COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 288, 29 April 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright London, April 27. Copper.—Spot £54 2s 6d, threu months £54 15s. Tin—Spot £195, three months £l9l. Lead, £l2 18s 9d. .Silver, 24% d. Quotations. —Waihi Junction, 20s 3a and 27s Od; Talisman, 47s 6d and 52s Od. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 28. Wheat.—Shippers 3s 4y 2 d; millers 33 o'/yfl to 3s 6d. Flour, £8 ss. Oats. —Algerian, 2s 3d to 2s 7d; sparrowbills, 2s lOd; giants, 2s lid. Barley.—English, 2s 3d to 2s (id; Cape, 2s fid to 2s Bd. Maize.—2s 4d to 2s Od. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £6 10s to £7 ss. Onions, 2s lOd to 3s. Butter, 80s. j Cheese, (id. Bacon, 7d.

Melbourne, April 28. Hides.—Fair supply and good competition; prices firm. Wheat, 3s 5d to 3s 6d. Flour, £B. Oats. —Algerian, milling, 2s Id; feeding, Is 9d. Barley.—Malting, English, ss; Cape, 2a sd. Maize, 2s 3 1 / ad. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, £4 6s. Onions, £1 15s. Adelaide, April 28. Wheat, 3s 5y 3 d. Flour, £7 5s to £7 10s. Bran, 14d. Pollard, lod. Oats, 2s 3d. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Eahotu on Tuesday weaners made from 18s to 295, small do. 12s 6d to 16s, store cows £2 6s to £3 13s, forward cows £4 3s to £4 13s, fat cows £4 3s to £4 13.5, fat cows £4 17s 6d, bulls £3 las 6d to £5 7s- 6d. On the same day I held a clearing sale of furniture at Rahotu on account of the J Rev. Laybourn, when there was a good attendance of buyers and satisfactory prices were realised. i On Wednesday I held a, clearing sale 1 at Ok-ato on account of Messrs J. Hall and W. G. Richardson, when there was a good attendance of buyers. Competition was keen, good prices being realised throughout. Early calvers made £6 10s to £8 15s, later £4 to £5 15s, in-calf heifers £5 3s, weaner heifers 38s, mixod weaners 225, mare £6, trap £l2 10.-. harrows £3 16s. Sundries sold at usual< rates.

At Wahva'kaiho on Thursday there was a good yarding. Mixed weaners made 17s to 24s fid, Holstein weaner heifers 35s fid, 15-months heifers £2 7s (id to £2 10s, 15-months steers £2 fis Od, 18months steers £3 4s Od, store cows £2 7s fid to £3 14s, forward cows £4 7s fid, in-calf heifers ,£4 14s to £5, springing heifers up to £7, springing cows £5 10s to £9 15s, do. (Jersey strain) £ll, 3-year bullocks £5 7s 6d', bulls £2 10s to £5 17s Gd, grade Jersey bull (by "Campanile's Sultan") £!).

LOAX AND MERCANTILE CO.'S RE PORT.

Tin' -.c.v Zealand Loan unci Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report:— We held our fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday, 25th inst., at 12.30 p.m. sharp, as advertised. In opening the sale, the company's auctioneer, Mr. Bndd, informed a large attendance of supporters that the company had made several friendly suggestions to our J rivals without having any effect, hence | our starting of the sale at the above time. We thank our clients and supporters for attending and making this sale one of the most successful we have yet held in our yards here. The yarding was not up to advertised numbers, owing, no doubt to the heavy rain on Monday. Notwithstanding this it consisted of 415 head of cattle, mostly farmers' lines, and 059 ewes and lambs, most of which were disposed of at the following prices, the sale finishing about 3 o'clock: —Wcaners, 21s to 335, for a nice line: store cows, small, 44s to 65s Gd, for medium; forward cows, 70s to 975; weaner Jersey-cross heifers, under keen competition, 38s to 425; heifers in calf, 00s to 85s; cows in calf, not very forward, 80s to 975; springing cows, backward, 100s; springing heifers, . 120s; Jersey yearling heifers, empty, 00s to 62s Od; lambs, from 4s 9d to 0s 3d; sound-mouth ewes, from 4s 6d to 10s Od for forward ewes.

Our next sale in the Stratford yards will be held on Tuesday, May 9, starting at 12.30 p.m. sharp, when we hope to offer about 200 head of cattle without reserve. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, and most lots changed hands at the following prices:—Calves £1 5s to £1 10s, JerseyHolstein calves £1 15s to £2 2s, ISmonths mixed £2 18s, 18-months steers £3 4s Od. store cows £2 5s to £3 7s. in-calf heifers £4 10s to £4 17 s Od. springers £4 to £0 7s 6d, bulls £2 10s to £5 10s, cull lambs 3s Id.

SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At Addington six find 8-tootli crossbred ewes mad'j 10s Id to lis, C and 8-tootli half bred lis to 12s, 2-tooth halfbreds 10s 6d to lis, sound-mouthed lots 8s 3d to 9s Cd, fair-mouthed (inferior elass) Cs fid to Ss, potters 3s to ss. merino culls Is 4d. fair lambs 7s fld. to Ss 4d, average lots (Is fid to 7s, inferior Is to 5s Gd. wethers (Chatham Island) 10s Cd to ' lis 7d, medium 0s 3d to Os Od, others 8s Od. ' Fat lambs—There were 45-12 taken for freezing at 0s to 15s Od. a few special lambs makimr 17s Od to 18s (id: 197 were taken by butchers at Ss to 14s lOd. 138 by graziers at 8s to 8s Od, and 02 were passed at 9s 5d to 10s (id. Fat sheep—Extra prime wether.? to 235, prime 10s to 10s, lighter lis to 15s (id, prime ewe., 13s to 17s lOd. medium 10s fid to 12s fid, others 5s Cd to 10s, merino wethers 7s Cd to 9s Cd. Fat cattle—Four prize, bullocks made £l4 to £lO. Steers sold at from £7 15s to £l2 12s Cd, extra to £l(s, heifers £5 15s to £S 2s fid. extra lo £lO ss. cows ( £5 7s Od to £S 17s Cd. These prices were equal to 25s to 20s fid per 10011. for prime, extra to 325. medium 22s to 23s Cd. cow and inferior 20s to 21s fid. Veal calves made 4s fid to 50s, and some, extra large ones went to 05s. Store cattle -yearlings made 20s, 15 tq 18-monllis :13s to 42s 2-year steers £3 15s to 1M 2s, 3-vear steers £fi 15s to £7 15s, 3-yeav heifers £4 3s, dry cows 25s to £4 10,s. Dairy cows sold well, ranging from £3' 10s to £0 os, and up to £ll for extra good. Pigs—Large baconers made 45s to 50s, smaller 32s Od to 42s Cd (equal to 3%d

to 3%d per II));" large porkers 25s to 30s, smaller 18s to 22s (id (equal to 3%d to 4d per lb); best .stores 16s (id to 'Z2a, medium 12s Od to 15s Od, smaller 8s to 12s, weaners Is to ss.

BURNSIDE. At Eurjiside best bullocks made £ll to £l2 10b, extra prime £l3 to £l3 15s, medium to good £8 10s to £lO IDs, light .-£6 10s to £S, best cows and heifers £7 to £9, extra heavy to £lO. medium to good £5 to £6 10s, light and aged £3 10s to £4 15s. Lambs—Best 13s to 14s, extra heavy 15s to 16s 9d, medium to good lis Id to 12s (id, light and stores 9s to lis Od. Fat sheep—Best wethers 17s 6d to 19s 6d, extra prime. 20-; to 225, medium to good 15s 6d to light and unfinished 12s to 14s, best ewes 15s to 18s, extra heavy to 22s 3d. medium to good 10s to 14s, aged and inferior 5s to 9s. MASTERTON. Messrs Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report on their Masterton sale:—Grown steers £6 2s Od, 3-year steers £5 10s to £5 15s, and £5 17s 6d for an extra good lot, 3-year steers £4 3s to .€4 10s, 18-nionths empty heifers £2 lfc (id to £3, fat cows (light) £5 9s, forward In ifers £4 14s, others £3 las, 18-months steers (good) £3 9s Od, store cows £3 10s, aged cull ewes £2 ss, mother-reared weaners (mixed sexes) £2 3s to £2 5s 6d, dairy-bred weaners 22s 6d. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Johnsonville ox beef made from £9 12s 6d to £lO 15s, for best,. and from £9 to £9 10s for lighter sorts. A good entry of sheep sold readily at! the following quotations:—Prime heavy ewes 16s 7d, medium ewes'l3s 3d to 15s, light ewes lis 7d to 12s 6d, good weaners 17s lOd, mediu mwethers 16s Bd, laml>3 8s 7d to lis 4d.