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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 94, 17 May 1909, Page 4

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LONDON MARKETS. Loudon, May 14Wheat and floui -An impiovemeut in America ha» readied the wheat markets Cargoes arc in omi" demand. Afloat i» offering at «,Bd and 435-J.l, jSjlmw parcels at 43= lid, and Australian spot aT 17s fid. . • Flour is firm a»l unchanged in London, and irregular in Glasgow, where Australian spot is freely offering at 32s Si & 33s Od, landed terms. ' WBol—Wool is strong and unchanged. Americans are operating freely Copper-On spot, unchangc ~:c months, fS9 12s Od; electrol.. ,

10,. " < Bradford wool is firm, quiet ind un- i ehanged. M London sales the Matahui < elip j»altaed 10y B d, Omarama 10y B d. - ' TM-On spot £132, three months £133 : 2s Bi. Iron, 48s. Lead, £l3 ss. Sugar—German 10s Od, first marks Batter—The market is firm. Danish is' quoted at 110s and 1125., New Zealand and, Australian cleared at late rates. There is ft tetter enquiry for stored, which is very firm. Cheese—New Zealand sold at 04s and 67 »- » , Kauri sales—7oo cases were offered and 187 sold; Bush is slightly dearer. Other sorts are unchanged,' . Silver, 24 5-18 d. BALOETI & CCS BEPORT. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable message ' from their London house, under date 13th inst.:— Frozen meat—There is good demand for beef, lamb is in fair demand, but the demand for mutton is very poor, heavy descriptions being difficult to sell at any price, and for si/h descriptions a further decline is possible. Quotations are as follows:—New Zealand prime ox beef fores, 2%d, hinds 3y 2 d; prime cros's- , bred lamb, Canterbury, heavy 4%d, light 4%d; North Island, heavy 4d, light 4y 8 d; prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavv, 2'Ad, light 3y 2 d; North Island, . heavv 2d, light 2"/ 9 d. Wheat—Market rather quieter. Tallow—Since our last wire prices in general are 3d to Od higher. .. TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES.

MR! NEWTON KING'S report. On Tuesday, 11th inst., I held my sale of above produce at Stratford. The quantity "of produce offered was the largest I have catalogued since the beginning of these sales. It comprised 2802 ox and cow hides, 103 yearlings', 832 calfskins, 5773 sheepskins, 47 bales and 25 Backs of wool, 71 casks and 43 tms tallow, and the usual assortment of horse' hair,'cwtails, ctn. The 2802 '" hides included over a thousand from the freezing works. The freezer ox commanded special" competition; advancing %d to %d, realising as high as S>/ S d for extra stout. Competition throughout was keen. Wool and skins met a hardening market, and best tallow advanced 5s to 10s per ton.* Cow hides fell '/ 8 d " to %d. Calfskins and inferior tallow maintained late values. The consistent ■ support accorded this sale by both vendor and-purchasur is extremely gratifyin?, and the number of hides submitted psaces- the Taranaki sale to the fore, so that no large buyer of hides in the Dominion can afford to ignore the tale or absent himself from it. The steadv increase of the. quantities of ■ wool'sold is, ample proof, that clients arc satisfied with returns, and as an indication of. a growing preference for a local market over one at a distance. I quote l Woo!-Crossbred fine. 7d to 7</ 4 d; coarse, 5%d to 6dj cotted, s'/;.d to 5%d; black, 5y 2 d; fine lambs', o'/ 4 d to o%d; medium, 6d to 6*4 d; seedy, 4d to ill; black-lambs', s'/ 8 d; dead, 5(1; bellies, -4«4d to,4y.d; best pieces, 4d to 4'/id; : second ■pieces, 3d to 3'/ 3 d; locks, Id to 2%d. ' Sheepskins—Butchers' dry fine cross- . bred, Cftd to 6y 3 d; coarse, s'/ 2 d to fid; half-wools, 4y 4 d too'/id; lambs' Woolly, s'/ s d to 6Vid; shorn lambs', 5d to damaged, 4a to 4y 3 d; dead, 4d; damp woolly, 7s «d to 8s 1)S; half-wools, 3s Gd to 4s 4d; quarter-wools, 2s 3d to 3s; pelts, Is to 2sj woojly lambs', 2s 9d to 3s 6d; shorn, la 6d to Is 10d; salted woolly, 8s to fe 10d; half-wools, 3s fid to 4s'3d-' quarter-wools, 2s 3d- to 3s' 3d; pelts, 6d to Is 9d; woolly lambs', 2s 04 to 3s 6d; Shorn, Is 6d to 2s. freezer hides—Ox, extra stout, 8d to B%d, or 47s 1.0 49s Od; stout, 7d to 7%d, or 30s to 445; medium, O'/id to o'/ B d. or 29s to 35s Od; light,-Od to o'/ 4 d, or 22s .' 'to 255; cow, extra heavy. 5%d to Od, or 30s to 325; heavv. 5%d to 5%d, or 22s 6d to 255; light. 5%d to s>/ 2 d, or 10s Cd to 18s Od; heifers', 5%d to 5%d, or 14s lid to 10s Od.

Butcßcrs' hides—Ox, extra stout, 7'/id to 7%d; stout, o%d to 7y 4 d; medium, 5%d to C'/ 8 d; light, od to Oil: cut, 3d to Od; cow, heavy' superior. 0d to o'/ s d; ordinary, to 5%d: medium, a'/id to fid; superior light, 5%d to fid; ordinary, 5%d to 5%d; cut cow, od to\r%d; fanners' cow. 4 1 /.d to 5%: cut cow, 3'/irl to 4%d; slippy, 2d to 3'/ 2 d: dry, 4d to 4%d; yearling, 5d to o'/ 2 d; stag, '3% d to 4',id; cut stag, 3'/ a d. Horse hides—Heavy, 8s to 9s; light, 7s; cut horse, 4s 6d to os.

Calfskins—Best_ lines* 8d to B%d; good, 7d to V/ifi; medium, od to Od; slippy, 4d to 5%d; cut, 4d to sd; dry, Rd to lid each.• Tallow—ln casks, best mixed, 23s Od to 23s 9d; medium. 22s to 235; inferior, Xs to 21s; in tins, 20s 9d to 21s Gd. Cowtails, Is od per dozen. Horsetails, Is 2d each. . Horns, 3s to Cs per 100. My next sale will be held on June Bth.