COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 30, 22 September 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 11th inst., at my Wai-wakaiho-yards, I had a fair entry and attendance. Competition for stor* cows was exceptionally good and there was an improved inquiry'for other cattle. Yearling heifers £1 6s to £1 18s Gd, empty 18 months heifers £2 16s to £3 2s, yearling steers (small) £1 10s to £2 12s, 2 ydar steers £4 9s, springing heifers £3 17s Gd to £5 15s, dairy cows £4 10s to £G 10s, small store cows or aged £2 6s to £3 9s, store cows £3 17s to £4 lis, forward cows £5 2s to £5 IBs, fat cows £7 13s, hoggets ' (small) 9s up to 14s 7d for fair stuff.

j At'Dptfglas on Monday, 'llth'-hist., I had a good yarding and competition for all lines; practically 'everything being cleared-at the-following prices: ■Holstein yearling heifers '£2 6s 6d, 'Jersey yearling heifers (good) £3,'good Shorthorn yearling heifers £1 16s .to £2, yearling to 18 month heifers £2 9s Gd, hulls £3 to £4 4s, empty 18 month iheifers <-£2 19s, 2$ year steers £6%, store cows £3 19s to £4 ss, forward and "light fat cows'£-3 : to £6 "osj dairy cows (good) £8 to £9 15s, othel's £6, springing heifers £5 7s'Gd to £6 10s, smaller £4 to £5. On Tuesday, at Stratford, for my fortnightly sale, I had a small yarding of stores, hut with a good attendance of 'buyers from all:parts. All the stock offered were cleared as follows:—Yearling heifers (best) £2-ss, £2 2s, £2 Is, £2 0s Gd, £1 19s, £1 17s, others (smaller stuff) £1 8s to £1 13s| empty 18 months heifers £2 18s to £3 10s, fat cows £6 12s to £7 7s, forward cows £5, store cows £! to £4 7s, small cows £2 10s to £3 12s Gd, fat wethers £1 5s 3d. In the dairy yard I had a big entry, including a lot of nice heif-

era, and these met good competition, the demand for good heifei's for South Tafanaki making an appreciable advance in prices, as follows: —Choice heifers from £8 10s to £9 15s,' good well grown heifers £6 to £7 12s 6d; others (shade smaller) £5 5s to £5 17s 6d, small £3 15s to £4 17s : 9cl,:the 81 heifers sold averaging £5 17s 9d, dairy cows (guaranteed) £4 15s to £5 10s. •

At Stony 'River yards on Wednesday s I had a fair entry of cattle, which sdld .as follows: —Yearling heifers £1 6s 6d to £1 10s, yearling sheers £2'ls to £2 12s, empty 18 month to 2 year heifers £2 17r.t0 £3 12s, bulls £6 to £6 7s'6d; Fat eo\vs'£7 17s 6d to £9, forward'cows £5 1s to £5 7s, good store cows £4 Is to £4 12s 6d, fair store cows £3 lis to £3l7s, old cows £1 to £1 17s 6d, springing heifers £4 to £7 7s Gd, dairy cows £4 to £6 10s, f.m. ewes in lamb 18s. .

On Friday, at Waiwakaiho, for my spring horse fair, I had a good catalogue of horses, of which the majority were sold at very satisfactory prices:— Unbroken half draught, 2 and 3 year iillies £l3 to'£2l 10s, unbroken 1 half draught 2 and 3 year geldings £l3 to £lB, unbroken 3 year f draught gelding £3O, unbroken 4 year olds £lO 10s to £26 10s, broken i draughts £l6 15s to £25 15s, broken draughts £26 to £3O, aged £6 10s to £l6, draught mares £36 to £lO, harness horses£ll to' £l7, coblis £7 10s to £B' 15s, hacks C-t 10s to £lO 10s, ponies £3 10s to £lO 10s, aged £2 to £3 ss. Mr Shee'hy's team realised from £9 10s to £2O us, and Mr Roebuck's horses £7 10s to £l6.

Private sales.—During the week the inquiry for all classes of stock has improved and I have made sales of good linos at the' following prices :—-Yearling heifers £2 5s t*>! £2'ls, yearling steers £3'ss to £2 7s' Gd, 2 year steers to make a drive of 2GO £5 to £4, store cows £1 to£l 2s. dairy bulls £lO 10s, fat cows £8 to £6, dairy cows £6> 10s to £B, springing heifers £7 17s 6d to £-1 10s. fat wethers £1 5s 6d, hoggets 10s to Us 7d, empty ewes 15s to 16s.

'RECOVERY OF SHAREMARKET. [United Press I 'Association.] Sydney,•September 21. Though iprices" of investment stocks ,uv about 10 per cent, and mining about 15 per cent, below the rates ruling when the exchange closed on August 1, they arc decidedly firmer than was anticipated, and have showed a marked recovery from the lowest unofficial figures reached during the suspension.