarding, •« few of which were prime baconers. Fats wero easier than tho previous week, and there was only a moderate demand for stores. Baconers made 40s to 50s, equal to 3>Ul to 3|d per lb., porkers 24s to 335, equal to 3|d to 4d per lb.; large stores 20s to 245, medium 13s to 18s, and small 10s 6d to 12s Gd.

Per Press Association (By Telegraph.)

(From Our Special Parliamentary Reporter.)

WELLINGTON, July 12. Mr, .Colvin's question re an import duty on imported coal received an answer to^day,. that as cheap fuel is an important factor in the development of ,oi%|&^u£tries, the Government is not disposed to impose such a duty. Thus the Minister of \Rlines. A few lines away, on the question paper, the Minister of Railways is telling Mr. Lewis that the railway tariff, by charging imported coal a rate-ond- a half,- is encouraging local production by what Mi. Lewis calls an import duty. -- i