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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12583, 2 October 1908, Page 6

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LONDON WOOL SALES. 1-ress Association?— Telegraph — Copyright. Received October 2, 1.3 a.m. LONDON, October 1. Wool. — Short faulty and scoureds »old , 5 to 10 per cent, below closing rates, of last j sales. # - I Following were the average prices real- j ised for the fleece portions of the clips I named: — Gear 6£d, Meoamute 6|d, Tango i 6|d, Wes^ome. 7id, Longburn 7|d. LONDON, October 1. Tin.—- Stocks i 8,311 tonsj on spot S-391 ton^. afloat 408 Bton<*, deliveries 280.5 lons. Lead.— dßl3 6s 3d Silver— 23 13-16 d. AUSTRALIAN WOOL SALES. • MELBOURNE, October 1. Competition for hides was good. Ci repetition tor kips and inferiors a shade easier. Others were firm. STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS. Messrs Fairburn and Silk, •harebroker*, Wanganui, report as "follow*:— INVESTMENT OTQOKS.

DALGETY AND CO.'S STOCK REPORT. Messns Dalgety- ahd Company, Limited, Falmerslon North, import— We held cur usual' weekly sale on. Thursday, Ist Oci tober^ when we had .a small yarding of • ahee-p and a very fair entry of cattle, Nearly ali lines were quitted under tho hammer at prices as below— Store -wethers IBs Bd, mixed age ewes, with lambs 1 at 'foot 15$ Bd, mixed- fat ewesi and; wethers^ ]4s 6d, store. cow« 345, yearling' he* "era 20s to 20s 6d, yearling- steers £2 3$ 6d, 18- months, heifens 345? mixed, weaners 1 7s 6d, 2-year steers £& ss, mixed^ y^ai'iiMg^ bas 6d, forward." cows 555, 2^-year steers ,£3 15s 6d. WANGANUI WOOL, SKIN, AND HIDE REPORT. LEVIN AND~CO>S REPORT. We held our usual monthly sale yesterday, offering a small quantity of wool, 1250 skins, .720' hides and calfskins, besides tallow in casks and "tins, rough fat, horsehair, and cow tails. There was at full attendance of buyers, and competition for all lines was* very brisk, despite the adverse reports round as to the opening of the September sales. We 'quote: — Wool. — Coarse crossbred 4£d to 4fd, dead 4fd, crutchings 3d to 3\<d. Skins. — Fine crossbreds ojd, crossbred ' 4£d to 5Jd, inferior crossbred 2d to 3sd, dead hoggets 4d> broken, crossbreds L£d to 3sd, pelts Id, broken dead 2d, damp crossbred 2s id to' 4s 8& each, salted pelts Is 2d< each. Hides, — Ox medium weights 5d to 5Jd, I ' light weights 4Jd to 4sd, cow 4r l-8d to 4'd, calf skins 6£d to 6Jd, yearlings 4Jd to 4sd, j cut amd-s lippy hide 3 2^d to 3Jd, cut and j slippy calves Id to 3^d, dry calf skins ' Id. . Tallow.— Rough fat 15s 9d per cwt., tins I 2-ls 9d per cwt., casks 23s 3d to 23s 6d per ' cwt. Horsehair Is per pound. N.Z.L.M.Ah CO.'S STOCK REPORT. PALIMERSTON N., October 1. To-day we had a small entry of shi-ep and a good yarding of cattle. Prices were good ali round, and buyers were present for aJI classes of cattle. We quote — , . Cattle— Yearlings (small) 19s 6d, yearlings heifers 23s 6d to 27s sd, mixed yearlings 33s 6d, empty heifers £2 6d to .£2, 94 6d, forward cows £2 9s to £2 14s, yearling steers £2 7s, 18-months steers £2 15s 6d, two-year steers 5», springing heifers .£4 tor £5 2s, fat and forward bullocks £& 15s. Sheep— Fat ewes 13s, hoggets 11s 6d, cull hoggets 4& 9d, ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS' STOCK REPORT. FALMERSTON N., October 1. To-day a full yarding of cattle were 'submitted, and all' classes met with foodcompetition, very, few lots going out unsold. The sheep entry consisted two, pens of ewes'' with lambs, wliich realised 15s and 18s respectively. Three and 4year bullocks "(store 1 ) made £5 10« to £o 14s 6d, 3-year steers (low condition) «£4 5s to £4, 11s, 2-year steers J3 Is 6&> 18-l-nonths steers £2 10s 6d, fat speyed heifera £7, fat cows £6 10s, forward cows £2 8s 6d to £3 10s, fat heifers £4> to .£5, forward heifers' £2 16s' to .£3, store cows 30s to £2 3s-; covra and calves £2 Jos 6d, ■yearling steers 3Ts to 345, yearling heifers 19s, heifers in calf £2 10s r springing, heifers^ £± to £4, 7e 6d, 18-months and 2-year bulls <£3 17s 6d to ss.

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