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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 35, 10 February 1909, Page 9

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BfEW- ZEALAND LOiN *AND MEECAN- '' TILE AGENCY CO.'S 'HEPORTi ■ The New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency .Company, Ltd,, report...a* follows:— ■ ■ ■ .'. :. .. ■, . •■■ .. - '. Horses: At'. tjie Durham Lara's on '.fridttjf:' ■" we Iwd'a f ulr yardlng.,of Gorges,- and -under : ■-. the Minmervtlie,greater nuniber were 40Jd.~ •'. Heavy. draugUti sold -OtS-t rohj' £i 22 ,'W/ Jio '■ £82; medhim do:, £1#.,18/-'tv £23; hacks, • 'and light harries*. hpntes, .;£5.,'57:; to £20? * weeds and ponies, £1 15/ to\£6 17/6; dog ; cart, £18; spring cart, '£12'; Suneton ■ (by. < Eton—Sunshine), 27jta. ■ ' '' '' • ■-■ . < Cattle: At "the ' Newmarket Yards; oris there-was a full muster of stock -i of all. descriptions. ' Dairy ;; cows sold at ■ trom, £3.10/ to £6 12/8* empty "cows/ '£2. ": 1/ to £2 IS/; calves, 17/ to ±1 8/. The ; beef /pens- were- well rilled "with cattle v of. good quality,- although mostly light ' weights. Bidding was brisker and prices firmer than the preyious ; week; Oxen sold ; to 27/ per 1001b and cow» 17/ to 19/. Steers , from £6. 3/6 to £9 12/6; £3 ' ■ Sheep: Sheep were yarded in aventge : numbers at.. Newmarket on Tuesday aid' advanced in. prices. Wethers sold at from , J2/$ to 1676; ewes, 9/6 to 15/6; lambs, 10/6 to 15/6; store do.-, 6/6 to 9/;-hoggets, 10/6 • to 13/9. • -,-■ v.-...f..,.-- ■-.--■= Tigs: Porkers, £1 l/-to-jEI 10/; weaners, 5/6 to 12/; baconers, £2 to £2 10/. . ' At Papakura on Wednesday there was a ' full muster of stock- of all ■ Dairy cows of choice quality-gold. well at ! from £4 10/ to £8 10/j. hellers, £3 15/ ta ' £6; empty cowe, £2 2/6 to £3 12/6; two to three-year-old steers; £2 10/ to:-*5 2/6; yearlings, £1 18/ to £2 7/6; calves, 18/ to, £1 6/. Beef was-yarded"in'full'numbers and sold .well at : Newmarket.rates. :-• .• , '■ We .eubmltted large of ; hides,ekins,'and tallow,'all being under keen: ■ competition at advanced rates, t.j. -.-.' Hides: Market advanced. We quote. Extra stout ox, 7d to 71d; stout,do... 6id to 6id; medium do., 6gd to 6d; Ught do.,'sd to. 5Jd; cows', beet lines4Jd to 6d; gobd 4ld tcr 4}d, scored -id to 4|d; stags, 3Jfl to"4d; klpii, 3}d : to 4Jd* damagedlildes,' 8d to 3jd. ~ ' W» Bheepeklne: 'Market firm.' ?Jest" butchere' skins, Jarge to »/,''■'good ilihee 4/. to 4/6,----medlum 8/6 to 3/»; email, -2/6. to 3/. •; Lambs and pelts,-1/9 to 2/6*.' " *■' : Tallow: Market iflrm. Beet mixed, -to' 25/«; good, 23/8 to' 24/3; inferior:: lg/« to ■■ 20/6; rough fat, ljd to lgd per-lb. - ? • Bones. £i 15/. ■ • - ■ .- " Cowtails.- 1/sldozen. -.■■?-.-. : -. . -Horsehair; 1/3 to 1/9 J. ■ - ■ Wheat: The market is firm at 5/1,; ex store. ■ ■ • '■•' ..;.,-. . , . . Maize: BtocKs are' very-' short 'and the market strong at 4/11 on wharf. - : .-. i-Oats:- In good demand at 2/2 ex store. Chaff: Chaff Is coming forward in large quantities, and according to quality finding ready sale. '-: , -- < ~p Bran: Stocks are light and the market is' firm at-£4-15y. »■ • -- . ' 'PoIIafd:" There is not sufficient for re-' qulTements, the small airibuht coming for- : ward selling.fteely at £7.- " j potatoes: Supplies are greatly, in excess of the. demand, and tae market is- weak , at £3 "15/' to £4. ' ■ ■ Butter: The demand for export is good, ■ and all coming to hand is ■selling readily. Farmers' separator, good- quality 8d ito Sid, poor 7id 'to 7Jd; brands, B*d, and when choice 9d. ■ ©ggs; The ■ small -quantities coming for-" waTd are eagerly bought in at 1/3:"to 1/4 per dozen. .. . OiONDON MAKKETS.- ' .'" (Bjj Cable.—Press .Ass6cia ! U9n,--Copyright;) , ' ... ... ißeceixer, 8..53.a.m.) _ ....' •- -. > ..: .;...: IX>NiDONf.February 9.M , Copper, spot £6B 6/3, three snonths £59 5/, electrolytic £62. ... ' . Tin, spot £-125 17/6, three inontilis £127 :15/." ' . ' " ~'.-. •Lead, £12 17/6.. ' . ~- . . , . .• ' Sdlfer, 2/ per 6a. .' .. ' '.-'". ',■ IIiiVEHCAiBGILL WOOL! 'SALE. - (By Telegraph.-4 Press Association;) ("■ i '•'■ ' TMViEiaOAiS.6ILL/- Tuesday." ' < The Jlast wool sale of trie 'present series • •was held to-day, when. 40Oi bales were ' offered,.■and practlcajlj; aill w«fe sotd. 'It • was generally anticipated,'.ln ylgw;. of t!ie 1 •recent Northern tha*. prices would < be lower, but, •considering vthait, there was < less than: Kalf the quariH'ty offered, and that most, of the ibest'elips*jhad'beea sold, « prices wei*e fully equal to those, at? <ihe i January sale. Lower gfade wools' Were 'fu#y i id :I>etter, ■The best price" wes--6btalned for three bales of. saper. crdSsbi-ed itd£get; I which sold at lid. Tne ißest price's" for other sorts were: Balf-brea 103 d,' strong - crossbred 9J<J. . r ; ■-- ," '. ~' ■■' '•■■'"lanfUEß-A tf£j% % ' . first ..slieep lair.of jhhV season was"'' ■held at-Reniuera yesterday, .when llessre ': A. ißucfcland and Sons offered a big' cata- i 'logue. Groftd prices were Tea-Used -through-' out, tne young : .ew«>s meeting; wVth'.%" ■■ particularly good demand,'.; and realising up. -to, 1/7/3. . Aged. ewes; ■- made-rfronj, -6/ ;ta am, and better lots to UO/6: Foiir ' tooths made .up to ■ 14/..---Ifflnrbe sold-well.' ' .Rams met with a ra.|ier weak agiiiand •Komneys sold up to sgus,, Shropshlres 4gns 'Lelcestera 3Jgns, Merinos" 3igns, and Llricor!ne v 3gns..- Xhere were -.only: about $00 wethers <pepned, 'and these sold up to =.18/6 In all, • nearly JO.OOQ sheep were. penned, •andi-wlJiB the exception of the rams, a'eairfe all passSd under stlie ihaininer*-. ;■ -'.-■■• «! 5w '■''Vf "•■■-■'■ '■'-'< ■■■■'■'. '- '-»«- ''&'■■::.. A