COMMERCIAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11476, 6 February 1905, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

BADDELEY, FORLONG AND CO.'S STOCK REPORT. Last week we hold sales in Wanganui and Waaverloy. In \Vanganui last Wednesday there was a large attendance of buyens. All young cattle that came forward sold well, dairy cows and orivpty heifers were dull ; sheep brought much the same prices. In Wavcrley on Friday we had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle and a large attendance of buyers from all \ arts. Everything was 3old except one pen. We quote: — At Wanganui.— Cattle — Forward cows £% 4s Gd to £i, 2 to 2', -year steers (good) £4 13s, 3-year bullocl:8.-£4 15a, 18-month steers £2 I3s. others (good) £2 16s. 18nicmtli empty heifers £2 11s, dairy cows £6, mixed 13-month cattle .£2 10s, 15month heifers £2 3s, 2 to 2i-year steers (fair) J!3 lls 6d, good yearlings £2 f<; 6d, weaners 18s to £1. empty yearling heifers £2 lls, cons and calves £2 17s to £'& 10s. Sheep — Fat wethers 17s 6d, 4-tooth wethers lc«s 4d to 15.3 9d, lambs (poor) 5s 3d, woolly lambs 9s, ewes (2 and 4-tooth) 13s Gd to 15s. Pigs — Baconcra 30s, porkers 20s to 30s, weaners 10s, store pigs 7s 3d to 15s !id.

At Waverley. — Cattle — 15 to 18-mcaths steers £2 5s to £3 4s 6d, cows and calves £3 2s Gd, empty heifers £?> 5b Gd. Shesp— Fat wethciis 16.3 Id, forward wethers 14s 6d to 14s lid, .full-mouth ewes 8s lid to 12s 3d, lambs 7s 9d to 7s lOd. . Pigs — \Veanor3 8s to 9s.

An advertisement appears in another column asking for information as to the whereabouts of Javnca Travis, who loft the American, baique "Maria," at Bay of Islands, New Zealand, under th© nurca of fames V^lsou. between 1852 and 1836.