LIVE STOCK

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 14, 7 April 1904, Page 13

LIVE STOCK

<\DDINGTON STOCK MARKET. Fat OatUle.— The yarding of 200 head contained a larger proportion Mian usual of prime steers, but the heifers were mostly light The supply was rather in excess of the demand, and prices were 5s to 10s per head below those of the previous week. For Mr. W F. M. Buckley (Iloan Bay) 8 steeTS were sold at £10 to £13 17/s Gd , for Mr. Sl.S 1 . Nutt (Little River), 10 steers at £10 5s to £12 15s ; and for Mr. T. O Hay (Pigeon Bay), 16 steers at £9 10s to £10 12s 6d ; other entries making; — for steers, £6 to £12 ; heifers (ligjit weighted, £5 7s 6d to £7 10s , atid cows, £5 10s to £7 10s. Per 100 ft, secondary to prime beef, realised 20s to 24s 6d. Fat Sheep — In an average entry wethers were scarce, arid sold at an advance of 6d, mostly going for

export, although butchers competed actively. Ewes were in large supply, and after opening a,t last week's rates weakened considerable, and closed practically unsaleable elyen at a concession of Is 6d on the previous week's prices. Fat Lamibs.— The entry incLuded some very prime quality. There was improved competition for export, and. the prices for freezers advanced 6d per head, while otlher descriptions were very firm at previous values. Store Sheep and Lambs.— About 18,000 sheep and lambs were penned in the store department. The demand tor old an«d inferior sheep was ralher sluggish, but there was little 1 given aw&y in prices, while for good breeding ewes and' well-conditioned lambs and wethers tihere was keen competition, and prices were firmer than those of the previous -vfeek. A very attractive line of 1800 four-tooth halfbred wethers from Mr. A. M'Farlane (A'chray) evoked animated competition, arid was siold in lots at 16s lOd to 17s. A large consignment. from the Nelson farmers, who haive previously co-opeiaitdd to drive their sheep to Chrifetchurclh for sale, also received much attention. The ip resent line consisted mainly of old sheep and twe-tooths, but notwithstanding this they were delivered in condition which reflected credit on the drivers. They were, perhaps, scarcely so well bred as the (last consignment, but they met great competition, arid said at prices which compared well with those realised for corresponding Canterbury lines. The sales were :— Wethers— s3B at 13s lid, 443 at 12s 7d. 99 at 11s Bd, 90 at 11s 6d ; ewes— 93B at 13s Bd, 1043 at 13s 4d, 123 at 11s 9d, 143 at lls Bd, 70 at 11s, 70 at 10s 9d. There were several ot)her lines of good wethers and some good lots of laanbs, but most of the ewes were full-mouthed or older. Pigs.— A good entry ,in point of numbers, but consisting chiefly of stores, of which a large proportion were badly grown. Baconers and packers brought about last week's rates, 'but small stores were much lower. Choppers met an exceptional demand, and were quite 10s dearer. Choppers, 55s to 65s ; baconers, 45s to 56s , porkers, 30s to 37s 6d ; stores, 14s to 28s 6d ; small do, 6s to 10s. Froude represented the Wexford insurgents of 1798, on t/heir journey to Arklow, as halting every half-hour to have Mtas»s said. His egregious hlunderjwas equalled quite recently by a New Zealand evening paper which descriped Vespers as ' evening Mass.' The ' Literary War I'd ' — which is well informed on such matters — is splenjdkdly impatient of such blunders. A short time ago rt] lashed Mr. Alan St. Aubyn, who, in a recentlypublished novel, spoke of Masses being said ' night and day.' It says : ' Indeed, the whole book is well wr tten The only thing that can be brought against it is that it is impossible. No monk under a ban would be allowed to hear confessions in a convent. No nun ever ' escapes ' from a convent. Any nun who wishes to lea\e may do so, even though she has taken the final vows. The author puts his seal upon his ignorance of Catholicism when he sayis twice (on page 12 and on page 109) : " Masses were being sung there at all hours of the day amd might." Masses are never said or sung in tvhe afternoon, except under special dispensation in places where many priests go on pilgrimage aand tihere is no other means for each priest to say his Mass Bven then, no Mass is said aft&r five o'clock. A Midnight Maj&s is sometimes said at Christmas by special dispensation.'