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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8051, 7 November 1906, Page 2

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♦ NEWMAKKKT STOCK SALE. (Br Telegraph -Special to the Waikato Times). AUCKLAND, This day. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows on the NewmarKet S .le yesterday : -Cattle, ox oeef upto24i; cow, i7eto2os; fat steers, £6 10s to .£ll 7s tii; cows, XHOs to£7lo-' ; calv. s, 13 1 to 265. Shtep.—F.t wethers, 17s 6d to 26s 6d ; ewea, 18i to 24j ; lambs, 12s 9d to 17s 31 • noguets, 12s 6J to 17s. Pigs-Porkers, 21s to 375; weaners, 5s 6d to 12s 6d; baconers, 30s to 535. CLEARING SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report as follows : Ou Monday last at Kihikihi, we held a clearing sale of live and dead stojk od account of Mr Kewi6h. The 36 dairy cows in full milk b -ing an extra good lot, at tracted a large number of buyers from all parts of the Waik.to, and 6old well throughout, most of them realising from £7 to £9 15s: a few cjws, 2 or 3 months off cliving. jE6 to X 6 15s; choice heifers in miik,j£9; Ayishire bull, j£7 os; disughl mare and foai, j£s2 ; draught yearling buy aged draught mare, .£l9; waggoD* £29; mlk waggon, £l3 10a ; sow and Mobs; llslorepigi, Xlllseaih; young pigs, lbs to 20j. Plough harness and sundries at about usual rates; milk cans, XI 15a. At the c >nclusion of the sale, on bthalfoftther clients, we sold 8 springing heifers from £1 to £i 15s, empty heifers £* 15s. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. WELLINGTON, Monday. Tbe following cablegram has been re cved by the Department if Industrie and Ci mmerce from the High Commissioner, dated London, November 3rd : The n utton markst is very firm. Canterbury light weight is ijuited at t§ I, and heavy at 4Jd. Noith Lland lightweight-, Hd ; heavy, lid. I'he lamb market is Ver) tirm and supplies are running short. Canterbury brands art ijuoted at 5| 1, an<i ■ ther than Canterhiry at 5j I. Tne beel market is firm, aid with more demand Hindquarters are qioted at 4JI and foreijuarters at 3J 1. The butter market is firm, with go:d lemand. The New new ooason'.nake, ex Karamea, arrived in gool con dition. Choicest K«w Zealand is quoted at 1108% Danish, 12)s; S.brian, 105s per cwt. The cheese market is firm, but the de maud is only moderate. Canadian makesare quoted at 3s p;r cwt aud are in greit demand. The hemp markes is very strong. G.f.a.ii. Wellington, on spot, is quoted at £'Al. October and Dec-jmber shipments sold st X 36 10s, and January and March ship ments at j635 lOj per ton. Fair ourrent Manila, on spot,is worth .£l2 !Os per ton. The stock in hand is 388 tons. Buyers are ■ ffering mtre freely. Cocksfoot seed, clean dressed 171b seed, is quoted at 41s cwt. Tbe grain market is very qu : et, New Zealand locgberried wbiai, on spot, s()l'b is quoted at 29 ; shortberried, ißi lid; Mew Zealand Spsrrowbill oats, 3811b, is worth 258; New Zealand Danish oats, 19s per 3201b. New ZealaLd beans, f.a.4 , new orop, aie quoted at 34s per su!!b in a quiet market, Prices are slightly weak <r. New Zealand Partridge pea-, 5011b, 445; blue iiea--, 365; a quiet market, but a speculative demand. Tallow.—Prices have advanced to 40s per ton. and the upward movement is likely to continue. THE LONDON MARKETS. LONDOV, November 4. Frozen Meat.—Sheep: duteroury, light 4jd, medium l\ ! ; North Island, 4Jd. Lambs: Canteibury, light and medium 1 5Jd, hehvy no Southland or North Island iff erirg. Beef; Fores, \\\ \ ; hinds, 4Jd. Ri7or Plato sheep, 41; beef, for 8 3J'I, hinds 41. 'Jhire has been arcoird rise in pi ices in the last fow day?, owing to buyers becoming scared at tbe prospective shortrees of supplies, owing to a simultaneous decrease in shipments from Australia, River Plato, and New Zealand, Retail demand is inactive.