COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81837, 1 September 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

MR MA\TOX KiNGS WEKKLV ! PORI'. i At the liaynia kct on Saturday ' there was keai timipetition fir pg-, j weaners making 12 ti it) , snia-. uh, | 96, p rkers 30 to 40 , horse &4 n-. I At the mart theie was a good entry ] of poultry, anl exce:;ent prices wer.-j realised. Hens nude 1 S to 27, puilets ij to 2 q, cockere's 1,6 to 2.7, pu*e bied rooscers 26 to 8,, ducks 2, to 2 5, turkeys 63, hen and ducklings 06. Furniture and sundries sod at usual rates. Cattle : On Friday, 24th August, ac Toko, I bed a clearing sale of Mr John Taylor's dairy sto-k. Ti c cmv> were a jrood lot, mostly young, and were well competed for, there b'ing 1 large number of buyers present. Early calv.rs made £b 10 to £(), October and November calve: s £5 to/16, •.pring.ng hrifers £1 10,' to £5 17 0. At Pungarehu on Monday there was a fair attendance at Mr William Harvey's roaring sale. Tr.e cows Aero a real'.y good lot, mostt y early :alveis, and in fair condition. Springers made £(> 10/ to ,0. 15/, aged cows and backward calvtrs £3 10/ to £a 5/, Shorthorn buils ioj to £4 12/, 18mos. steers £2 4/. The same day at Stratford I he'd a clearing sale on the Bird road on account of Mr A. \V. Kemp. There was a medium attendance and fairly brisk bidding. The heifers were a n'cc lot and sold well. Springing cows made £(> 5, to £8 15/, heifers £4 15/ to £i> 1716. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday cattle came forward in excess of.advertised numbers, the yards being full, and there was a large attendance. Young cattle met with good competition and realised satisfactory prices, nearly every line being sold either at the hammer or private'y-Springing hei fers ar.d farmers' surplus dairy cows were duli of sale, except for rea'.ly good quality. A nice lot nf voung cows from Mr John Brown'selling at satisfactory prices. Calves made 10/6 to 13/6, yearlings ig/ to 23/, well-bret) Jersey heifer do. 35/, 15 to 18 months ordinary 7 heifers 27/ to 31', springing heifers £2 18/ to £i 17/6, springing cows £2 10/ to £5 si, '8 month steers 38' to 45/, 2J to 3 year do. £$ 11/6. fat cows £4 11/, store do. £1 10/ to £2, o'd do. 15/ to £l. The same day at Radnor road I held a clt-r'ng sale on acount of Messrs Kaspar Bros. The cows were in rood condition, but showed age. Bidding was quiet. Early calvers made £6 to £&, backward and aged £j 17/6 to £5 10/, bull £(> wj. On Wednesday at Okato there was a jrood atendance at Mr Hy. Putt's clearing sale. The cows were a fair lot. but mostly on the aged si.e, and several rather backward. Young forward springers were we'l competed for and sod weM!, making £(> to £ft 10'. aged and backward cows £z ioj In £1 10.'. Shorthorn bull £4 15/, 2yea- spiingin gheifers &3 5/ to £3 17/6 (empty) 27/6 to £3 10', sow in farrow £-5 '5/> !'B n t draught horse £ls. A fine lot of fat bullocks and store steers were a'so offer?d, but bidding failed t > reach vendor'B reserve. The same day I he'd a clearing sa'e of dairy cattle in the Stratford yards on account of Messrs Dingle and Wake. Cows in mjik made £4 15/ to £& $/, early calvers £(> to £B, backward and late calvers £3 5/ 10 £5 15/, heifers £3 5 to £6 26. Tho cows were a very nice lot. but Having been driven a long distance were""hot looking at their best. There was a very good atendance but bidding was rather slow.

VICKERS AND STEVENS' RE PORT. Vickcrs & Stevens report that there was a full yarding of cattle at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday, :he majority being springers, old and backward springers being: unsaleable. Bidding was dull for al! classes. Yearlings made from £i 2,' to £i io/, empty heifers £i n/ to £i ijj, store cow-s £i 5 ; to £i 5/, old and backward springers /i 15/ to £3 5;, good springers £4 2/ to £5 10;', fat cows £4 2,6 to £5 1/.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Oats : Market lifeless, and little or no business passing. Arrivals from the country have been very light. Prime milling 2/3} to 24, good to best se*d 212 i to 2,3, inferior 2/ to 2/1, serd iines 2/5 to 2/9 (sacks extra), Wheat : No change to report. Millers are confining purchases to small lines of choice quality. Medium and inferior are neg ected. Fowl feed has good enquiry. Prime milling 33 t> 3 G, prime Tuscan 3/7, medium 33 tu 3,41, best fowl feed 3/1 to 3;2, broken and damaged 2/0 to 3/ (sacks extra).

LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Horse' : Heavy draught! from £22 5/ W .£36, medium do., £lB 10/ to £29, hacks and light harness £5 5/ to £2l. Cattle : Oxen 23/ per ioolb, cows 17/ to 20', steers from £6 10/ to £lO 10,', cows £4 to £7 12,6, dairy cows from £i 15, to £8; empty cows £\ 15/ to £3 7 , heifers I2 10/ to £4 7/6. Sheep : Wethers from £1 1/ to £1 7/9, ewes 18 9 to £1 3/9"; hoggets 15/9 tojCi 1/. Pigs : Porkers sold at from £1 10/ to £2 17/, wcaners, 6/6 to 13/. Maize : Firm at 3/6 ex store. Oats : Firm at 2,7 ex store. Potatoes: Selling freely at £l2 10,'. Chaff : Prime is worth ,£4 176 on wharf.

LONDON MARKET ADVICES Dalgety *nd Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable from their Londun oltice, da'cd August 23 : Butter : Since our telegram of (lie 16th inst, prices are higher by 3/4 per cwt. The total imports of butter into the L'nited Kingdom for the week ending the iSth inst., amounted to 94,000 cwt., as compared with 72.000 cwt. for the corresponding period of tqos. Market strong, owing to continuation of the drought. Think it possible prices are »t their best. Frozen meat : Market dull owing to holidays and the hot weather. N.Z. frozen lamb lower by |d per tb. Frozen mutton, lower by par to Jd. Demand chiefly for light-weight carcases. Beef unchanged. Tallow : Market very firm with sma'l 5t .k*. biK demand <liie|ly for prompt delivery. I'me? an on the average higher by 1 per cwt.

feTOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS. The following are the latest quotations a< revised by Mr Walter Uewley, New Plymouth :

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WALTKK ISKWI.KY'X RKI'ORT _ I had a go..d entry . 1 p<, u ll vno Saturday hi t, an-.! g-..0d prices \\".c. ivalisul. lien- i i t > i >. ockcrels i 2t02 2. puPcts I i t. i 7 nmii u-a rou-tcis 5 , ducks 1 lr , turkeys 40 t i 5 6.l'Yuu is p«) ~. v scarce I >o| I n go. ..I m- „f ;; .. .', bananas at n pot cas" an ', a c..nMe,",ime.it of fli ly sip.; banana- a; V. Furniture and sunclihs br u;ht l,»iI prices.

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