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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 307, 5 February 1910, Page 2

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A U STIIALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Sydney, Friday. Wheat, 4s 2d. l-'lour, £lO 10s. Oa Is—Algerian feeding 2s 2d to 2s 4d, milling 2s 5d to 2s Gd. Bar.cy, Cape, 3s to 3s 3d. .Maize, 4s 2(1; South African, 3s lOd to 3s lid. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £5. Onions, Victorian, £4 las, Buttei\ 98s to 100s. Cheese, Cd to 7d. Bacon, 7%d to B^d. Melbourne, Friday. Wheat, 4s 3d. Flour, £lO ss. Oats. Algerian, 2s' Id. Barley English 4s, Cape 2s 8d to 2s 9d, feeding 2s Id. Maize, 3s sd. Bran, £4 12s 6d. Pollard, £5. Onions, -£3 10s. Potatoes, £2 12s Gd. Hides —Supplies are s'mall. Competition is keen, and prices are very firm. Adelaide, Friday. Wheat, 4s 3d. Flour, £9 10s, Bran, 12% d. Pollard, 1-3 y 2 d. WEBSTEII BROS.' REPORT. Mart.—At the mart on Saturday wo had a good entry of poultry and all met a ready sale. Prices for pullets and young hens advanced on last w::ck's prices, as follows:—Hens, old, Is 3d to Is 3d; good young do. up to Is 10; i; pullets 2s Od to 2s 0d; dueks, 2s to 2Gd: cockerels, young, 7d to 9d; good, Is 9d to 2e 2d; roosters, Is 3d. Sundries sold at usual rates. Meat—The meat sale was well attended and were a shade higher. The meat was of excellent quality, and competition was keen right through. Beer:' ■ Sirloin brought 3'/»d to"'4V s d, prime ribs 2 1 /_,d to 4d, roasts 2%d, rough do., corning pieces, 2d to 2y>d; ribs, 2y 3 d to 3d. Mutton; Fores, 2%d to 3d; hiiuis. 4d to 4y,d, loins 3d to 3%d. Lamb: 3s to 3s 9d; hinds. 3s !)d to M Od, Pork, 3'/f.d to 4y a d. S'uock: At tile Omaiu J'al'us yesterday we held our usual fortnightly sale; when there was a good yarding, ami prices were satisfactory, Store cows ipadc (12s Gd to Cos; "IS-month heifers, 50s to <j2s fid; s]W'iiigin»-- cows, £2 ISs to £4 2s Cd; fat eows. £4 4s Cd to | £4 lis; HoMein heifers in ™!f, '£3 Ss: weaners, £l. Next sale February 18. Clearing sale. —At the residence of Mr. Jolin Glyne'«, Barrett road, on Thursday, Wc held an unreserved cleaving sale of ail his live and dead stock and house furniture. There was a large number of people present and bidding was brisk throughout. Prices for stock as under:—Grey harne-.-tiorse. £23; buggy, £l2; 3-month-crossbred Jersey calf, £2 2s Gd; Ayrshire. cow, £G; grade Jersey cow (springing), £l2 15s. Implements, furniture and sundries sold at usual rate-. Fruit—Fruit has come forward in very heavy quantities, with prices in fa Tor of buyers, as under:—Peaches; firsts 5s to Cs; seconds 3s 9(1 to 4s Cd: thirds, 2s Cd to 3s Gd: plums, 2s to Is: nectarines, 3s !>d to 5s Gd; grapes. 10! to l|j 2<J in; flTCUmlwrs, is tC Zl : !l ' : apricot®. 7s; tomatoes, Nelson. 3i? 0.1 lo 4s (id. Auckland 2s to 2s Cd; pears, ■!■■ Cd to 5s Cd. cooker- 2* Cd to 3s; apples It.A., lis Cd to 4s 3d; OuaraiuUm 3s to 3s Oil; all fruit varying according to I quality and size of boxes.

LIVE STOCK SALES. I NEWTON KING'S REPORT. Owing to t'h» vet weather, but few pigs were penned at the Haymarket on Saturday. Weaners made 4s Gd to Gs, stores 13s Od, horse £7, liorse, gig, and harness £25. At Kaliotu ou Tuesday weaners made 10s Gd to £-1 Is Gd, IS-months steers ■£2 4s 1 , 15-months heifers £2, 2-year heifers in calf £3 lis, store cows (poor condition) £1 10s Gd, fat cows £4 Gs, 'bulls £2 7s to '£2 9s. At waiwakauio on J-'iiursciay t-nere was a fair yarding, mostly of grown cattle. Bidding was brisk, and very little was pass'ed in at the hammer. 'Weaners made 15s Gd to 275, 15-monthiS steers £2 7s, store cows £2 15s to £3 3s. forward cows £3 5s to £3 13s fid, fat cows '£4 10a Od to £4 17s, springing lieifers £4 ss, cows in milk £3 17s Gd, 3 to 3%-year bullocks £4 14s Gd, bulls £.2 Gs to £4 15s. VICKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was a small yarding of cattle in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Weaners made £1 to £1 Gs, store cows' £2 10s to £3 Gs. good forward stores | £3 10s to £4 23.' [ / ; ALDINGTON. [ At Addiugton yards there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attend- | ance. Store sheep and fat lambs showed an advance. Fat sheep sold at about last week's rates. Fat cattle were dull I of s'ale, and fat pigs sold well, but stores I were rather easier. Store cattle were slow of sale, and dairy cows were in good demand'. Store Sheep: Rape lambs sold at 10s Gd to lis 3d, forward wethers to 13s. medium Us Gd to 12s Gd, small 10s to lis 3d; good 2-tooth ewes 14s to 14s' 7d, medium to 13s 9d, 2 and 4-tootlis 14s to 15s 7d, G anA 8-tooth 12s lOel to 13s 2d. Fat lambs, 13s 9d to 14s 8d for heavyweights and tegs, and lis 2el to 13s Gd for light to average weights. Fat Sheep: Prime wethers 15s to 17s 7d, others 12s Gd to 14s fid: prime ewe-, lis Gd to 14s Od. extra 15s, others 8s (>•! to lis. Fat Cattle: Steers made £5 5s to ±'o 10s, heifers £5 to £7 10s. and cows £•5 to £8 7s Gd —equal to 20.-' to 31 s for prime, 18s Gd to 10s Gd for medium, and 17s to 18s for cow and inferior beer. Veal calves sold at 4s Gd to 525. Store Cattle: Yearlings made 27s to 37s Gd, 15 to 18-nionths sorts £2, 2-year heifers £3, 2%-year heifers £3 9s' to £3 lis, 3-year steers £5 17s Gd, 2%year steers £4 18s Gd, 3-year heifers i£3 lis, and dry cows 20s to £3 15s. A ■medium entry of dairy cows met with spirited competition, and a good clearance was made at prices' ranging from £3 10s to £.lO Sfe. Pigs: Heavy baconers made 93s to 50s, lighter 35s (3d to 41s—equal to 3%d per lb; large porters 32s to 35s 1 , and smaller 27s to 30s—equal to 4%d to

4%d per lb; medium stores made 20s to 23s lid, smaller 15s to IDs, and weaners 9s to 12s Gd. DUNEDIN. At Burnside stock market 182 fat cattle were yarded. Prices' were a shadfe firmer than last week. Best bullocks ■£S 5s to £-9 10s, extra to £ll, medium -£7 10s to £B, inferior £6 6s to £6 17s Cd. Fat Sheep: 2738 penned. For prime wethers and ewes the market was Is easier, and lighter sorts were about 2s easier. Best wethers to 10s Cd, medium 12s to 13s Gd; best, ewes to 14s 6d, medium 8s Cd to 10s. Fat Lambs: 1124 penned. Freezing buyers were operating, and this resulted in firm sale. Best to 14s 9d, freezing lambs 8s Od to 12s Gd. smaller 7s Gd to 8s Gd. Tigs: Small pigs were in fairly large supply, and bidding was fairly brisk. Suckers 8s to lis, slips 12s to lGs, stores 18s' to 23is, porkers 2Gs to 335, light "baconers 35s to 40;% heavy baconers 43s to 465. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report a good yarding of sheep and cattle at their Ot.iki sale held yesterday. All sheo.p sold readily, there being a keen demand for young ewes and wethers. A complete clearance was effected at the following rates':—Fat and forward wethers 12s to 12s sd, fat and forward lambs 8s Id, small lambs ss, aged ewes 7s 4d, cull ewes 3s to 4s 6d. Cattle: Springing cows to £5 6s, forward bullocks £(i Us, fat cows' £4 10s, forward heifers £3 Ss to £3 19s 6d, weaner steers 275, cows in calf )£3 16s, cows just calved to £4 17s Gd, 15-montlis' steers to £2 10s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Jolmsonville sale, held yesterday, as follows: —We offered a good yarding of prime bullocks and sheep, which sold readily at late rates'. Best bullocks £8 12s Gd to £8 17s Od, lighter £8 7s Gd to £8 10s, fat eows £4 7s Gd to £4 15s, fat heifers £4 to £4 6s, prime wethers 13s Gd to 13s 7d, good wethers 13s', extra heavy ewes 18s 9d, good ewes lis Cd to 12s 2d, prime shorn lambs lis 7d, good lambs 10s to 10s 3d. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report oil their Masterton stock sale, held this' week, as follows: —There was a very large yarding of sheep and a medium one of cattle, which met with a goCd ftlKl v,'e have to report a total clearance. Sheep:' Shorn, lambs 7s Id to Ss 4d, .medium lambs 4fe (Id to Cs Id, cull lambs Is 9d to 3s Id, fat ewes lis 3d', fat wethers 12s 7d, 2-tooth wethers 10s to lis' Id, s.m. ewes G:S Cd to 7s Duj Cl'l] ewes 4s 0(1 t9 Cs. Cattle: *l% to 3y»-,year steel's on account o! Mr. 11. G. Williams £3 15s, 2-year steers £4 5s to £4 10s, fat eows £3 2s, £3 3s, £3i 17*, to £4 15s, cows in milk '£4, yearjing heifers £2 10s, weaners £1 Gs Cd"!'- Our next sale will be held on Monday, 14th February, owing to Wednesday being- the second day of the Mastertoh Show.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., , report on their Pahiatua sale of T«es•dav as follows:, — Four-tooth wethers' .lis Cd to lis 8(1, 2 and 4-t.ooth wethers »10s (id. 2-tooth wethers 10s Id. young ewes 3s id, rape lariita (shorn) 6s Sd ; to 7s '2d, mixed woolly lambs 7s 4d, ! medium lambs s»' 3d to Gs Id, cull lambs 3s 3d to 4s, f.m. ewes Cs 3d, forward bullocks . £5 10s, fat' aiid'-'foHvard cows £3 lGs. forward eows £3 4s, eows and calves £3 17s Cd, weaners -255, 275, to heifers in calf £2- 9s, store cows ' 22s to 30s. ' "

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: : At our Marton sale on Tuesday there i was a good entry of sheep, which were j in fair demand, and a- small entry of ! cattle, which were all sold. Cull lambs 3s od, store ewes 4s to Cs: 7d, sound- | mouth rwi's !!s 7d, 4 and G : tooth ewes 13s 10a to 14 s, fat and forward ewes Ss 7d to Ss ild, forward wethers lis 4d t.o lis ltd, mixed weaners 25s', weaner steers 3'>s, 2'/»-year empty heifers £3 lGs. At Pahiatua on Tuesday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile-Agency Company, Ltd., had a good yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle.- There was a good demand for all classes, and a total clearance was effected. Sheep: Cull lamb-', small, 2s Id; lambs, small, 3s lid; mixed lambs Gs, woolly lambs 7s Od. 2-tooth to f.f.-m. ewes lis 3d, 2' and 4-tooth wethers 10s. to lis, store c-ows. 54s to G3s, fat cows G4s to 725, mixed weaners' lis to 21s, bulls 30s to GOs. With respect to their Pahiatua sale on Tuesday, Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report only a small entry. Eigh-teen-months steers 50s to 52s Gd, 2%steers 80s to 82s Gd store cows 55s to GOs, heifer calves. 21s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their fortnightly sale at their Greytown yards on Monday. Owing to the inclement weather sheep did not come forward up to advertised numbers, but a full yar<lin<r of cattle - was recorded. Sheep were represented by shorn and woolly lambs, and all lines' offered found purchasers under the hammer. The firm had some nice lines oj young cattle yarded, also some fair 3-yea-r steers. Prices for both sheep and' cattle were on a par with those lately' ruling. Quotations are as follow: Medium shorn Roninev cross lambs 5s Cd to os Sd, woolly lambs (small) 4s od,' heifers in calf £3 7s. 2-year steers £4 ■lss. A line of 40 medium 3-year steers brought £5 2s Cd. empty cows £2 2s, empty heifers £2 Gs to £2 10s.