LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 37, 12 September 1901, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market

Fat Cattle— Only 100 head yarded, mostly good steers and cows. Heifers were in short supply, and the scarcity caused improved prices. Prime beef ruled from 24s to 265, and in some cases more, while other sorts ranged from 21s to 23a 6d per 1001 b. Eight North Island bullocks fetched LI 2 to LI 2 10s ; local steer-, L 7 2s 6d to L 9 10a ; heifers, L 6 17s 6d to L 8 7s 6d ; cowe, L 5 15s to 18 5a and Lll 5s and Lll 7s 6d for extra prime. Store Cattle — About 150 head yarded, very few being good lines, and there was a weaker sale. Calves realised ,IA 2s ; yearlings, LI 3a 6d to L 2 ; 15 to 18-monthsold, L 2 17a (\d ; three-year-old heifers, L 4 12a 6d ; do steers, L 5 7s Cd ; dry oowp, LI 10a to L 355.

Fat Sheep— About 3000 penned, mostly prime wethers. There was a better sale, and a rise of Is took place for these, while good ewes also improved. Heavy wethers sold at from 22s to 23s 6d; good freezers, 18a to 21s 6d ; lighter, 17s to 18b; best ewes, IGa to 19a 6d ; others, 13a to 15s; merino wethers, 14a to 15s lid.

Store Sheep — 1675 penned, mostly wethers and hoggets, which were in demand. Wethers sold at from 16s lOd to 17s lOd ; best hoggets, to 15s 4d ; others, 10a to 13s lOd ; breeding ewes, 14s 6d.

Pigs — About 400 penned, including both good fats and stores. A Wellington buyer made the fats firm, and farmers improved prices of big stores. Baconers realised from 35s to 59s 6d. or 3|d to 4d per lb ; porkers, 20s to 325, or 4d per lb ; large stores, 19a to 24a 6d ; smaller do, 12s to 18a ; suckers and weanera, 6s to 10s.

Dunkdin Horse Saletabds.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. report as follows :—: —

The principal attraction for this week's market was the O.P.Q. Gold Mining Company's two-waggon teams of draught horses. The heavier horses brought from L 35 to L4t 10s, and the lighter one?, of which there were several in the teams, from LlB 10s to L 33. Besides these we offered about a dozen useful draught mares and geldings for various vendors, and moßt of these changed handß at very full values. The demand throughout the sale for draughts was excellent, buyers being present from Central Otago, Tuapeka, Milton, Catlins, Clutha, and Waikouaiti district?, and if as many more horses had been in the saleyard as were offered they could all have been sold. Spring - carters continue to be very scarce, and sales of these are easily effeoted. We quote : Superior young, draught geldings, L4O to LSO ; extra good, prize horses, L 52 to L6O ; medium draught mares and geldings, L2B to L3B ; aged do LlB to L 25 ; upstanding carriage horses, L 25 to L3O ; well-matched carriage pairs, L6O to LBO ; strong spring-van horsee, L 25 to L3O ; milk-cart and butchera' order-cart horses, Ll6 to L2l ; tram horses, LI 2 to LI S ; light hack* L 8 to Ll2 ; extra good hacks LlB to L 25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L 2 to L 5.

The Rev. Father M'Namarra, who for some years was stationed in the St. George district, in charge of the parishes of Eosrarah, Rockdale, Hurstville, and Sutherland, bat has now been transferred to Pyrmont (says the Catholic Prest), was presented with an illuminated address by his late parishioners and other admirers in the district, recently, in the School of Arts, Kogarah. Alderman Hegarty (Mayor of Rockdale) was in the chair, and the platform was occupied by the committees of the various churches of the district, Alderman H. Roarty, Messrs 8. Burns (Rockdale), P. Hoare (Kogarah), M. O'Bri n (Hurstville), and P. Kescach (Sutherland), and the body of the large hall was filled. Mr J. A. Carruth»r«, M.L.A., made the presentation, and referred in highly eulogistic terms to Father M'Namarra, and to his good work on behalf of the charities of the district.