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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 265, 12 November 1904, Page 4

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NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12. RETAU. PRICES. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk 3d per quart, butter (dairy) lOd, factory la per lb, cliees* 7d per lb, eggs lOd per doz, fowls 3s per | pair, lard Td per lb, bacon 7d to lOd per lb, bams 9d per lb, rashers iOd par lb. j Fruit.—Baiianas 3d per lb, uocbauuts M to 4d «< ..*;, lemon* Is to Is 6d iter dot, tb, oranges la to Is Ou . -doz. Coal.—Weatpoit, Brookdals 425, j Mekau 425. I "onedust, pure. £7 10s per ton. BUYING PRICES. ! Butter (best dairy) 7d to Bd, sep-j arator 8d to 9d, factory rolls 9Jd to lOd per lb, eggs 9d per doz, (owls 3s per pair, dusks 6s per pair, basan 7d psr lb, ham* 7-W per lb, chess* *id to fid per lb, lard od per tb, fungus 2|d per lb, MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. Cattle.—At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday calves made 37s 6d to 395, yearlings 43s Gd to 535, 15 to 18 month heifers 53s to Gus, 2 to 2J year steers £3 13s, store cows £3 to £3 10s, springing heifers £4 to £5 10s. At Stony River on Thursday the yards were full with good attendance. Bidding was fairly active and nearly everything was sold either at the hammer or privately. Weaners made 19s to 30s, yearlings 41s 6d to 535, 18 to 20 month steers £3 6s, 2 year steers £3 10s to £3 15s, 18 month heifers £3 6s to £3 129, springing heifers £3 10s to £4 7s Gd, fat cows £5 to £5 12s. MESSRS VIOKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs Yickers and Stevens report that there was a good entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Competition was not so good as at late sales. Yearlings made from £1 17s to £2 13s, empty heifers £3 to £3 7s 6d, store cows £2 to £3 10s, springers £4 to £7. They also report the sale of Mr R. Fiadlay's property of 780 acres at Purangi to Mr A. E. Butr, and Mr A. E. Burr's property of 200 acres on the Carrington Road to Mr H. Findlay, both at satisfactory figures. LONDON MARKET'S. LONDON, Nov. 8. Copper.—Spot £63 3s 9d, three months £63 13s 9d per ton. Tin.—Spot £l3l 10s, three months £l3l 5s per ton. Lead, £l2 16s 3d per ton. Wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 2,800,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,615,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments are 40,000 quarters, and Pacific shipments 15.000 quarters. Bank shares.—Bank of New South Wales £4l, New Zealand £lOl. HOMEBUSH STOCK SALES. SYDNEY, Nov. 10. The Homebush sheep prices were practical)}' unaltered. Crossbreds were scarce. Woolly wethers 21s, shorn do. 15s to 17s, woolly ewes 15s to 21s 6d, best shorn do. 14s Gd to 16s 9d, good 12s Gd to 13s. Cattle were dearer. Best bullocks £lO 5s to £l2, good £9 10s, best cows £B, good £7 ss. Beef averaged 24s per 1001b. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, Nov. 9. Wheat—Chick 2s lOd to 3s 2id, milling 3s 6Jd to 3s 7d. Flour, £8 15s to £9, Manitoban £l3 to £l3 10s. Oats.—Algerian Is 8d to Is lOd, Taamanian white 2s to 2b 5d.. Barley.—Malting 3s to 3s 4d, Capo 2s to 2s 3d. Peas.—Prussian blue 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Maize, 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Bran, 6d to 6Jd. Pollard, 7id to 7|d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £1 15s to £2 ss, local (new) £3 to £3 10s. Onions, £5 to £5 10s. Butter, Bjd to 9d. Bacon, s}d to Bd. MELBOURNE, Nov, 9. Wheat.-Old 3s 4Jd to 3a 5d with little business, new January-Febru-ary delivery 3s 4Jd. Flour, £8 5s to £8 15s. Oats.—Algerian Is 3d to Is sd. Barley.—Good malting 3s 2d to 3s 4d. | Maize, 2s 4d. Bran and pollard, 7Jd. Potatoes, £2 5s to £3. Onions, £4 to £5 10s. ADELAIDE, Nov. 9. Wheat 3s 4d to 3s sd, small sales ; new outports 3s sd. Flour, £8 10s to £8 15s. ; Bran anil pollard, B}d to B|d. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, Nov. 8. At the wool sales there is great activity, and competition in all sections is spirited. Prices are well maintained, even faultics sharing to some extent in the improvement. Greasy sorts sold up to 16d, lambs 12} d, which constitute records for the season.

SYDNEY, Nov. 9. The keenness of competition and the high rates are maintained. Greasy realised 17} d, the highest since the 1899 boom. SYDNEY, Nov. 10. The sales closed for the week. There was animated buying on account of America and the Continent. Prices for all sorts were good, and strongly maintained, and inferior sorts were firmer than at the opening sales. MELBOURNE, Nov. 8. Compared with opening prices wool has advanwd 5 per cent, for all descriptions, Merino greasy selling up to 16id. HIDES, TALLOW, Etc. MELBOURNE, Nov. 10. Tallow.—The market is dull, Prime muttpn nominally 235, prime mixed white 20s, medium 19s. Hides.—Supplies are moderate, and the demand brisk. Stouts 6jcl, average and medium 4}d to 4Jd. BI'CKLAND AND SON'S REPORT. (Special to News.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 11. For our horse fair there was a good entry. Prices :—Waggon and express sorts, £3O to £42 ; aged draughts £l2 to £29 10s ; light harness £lO to £2O 10s ; superior hacks to £2l 10s. At Rumuera there was a moderate supply of beef, which was of better worth. Steers from £7 10s to £ll 12s 6d, or up to 25s per 100 lb ; cows £5 10s to £7 17s fid, or up to 23s per 1001b. There was an average supply of sheep, aid prices were lower, wethers selling at 23s Gd, ewes to 18s 3d, lambs 14s to. 17s 9d. Pigs at late values. BURNSIDE STOCK SALES. DUNEDIN, Nov. 8. The sales were held a day earlier on account of the holiday. Fat cattle.—l 62 head yarded, which proved beyond requirements, although there were numerous withdrawals. Prices suffered from 15s to 20s per head. Best bullocks £lO 12s 6d to £ll 15s, medium £9 16s to £lO ss. best heifers £7 10s to £8 10s, medium cows and heifers £6 to £7, aged and inferior £4 10s to £5. Fat sheep.—l2lo penned, the larger proportion being prime wethers in wool and the balance short, with a few pens of ewes. The demand was good and prices Cd to Is above last week's. Best wethers in wool 26s fld to 28s 6d (one pen at extra heavy 30s 9d), medium 23s to 245, light 21s to 22s (3d, best shorn wethers 20s to 21s 9d, medium 18s to 10s fid, best shorn ewes 19s to 20s 6d.

Fat lambs.—l6o penned, mostly good quality, but values were fully 2s 6d lower. Best 14sto 15s, extra 17s to 19s, medium 12s 6d to 13s 6d.

Pigs.—l3l yarded, prices being on a par with last week. Suckers 10s 6d to 15s, slips 168 to 19s, stores

20s to 24s Od, light porkers 26s to 30s, heavy 31s to 38s Gd, light bacouers 40s to 40s Od, heavy 48s to 545. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, Nov. 8. Wheat.—Business is almost at a standstill. Prime milling 3s 8d to 3s 9d, medium to good 3s 3d to 3s (id, best whole fowl wheat 3s Id to 3s 2d, broken and damaged 2s 6d to 2s 20d ; sacks extra. Oats.—No improvement to note, and it is difficult to effect sales. Prime milling Is 6jd to Is Td, best bright feed Is 5d to Is sjd, good to best Is 4d to Is sd, inferior to medium Is 2d to Is 3d ; sucks extra. Barley.—Business is limited, and lines of prime malting coming forward are very few. Other sorts arc not in demand. Prime malting 3s 3d to 3s Gd, good 2s 9d to 3s, medium 2s 3d to 2s Gd, feud and milling Is 9d to 2s ; sacks extra. GRAIN REPORT. WELLINGTON, Nov. 8. Mr F. Pownall, of the New Zealand and Canterbury Farmers' Co-opera-tive Associations, Wellington, reports as follows, all quotations being f.o.b. port of shipment, sacks extra, unless specified. Oats.—Hardening freights are causing cessation of exports. Home market being now our only outlet, farmers will need to strongly advocate for further Government subsidising, to compete against other countries enjoying lighter transit costs. Trade coastwise is active for sound feed, principally Gartons and Waverleys at Is 7 Jd, B grade Danish call for Is 7d, S-Bills and Roseberrys lsßd, Duns Is 9Jd, Canadians Is lOd, rejects Is sd.

Wheat.—Home cabled reports of a weakening has given an impetus to operations locally, farmers accepting current values, and millers taking advantage of the opportunity to replenish. Prime velvet and Tuscan secure 3s Bd, Hunters 3s 7d, G.W. feed (scarce) 3s 3d, seconds 2s 9d.

Potatoes.—New table are r active, round returning 8s 6d per cwt b.i., kidneys 15s b.i. Sound old keepers realise 27s Gd per ton s.i. Maize.—Light supplies are cleared quickly at 2s 5d s.t. Barley.—Feed has fair sale ot 2s, Cape dull 2s 3d, malting 3s, pearl barley £l3 b.i., pig-meal £4 10s s.i. Beans.—Crops are clearing up quietly at 3s 2d, seeds 8s Gd. Peas.—Blues are abundant at 3e 4d, Partridge 3s 9d, split pons £l4 b.i. Bran remains at £3 5s s.i. ; steady' inquiry.

Pollard.—Output is small; value holding at £4 5s s.L Oatmeal. Warmer weather has slackened sale, 25's listing at £9 s.i., rolled oats £l2 c.i.f.s.i. Chaff.—Store stocks are light with holders firm at present costs, best bright realising 67s Gd s.i. South, and 72s Gd s.i. North. Straw chaff 50s s.i. 'Hay is unheeded, green feed replacing. Rye-clover is worth 655, allclover 77s 6d, pressed straw 37s Od. Grass-seed.—Australian f.a.q. are selling freely at £9 10s c.if.d.p. No colonial available. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY Co., Ltd. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AUCKLAND. Nov. 9.' Horses have been brought forward in increased numbers and a good demand prevails at prices in favour of the vendor. There was a good muster at the Durham yards on Friday, competition being keen. Heavy draughts sold from £3l 10s to £42, medium do. £22 to £36 j light harness £l2 10s to £2O ss, hacks £6 10s to £lB. A bay mare by Giliad brought £35, a tax cart £l9, On Wednesday we held a special sale of store cattle at Papakura, 2185 head being yurded. Competition was keen, and prices, although much lower than last year's rates, showed a decided rise on the rates ruling last month, everything, almost without excebtion changdng hands under the hammer. Grown steers sold from £6 5s to £7 18s, 2 to 3 year old steers £4 to £6 ss, yearlings £2 7s to £3 Gs, calves £1 lis to £2 14s, empty cows £2 12s to £4 Gs, heifers £2 10s to £3 12s 6d.

On Monday we held a special sale of dairy cows, bulls, etc., at Papakura. when SGO head of cows, etc., were brought forward, including 86 bull:;. Dairy cows, close on profit, sold briskly from £5 0s to £8 10s, backward do. £4 os to £8 2s 6d, bulls (good sorts) £5 5s to £8 ss, others £3 2s 6d to £5.

Cattle.—At the Newmarket, yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were penned in larger numbers than usual and sold at late rates. Thert were full numbers of beef, and competition was keen at an advance on last week's prices. We quoto ox beef up to 20s per lOOlbs, cow 19s to 235. Fat steers sold from £6 10s to £ll 12s 6d, fat cows £4 10s to £8 ss, dairy cows sold from £4 10s to £6 15s, empty cows £2 12s 6d to £3 15s, calves £1 4s 6d to £2 14s.

Sheep.—There was a good yarding at Newmarket on Tuesday, solos being made at late rates. Wethers realised J7s yd to £1 (is 9d, ewes 15s 9d to £1 4s, shorn wethers 15s 3d to £1 4s 3d, do. ewes 13s 9d to £1 Is 3d. Lambs, in lull supply, sold from lis fid to 17s 6d. Figs, in lull supply ; porkers £1 Os Cd to £2 18s, baconors £2 10s to £3 ss, weaners 5s fid to 18s !M. ' .

We submitted a large catalogue of hides, skins und tallow on Tuesduy, all being sold under keen competition. Hides.—Market lirm. We quote :—Prime ox 7Jd to 7id, extra stout do. Ujd to 7d, stout do. s;d to bid, medium do. ijd to s»d, light do. 4Jd to 4-id, cow (best lines) 4Jd, good 3Jd to 4d, stags 3Jd, kips 4Jd to 4jd, calfskins 5Jd to ;>;jd, do. cut 4Jd to 4|d. Sheepskins—Market linn. Picked largo up to 10s, good lines 5s fid to 6s, small 4s to 4s 9i). Tallow,—ln good demand. Best mixed 19s 6d to 20s (id, good 18s to 19s, seconds 16s to 17s, rough fat lid to ljd per lb Cow tails, Is fid per dozen. Horsehair, Is 2Jd to Is lid. Bones, £5. Wool.—Fino crossbred 8d to BJd, coarse crossbred 7d to 7Jd, pieces 4d to 5Jd, locks 3d to 4Jd. Maize.—ln short supply since last report. Quotations for good samples remain unchanged, i.e., 2s 3d on whai'f for wholesale lines. Very much of that coming to hund is of inferior quality.

Oats.—No alteration in price to report, B grade remaining at Is lOu c.i.f. for wholesale lines. Chan'.—Uood Southern worth U5 5s to £5 10s, ex store.

Potatoes.—Owing to small shipments from the South during the past week a sharp rise in price took place, consignments ex Zt-ulandia realised £3 5s to £3 10s c.i.f.

Butter.—Prices unchanged. Prime separator 7Jd to Bd. Cheese.—A littlo of the new season's to hand. Quotations nominal as yet.