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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12053, 21 December 1906, Page 7

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MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Pxm* Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. MELBOURNE, December 20. Hides are firmer, and the market for stouts and other sorts is steady. (Per United Press Association). NAPIER, December 20. The C.C. and D. Company, London, cabled to-day as follows : — The meat market is somewhat weaker, and there is a decline in the value of mutton and beef. To-day's quotations. — Mutton : Canterbury 4fd, Napier, Wellington, and North Island 4d. Beef: Hinds 3|d, fores 3sd» ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS PALBOTERSTON REPORT. PALMERSTON N., December 20. At Palmerston on Thursday another large yarding of catt!e came forward, af d it was a difficult matter to- find sufficient accommodation. Very few outside buyers were present, and for a number of lines of 2 to 3-year steers bidding was slack. Other sorts maintained recent prices. Very few grown bullocks were yarded. Sheep as usual sold readily at good prices. Quotations: 2-tooths 14s, 14s 9d, 15s 6d, forward wethers 15s Bd, lambs 8s 7d, «wes with small lambs 129, 3 and 4year bullocks £5 to £5 8s 6d, 3-year steers to £3 9s 6d, 18-month steers £2 5s to £2 Bs, 18-month heifers 30s- to 365, yearling heifers 23s to 27a 6d, forward cows 27 s. 6d to JE2 sa.