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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 309, 8 February 1910, Page 8

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| , ; HOME MARKETS. j • '.m; I By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright j London, February 6. | Mutton.—Southland 3%d; North Island, 3%d; Australian, 3 3-lfid; River Plate, heavy, ,3 7-lOd, light 3 l-12d. Lamb. —New ' Zealand, none offering; Australian, best 3%d, fair 3%d, inferior 3 9-lGd. Shares. —Waihi, buyers £9 16s 1 3d, sell'ers £9 18s 9d; Junctions, buyers 26s 3d, sellers 27s Gd. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. By Telegraph.—Press' Association. | Wellington, February 7. i The report from tile High Commis- . sioner dated February 5 states:—■ Mutton. —The market is weak. The ' average price for North Island mutton | is' 3y 2 d per lb, Australian 3'/ B d, River I Plate 3</ 4 d. The lamb market is steady, fa fair business is doing, and there is I a better demand for lamb for forward ! delivery. The supply of this season's i lamb falls short of the demand. The I average price of Canterbury lamb is sd, •'Australian (in large supply) is quoted at 3%d. I Beef. —The market is quiet, and there is no change in the prices o£ last week's quotations. Now Zealand hinds are quoted at 3y 4 d, fores 2 T / B d. ] Butter. —The market is very firm. 1 Business is somewhat restricted on account of the high prices ruling. The ! shipments of butter and cheese per the iTurakina and s.s. Opawa arrived in good I'condition. The average price for choicest New Zealand butter is 1225, Australian 120s, Danish 128s, Siberian (new season's) 118s. Argentine 120s. Cheese.—The market is firm, witli a general active demand. New Zealand , finest white cheese is averaging 595, colored 58s. Hemp.—The market is flat. There is scarcely any demand at last quotations. The output of Manila for the week is 29,000 bales. The prices cabled on January 29th were: Spot, New Zealand go«d fair £27 10s. fair £2ll 10s. Manila £2O '10s; Januarv-March shipment, good fair '£27. fair £26, Manila £26. STOCK SALES. SOUTH TARANAKI MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report: — At Kakaramea on the 31st ult, owing to the inclement weather, there was only a moderate yarding. There was a good demand, and everything found buyers, prices being about equal to late quotations. Fat cows (light) brought £■l Cs Od, fat heifers £3 19s, fresli ! cows' £3 7s 6d to £3 15s, stores £2 15s to £3 3s, boners £1 4s to £2 7s, bulls (heavy) £3 15s to £4 Is, 2Ms\Vear steers £.3 lis Gd, mixed weaners 18s to 245, store wethers 10s 7d, forward ewes' 10s Gd, weaner pigs 5s Gd to 10s, lialf-draught yearling £7 15s. At Eltham on the 2nd we had an exceptionally good yarding, close on 500 cattle coming forward. There was a [good attendance and demand, very little j being left unsold; heifers in calf, several lines of which were penned, sold exceptionally well. Fat cows made £4 13s Gd to £4 IV s «d, liguwaer iweights, |i£4 4s to £4 10s, iat heite'rs ,£3 10s t>a |to £3 15s, fresh forward cows £3 10s jto '£4 Is, store cows £2 15s to £3 ss, j boners £2 2s to £2 12s, cows and calves '£3 5,s to £3 Bs, bulls (heavy) '£3 16s, springing dairy heifers up to £4 15s', 2V 3 -year steers £3 15s fid, 2-year steers l£3 5s to £3 5s Gd, 20-montli steers i£2 lis to (good) £3, IS-month steers } £2 13s, lieifers in calf £.3 12s to (good) /£4, extra good do. up to £4 10s', yearling steers £2 to £2 4s. -weaner steers £1) 7s, weaner heifers to £1 7s Gd, ftiixed weaners £1 Is to £1 ss. At Hawera on the 3rd there was only a small yarding, but fat cows came forward in large numbers. Bidding was keen, and almost everything was disposed of before leaving the yards. Fat cows brought £4 12s Gd to £4 15s, light weights £4 4s to £4 Bs, fat heifers I £3 12s to £3 19s, forward cows £3 10s to £3 17s Gd, stores' £2 18s to £3 ss, bulls (heavy) £3 10s to £3 lGs, lighter •weights £2 10s to £2 13s, heifers in calf £3 to ;£3 6s, cows and calves £2 'lss to £3 lis, mixed weaners 20s to 245, working bullocks' (per pair) £lO 103 to £l6 10s, weaner pigs 7s Od to 8s Gd, stores 15s Gd. On Friday, 4th, we held our sheep fair at Hawera. About 7000 sheep were yarded. There was a large and representative attendance, and bidding from the start was keen. Prices were considerably better all round than las't year. With the exception of two pens of aged ewes, everything .found buyers. Two-tooth ewes brought from 12s 7d to 16s 2d, 2, 4, and G-tooth ewes lis to 13s Gd. 4-tooth wethers lis 4d, 2, 4. and G-tooth wethers Us Gd to lis 9d, fat wethers (good) 10s, fat and forward ewes' 9s 3d to 10s, f.f.m. ewes Ss to 9s 3d, aged ewes 3s lOd to 6s 9d, ewe | lambs 7s 8d to Ss sd, wether lambs 7s Od, mixed lambs 5s 3d to Bs, cull lambs 3s lid to as 4d, ' Mr. Newton King has received th" { following cable tr'im <lu -y re hide-. -- I "Price- ea-'icr."'