COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 124, 3 September 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

s I LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, September 1. ] Silver.-24%d. 1 Waihi Shares—l37s 6d to 1495; 'Junction 35s to 37s 6d. I Waihi shares closed at 1455. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. ! Sydney, September 1. Wheat.—3s 10y 2 d to 3s lid. ' Flour.—£lo. Coats.—Algerian feeding 2s 2d to 2s 4d, milling 2s sd, Tasmanian 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Barley—Cape 3s to 3s 2d. Bran "and Pollard.—£3' 1&9. Maize.—2s Bd. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £B. Onions. —£5 ss. Butter—ll2s. Cheese.—6d. | Bacon.—G%d. | Melbourne, September 1. Hides.—Supplies moderate, competition good, catalogues cleared in sellers' favour. Flour—£9 10s. Oats.—Algerian Is lOd to 2s Id, stout 2s 3d to 2s 6di Barley.—English malting 4s 3d, Cape 23 4d. Maize.—2s Gd. ; Potatoes.—£s to £5 10s. I Onions.— £5. Adelaide, September 1. ' Wheat—3s lOd to 3s lid.' '<■ Flour.—£B ss. • Bran—lU/ 4 d. Poliard—lid. : Oats.—is liy 3 d.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Thursday last I held''a celaring sale at Oaonui on account of Mr. J. Leng. There was a large attendance of buyers, and bidding was brisk and good prices were realised. Early calvers made £8 to £l2 15s, later do. £5 10s to £7 15s, very late and empty £4 5s to £4 10s, 18-months heifers £4 3s 6d, yearling heifers £2 17s Gd to £3 ss, trap mare £l7 ss, sow and litter £6 7s Gd. Furniture and sundries sold well.

On Fiiday I held a clearing sale at Tataraimaka on account of Mr. W. Woodman." There was a fair attendance, ibut the cows being on the aged side prices were not up to late market rates. Early calvers-made £5 5s to £8 ss, very late and empty £3 10s to £5, half.draught gelding £25, half-draught mares £24 to £25 10s, springing heifers £4 15s to £5 ss, dray £6, hay ra'ke £6, plough £3 15s, mower £5 ss. Sundries cold at usual rates.

On Saturday at the Haymarket there was only a small yarding of pigs, but good prices were realised, weaners made 7s to 8s Gd, small stores 10s to 14s, porkers 24s to 37s Gd.

On Monday at Stratford I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. F. 0. Wilmhirst, when early calvers made £6 to £9, later do. £3 to £5 15s, yearling heifers £2 4s to £2 14s Gd, springing heifers £7 10s, colt £23, gig £ll, sow 50s, store pigs 14s. Sundries sold as usual.

On the same day I held a clearing sale at Hurford road on account of Mr. James MacDohald. There was a good attendance, but the cows were in poor condition, and realised as follows:—Early calvers £6 5s to £B, later do. £3 10s to £5 ss, springing heifers £4 10s to £5 2s 6d, mare £24, hay rake £6 10s, mower £ll, chain harrows £2 15s. Sundries realised usual rates.

At Ranotu on Tuesday there was a good yarding. .Mixed yearlings made 395, yearling steers £2 9s, 18-months steers £3 10s, empty heifers £3 4s .to £3 17s, store cows £3 Is to £3 13s, fat cows £5 17s Gd, springing heifers £5 2s 6d to £5 15s, dairy cows £4 15.s to £6. At the same sale I sold Mr. H. Stonex's dairy, competition for which was keen and good prices were realised. Cows close up made £7 to £9 15s, do. £4 5s to £6 15s.

On Wednesday I held a clearing sale tat Albert road on account of Mr. W. P. j Brown. There was a good attendance of I buyers, and taking into consideration the very low condition of the cattle good prices were realised. Early calvers made I £6 to £8 ss, later do. £4 to £5 15s, empty do. £*2 to £3 10s, sow and litter | £3 7s 6d to £3 12s M, half-bred Angora I goats 26s to 275, ordinary goats 15s, plough £4, dray £ll 10s. Sundries sold as usual.

J WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. ' Poultry—At the mart on Saturday we I had all our poultry pens filled with birds fof all classes. Whilst laying hens and I pullets were easier in consequence of the | drop in eggs, a fair average price was maintained, and ducks showed a considerabe advance. Hens (old) Is 6d to 2s, fat hens 2s 3d to 2s lOd, cockerels (young) 2s, good and fotward 2s 6d to 3s, white and brown Leghorns 3s 6d to 4s 9d, laying hens 2s Od to 3s Id, pullets (forward) 2s lOd to 3s, small 2s to 2s 4d, ducks 3s 4d to 3s 9d, turkey gabblers (poor) 5s 6d. No geese came forward. , An extra large lot of trees and shelter shrubs were sold, together with a long list of furniture, the sale continuing until I just on 5 o'clock. I Meat and rabbits—The usual lot came .! forward and found a ready market. Ribs -i 3d to 3y 2 d, roasts 2y B d'to 3d, rounds 3%d ; to 4y B d, sirloins 4d to 4y 3 d, rump 3y a d, >' fore-quarters mutton 3y 3 d to 4d, loin 3y 2 d to 4y 2 d, legs 4d to sd. Rabbits i sold at usual rates. Fruit.—The new shipment of Island ; oranges and. bananas (from Rarotonga) arrived on Tuesday, over 600, cases in all ■ coming to hand. The market being some- ■ what bare and the fruit arriving in excellent condition, soon changed hands. 1 Orangies (originals) 9s 6d, singles 9s to ■ 9s 3d, 5 to 10-case lots re-packs 10s 6d, ' bananas (green) 13s, .ripe 2%d, lemons 7s Gd, passions 6s Gd to 7s Gd, apples (scarce), Stunners 8s 6d, Rokewooks 9s 6d 10s. A through consignment of Sydney fruits is due to-day. MATTHEWS !& BENNETTS REPORT. _ i Matthews and Bennett report a fair yarding of cattle at their. Inglewood yards on Wednesday- list. The majority were old and cull cows, which were hard to sell at springer prices. Prices as follows:—Good springing heifers £5 10s to £6 12s 6d, small do. £3 7s 6d to £4 10s, good cows £5 10s to £7, old and unsound do. £2 15s to £3 10s, store cows £3 6s to £3 l'Gs, empty heifers ' £3 5s to £3 14s, yearling steers £2 6s to £2 10s, yearling heifers £2 33 to £2 Oils 6d. - . At the mart on Saturday, weaner pigs made 5s Gd to 8s 6d, small stores 12s to' 16s, forward do, 18s to 21s 6d, porkers 1 275.' ■ " ■• ■' NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES, Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin 6d, prime ribs sd, rump eteak Bd, beef from 3d to 4d, corned beef:: from 8d to 5d per Vb. ■ Muttop: Legs 6d, chops -6d, lain S'l; shoulders 5d 4 necks 4d.n»r lb.

J Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Veal,. ™>° i"' per 10. Sausages, beef 4d, pi Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter. io\ ,s j ° per pair, ducks 6s per pair. These 1 \ ,U() are for cash only; »/ 3 d per lb for IxswV in over one week. General Groceries.—Following are Wv cash prices charged by Npw Plymouth grocers:—Sugar, No. la 10s 3d, No 2, 10s. Kerosene 9s 9d per case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s 3d per 251b bag; flour, roller, 1001b 12s SOlib 6s 3d, 251b 3s 4d. Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s 9d per bushels, duns 3s per bushel, crushed oats, 3s; barley, 3s Gd; maize, 49; wheat, 4s; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard 6s 9d, per 1001b 13s 200 lbs; bran, 5s par 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory la 2d, dairy lOd, best separator Is per lb; cheese, 9d per lb; eggs Is per dozen; lard, 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, 9y g d per lb, rashers 10d; milk, 4d per quart. . Fiuit Bananas 4d per lb, lemons la 6d per dozen, apples 3d and 4d per lb, dried figs 4d and 6d per box, orange Is to Is 6d per dozen, walnuts 8d per lb. Vegetables—Cabbages 3d and 4d, carrots 2d per bunch, turnips 2d per lb, parsnips 2d per bunch, potatoes 7s per cwt., kumeras 51bs for la, onions lOOlbs bags ss, cauliflowers od to Bd. Buying Prwes.—Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter factory (in rolls) Is O'/jd, dairy (in rolls) Bd, separator LOd, eggs LOd per dozen. STOCK SALES. ADDINGTON. At the Addington stock market there were moderate yardings of stock and a good attendance. Store sheep met with good sale, and hoggets recovered from the previous week's decline. New season's fat lambs sold fell, but the fat sheep market was irregular, and easy for finished sheep. Beef showed no change in values, and pigs were not in such good demand as was the case last week. Forward wethers made 15s to 16s, medium and low-conditioned lots to 135,wether hoggets 12s 8d to 13s 9d, mixed sexes 12s 4d to I3s 3d, culls 8s Id, six .and eight-tooth ewes 19s Id, four-tooth ewes with lambs 10s Od, sound-mouth ewes 12s lid, aged 10s to 10s 3d, aged dry ewes 8s Id. There were 24 new season's fat lambs penned ,and these, though small, were of nice, quality, especially the Southdown crosses. They made lGs to 20s 9d. There was a moderate entry of fat sheep, being mostly good prime ewes, and extra good merino wethers. Competition was slack at the opening of the sale and consequently prime wethers were Is to Is 6d easier in price. Extra prime wethers 25s to 265, prime 19s io 23s lid, lighter 14s to 18s 6d, extra prime ewes 119s Id to 21s, prime 16s to 19s, others !l2s to 15s 6d, extra prime merino wethers 20s 6d to 25s 6d, prime 15s 6d to IBs Gd, hoggets 15s to 18s 6d. There was a good demand for fat cattle, the range of prices being 22s to 30s per 1001b for ordinary to prime beef. Steers made £7 15s to £ll 17s 6d, extra to £l4 17s 6d, heifers £5 5s to £8 2s 6d, £4 l'7s 6d to £l3 ,2s Gd, extra to£lo 2s Gd. A large line of North Island steers made £lO 5s to £l3 2s Gd.

There was a large entry of veal calves, mostly small sorts, and they made 4s Gd to ss, according to size and quality. A small number of store cattle met with rather better demand, yearlings realising 38s 6d, 15 to 18-months £2 lis to £2 15s, 3-year steers £5 8s Gd, 3-year heifers £5 to £5 3s, 4-year steers £7 10s, dry cows 31s to £4, dairy cows £3 10s to £9 2s Gd.

The entry of fat piss was a large one, and prices were, therefore, somewhat easier. Choppers made up to 755, large baconers 50s to 555, smaller 375, porkers 32s to 355, medium 25s to 30s (equal to 4%d per lb). Store pigs were entered in numbers Ibeyond requirements, and they also suffered a decline in prices, large sorts making 18s to 245, medium 12s 6d to 265, small 10s Gd to lis 6d, weaners 7s to 10s.

BURNSIDE. Fat cattle fully 10s to 16s per head higher than last week, owing principally to a number of farmers deciding to give no rebate to butchers for cattle condemned. The latter refused to bid, and consequently a number of cattle were passed in. Prime bullocks £l2 to £l3 10s, extra to £ls 17s Gd, medium £9 10s to £ll, light £7 10s to £8 10s, best heifers £9 10s to £lO ss, -extra to £lO 15s, cows £7 10s to £9, medium £5 10s to £6 10s. Fat sheep—l92o yarded, consisting principally of really good wethers, with an odd pen of prime ewes. Prices were fully Is to Is 6d above last week's rates, and towards the end of the sale they firmed considerably. .Prime wethers 20s ~to 22s 6d, extra 23s td 275/ medium to [good 17s 6d to 19s, light 16s 6d to 17s, prime, ewes 16s 8d to 18s, extra to 21s, medium 13s to Ms 6d. Pigs—lso penned. Porkers and baconers met with good demand, but other sorts were much easier. Suckers 7s to 12s, slips 14s to 15s 6d, stores 23s to 275, porkers 32s to 355, light baconers 38s to 435, heavy do. 48s to 535, choppers to 60s, • JOHNSONVTLLE. Messrs Abraham and WiH' a ms, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a good yarding of prime cattle and sheep, which sold readily at ruling rates. Prime weighty bullocks £lO to £lO 17s 6d, medium weights £9 to £9 15s, prime heavy heifers £9 to £9 17s 6d, prime heifers £8 10s to £8 15s; prime wethers 24s 4d to 26s Id to 27s Id, medium wethers 21s 4d to' 23s 9d, prime ewes lfls 3d to 19s Bd, medium ewes 17s Id to 18s 4d.