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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 77, 9 July 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Assiociation.^Copyright London, July 7. Copper—Spot £57 7s Gd; three months £55 Is 3d; electrolytic, £57 10s. Tin—Spot £149155; three months £l5O 15s. Wool—At the Antwerp wool sales there was a moderate ateudance. Prices receded 5 to 10 centimes. Large quantities were withdrawn. Of 3200 bale of La Plata offered, 488 bales were sold.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 7.' { Wieat—American and Canadian rc- , ports received showed a slightly hardened market For shipping parcels 3s sy,d [ is offered. Three thousand bags sold at . 3s G'/.d. ° ' Flour, £8 15s. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s 3d; milling, 2s 3d; Tasnianian, 2s Gd to 2s 7d. Barley—Cape 3s to 3s 2d. Maize, 2s 7d. Bran, £4 to £5. PoHard, £4. Potatoes—Tasmanian £8 8s to £8 10s. Onions, £4; picklers £2 10s. Butter, 1225. Cheese, Gd to 6%d. Bacon, Gd to 6y 2 d. Melbourne, July 7. Hides—Heavy and medium y 4 d lower; kips unchanged. Wheat, 3s 6y a d. Flour, £B. Oats—Algerian, milling 2y s d; feeding Is ll.'/jd. Barley—English malting, 4s 3d; Cape, 2s Gd. Maize, 2s 4y 3 d. Bran, £4 10s. 'Pollard,' £4 os. Potatoes, £4 Gs. Onions, £3. Adelaide, Julv 7. Wheat, 3s sd. Flour, £7 10s. ] Bran and pollard, liy>d. 1 •Oats—Algerian, is liy s d.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT,

On the 29th ultimo I held a clearing sale at Kapuni on account of Mr. w. Tait. The cows were a nice lot and in good condition. Early calvers made £6 10s to £8 10s, late do. £4 5s to £6, yearling heifers (Jersey strain) £2 IDs, gig £l9 Ids, a ray £l2, waggon £3O 10s, s.i. level piough £6, Sundries sold at usual rates.

On the 30th ultimo I held a clearing sale at Te Airi on account of Mr. A. Kelly. The cows were a young lot, mostly secon.. and third calvers, and in fair condition. Bidding was brisk throughout.. Early calvers made £6 10s to £9 os, late do, £4 10s to.£G. At Kaponga in Friday there, was a good yarding, with a good demand. Bidding was keen and everything sold at the hammer at the following rates:— Mixed weaners (small) £l' Is Gd to £1 lis, weaner to yearling steers £2 to £2 7s, 15-months steers £3 Is, empty heifers £3 0s to £3 15s, store cows £2 10s to £3 7s, forward cows £3 15s to L 1 7s, fat cows £4 18s to £5 17s (id, f.m. j ewes Bs. I

On the same day I held a clearing sale at Pohokura on account oft Mi'c fi,. Hi Nevving. Two-year steers made £3 17s fid, 4, 6 and f.f.m. ewes 14s 6d, mixed hoggets 12s bU wether hoggets 10s lOd, twotooth wethers 13s lOd, ram hoggots lis. •Furniture and sundries sold at usual rates.

; Ai Rahotu on Tuesday there was i. , good yarding. Bidding was keen and excellent prices ruled fot all classes of cattle. Mixed weaners to £l' 15s 6d, mixed yearling... £2 5s 6d to £2 10s, empty heifers £3 to £3 lis, store cows £2 8s to £3 10s, forward do. £4 10s, fat cows £6 6s to £7, springing heifers £5, bulls £2 10s to £3. On Wednesday I held a clearing sale at Stratford on account of Mr. W. Pollock. The cows were in good condition. Young and forward early oalvers made £6 15s to £9 15s, late* do. £5 5s to £6 sij. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a full yarding, with a good* attendance of buyers, nearly everything being sold at the hammer at the following rates:—Mixed weaners £1 Is Hd to £1 13s, yearling steers £2 to £2 5s Gd, yearling heifers £2 15s, emptv heifers £3 5s to £3 14s, in-calf heifers £3 17s Gd to £4 2s (id, springing'-hteifers £5 to £6 ss, store cows £2 10s»to £3-10s, forward do. £3 15s to £4 14s, Sat <eows £4 19s to £5 Is, springing cows.£4 M)s to £6 15s, 18-months to 2-3 T ear steers £3 Bs, 3-year steers £5 2i, bulls £2 7s to £4, stag £3 14s, goat, mixed sexes £l.

MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT,

Matthews and Bennett report a «ood yarding at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. The attendance was good, and a large percentage of the cattle was sold at the following prices:— Empty heifers £3 IDs to £3 13s, springing do. £4 Is to £3 2-s 6d, stores £2 9s to £3 14s, steers £2 TU, in-ealf cows £4 7s to £5, bulls £2 to £4 ss, fat cows £4 2s, spring calvers £0 to £9 10s, springers £5 to £8 ss, calves 29s Cd to £2 libs, f.m. ewes 10s Id to 10s 6d.

I OUTSIDE MARKETS. ' ADDIXGTON. Store sheep—Good 'hoggets made lis , to lis sd, medium 10s Od to lis, inferior 9s to 9s 3d, small, shorn, 7s 3d; medium ' ewe hoggets 12s 7d, wethers 13s Id to '' 14s lid; good six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes 10s Gd, two-tooths 3s 9d, sixtooth half-breds (passed) 13s 4d, cull half-breds 13s, small four-tooth ewes 13s 9d, sound-mouthed lis Od to 13s, aged 4s 2d to 5s Od, cull merinos 2s to is lid. Fat lambs—Ordinary freezers made 12s Gd to 14s Gd, a few tegs to 15s Id, light and unfinished tegs to 12s; 193 were passed and butchers took only 40. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 27s 6d, prime 18s to 24s Gd, lighter 14s Id to 17s Gd, extra prime ewes to 21s 7d, prime I 15s Gd to 19s Gd, medium 12s Gd to 15s, aged and light 6s lid to 12s; merino wethers 6s to 6s 3d. Fat cattle—Steers £6 17s N Gd to £lO 2s Gd, extra to £l4 17s (id. heifers £4 to • £8 10s. extra to £lO, cows £4 17s Gd, to £B, extra to £ll 15s (equal to 19s for ordinary to prime beef and to 2fis per 1001b for extra). Prime veal calves made 5s Gd to £3 12s (id, the higher price being for large prime- vcalers. Store cattle—Fifteen to 18-months 40s, two-year steers £3 Gs, three-year steers £7 10s (passed), three-year heifers £4, dry cows 30s to £4. Dairy cows sold well, prices hanging from £4 7s Gd to £8 ss, and extra to £lO 17s Gd. There was a large entry of pigs, and the demand for fats showed an improvement. Choppers sold up to £4; large baconers 42s to 565, smaller 35s to 40s (equal to 4d per lb); large porkers 29s to 38s, small 25s to 28s (equal to 4y 2 d per lb). Stores also sold better, large sorts making 22s to 275, medium 14s to 19s, weaners 5s to 10s Od.