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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13055, 25 April 1910, Page 3

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I'reas Association.- Telegraph.—Copyright. '-" : LONDON; April- 23: Hemp closed dull. Fair £24 10s to £'’i !ss. Copra is dull. Southsea bags £37 fe. Cotton is quoted at 7 5-Bdi •-• Copper.—Spot .£56 13s 9d three months £57 13s 9d. Tin.—Spot, £152 10s; three months 2152. Lead.—£l2 12s 6d. Received April 25, 8.30 a.m. LONDON, April 24. The Australian-New Zealand Mortgage Company’s balance-sheet shows a credit to the profit and Ipss account of £763. LONDON MARKETS.-’ -A v LONDON, ': April 24. Sheep—Canterbury, light, 74d;; medium, •Id; heavy 3|d. North Island”B|d; best-; •rands 3 7-Sd ; lambs, Canterbury ,5 l-8d; North Island 4 13-16 d; V?}5-16'd;: beef, hinds 4 l-16d. Australian'slicep 3-ld;; lambs, best brands, 4J, fair quality .443;: ‘diver Plate sheep, heavy, 3fd; . 'light ' 5 7-8 d; beef, hinds Id. ' - , . Waihi siiares—Buyers £8 18s Cd, sellers* SD. Junction—Buyers 26s 3d; : sellers 28s (I. ‘ ; DALGETT AND CO.’S REPOET. ' . Dalgcty and Company, Limited, report, having received the following cable message from their London House, under date of the 21st inst,:—

Wool.—The dates of our own sales are April 27_th and May 4th and 11th. At the next series we expect prices for fine i roseireds and" merinos to he firm and for coarse wools to be rather easier. Sheepskins—Since our last advices, i rices for merino and fine combing skins are Jd ‘uglier, for clothing skins are par to Id qwor, and for crossbreds of other descriptions any change in prices is in favour of buyers. . '

proven Meat.—Mutton and lamb arc hfc ■cry'limited demand with prices l-8d lower) -t is expected that if any change in prices'” akes place it will be in favour of buyers. Prices for beef, which is in hut little denand_, are weak ah last quotations. Tallow.—Since our last wire low and ;n----’erior descriptions are from par to .Id uglier, but other descriptions are un changed. Wellington, April 23.

WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. , N.Z.L.M.A. CO.’S REPORT, London cables just to hand report a slight use in fine crossbreds, merino, and short ind shorn skins, but full woollcd crossbreds are J<l per lb easier. Nest London wool sales, opening on the 16th inst., are expected to show a rise of > per cent, in merino and fine crossbred nit coarse crossbred is expected to decline ibout 5 per cent. It is anticipated, howver that the market will improve later in the year. At our local sale to-day we submitted a catalogue of about 4600 skins and a imal.’. quantity of wool, hides, and tallow.' Buy/ ■rs were m full attendance and rbinnes!--. :i°n was keen. Hides sold well--- at Gat-' rates. There is an exceptionally good'deaiand for tallow in casks in shipping coniition at from .£27 10s to J2B 5s per ton *» e quote:

■Wobl. Crossbred medium 7Jd to T d morse and seedy 6d to 7’d, lambs, din y and coarse 7d-to Bd, seedy .5d to aid, dead «w)l 6}d to 7d. crutchihgs (good) Sid _ B!ieej : SKins—Crossbred fnll-woolled’coarse Vf , to ,'4 d , quarter to lialf-wools aid to ,;c!te 4d to 4 ’i d > deadAkins t .° 6 ’d. lambs woolly 7id to 7Jd. shorn

Hides. Cow and light ox 6Jd to 7 18d «“d to I,ldc l 4d , to G: ’ d - calf host „ 8 « d * damaged old to 6'd. lallow.-Ta tins 22s 6d to 23s 9d per

- ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS’ REPORT.

,^ ered f ? ood catalogue to the itmial ittondance of buyers. Bidding was keen fi °w red ’ and prices all round -emamed firm, quote:— 7 , 'T C ! 1 , ,ly TOU ? h quality offeringJrT (^ ine h f lf - woo!s nl medium 7d c,!d. quarter-wools 6d, lambs 7id to tM ’f/T a , nd sllorts 3 Jd to 41 d .-cits -Tl i -"!! 131 / dr -V and qrem,; good >9dto os 10d, lighter 4s 2d to m 3s Id to 3s lOd. lambs 4s 6d to 5s 5d dioru lambs Is lid to ss. L f v y,. o fering. Medium ox R t0 "Id, extra light 6M stags 51 d amaged 6d, light to medium cows 6*d lo condition 6Jd yearlino-s 5a,l -alf heavy 61d, medium 8d to B|d ° 4 ’ .vort°^ 0 9Q fill .![! piD “ tallow offered..; )- o ) ■ to 28s 3d per cwt. Wine casks * los 3d, tins 225. ljsks

LEVIN AND CO.’S REPORT,

We_held our usual sale on Friday when •ve Oiiered 40 bales wool, 3000 ski» 1500 and culfskins, and a quantity of allow and horsehair. There ‘was aGrood ittondance of buyers. We quote:— Hoolj-Omng to firmness in opening of ‘\ n .f\' er P sa tos we had .most spirited -■ompetitiou for the wool offering P w hidi -onsisted mainly of odd bales of heavy enchtioiied crossbreds, and these bales eahsod ~d to 9id per lb. We quote: -me crossbreds 9d to 10) d, coarse cro=smeds 7jd to S|d, lambs’ wool 7id to M wees and oedies 4)d to 6d, locks 2)d to

Skins.— Very few woolly skins were • r iT ln =’ , but we bad a fair catalogue of mlf wools and short wools, which met •vith strong demand at full prices. We crossb rcds 8d to 9d, medium lOSsbreds id to 8)d, coarse crossbreds fid 'V/T Iwggcf sk! 'us 6d to 6}d, dead ho'g■tfn 'n!a to e rK - dcad skin3 .4d to fid, lanib cij 6 - I to ‘N l - quarter to half-wools 4d - f? d - dry peits 2-ld to s)d, green pelts S Tn°ti 4j 10d j. tombs’.pelts ls ; fid.tq- 2e-' Bd; \ ro~Y er ? .fc* 1 -•' ’ Parcels'iniMipping 20 to 23 5s ’

Horsehair.—ls to Is 4d per lb. : Horns.—ss to 15s per 100. Cowtails.—ls 6d per dozen. '’ • Hides. Me brought forward a good ■ataloguc. AH lots were eagerly competed or pnces being well maintained at cur■ent rates. Calfskins were dearer to the 'Xtent of a halfpenny per lb. We quote • -Ox hides, heavy 7d to 7fd, medium 7d o light 61d to 7 l-8d; cow hides to 6 ‘- R d, cut and slippy hides 4d to stag hides 4d to s;d, bull hides 4d to d f d. yearlings 5d to 6ad, calf, best .Vd to )fd, medium 6d' to Bd, cut and slippy 5d to 6d. ' *

STOCK SALES. N-.L.M.A. CO.’S REPORT. PALMERSTOK jS t ORT^ t : 'iiril 23. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile \gency Company, Ltd., [report At Palfncrston on Thursday we had a fair entry of both sheep and qattle, which

met with a good sale. We quote:— Sliecp.—Woolly lambs Bs, store wethers 13s, fat and forward wethers 14s, fat eWes 11s 6d, fat wethers and ewes 14s 2d. Cattle.—Fifteen-month steers £2 16s, heifers in calf £4 7s 6d to £4 8s 6d, store ' cows; 38s to £2 Is, forward "cows £3 4s, weaners (small) 22s 6d, dairy cows £6. DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. At our Feildihg sale on Friday, 22nd inst. 1 , ,a very fair entry of stock came to hand. The quality of the yarding ■as a whole was much better than at . late sales, and a total clearance was effected. Several lines of exceptionally good ewes offered bn account of Messrs Shannon Bros., Waituna, met with keen 'competition; and' ; pricos realised were considerably in excess of any that have been ruling .lately. Quotations: Sheep.—Account 1 ';Messrs Shannon' Bros—-17L'--tooth Romney ewes in lamb 20s 6d, 154 !4-tooth do.'2os 3d, 216 6-tooth do. 2ss 6d. | Account various clients—Empty ewes os 1| 6s 7d, mixed lambs 7s to 8s 6-tooth and. s.m. ewes to 12s Id, 2-tooth wethers (smpl) lls Id. A line of 520 fat and forward 2 and 4-tooth wethers realised 3d. is Cattle.—Dairy heifers £3, springing cowb to £7; -" ■ 5 hj A Bit I7AM AND WILLIAMS’ REPORT. PALMERSTON NORTH, April 23. At Foilding on Friday we had a good entry of sheep and a small one of cattle. The prices realised were on a par with late rates and we sold the bulk of the entry. We quote : Sheep.—S.m. ewes in • lamb 10s lid empty ewes 4s to 6s 6d, fat ewes 9s fat wethers 14s, mixed lambs 2s 93 to 6s’lid wftber lambs 9s, ewe lambs 10s 6d rams 75,;,6d. Cattle.—Fat heifers £5, empty cows £2 10s to £2 13s, weaner heifers 14s to 295. .At Taihape on Wednesday. there was again a full yarding of sheep of all classes and a good entry of cattle. ;. There were buyers for everything, and a good sale resulted. Wether lambs 6s lid to 8s .3d good lambs (mixed) 8s 3d, small ewe lambs 6s 3d, medium culls 5s Id to 6s wood 2tooth wethers 13s 2d, 4, 6, and f.f.m. ewes 8s 9d, s.m, ewes 7s 3d, forward bullocks £6 10s, good 3-year bullocks £6 2i-yar steers £4 7s 6d, 18-month steers £3 Ts 6d fat cows 9s to* £4 14s, cows in calf £2 10s to £ 3, 20-month heifers in calf £3 5s 6d, mixed weaners 275.

Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co Ltd have received the following market cable from their London agents, Messrs Sanderson Murray, and Co., dated 21st April: Sheepskins.—Merino and fine crossbred tnll-wooled market advanced Jd to |d. Crossbred coarse full-woolled unchanged to an occasional slight decline. Half-woolled market shows no material change. STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS. Pairburn and Silk, iharebrokere Wanganui, report as follows: INVESTMENT STOCKS. j ■ H-Ilera Buyers, i BANKS. /.sd. T.sd.j i New Zealand 10 0 0 916 6, National INSURANCE i New Zealand - .. 319q 3jg I South British. .. 3 0 0 219 6 .National 19 3 1,9 (I OuAu . , Westport ..6 7 0 6 5 6. ‘ Westport Stockton .. 7 Q 7 n MINING 9 ' 9 N Z Grown ~ ■ New Miy Queen .. 44 49 HewSylvi, .. 4. 4. 4 3 New Sann .. 18 11 I Old Hauraki .. 43 40, 1 Wtaot hi .. ' 1 Tairua Bro> ea Hi Is .. , 1 Tut ua Golden Diils .. Talisman Conn’d .. 2 13 3 2 I*> 9 » *■ , , 8 15 0.8 11 0 JiiXteode.l .. WdihiG’xid j The mining quotations are those ruling , in Auckland to-day. ,