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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 12983, 26 January 1910, Page 3

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t 3 ? ■ - -WOOL-SALES-.'-.. ,/, , .... GOOD PRICES AT LONDON. Tress Association—Telegraph;—Copyright. LONDON, • January 25. At the wool sales, Matapiro wool realised Tot'd, the top price, the average, "being 12 l-’Bd. There was strong competition for all classes at full rates. ■ > . ■ v ■■■■■■■' rprrrr Hank shares—Australasia, buyers .£llO, , sr Hers, £111; Union ..buyers .£65, sellers £6G. The rest are unchanged. CANT,EEBUEt HARVEST PROSPECTS. ‘ (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 26. With; tlfip in, all parts.,.«f ' , Uhiitlrbury'i»’it W'nbt surprising that the amount .of. grain that has been placed on'tho market.during the week lias been within, narrow limits, with the result that since last ropbrts, business has been practically' at a standstill. A few lines of wheat have boon, placed on the market, but in most cases the' owiiors; have not beau anxious to sell, the. prices asked being at least one nenny nor, bushel in advance .of what the wheat merchants consider the market value, namely Is 7d to le 8d per bushel on trucks at country stations. Merchants appear very indifferent about' doing business and chary about touching lines threshed from the stock, .considering that there is danger of the . grain not being so shabby as ic ought to be. It would be wrong to draw deductions from the few lines on, offer iw to the prosent, hut it lias been very noticeable' that -the grain so far offered, though excellent in colour, is not as largo* as it should be, this being attributed to the unfavourable weather experienced during' the ripening. It is expected that at least a week will olrtpso before any .considerable quantities will be on offer, and at least three or four wtck.s before-a market can bo said to have been established. With the market life,le. s, and nothing being' offered, prices remain unchanged. Reports to hand show that in, many cases in which threshing has ■ ui completed, the result has not come up to expectations, but "the grain threshed a" to the present can hardly bo taken, as a fair criterion on the whole of the crops, and it is expected" that later results will prove much .more"-satisfactory. There is ■-ome difference of opinion'" as to whether this year’s yield in Canterbury will exceed that of the 1908-9 harvest, but it is generally expected that the return will exceed that of last year, although it will not ho nearly, as large as was anticipated a couple of months ago, when a record harvest was confidently looked forward to, 11UNTERYILLE STOCK.SALE. . DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. HUNTERVILLE, January 25. Messrs Dalgoty and Co. report:—At our Hnntervillo sale, this day' there was a go.nl entry of sheep and cattle, and a keen demand. Wo quote: Lambs 4s 3d, ss, 5s (id, (is; rape lambs 6s 3d, (is ,sd, Id; woolly lambs (is 3d to 8s; 2-th ewes 14s, 2-yc.ar steers £3 Bs, £3 18s; 21-yoar steers £4 Ills, 3-ycar steers £5; cows and calves, inferior, £3 IDs; store cows to £2 18s, 15-months heifers 28s; bullocks to ,£G Gs, "light draught horses 9s to 15s lOd. .. - - 4 HIDE. AND SKIN REPORT. DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. Messrs Dalgoty and Co. report having held their fortnightly sale of wood, skins, and hides, etc., on Friday, when they offered a large catalogue of all classes to the usual attendance of buyers. Prices obtained :weer as follows: Wool.—Only odd lots offering, prices being: Southdown l.(l}d, crossbred medium 9.1 dto 9ld, crossbred inferior 7d to 8-Rl, dead (>:jd to B}d, black inferior 6;] d, lambs’ inferior 8-Jd, pieces to 51d, locks 3Jd to 4d, crutchings ad. Sheepskins.—Market firm and slightly in selolrs' favour. Crossbred line 8)-d, to 9d, medium and coarse crossbred 6Jd to 7-;|d, brokcp and damaged 5d to G.ld, shorts id to aid, dead 5d to (fpl, black 4ld, hoggets dead s>d, pelts 5d to s id, inferior 3-Jd to 3;’d, merino inferior 5d to 5Jd, pelts salted Is sdd to Is Bd, damp Is lid, lambs’ pelts lid to Is 4d, lambs damp Is Gdto 2s. i Hides.—Heavy showed an advance of about ; }d, calfskins casing slightly, -Wo quote:—Ox heavy 7ld to 7-Jd, medium and light (id to 7d, slippy 3d, cow Ggd to GJd, cut.Gd to d l-Bd,.slippy 4d to 4)4, yearlings, ffjd to 6-Jd, calf best Bld to 9fd, mcdium 74 to BJd, inferior 44 to Gl’d, dry hides Sjd to s=d. Tallow.—ln shipping order 25s to 26s 3d, In tins 2s 6d. • "*•

STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS. Messrs Fairbnrn and Silk, sharebrokers Wanganui, report as follows: ’

INVESTMENT STOCKS Sellers Boyers £ 3. d. £ a. d BANKS New Zealand 9 10 6 9 8 6 National ... 6 1 0 IN-’UH'NOB NewZsa'andi 3 16 !) Booth British ' .. 2 16 6 2. IB 0 National 1 9 0 17 4 CO A.L , 1 Westport, Westnort-Stockton 7 0 MINING N* Z. Crown ., 5 3 5 0 4 8 New May Queen .. 4 9 New Saxon vVaiotabi - 4 4 4 2 11 'Vaitangi 1 7 Cairua Broken Hilla 1 3 1 2 I'ainm ' olden Hills 'OaliRmnn Oons’d .. 2 3 6 9. k 3 Waihi 9 19 0., 9 I8> 0 Waihi Extended 3 3 •' 3 0 Waun u nd, J’ct’n .. 1.12 0 1 11 0 Vaihi t‘i ned - Newfyhia .% 3 10, 3 8 The niiniijgf quotations arc those rolihrr in Aucldandr to-day. .