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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2489, 30 April 1909, Page 4

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1 ANTWERP WOOL SALES. United Press Association —Copyright, (Received April 29. 9.4-3 p.m.) LONDON, April 29. At the Antwerp wool sales there were numerous buyers and good competition. The catalogue was mostly crossbreds. . Common sorts are par to 5 per cent, higher: 282 S bales of La Plata wool were offered and 1920 sold. THE HIDES MARKET. United Press Association —Copyright (Received April 29, 10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, April 29. Hides are in good demand. There is an eighth of a farthing decline owing, to the wet weather. MATAWHERO STOCK SALES. The usual weekly sale of stock was he’d at Matawhero yesterday under anything but pleasant circumstances. The heavy rain of the* past few days had thoroughly soaked the ground, and ploughed up by the hoofs of horses and cattle, the approaches to the pens were ankle dec.p in mud. The sheep pens were converted into veritable puddle ho'es. and the sale was conducted under most miserable conditions. The few farmers that attended reported the country roads to be in bad condition and it was almost impossible to get -tock to market. There was not a keen demand for sheep, though prices • did not recede on recent rates, but cattle wove not wanted, and more than half the yarding was driven homoagain. SHEEP. Messrs Common. Shelton and Co. and Dalgety and Co. yarded about- 2000 sheep, whi’e Messrs Williams and Kettle and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. divided about 1-500 between, them. Lambs were plentiful. There were Jew ewes on offer, and wethers were wanted at recent rates. Fat ewes sold well; 16 at 8s 9d, 25 at Bs, and 16 at 7s 6d were the principal sales. Wethers sod: 412 forwards at10s 3d, and 22 two-tooths at- 6s 10c]. Store ewes were disposed of. at fair prices, the principal pens being 100 good sorts at- 6s. 1-19 at 5s 9d, 11 empty ewes at 3s lOd, and 14 two-tooth ewes and wethers •mixed at 6s 6d. Lambs sold at frfom 2s 3d to 5s 9d : a ]Km of culls realising the bottom price, and a nice woolly lot of 500 touched os--9d after good competition. CATTLE. The yarding covered about 450 head.. Butchers’ stock met with fair demand, but store cattle, especially steers, were neglected. The principal sales were: 19 steers £2 9s, 22 two-vear-old steers £2 16s. 8 fat bullocks £O, 1 fat cow at £4, 1 fat cow at £4 12s 6d, 2 forward cows at £3 17s 6d, and 2 heifers at £3. Store cattle sold slowly, the principal pens at the hamfwr being 30 steers £2 17s, 52 steers £3 12s, 2 calves £l. I steer and heifer £2 ss, G heifers £3 ss, 1 cow ami calf £3 12s 6d, 5 mixed yearlings £1 35,*14 heifers £1 10s, 5 calves 1. 93 bullocks passed in at £4. Pigs: Two porkers sold at £1 each.