Commercial.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3824, 15 January 1906, Page 3

Commercial.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES, i Abraham & Williams report on their Wellington wool sale?, Htli inst. •“' The total offering compnsed 9000 bales, of which we catalogued _ HOO bales. There was a record gathering of Home, Continental, and colonial buyers, and the bidding was been throughout. Prices were on a par with last sabs, out some of our medium wools showed a slight advance. We topped the market with one parcel of halfbred wool at ll:|-d. The leading sales were ns follows ;—H L over ketu, bolf-bred, U'iA. EW C. half-bred hoggets, lid, Triangle L T half-bred, 10|d. E W over P. Shropshire, ILj-d. J T E crossbred, lOd. Z B K, crossbred, 10*d. R H over W, lOd. TQ K, lambs, 9^d; fleece, 9jd. J M over S, lambs, lOd. We ipiote as follows : Half-bred, 10!Jd to ll:jd; Shropshire, ILjd ; medium crossbred, 9.1 dto 10 [i ; coarse crossbred, 91 to 9ld ; interior and logstained, 8d io 9d; good lamb?, 9,d to 10d; medium lambs. Hid to .Id, dingy lambs (no demand), 81; be lies and pieces, G;Jd to 7d ; locks, dd to 4,1. We wish to draw the attent on of growers to the practise of false packing which still seems to bo indulged in. A e bad one case, and the buyers inform us that thev have rejected other lots from this sale’'. This practise is only harmtul to owners, and will affect the sale of their wool in the future, as all biauds that have been discovered are carefully Our next sale will be held on February 15th, and we shall be glad it clients will try to have their woo at our stores before Saturday, 10th February, 1906.

STOCK SALES. Mr W. Eose reports as follows On December 18th, at WoodyuK, 1 had a strail yarding of cattle, but _ all were sold under the hammer at prices rather in favour of buyers. January 6th, Dannovirko horse s ; .le.— I bad an entry of 100 horses, but bidding was at no time of the sale spirited, ihe prices obtained were Heavy dra "S hta £3O to £4l 10s, spring carters £2B to £3O, unbroken colts and hdies (light draughts) £“2O to £2B. harness horses £lO to £25, and hacks £a to £l&. January Btb, at Ormondville stock sale, there was a small entry, small attendance, and business was dull. January 12th, Dannovirko stock Ba le—There was a big yarding ot both sheep and cattle. Although every line was not sold under the hammer, practically every line was cleared after the Sale. I quote as follows Sheep : Ewes 13s 6d, woolly lambs 9s 2d, shorn lambs Gs, ewes and lambs IGs. Cattle: I'at bullocks £6 10s, fat cows £5 to £5 15s, 2.) to 3 year old steers £3 7s 0.1 to £3 15s, forward bullocks £4 7s Od, dry cows £2 to ±3, cows in profit £4 to £0 ss. yearlings 28s to 31s, weaners 10s to 15s. pins; Weaners 15s Od, porkers 22s Od.