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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7897, 12 August 1905, Page 3

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WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS. NEW FETMfMTH, SATTSKBAY, AUGUST 12. RBT4B. PRICED fcrm a*4 *» ir y Pre*ioe —MBk 4* per quae*, butter (dam) 104, factory Is P« *. cbewe ft per tb, eggs 10d per dozen, fowls 6s per pair, laid M per It, bacta 74 to I*3 yet lb, kaas W pec lb, rashers lOd per lb. Fruit.—Bananas 3d per lb, eoc«aButs 2d t» M each, Icums Is ce la M per dozen., apples 54 (• 44 per ft, •ranges la t« la M per 4«. Ooal.-Wesbpart, BrMkdata 425, Makau 425. Bwedust, pure, 43 16s got *wl BUYING nUOBS. Butter (best datef) Bd, separator, W to IM, farfory r*Hs 1W 10 IOJd per lb, eggs 9d per dozen, fowls 8s ptt pert, ducks 6s per pai. »«wb (44 per ft, hsMSTd p:-r it, eJMtae 94 per ft, lard 6d pel ft, (tiara Ija per ft. KB KEWTDN KINO'S WEEKLY AUOTION REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday small store pigs made 10s to 1,7s 6d, weaners 5s 64 to 9s, calves Is io Is 6d, pony £1 ss. At the mart a fair quantity of really choice pouhfy came forward and realised good prices. Hens made Is 5d to 2s Id, roosters Is lid to 7s 44, Brown Leghorns 3s 6d to 5s Cd, other breeds 3s 2d to 5s ;> onions 2d, bacon 4d to sd. A quantity of furniture and sundries made ordmary prices. Fruit.—At sales during the week prices were as follows :—Apples lis 6d to 10s, lemons 7s 6d, oranges 5s W to 9s, according to condition: Passions 4a Cd to 7s, pines 10s W, bananas 2d. On Friday the Ith inst. 1 held in conjunction with Messrs Nolan, Tonks, and Co., a clearing sale,of Mr Jas. Miller's large herd of dairy cows! and farm stock. There was a large attendance and everything sold at {;ood prices. The cows were a good ot but a large percentage were late calvers. Springers made £6 15s to £9 15s, Spetcmbcr and October calvers £5 10s to £8 ss, cows in calf £3 5s to £5, weaners 16s, yearlings 83s ; draught horses £23 10s to £2fc, Syearfilties £l6 to £2O 10s, backs £5 to £7, store pigs 17s, breeding sows 85* to £4. Implements aad sundries made satisfactory prijecs. Cattle.—At Pungarehu on Tuesday I held a very successful clearing sale on acccount of Mr Geo. Wade. The cows were a very nice lot in good condition and mostly early calvers. Bidding was brisk from start to finish and excellent prices were realised for both live;stock and) implement. Early calms made £8 108 ti £9 ss. Aged cows and backward springers £4 15s to £6, cows in milk £7 to £B, springing heifers £4 to £5 heifers in caUE* 6s to £3 10s, calves to yearlings 9Bs to 33s ; SJ to 3 year unbroken filly (draught) £27, trap horse £K, dog-cart £25, hacks £4 to £7, The same',day at Stratford I held a clearing sale on account of Mr Turner.. Cows made from £3 10s to £6 12s 6d, store do., £2 to £3, heifers in calf £3 12s 6, weaners 255. Sundries and implements sold at medium rates. On Tuesday, at Stratford yards, bidding was quiet for both store and dairy cattle. Calves made 21s to 235, 15 to 18 months heifers 46s «d to 60s, store cows £1 to £2 3s

6d, "fat do., £4 2s, springing heifers £3 12s 6d to £4 as, extra choice do £5 15s to£6 12s fid. Mr Mooney's dairy cows were a medium lot and sold at prices . in favour ofbuyers. Early waivers - made £5 to £€ 10s, backward do., £3 Ss to £4 2s 6d. On Wednesday at Tikorangi, I beH a clearing sale on account of Mr P. Vosper. Tftere was a large attendance, buyers being present from Stratford and Okato, and satisfactory prices were realised for both live and dead stock. Springing cows made £6 5s to £4 18s, bull £4 . light draught horses £l6 15s to £27, trap horse £27. Sundries and implements made (air prices. TV same day at Stratford I held a clearing Rate-, on account of Mr J. B. Barleyman. The cows were a real-. Iy nice lot, a good many Mag Jerseys, and sold at excellent prices. Early calms made £T to £ll, tackwaal do £5 10s to £B, yearlings 44s to 48s, heifers in calf £4 Is, draught fifties £lB to £l9, trap gelding £l3 14s. pony £5. Poultry and sundries also sold well. At Toko on Wednesday there was a (air attendance at the sale of Mr Jas. Linn's dairy stock. The cows were a fail lot but rather low in con«itirtJ,fand (prices on the - Whote did not rule high. Early calverst made £6 to £8 10s, late do., £3 5s to £5 15s, aged store cows 35s to £3, springing heifers £4.6s to £5 10s, breeding sows :25s to £4 17s M, pony £9 15a,'

MESSRS BEWLEY AND TOITFTTHS* WEEKLY REPORT. There wis an exceßeiit, entry of poultry, «11 peas tying well filled, Bayers were not so keen as at previous sale, yet good prices were realised. Hem Is 3d to 2s 9d, pullets Is 8d to 3s Id, cockrels Is 4d to 2s 7d, ducks Is lOd to 4s, turkeys 5s to 5s Td, Furniture at the mart went slightly m lavour of buyers. During the week the joint sale of household furniture of the late MrsSmall and Mrs Blackwood was held at the residence of the late Mrs Small. There was a very large attendance; bidding was Tery brisk, and everything changed hands very satisfactorily. , Fruity—ss, ton. case. Land sales.—Mr A. R. Davies' Beach Farm at Pukearuhe of 410 acres to Mr J. J. Elwin, jnr. ; also Mr Edward Wells' farm of 170 acres, Oarringtwn RoaiL to a local buyer, ; also Mr A,. C. jinnies 560 farm at Puniho to Mr Edward Wells; also Mr J. J. Elwin's fine 358 acre farm at Warea, including the homestead, to Mr Charles Whatman, oi Cheviot.

MESBIfI YICKBRB * STEVENS' REPORT. There was a kir entrv of cattle in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Calves to yearlings made from £1 Is to £1 n s 6d, store cows £1 15s to £3 ss, springers, fc3 15s to £5; 12s 6d, 24 year old steers £3 16s. MESSRS BUCKLAND AXD SON'S REPORT. (Special to \evvs.) AUCKLAND. Au<. 11. Horses.—Active. Medium draughts £2O to £4O, good hnwcs. to £22, light harness and hn<*R £6. to £lo.

At Jlrmuera beef was In average supply, 'and prices were easier. Steers ranged from £7 KW to £lt 7s <W, equal to 25s per 1001b. cows £5 to £7 15s, or 21s per 1001b. Steep soM freely. Wethers to 31s 6(1, ewes to 265, hoggets to 18s, spring latnlis to 235. Pigs.—There was keen demand. I'orkers to 38s. baconers to 70s. apHtK«tob stock iubkht. CHRIS-ftHUROH, August 9. At AtMington yards, as is usual at the sale the week prior to -the Grand National, there were a number of special 'lines of fat sheep and cattle offered, as well as tse first new lambs of the season. There were fairly large (entries in most departments, and a good attendance. Beef sold well up lo last week's rates. Fat hoggets were firm, and the new lambs 'Bold fairly well. The fat sheep sale was firm throughout, bolH for butchers' lots ami freezing lines. Fijs met with a rather better dp-

mand. Ttowe was a dull sale tot 1 dairy cows except for the best sorts.. ' Store sheep.)—Tbose offend wer« ! breeding ewes and wethers, and both : classes sold readily, especially young ; ewes and forward wethers. The priu- ' cipal lots sold were 177 two, lour, : and six-tooth ewes 2Ks, 1311 sound j mouth 23s 4d, 60 at 2Us 6d, IB aged • 1U; iW, 54 merinos 10s lid, SI wethers 21s sd, 69 at 19s 3d, 43 at I 19s 4d, 95 at 17s 3d. i 1

New season's lambs.—About twenty were offered, sonic of which were, howeu-r, late hoggets, and they were oi various sizes. 'I he qualil} was not so good as in some loimer years. The young) lambs sold at 125.8 dto ttis, and older sorts 10 19s. J Fat hoggets.—There was a larger entry than the previous week, and the quality was also 'jetler. Thcie. was a good demand for well finished iots, and prices were firmer. .Some purc-bitd Border .Leicester ewe hug--si'ts wwv bought for biteding purposes.; Heavy-weights madcltlsf lu-l to 21s, and extra 24s Gd to 28s 3d lighter soils lCs 3d to 19s 3d.

Kal sheep —There was a fairly heavy yarding, including seme special of heavy, and' some .try prime lines of freezing wethers and nieriuos, the quality oi the whole yarding being much auove the average. The export Uiycrs operated more freely than for some time past and trad much bclrter lines than usual offered them. There was a good demand to the end of the sale for all clashes of butchers' sheep, the number of lines taken for freezing having relieved the market of any over-supply. Several pens of prize sheep were amongst those offered, and these brought good prices. One pen of Tery fine Shropshire wcthere !«xight at 35s 6d are to be sent to l/mdos. Rang* of prices—Extra) prime wethers 28s to 85s 6d, prime 13s H to 27b 6d, others 18s 6d ts 23s ; prime ewes 20s to 225, medium 17s 6d to 19s 6d, aged 15s to 17s ; extra prime merino wethers to 255, prune 19s to 215.6 d, others* 15s I4j.d to 18s.

Fat oattle.-The entry totalled 231 and there were several prime station lines offered, but a considerable portion ol the other entries was not well finished, so that the quality, ranged from inferior to extra prime, rhere was a very good demand) throughout, though, except for West, the prices were not quite,so firm as last week. Among the sales were nine steers from W. O. Rutherford,, (Montrase) at £8 15s to £l4 10s, one Hereford steer from W. Birdling 'Port Levy) at £l3, five steers from '•.■hatmoss at £9 15s to £lO 7s 6d, sixteen steers from Hawkswood at £8 to £9 15s ; other steers brought £9 7s Gd to £ll 5s ; heifers, £5 is to £7 12s 6d, and cows £5 to£9, equal to 22s fd to 25s for choice,! iOs to 22s for prime, and 17b Qd to 19s 6d for cow and.inferior beef per 100 ft. A large yarding of veal calves sold it 7s 6d to £3. Store and dairy cattle.—There was a small, mixed entry, and but little demand was shown. Sales were effected at £7 10s to £9 15s, and others at £4 to £7. Pigs.—There was a fairly large yarding, and a better demand was shown for fats than last week, though prices did not improve much. Baconers made 35s to 475, equal to ?}d to 3Jd per lb ; porkers 22s to 30s, equal t» Id to 4Jd per lb ; large stores 17s Cd to 225, medium 12s 6d to 17s, weaners 8s to Ids 6d..

LONDON MARKETS. (Received Aug. 11,10.21 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS. Gold coin, etc., £34,593,000 ; reserve, £24,808,000 ; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 46.72 ; in circulation, £29,939,000; public deposit, £9,906,000; other deposits, £'3,896,000 ; Government securities, £lp--070,000; other securities, £29,195,000. Three months MUs-j 1 15-16 per cent. STOCK MARKET, Consols SOJd, New South Wales three and a balls 98$, New Zealand fours 108 i, Tasmanian threes 8&J, other stocks unchanged, GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Wheat.—Despite sensational report* of damage to the crops in Russia and America, the European markets arc quiet, and have rather an easier tendency. French harvesting is favourable. Cargoes are dull, those off the coast being a shade firmer. Two cargoes sold at 325. Buyers are now offering 32s 3d for August and September shipments, Australian, spoti in small supply, 33s <M to 345. The American visible supply is 22,312,000 bushels.

Flour is dull. Patents arc quoted at: London 33s 6H, Glasgow 24s W |to 255.

Butter.—Firm and unchanged. Salt less Canadian 108s to 110s. METALS,

Copper.-Spot £«9 to £69 ss. Tin.-Spot £149 15s to £ll9 17s 6<l, three months £l4B to £l4B 10s. Iron, £46 lis. Spelter, £24 7s 6d to £24 10s. lead, £l3 17s G.-l. The imports were 19,057 tons, including 4657 Australian exports \<\\ tons Silver, 2s 3 5-lCd. | SUGAR. | Sugar-First marl.s 12s .(id, German l's Id. WOOL. Bradford wool business is improving. Forties 16d, forty-sixes lSd common sixties 25d, super 26d