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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1168, 1 February 1904, Page 6

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Pren A.ttociation.— Teleeraph. — Copyright ; -'RcreiriyfcdcFtebrnfcrVl;- 9.21 a.m. - •"'=- i; ikONjpON, January 31: The wool catalogued'"' to date is 116,898 . bales, of which have % been- sold ' 111,762. Prices for- merinos"- were fully maintained, but shabbier crossbreds were rather draggmg^"'- Thevfb-llmviriff clips sold: — Otago B|£skafett«sfc«- ,->V ' '*- -' •* • •• •■•■•■wJlWH^Wbj^MfeW'^ FeTr-^ ruary shipmefit 86ld l at"29s-and 11,000 Australian February-M"arc;h at 295. The City of Agra's cargo sold at 29s 3d. Sheep. — Canterbury "4 9-16, Dunedin. and Southland 4fsvNi?rth Mand 4 3-16. ' . 4|d, Dunedin and Southland 4|d. no North .Island offering. -Bel?f is: unchanged. -' . ' - Rive^Plat^'sfteeiH-Sid.- Beef— fores, 2^d ; hinds, 2^d. . : .."Afe-the" kauri auctions 29Q0 cases were offered and 800 sold, chiefly chips and siftings, at ful} —wrices. -No ,three-quarter-scrajied was-feoitK' 1 -^" ' v '• CoppeKffSpot>s6i; three months, 56f. Lead— Ti;o6. \ - ' Tfal'Tratm l ?Wii*t' Trades' Association's. Smithfiel A markdt^quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats a.re based on actual s'ale».of .potTcsff than 100 carcases, of- mutton* brjsnib/ of 25 carcases of beef, of .fair- avejcage-iftuality. These 'quotations are notifoit. elected lines, .-but for -parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now.ou.the market. - - Kew t ZeaJUtnd-.fihepip-T-Crossbred wethers and maiden 'ewes, Canterbury, lights 48 to. 66lb£j.; C^oterbury medium, 56 to 641bs; .Canterbury, heavy, 64 tp-'-721b8; Dunedin aucL. Southland., s6 to 641bs; North Island, 55 .;to. 65lbs. T!few Zealand lambs, Canterbury, light, 28 to 36lbp; Canterbury heavy,' 36 to 421bs; .Dunedin and Southland, 28 to 421bs ;_NortnrJslatLd; 28-to 42.1b5. New. Zealand beef— Ox fotes/ 180 to 2201ba; oi hinds, 180 to 2201b5. . •