ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 7 December 1905, Page 15

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

At Addington live stock market there were fair entries of stock in all departments, and a moderate attendance. Beef was easier in consequence of a large yarding. Fat lambs were firmer, as the supply was barely equal to requirements, and fat sheep 1 sold at previous week's rates. There was an improved demand for store wethers, and pigs sold rather better than last week. Store cattle met with a fair demand, but dairy cows weie didicuJL to sell. Fat Lambs.— lßo were penned, which was less than a third of the previous week's entry. There was barely sufficient for butchers' requirements, and prices showed some improvement towards the close. The quality of the lambs was good. Best sorts made 16s to 18s, and others 14s lOd 1o 15s Cd. Fat Sheep.— There was a moderate yarding of fat sheep, and, supplies not being beyond what butcheis could deal with, theie was no change in prices from the previous week. There was a larger proportion o[ ewes than at late sales. The range of prices Avas • Shorn wethers, 16s 3d to 21s 8d , prime shorn ewes, lla to 20s; others,, 12s to Kid (id, woolly ewes, 20s to 24s 6d ; woolly merino wethers, 15s lOd to 18s !)d , shorn, prime, 15s to 16s Bd. Fat Cattle— The yarding of fat cattle totalled 225 head, the bulk being of prime quality. The market opened at a decline on the previous week's prices, andbidding became still slacker as the sale went on, but towards the close there was a recovery. Two steers from Mr. C. G-. Dalgety (Bottle Lake) made £9 12s (id and £10s ss, and 7, heifers from Messrs. Parnham Bros. (Kaiapoi) £5 12s Gd to £G 2s (id ; other steers brought £& 15s to £10 10s , heifers, £5 15s to £8 12s 6d ; and cows, £5 to £7 2s (id— equal to 22s to 25s per 1001 b. Veal calves made 7s Gd to 15s. Pigs. — There was a large ) aiding oi pigs, and there was a fair sale, especially for poikers and laige stores. Baconers made 38s to 13s, and lighter sorts, 33s to 37s 6d (equal to 3£d to 3^d per lb) , porkeis, 25s to 32s (equal to Id to ij>d per lb) ; large stores, 2'os to 23s ; medium, 11s to 18s ; weaners, Gs to 10s.

Excursion tickets in connection with the Christmas and New Year holidays will be issued on the (iovemment Railways from December Hi to .January 2, available lor leturn up to and including February 17. The ejieat event of the season in athletic aflaiis— the annual gathmiift ot the Caledonian Society ot Otag,<) —takes place on the Society's grounds, kcnsin^ton, on Januaiy J and 2 A sum oi ±,175 will be given away in pri/.es, ot which £175 aie allotted to walking and running, i;7<i) to wiesthng, iJdO to cycling, and o\er£is to (lancing linlnes ioi i mining and -walking close on December IS, [oi cycling on tlie following day, and ioi all othei e\ent> on Dei ember 2/ 1 The publication of an ach etrlisement in a Catholic paper sliows that the aihertiser not only desires the patronage of Catholics, bin. pays them the compliment ot seeking it through the medium of their own religious journal.' So says an esteemed and wfde-awake American contemporary. A word to the wise is sufficient.