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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 324, 16 January 1909, Page 6

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LONDON .MARKETS. I London, January 14. ' The bank rate is 3 per cent. Silver, 24d. ANTWERP WOOL SALES. London, January 14. The. Antwerp wool sales have closed. There was less competition owing to a poorer ihiuc ol wool. Three thousand nine hun.lrul and lifty-two bales of La Plata wooi were offered for sale and 2400 sold, plus 400 bales sold between the Wednesday ...id Thursday sittings. THE RUSSIAN LOAN. 1 London, January 14. ' Of the impending Russian loan of '£5(1,000,000, £0,000.000 is to be re'served for the London market and '£1,200,000 for the Amsterdam market. The remainder is lloated in France. • £32,000,000 of the French allotmeut is 'to be devoted to the redemption of Treasury bonds issued in 1004.

THE WOOL .MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following ' cable from their Loudon liouse, under yesterday's date:—""We 'think a rise is'likely to take place of alaiiit 5 per cent, in im/riim wool and from 5 per cent. t«i 10 pi r cent, m crossbred wool. Wool shipped by the Itakaia will not be available for sales commencing about llltli instant.''

NBWTON KINO'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday there ■was a good demand for pigs, and a'l sold readily, small stores making 14s li.l to 18s; good do., 2(is to 275; slips, 7s to 10s; harness horse, £ls; hack. £2 17s lid. ■ At Stratford on Tuesday there was a smaller yarding than usual. Store cows were in good demand and sold at full values. Rig fleers did not meet with much eiijuiry, but twelve- to eiglitcenmonths were quitted at the hammer. Yearling steers, made 33s to 48s Oil; ■heifers, 27s to 20s Od; store p ows, 37s M to 555; forward do., £3 3s to £3 ,12s; fat do., £3 17s Od to £4 4s; bulls. ;£2 17s to £3 15s.

VIOKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs. Yickers & Stevens report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Ingl«HVocJ yards on Wednesday. Mixed yearlings to lifteen-niouths made from £1 7s to £1 10s; yearling to 'fifteen-months steers, £1 15s (id to £1 ■l7s fid; store cows, £1 18s to £3 8s; ■fat cows, £3 17s to £4 as; springers, .£3 10s to £5 10s.

W r BBSTER BROS.' REPORT. On Friday last wc held our first sale in the new year. There was only a small entry, but nearly all the lots sold at the hammer. Empty eows, £2; I yearling heifers. 30s (id; mixed 325: springing cows, £4 10s to £4 17s 6d. W T e opened the mart sales again after the holidays on Saturday last, wlren we had a fair entry of poultry. Prices were lower as follows:-Old hens, Is fid lo Is 10(1; pullets (good demand), 2s 3d to 2s 6d; ducks. Is fid to 2s; chicks, 5d to 9d; fockerels, Od to Is lOd. Sundries sold as usual. Owing to fruit.'.now coming forward in large quantities we have found it necessary to sell even' afternoon at 2.30. This'will be carried on until March, »■! every intending jam-maker should be satisfied with the new season's jam fruits. On Saturday last we had over 500 eases of assorted fruits, which opened in good order. Prices for week as under, varying according to quality and size of boxes:—Plums, blue 2s to 3j 3d, eherrv Is (id to 2s 3d, lmrlranks 2s to 3s fid; peaches, 2s Oil to 0s 3d; apricots, '4s (id to (is (ill; nectarines. 4s Od to <7s dt: bananas. 0s to 10s: apples. Is lo 2s Oil: grapes, fi'/ s d to 10'/ 3 d per lb-; tomatoes. 3d to flVid per lb.: cucumbers. 2s 3d to 4s (id per box: pears, 3s to 3s fid.

ABRAHAM AN*]) WILLIAMS' STOCK REPORT. Messrs. Alir'nliam & Williams. Ltd.. report on their lluntervillc salt 1 . held on the 12th inst.:-'Mixed lambs 7s !M. 7s till, 8s to Ss sd; cull lambs 3s Id . 4s. .is Id to (is fid; fat ewes lis; mixed aged ewes 7s !)d. to 8s Oil; two-looth ■wethers lis 4d to 2!)s. to .lis Oil: for ward bullocks, to 7s lid to to ISs: three-vear steers. t4 lis fid; two-year heifers, £2 7s; fat cows. £4 to £4 lis: forward eows. £3 4s (id:, cows and calves, £2 Is to CIS: empty heifer*. £'2 13s.

PALMERSTOX STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercnn tile Agency Company, Ltd., report thai at their Raumai sale a moderate out!' 1 ' of cattle eauie forward and met with fair demand. Forward bullocks, t" ins; heifers, in calf. £2 2s lid to ti 12s: empty three-year heifers. t:i .">-: forward empty cows. £3 Ills; fat cow-'. ■ £4 7s fid: bad coloured vearlings, 22s fid.

WAXGAXTI STOCK SALE. Dalgety & Co. report:—Two thousand five hundred sheep were varded, and :• 'small entry of cattle. There was a V_'Ood demand for all classes, and we cleared the bulk under the hammer. ■Four-toothaethers 10s fid to lis sil: ■cull do., fls Id; medium 2-toofh wethers. 10j; good 2-tooth ewes, 13s 3d; 4-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, fls 3d to fls 7d; old ewes. 7s to 7s 2d; ewes and lambs (all counted), (is: medium lambs. 7s fid to 8s; three- to four-year bullocks, £4 15s; 'springing heifers, £3 5s to £4; cows in milk." £5; store cows, £2 Us.

ArCKLAXI) STOCK MARKET. ■ The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coinpanv. Ltd.. reportHorses.—At the Durham yards on Friday horses were brought forward in larger number* than for many weeks. Competition was keen for anything of a useful sort. Heavy draughts sold at from £2(i 10s to £34: medium do.. £lB 10s to £2O; hacks and light harness horses. £7 10s to £lO 15s; weeds and ponies. £2 Ills to £S 15s. ' At Papakura nn Wednesday there was a large muster of stock, which sub] under steady competilion. Dairy cows:, 'close to profit, made C 4 17s fid' to ,£S •10s; do. heifers. C 3 15s to C 7 10s : empty cows. £2 Iflslo C 3 ISs; grown steers. £5 10s to C(i ss : two- to thrcv vear-old do.. C 3 10s to £5 2s fid: yearlings to two-vear-obls. £2 2s to C32s ■ «d: calves. 18s to £1 Ss. Reef wis Varded in full numbers and sold at Newmarket rates. Cattle.—At the Xcwinnikct yards on Tuesday there was a large yarding of dairy and store stock and a full sup|ih | of beef. Bidding for beef was scarcely as brisk - as the previous week, although '(notations are the same. Oxen sold to •22s per 1001b. and cows 17s to lfls. Steers sold at from £5 7s fid to £lO 10s: eows. £3 10s to £7: dairy cows, "i "s to £8 10s: empiv cow?.' £2 Hn to C.l 10s. sii' .--The Newmarket yards were -'! filled wilh sheep on Tuesday, and ■hi at late rales, wethers selling at 'vom 11, 1M to 17s 0,1: ewes. 7s li'i lfi< 11: hoggets. 0s fid to 13s fid. Lambs, in 'u:i supply, sold well nt from 12s fid to 15s fid for extra prime, oilier sorts ■ls to 12s.

■ Pigs.—Porkers. CI 2s to £1 10s; •verniers. s<s fid („ 13s 3d; baconers. .£2 ts to £3 Is.

nißisTCni'ncH stock market. At the Addiuaton yards on Wednesday there was a'fair entry „f stock and i good attendance. ■ Fat cattle were ■isicr and store sheep especially so. Lambs snld well, and' fat lambs were about equal to last week's rales. Fat sheep, were firm, and.ewes dearer on account of a small entry. Fat pigs were •slightly easier, and stores were unchanged. There was a fair demand for store md dairy cattle. ■ Sheep.--The entry of store sheep K.i< larger than for some weeks past, lambs forming the principal proportion. For fat lambs there was a very keen demand, and they sold up to 13s 7d. all lots being sold at auction. Other classes of stores also sold well. Forward lambs made 12s lo I3s 7d, and others lis to Us 11.1: wethers, lis to 15s; ewes, 14s lOd to 18s Cd. Ewes and

lambs also realised 7s lOd to 9s Cd. The yarding of fat lamlis was not so large •as that of the previous week, but they •were mostly in fairly large lots. There [Kvas a good demand for export, ami ■prices showed little or no change, though 'the market was not quite so firm. (Freezing knifes made 13s 6d to 10s, a few realising l«s (id, whilst lighter sorts •brought 12s to 13s. There was not a Very, large yarding-of fat sheep, and 'the supply proved only sutlicient for the. 'local trade, so that the market was Ijirm throughout. Wethers showed up 'to late rates, and ewes, of which there 'was not a large number on oll'er, show'ed an advance. The range of prices 'was: Prime wethers, 10s to 18s (id; 'lighter, Lis 7<t to l.»s (id. Prime ewes, 1 'IS* to 18s; others, lis 3d to 14s (id. | 'Merino wethers, Ids (id to 12s.

1 Cattle.—The supply of cattle com•prised 314 head, mostly of good to prime (quality. The demand was rather slack lind prices receded to (lie level of a 'fortnight ago. Prime beef was ecjual to '2ls to 23s per 10011)., and medium 18s (id 'to 20s (id; cow and inferior. 17s to 18s. Steers sold at £(i 10s to £!) l.'is; heifers, '£4 Ills to a 12.s (id; and cows, CI 7s 'lid to £7 10s. There was a fairly large I 'yarding of store cattle, including several lines (rucked from Southland, which 'were .generally in better condition than 'ihose that have come up previously. There was a fair demand, and most lots 'were cleared at auction. Local cattle 'sold as follows:—Two and u-half year '-leers. £4 3s; forward two and a'-half '-ear heifers. C 4 4s; three-vear heifers. '£3 !()*; dry cows, up to" £4; Southland 15 to 18 months, to 375; heifers. '£4 Is; three-vear steers, C.) 7s lid: Vows, f3 Ils. There was a small yard'ing of dairy cows, mostly of a poor Mass, and the better sorts sold well. Trices ranged from £3 10s to £(i 12s <id (according to age and quality). 1 Pigs.—The yarding of pigs was an average one, and all sorts were rather 'easier. Large baconers made 30s to 'sss. and smaller 43s (id to tils (equal to i4'/ 4 d to 4'/,d- per lb.); porkers, 33s 0(1 to •42s Oil «'<|ual to 5d per lb.); large 'stores. 2i)s to 35,, smaller 25s to 2Ss; 'weauers, lis to Ills; suckers, lis to 15s.

DUNKDjN STOCK SALES. The weekly report of transactions at liurnside yards is as follows: Sheep.(2o3o yarded).—A fair yarding, 'including a good proportion of ewes and l :i number of prime wethers. The sale? 'opened with prices about Is Oil easier tlutn last week, but towards the end of •the sale, they lirnied somewhat. Rest 'wethers 18s to 20s, extra 21s (Id. medium 10s to 17s (id. inferior and light 14s lid to 15s, best ewes 15s to 10s 3d, extra 'prime and heavy 10s 3d, medium 12s to 'l4s, inferior up'to 10s Oil. Limbs (till yarded).—A good yarding. 'Prime and heavy lambs sold well, while other sorts met with only ordinary demand. Best lambs Iss to 17s lid, medium 13s to 14s Od. inferior and light up to lis Od. Pigs (120 yarded).—A fair yarding of all classes. Prices for young pigs were barely as good as last weekJs, excepting for a few pens of extra quality. Porkel's and baconers were easier, the latter falling off about 5s per head. Suckers, ■IBs to 20s; slips, 23s to 285.; stores, 33s to 355; porkers. 37s to 40s; light baconers. 43s to 48s; heavy. 50s to 555. ' Fat cattle (215 yarded).—The supply of steers was more than ample for requirements and prices easier, prime bullocks being fully 5s and medium quality bullocks and heifers 10s per head lower. Prime bullocks, £7 15s to £.10; extra heavy, to £l2: medium to good, £7 5s to £8 7s (id; jiglil. £5 10s to £0 15s; best eows and heifers, £(i 10s to £7 ss; ordinary. £4 to £5 10s.