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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 348, 26 March 1910, Page 7

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THE WOOL SALES. ' By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright London, March 23. The wool sales have closed. Competition was strong to the last and top prices were obtained. Silver. 23% d. The American visible supply of wheat is 54,120,000 quarters. LONDON" COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Thursday. Following is an extract from the report of the London produce coinmiss'ion«r, dated February 4:—Prospects for butter and cheese appear tc- be satisfactory. Continental butter is not in heavy supply, nor likely to show much increase for some time. Although the arrivals of colonial butter during January have been heavy the supply of foreign butter coming- to hand has been yery short. The outlook therefore ior New Zealand shipments for some time must be regarded as bright. There is every prospect that New Zealand cheese will be all required and taken up at satisfactory prices. The New Zealand Produce Commissioner in London cables as follows: The wool scales closed firm with good competition, especially for fine merinos by the Continent. Trade is good and is likely to continue so. American buyers were very cautious, and operated very moderately. Following are the estimated values of New Zealand greasy wools:—-Superior merinos 13d to 15d, medium merinos 10y 2 d to 12y 2 d, inferior 8d to lOd, fine cross'breds 13y 2 d to 15y 2 d, medium crossbreds lid to 13d, coarse crossbreds 9d to lid. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES.

Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin 6d, prime ribs sd, rump steak Bd, beef from 3d to 4d, corned beef from 3d to 5a per lb. Mutton: Legs 6d, chops 6d, loin 6d, shoulders sd, necks' 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork 6d. Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter.. Fowls, f ss per pair, ducks 6s per pair. These prices »are for cash only; y 2 d per lb for .booking over one month.

General Groceries.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugars, No."la 10s 3d, No. 2 10s, Kerosene 9s 6d per case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s per 251b bag; flour, roller, 1001b 13s, 501b Gs' 9d, 251b 3s Bd.

Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s 9d per bushel, duns 2s 6d per bushel, crushed oats, 3s; barley, 3s 6d; ,maize, 5s fid; wheat, ss; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard, 5s Cd per 1001b; bran, 5s 6d per 1001b.

Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory Is Id, dairy lOd, best separator Is per lb; cheese, 9d per lb; eggs, Is Gd per dozen; lard. .9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, B.y»d per lb, rashers lOd; milk, 3d per quart. ■ Fruit.—Bananas 51b for Is, lemons Is to Is 6d per dozen, apples 3:1 and 4d lb, pines 6d to 9d, cocoanuts 2d to 4d, walnuts 8d per lb, dried figs 4d and 6d p*r box, tomatoes 3d and 4d per lb. cucumbers 2d to 4d, plutns 3d and 4d per In, grapes, Is per l<b, peaches 4d and Od per lb. Pears, 4d to Gd per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages 3d to 4d, carrots 2d, turnips 2d, parsnips 2d per bunch, rhubarb 4d per bundle, potatoes 6s 6d per cwt., kumeras 51bs for lsj onions 10!b for Is.

Buying Prices. —Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter, factory (in rolls) dairy (in rolls) 9d< separator lOd. Factory cheese 7y 2 d, dairy 6y 2 d. bnron 7y 2 d, hams 7%d, eggs Is 4d per dozen.

LIVE STOCK SALES. NEWTON KING'S~WEEKLY EEPOET. At the Haymarket on Saturday only a few pigs were penned, and,these sold at market rates. A few horses offered brought fair prices'. Weaner pigs made 5s to 9s 6d. Stores, 13s'to 18s. Horses, £6 17s 6d to £l2 ss. A second-hand gig sold for £l3.

i On Monday I held my usual fortnightly sale at Urenui, when there was a good yarding, principally of grown cattle. Several lines' of sheep -were penned and sold at ruling rates. Weavers made 31s; do., small, 17s; yearling hefers, '£2 6s to £2 9s; 18 months Jersey heifers, £3 16s; heifers in calf, £2 16s) to £3 10s 6d; store cows, 37s to 455; forward cows, '£2 lis to £3 14s; fat cows, £4 0s to £5 2s; . woolly lambs, 7s 2d to 7s lid; do., small, 4s 8d; two-tooth wethers, 12s 3d; fourtooth to t.m. ewes, 7s 2d; culls, 3s; Lincoln rams, 1% guineas. . At Stratford on Tuesday there was good competition for all classes of stock, satisfactory prices' being realised for both grown and young cattle. Weaners were easier than for some weeks back, but made full market rases. Small calves made 17s to 21s; good do., 24s 6d to 355; 18 month steers', £2 JBs ' Od to £3 Is; heifers in calf, £3 4s to £4; springers, £4 15s to £5; store ,eows, £2 to £2 10s; forward do., £3 10s to £4 ' ss; fat do., £4 10s to £5 ss; bulls, £2 lis to £4 10s; exvra heavy do., £6 lis; forward bullocks, '£s .12s (id; shorn lambs, 5s lid to 8s 2(1. At Stony River on Wednesday there was l a smaller yarding than usual, but nearly all lines were sold at. satisfactory prices. Weaners made 17s to 245; vea'rling steers, £2 8s 6d; 15 to 18 months do., £2 14s to £2 17s; sjy 2 year do., £3 17s' 6d; store cows, £2 10s to £2 15s; forward do,. £4 to £4 7s 0d; fat do., £4 13s to £5 ss.

MATTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report a good entry for their opening sale at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday. There was a good attendance, and bidding for all classes was good throughout, wiith the exception of weaners. Prices as follows:—18 to 20 month steers. £2 Is to £2 10s; IS months empty heifers, £2 13.s' fld; in calf heifers, £3 6s to £3 13s fid: store cows, £2 'Cs to £2 18s; forward do., £3 2s 6d to £3 lis; heavy bulls, £4 lis to £5 2s; lanrhs, 5s lOd; s.m. ewes, 7s 4d; cull do.. 2s 9d. At the Mart on Saturday very few pigs were penned, and were dull of sale. Weaners made 5s 6d to 8s 6d. , FEILDING SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. report ag follows:—At our Feil'lintr «ale on March 18 a very large entrv of stock came forward, the yarding canacity being taxed to the utmost. All lines of good 'breeding ewes met with ksen competition, and lambs 'were again in strong

demand. Quotations: Sheep: Cull lambs 3s, smull mixed lambs ?s, 5s 4d> 5s 9d, wether lambs to 7s lid, woolly lambs 8s 9d, ewe lambs to 9s (id; aged ewes, 5s 9d; cull two-tooth ewes, 10s 6d;. small two-tooth wethers, 10s; twotooth wethers, to lis 8d; five-year ewes, 6s 9d; s.m. ewes, 10s, 10s Id, 10s 6d. lis, lis Id; s.m. Romney rams, 10s 6d to 295. In conjunction with Messrs Gordon and Son, Ltd., we sold en account Mr. Ernest Short: Five-year ewes, 12s Id; four-year ewes, 13s 7d, <l4s and 14s 4d; six-tooth ewes, 15s 6d, 15s 7d, 17s 4d; four-tooth ewes, 17s 2d, 17s Od; twoI tooth Romney rams, £3 3s; four-tooth I Romney rams, £6 6s; bulls, £2 10s; store cows, £2 12s 6d; cows vnd calves, , £3; IS-moTiths steers, £3 ss: yearling i heifers, £2 2s; 18-months heifers, £3 j to £3 ss; fat cows, £4.

WANGANUI SALE. Mr. Freeman R. Jackson reports as follows:—On March 10 at our Wanganui sale we had a full yarding, viz., 900 mixed cattle, 9400 sheep, and 110 pigs. We quote:—At Wanganui: Fat cows, £4 12s to £4 17s; light do. £4 ss; empty cows, £3 to £3 ss; store cows,' £2 5s to £2 15s; aged cows, 25s to 30s; forward bullocks, £5 10s to £5 16s; threeyear steers, £5 'to £5 2s; two and a-half to three-year steers, £4 Is to £4 ss; eigh teen-months steers, £3 to £3 4s; light fat heifers, £4 lis 6d; eighteenmonths heifers, £2 10s to £2 12s; yearling steers, £2 3s to £2 6s 6d; weavers, 24s to 265; calves (small)' 10s; steer calves (small), 15s; springing cows (good), £5 5s to £5 10s; others, £4 10s to £5; bulls, £3 to £4; yearling bulls, 37s 6d; vealers, 15s; fat and forward wethers, 13s 4d to 13s 6d; forward wethers, 13s to 13s 3d; medium do. 12s 6d to 12s 9d; two-tooth wethers (good), 13s 6d; medium do. 12s 6d to 12s 7d; two-tooth ewes, 14s to 14s 7J; medium do., 12s 7d to 13s; four, six and fullmouth .breeding ewes, 10s to lis Id; shorn lambs," 6s 9d to 7s; small do, 3s to 5s 6d; medium woolly lambs, 7s Id; two, four, six and full-mouth ewes (medium), 8s to Ds 3d; full-mouth ewes, 3s 4d to 6s 10d; good fat ewes, Us 3d to lis lid; fat ewes, 10s Id to 10s 6d; Eomney two-tooth rams (small), 235; aged rams, 10s to 17s. Pigs: Baconers, 29s 6d, large porkejs, 2as' to 27s 6d; good porkers, 23s to 24s 6d; good stores, 17s to 20s; weaners, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; slips, 9s to 13s 6d. At Waverley: Light fat cows, £4 5» to £4 7s; forward bullocks (good), :£6 3s; three-year bullocks, £4 9s to £5; two and a-half to three-year bullocks, £3 12s; two-year to two and a-half year steers, £3 16s 6d; fresh cows. £3 6s 6d to £3 7s; cows and calves (good), £4 13s 6d; others, £4 7s; store cows, £2 to £2 10s; forward empty heifers, £4 Is; yearling steers, £2 12«; weaner steers, £2, Is; mixed weaners, 32s to 37s 6d; others, 265; yearling bulls, £2 ss; bulls. £3 to £4; fat and forward heifers, 13s 7d: four-tooth wethers, 12s 4d to 12s sd; two-tooth ewes, 13s to 13s 3d; small two-tooth ewe«. 9s od; full-mouth ewes, 7s 9d to 9s; medium do., 6s to 7s 3d; culls. 4s to 5* 6d; mixed lambs, 6s Id; small do. 3s to 4s 4d.