COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9676, 23 February 1899, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

FREEMAN R. JACKSON AND CO.'S STOCK EEPORT. Al Waverley on Friday all classes of stock largely exceeded the advertised numbers. Tho various cattle yards wore mostly well filled. Tho quality gencrnlly was good. Bidding was brisk, almost tho whole going- off under thehainmer. Sheep, in large numbers, sold freely, and at an advance on provious rates. " At St. Hill Street yesterday cattle wore in limited supply. For bullocks and fresh stsors an unsatisfied inquiry existed. Sheep wcro plontiful, ami the bulk sold. Prices for stores, in, relation to fat, jnay be described as being at a premium. Good sound breeding' ewes of any quality n>lc high. Pigßj in moderate- supply, mado recei't rates. 'Waverley: — Forward bullocks, £<& 2s 6d; fresh 3§-y?ar steers, i 3 18s Gd; fresh 2Ho ?. year stoora, £3 2f ; 2\ year "steers', £2 7s fed to £3 Is; IB to 38 month steers, 355; yearling steevs. 245: weanors, 14s; forward ompty heifors, £3; others, £2 2s to £2 17s 6d; woolly lambs, 6s 9d; shorn lambs (poor), 3s; culls, Is 6d; choice two-tooth ewes; 9s 4d; others, 7s lid; full-mouthed owes, 58 Id to 7s 6d; fat owe 6, 7s; store wethers, 8s Gd to 8s 9d. Wanganni:— Fat cows, light weights, ,£2 18s to £S; fat bullocks, JE6; fresh 3 1 to 4 year old bullocks, £4. 7s; 2£ year steers, .£l2 13s; springing heifers, £2' 7s Cd to £2 14s; 2 year steers, £2 'ss; four-tooth Lincoln ewes (B. Hair's), 17s I6d to '20s j two-tooth do., 13s;. 6-toothed I to full-n'outhcd, 10s 9d: Mr D. Blair's well-known Lincoln ewea, 10s Id (mixed ages); Mr Sarjeant's ew*s, 6s 8d; Btore owes (poor to medium), 5s 4d to 6s; culls, 3s 9d; choice 2-tooth owes, 10s; vi'U-br^d Lincoln la;ubs in wool, 6s 7d ; shorn lambs (poor)/ 3s; fat ewes, 6s 8d to 7s lid; woll-brod aged Lincoln ewes, '.)a 3d. Pigs— Porkers, 16s 3d to 22s Cd; small More-*, 7* ' to 10s. During the week we disposed of a number of flock Tarns, passed in at the Fair. Wo may mention, as an item of interest, that tho s.s. Gertie left this port for Lyttelton on Monday night, under charter to some well-known local graziers, with a cargo of fat wethers for tho Addmgton market.

If you are thinking of purchasing a Bicycle you cannot do better than visit tho Eidgway Cycle Dep&t (lato Chapman ana Co.), where you will find tho best stock of reliable Bioycles on this coast, or anywhere else, inclading such machines as the Humber, Storling, and •Remington. These Bicycles are well known the world over as tho very best. It will pay you to visit tho show-room, opposite Oddfellows Hall, ana see theße machines for yourself, and as the proprietors buy for cash you may depend on getting Bicyoles at lowest possible prices. Catalogues and nil particulars will be posted to any address.— A»YT