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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7741, 17 February 1905, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, Feb. 14. Silver, 2s 4 1-ltid. Copper.—Spot £(>7 12s (id ; three months £<> B. I Lead, £l2 10s :!d. I Nine thousand live hundred quarters of South Australian wheat, prompt, were sold at 32s 51d. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,1 15,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,030,000 Atlantic shipments 20,000, pacific 13,000. Hank of Australasia shares £4 9s Od, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile debentures £1 18s (3d.

LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, Feb. 15. Consols. 89 O-lfith. Copper.—Spot, £67 10s, three months, £O7 17s 6d. I Tin.—Spot, £132 ss, three months months, £l3O 12s (id. I Lead.—£l2 9s 3d. I Tallow.—63o casks offered and 420 sold ; prices were unchanged. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, Feb. 15. Wheat 3s 4d, chick (prime) 2s lid so 3s. 1 Flour. £8 l()s. Oats.—Tasinaninn white feeding 2s lOd to 2s lid, Victorian Algerian Is lOd to Is lid. Harley.—Cape 2s 7d, English 2s Id to 2s sd. Maize, 2s 9d to 3s. Hrnn, 9d. Pollard, Is. IVas.—nine, 4s 9d. Potatoes.—Circulars, £lO 10s. Onions.—Victorian £l2. Hutter, BJd to 9d. Cheese. 3d to fld. Itacon, 6d to 7d. MELBOURNE, Feb. 15. Wheat.—Firmer at 3s id. Flour, £B. Oats.—Algerian Is lid to 2s, stout white 2s 4d to 2s sd. Mai/*', 2s 3d. ISran, 9d. Pollard, 10(1. Potatoes, £7 10s to £B. Onions, £9 10s to £lO. ADELAIDE, Feb. 15. Wheat, 3s 4 Id. Flour, £8 ss. Oats.—Algerian Is lOd, stout white 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Hran, lOd. Pollard, Is. Potatoes, £7. Onions, £lO.

DINEDIN CHAIN MARKET. Dt NEDIN, Feb. 13. Wheat.—Millers ale fully stocked, and will not touch medium grade, which has to be offered as fowl feed. Quotations are —Prime milling ;Ss lid to 3s Bd, best whole fowl wheat 8s to Hs :!d, broken and damaged 2s 6d to 3s, sacks extra. Oats.—All lines are in good demand, clearances being effected at late prices. Prime milling 3s 'Jd to Is It;.I, good to best feed Is 8d to Is 9d, inferior and medium Is 3d to Is 7d—sacks extra. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 16. Ihe fourth wool sale of the .season was held to-day. The number of bales catalogued was 2200. Crossbred realised a half-penny to a penny per pound below tire prices at last sale. Lambs' wool showed a decline iof a half-penny.

UURNSIDE STOCK SALES. lUNEDIX, Feb. 15. Fat Cattle.—There were 283 head y ai-ded, principally well finished bullocks, with some' pens prime cows and heifers ; balance medium to inferior cows. As this was for the fortnight"s requirements sales opened at a slight advance, which was maintained to the end. liest bullocks ,£9 10s. to £lO 10s, good £7 10s to £9 ss, medium JUT to £B. Hest cows £(i 10s to £B, medium £■> to £5 10s. inferior £3 "15s to £4 10s. Fat Sheep.—239o penned. Prices' hardened as the sale advanced, till they were fully 10 per cent above last week. liest wethers 22s to 23s (a few pens extra 21s 9d), good 20s to 21s fid, medium 18s (id to 20s best ewes 20s to 225, good 18s (id to 19s (id. medium 15s (id to 17s, fat lambs (970 penned) best. 10s to 17s (few extra 17s 9d), good 14s (rd to 15s (id, others l.'is (id to lis. Pigs.—l 42 penned. Porkers and choppers were keenly competed for, but suckers antl slips only had moderate demand. Suckers 8s to lis slips 12s (id to lis, stores 15s to 2"s, porkers-'2ls to 28s (id, light baconers 30s to 38s, heavy 38s (Id to 455, choppers 50s to 58s.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY Co. Ltd. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AL C IvLAN D, l'Vb. 15. Horses have been brought forward in increased numbers, and a demand prevails at prices in favour of the vendof. More than an average number were entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding fluctuated, but on the whole values were slightly in favour of the vendor. We quote— Heavy draughts at from £24 to £4O ss, medium dtfto £2O to £3l 10s light harness £lO 10s to £22, a gig £l3, spring cart horse and harness £22 15s. On Wednesday, at Pukekohe, there was a large muster of s-tock of ull descriptions, more especially calves, ol' which 485 were yarded. We quote—Dairy cows £ 1 Jos to £7 15s, empty ditto £2 Is to 17s, grown steers £3 3s to £(i 12s Gd, calves £1 Is to £2 lis. Iteef, in full supply, sold at late rates. Cattle. At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were penned in usuul numbers, and sold at late rates. lieef was vardixl m average quantities. Everything with the exception of first quality sold at late rates. Ox beef sold up to 23s per IOOIb, cow 15s to Ills Steers sold at from £0 3s to £lO 2s (id, cows £3 10s to £B. No heavy weight cattle were yarded Dairy cows sold at from £!j lUs to £9 ss, empty ditto £1 15s to £3 12s (id, calves £1 Is to £2 4s.

Sheep.—Til,' Newmarket Yards were well filled on Tuesday. Wethers sold at lrom 15s- (id to £1 Is 6d, ewes 13s 9d to 19s (id. Lambs, in full supply, met a keen sale at from 10s 9d to lis (id for best sorts, others jfis 3d to }os.

Pigs, in full supply, sold well • porkers £1 4s to £2 Ids, weaners 10s 0;l to 15s.

We submitted a largo catalogue of hides, skins, etc., on Tuesday, all lines hc-injr keenly competed for. Cow hides are short in supply and sell readily at 4Jd per lb. We quoty;—Priu.y ox 7tl to 7;d, extra stoirt ditto (VJd to 6»d, stout ditto oj-d to (ijd, medium ditto 4}d to oj-d, ditto 4.Jd to -1 jM, cow (picked) ! d. good lines 4id, stags' Jid to :S;d, kips -1 jd to lid, calfskin iijd to r»:Jd, ditto (cut) lid to 4 Jd. Sheepskins.—Market easier. Large full-woolled skins 4s Hd to .*,s (id, pelts 2s to 2s ."id, lambs' Is !)d to 2s (3d, damaged Is to Is 4d.

I allow. Market easier. IJest mixed 19s to 20s, good 17s (id to 18s 3d, seconds I.ls lo l(is :Jd, rough I'at IJdtolJd. Hones, Cow tails Is (id dozen, horse hair Is to Is. 3d. WooL in bags and dumps.—Crossbred 7d to BJd, colts (id to (> Jd pieces 4d to r.Jxl, locks 3Jd to 4 id! lambs' (id to 7{d. Maize, in better supplv. Market remains firm at 2s lid on wharf for wholesale lines. Oats are easjer. Worth 2s Id on whapf fo '" " grade. Potatoes in heavy supplv. Latest i|uptation js £8 for primp, but weak at this figure. ChalT.—Prime old Southern £<j, new £.-> Ids, local £1 ].">s. ltutter.—Demand is good at 7Jd to 8d for best separator, and <>id for milling lines, Chi-exi!.—Very slow of sale. Factory IJd, farmers' ;S!d to 111.