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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 71, 2 July 1910, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. , - By Cable—Press Association—Oopyrrgh'f London, June bO. \ Wheat.—Au Australian cargo sold at 33s 3d. Copper.—Spot, £54 12s; throe months, £55 7s Cd. Electrolytic, £SB. Tin.—Forward, £149 15 S . Lead—£l2 13s <Jd.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 30. Wheat—3s Od to 3s 0 1 /.fl. Flour—£B las. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s 3d; milling, 2s sd; Tasmaman, 2s (id to 2s 7d. Barley—Cape feeding, 3s. Maize—2s (id to 2s Sd. Bran—£4 5«. Pollard £3 10s. Potatoes—Tasmanians, £5 5s to £S> 10g; choice, £B.. Onions—£4; picklers, £2 10s. Butter—llss to 118s. Cheese—6y 2 d. Baton—Cy 2 d.

Melbourne, June 30. i Hides—Dull market, and prices nave declined y s d. ' ' ] Wheat—3s 7d. 1 Flour—£B. Oats—Algerian, Is lOd to 2s 2V 2 d. Barley—Prime malting English, to 4a 3d; Cape, 2s 6d. Maize—2s 5d to 2s 6d. Bran—£4 10s. Pollard—£4 ss. Potatoes— £3. to £5. Onions—£2 10s to £3. ' Adelaide, Jctne 3. Wheat—Shipping parcels, 3s 6%d. Flour— £7 15s. Bran—liy 2 d. Pollard—lly 4 d. Oats—Algerian, Is Ily,d.'

NEWTON KINO'S WEEKLY REPORT.

At Urenui on Monday there was good competition for all classes, young cattle selling especially well. Small calves made 24s to 265, mixed yearlings 30s to 455, steer do. 36s 6d to 475,- 15 to IS months empty heifers £3 9s 6d, 1-8-months steers £3 13s„ 2 to 2%-year do. £4' 7s, store cows £3 10s to £3 14s 6d, fat do. £5 to £5 ss, 2-tooth wethers lis 6d, ewes 14s 6d, f.f.m. ewes 10s 6d. At Douglas on the same day everything sold at good prices. Calves made 345, 18-months to 2-year steers £3 15s to £3 17s,.empty heifers £3 4s to £3.5s 6d, springing heifers £4 10s to £5 ss, Mis £1 12s to £4 9s. Sheep were yarded in larger numbers than usual •ad sold well, 2-tdoth ewes making 16s sd, f.f.m. ewes Us 3d to 13s lid, hoggets 8s Id to 10s 9d, cull do. ss, ram 5s 3d.

• At Stratford on Tuesday, owing to the heavy rain, there was a very small yarding. Three-year steers made £3 15s to £4 15s, store cows £3 ss, forward do. £4 17s to £4 18s, 3-year springing heifers, £6 17s 6d to £7. At Stony River on Wednesday .bidding was very active and everything .sold at excellent prices. Small calves made 20s i6d to 335, good do. 465, heifer yearlings £2 14s, 2-year steers £4 '4s, 2% to 3-year do. £4,,1'55, store cows £3 5s to £3 lis, fat do. £5 7s to £5 12s 6d, prime do. £6 jl2s to £7, 3-year springing heifers £5 J'3s to £5 19s 6d, bulls £3 10s to £4 13s. I sold oil account of Messrs Robertson; Bros, a number ,of horses, prices realised beinw as follows: Hack mare in foal £7 2s 6d, 2-year filly £6, yearling do. £4 15s, harness mare £lO 15s, liglit. draught gelding £25 lfls. The same day at Kapuni I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. McAleer, when there was a good attendance, and satisfactory price's were realised. Cows sold as follows :--rEarly calvers £7 ,t'o £lO ss, aged and late ,''£4 5s to £5 m, springing heifers £5 10s to £7 2s 6d. ibull £4 10s. Horses made, light draughts £23 10s. to. £27, 18-montlis gelding( £ls, trap mare £l3 ss. Household furniture, implements and sundries made fair prices. On Thursday, at Kent road, Mr. Puckridge's clearing sale was well attended. The cows were a fair lot, 'but mostly backward calvers. Early calvers made L £6 10s to £7 Ms, late do. £3 13s. to ■£«, trap mare £7 15s. Farm sundries good prices. and Bennett report a' raoir Wednesday last, but good and bidding up to the following r.w.b.,£3 10s to cows £3 cows £6 2s (id £3 .bulls £1 12s last Mr. Adams sale, to report: Weancows, 6d, and ewes and im!)d. t

I I ' Fat cattle—Steers made £9 as. extra to. £l3 ss, heifers £5 19s to £8 10s, extra to £lO 12s Gd, cows £5 10s to £7 17s 6d, extra to £10.7s Gd (equal to 20$ for extra: prime, 21s Gd to 24s for prime, and 19s to 21s for cow and inferior per 1001b). A small entry of yea? (Salves made 4s Gd to £3 19s. Store cattle—ls to 18-months sorts were passed at 308 ; 2-year heifers made £3 15s, 3-year steers £7 16s, 3-year heifers £4 2s 6s, dry.cows 30s to £3. Dairy cqws brought £3 10s to £8 15s. Pigs—Choppers to £4, medium baconers 42s to 465, lighter 38s to 40s (equal to 4d per lb), good porkers s2s to 3Gs, smaller 24s to 31s (equal to 4%d per lb), medium stores 18s tb 225. Small stores were unsaleable. 1 BUiRN&IDE. At Buraside stock mkrket prime bullocks made £lO to £M, extra to £ll 12s fid, medium to good '£B 5s to £9 10s, light £6' 15s to £7 104, best cows and ■heifers £7 to £7 2s Gd, medium £o 10s to £6 ss, light and others £4 to £5. Fat sheep—The entry totalled 3230, a large proportion of which were wethers. The quality was below the average. There was brisk sale for prime wether.s at about last week's rates, but all other classes, especially ewes, were hard to quit at lower prices. Prime wethers 18s to 20s, extra heavy to 22s 9d, medium 16s Gd to 17s (kl, light 13s Gd to 15s, prime ewes 14s to 15s Gd, extra to 18s Gd, medium lis to 12s !)d, inferior 8s to 10s. Fat lambs—273l penned. A few pens were prime, but a large proportion was very ordinary. Prices showed a drop of fully Is 6d per head from last week's rates. Prime 15s to lGs, extra heavy to 17s 9d, medium 12s 9d to 14s Gd, light and unfinished 10s to 12s. , Pigs—22o yarded. Young sorts were Scarce, but the demand was very poor, /and prices were no better than last week. Porkers and baconers formed a large part of the yarding, and as the demand for these was slightly better than last week prices were a shade firmer. Suckers 5s to Bs, slips 10s to lfls, stores 20s to 255, porkers 27s to 345, light baconers 3Ga to 40s, heavy 43s to 525, choppers to 735.