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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 318, 3 June 1911, Page 3

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LOXDON* MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, June 1. Wheat—An Australian cargo sold at 34s 6(1. Tin—Keen demand. Spot £209, three months £IOO ss. Shares—Waihi GOs and 82s 0d; Junction, 24s 4d and 25s Od; Talisman, 50s and 52s fid.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. • Sydney, June 1. Wheat—Shippers offer 3s 3'/ a d, Sellers want 3s 4%d and 3s sd. Flour, £8 10a. Oats—Algerian feeding 2s 3d to 2s sd, seeding 2s 7d, Sparrowbills 2s lOd, Giants 2a lid. Barley—Cape 2s 6d to 2s Bd, English to 2s fid. Barley—Cape 2s fid to 2s Bd, English to 2s Od. Maize, 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes—Tasmanian, £5 to £6 10s. Onions, £3 10». Butter, 925. Cheese, 5%d. Bacon, s>/ 2 d to 6d. Melbourne, June 1. ' Hides—Fair supplies and keen demand. Prices firm. Wheat, 3s 4»/ 2 d to 3s sd. Flour, £B. Oats—Algerian 2s 2d to 2s 3»/ 2 d. • Barley—Malting Chevalier ,os, Cape 2s" ;sd. . ■ ■Maize,-2s 3'/ 3 d. . Braji and pollard, £5. ' Potatoes, £3 10s to £5 15s. Onions, £1 10s to £2 2s. Adelaide, Juno 1. Wheat, 3s od. Flour, £7 10s to £B. Bran and pollard, 13d. !

XEWTOX KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Vrenui on Monday there was a small yarding, and bidding was quiet. Calves made lfis 3d to 21s, heifer calves 32s (id, 18-month* to 2-year heifers £3 15a, IS-months steers £3 ss, store cows £3 ls.2'/ r year steers £4 2s 6d, 4-tooth wethers 14s fid. Furniture and sundries on account of Mr. J). 0. Shute made satisfactory prices. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a good yarding, principally of grown cattle. Bidding dragged for nearly all classes, except store cows and- weaners, which fully maintained late values. Calves made 10s Ctl, good do. 28s, heifer do. 23s to li'is Od, a'/o-year to 3-year in-eaif Heifers £4 15s to £5 12s, 18-months empty heifers (Jersey strain). £4 10s, fat do £5 to £O. Mr. Simmon's dairy herd met with (rood competition, and'.sohl as follows: Young and early ealveis £5 10s to £8 l.")s. aged and late do. £2 las to £5. At Stony River on Wedncsduy tlierc was a small yarding and few buyers. Calves made 20s (id, 20-months steers £3 Lis, forward cows £4 10s, store do. 475. springing heifers £5 10s, bull £5 18s.

WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Mart—On Saturday last, owing to the very inclement wecther, our entry wa» very small. Prices, however, were good throughout, as follows:—Cockerels. 2s to in 2s 2d; pullets, poor, Is 8d to Is'Od; hens, Is lOd to 2s; cockerels, purebred 5s to 12s (id. Fruit.—Supplies during the week have been very fair. Apples are in keen demand. Fresh shipments of Island oranges and bananas are due on Monday, and should sell well. We quote:—Fiji bananas, 10s Od to lis Od; Island oranges, lis to 14s; cocoanuts, 12s 3d to 14s; passion fruit, Os Od walnuts, 7d to 7'/.d; peanuts, 2%d; apples, Stunners, !)s Od to 10s; Strowans, 8s to 9s 3d; Washington, 7s 3d; Epps Seedlings, 6s 3d to Bs Od; American Horns, 7s to 9spumpkins, 4s cwt. ' Furniture.—At "The Grange," Devon street west, on Wednesday, we cleared Mrs. Enroth's furniture and effects at satisfactory prices.

MATTHEWS AXD BEXXETT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a small yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Prices were 'about the. same as late sales. Store cows made from £2-'l2s fid to £2 18s; heifers, £4 15s to £4 17s 0; good store cows, £3 to £3 4s Cd.

SOUTHERN' MARKETS. ADDIXGTOX. At Aldington live stock market' there was a largo yarding of stock, especially of fat sheep. Six and eight-tooth ewes made 8s Id to 10s 7d, sound-mouth lines 8s to !)s, fair-months 5s fid to fis !)d, aged 4s to 4s Sd, ewe lamlis 7s !ld to 10s lOd (the .latter price being for an especially gooA line), mixed sexes 8s to 8s lid, medium sorts (is (id to 7s (id. forward wethers 13s Bd, others lis 3d to Us lid. Eat lambs—There were 71)84 token for export at (Is Id to 18s 4d, and 432 by butchers at 8s (id to Ills !)d. Eat sheep—Prime wethers 17s to 20s Bd. extra 23s fid, others 12s lOd to Ids (id. prime, ewes 14s to 18s Id, extra to Wis, medium lis to 13s fid, aged and light (is to 10s fid, merino wethers 7s 3d to 14s fid. Beef—Steers made £7 2s fid to £ll, extra to £l4. heifers £5 to £lO ss, cows £5 to £ll (equal to 30s), for extra prime. 24s to 2Ss for prime, 21s Cd to 23s for medium, and 10s fid to 20s (id for cow and inferior per 1001b. Veal calves made 4s (id to 50s. Store cattle—Yearlinu's made 20s, 15 to IS-months £2 18s (id to £3, 2-vear rteers £4 12s lid, dry cows 34s fid to £4 10s. flood dairy cows were in demand, and made £3 10s to £0 15s. Pig-—(.'hoppers sold up to £4 15s, large baconers 47s lid to 555, lighter 37s t<> 45s (equal to 4d per lb), large porkers 27s lid to 335. small 20s to 25s (equal '<• -f'/'id per lb). A small yarding of Hore pigs met with little demand, medium sorts making 14s to 18s, small 8s to 12s. weaners 2s to fis, larger 8s 3d.

BURXSIDE. At Burnside stock market there was a yarding of 21! l head of fat cattle, and us several of the large butchers are out of the market at present, prices were from 15s to 20s per head lower than last week. Quotations: Best bullocks £lO 5s to U2, extra heavy bullocks to £l3 •»1, medium bullocks CS 10s to £0 ss, hest heifers £8 15s to £1) 17s Cd, medium £7 to £8 ss. Fat sheep—4l7B, consisting mostly of ewes, with a few pens of good wethers, iind as freezing buyers were operating freely, best wethers were Is per head better, while medium wethers and ewes sold at last week's rates. Quotations: Best wethers to 20s, extra heavy wethers to 22s fid. medium lfis to 18s. liirlit lis to 15s fid, hist ewes 15s (id to His'lid, extra heavy to 20s 3.1. medium lis Cd to 12s fid. l'at lambs-2004 yarded. A fair yarding, but the quality was not quite so good as last week, and freezing buyers operated on the same basis as fast sale. Quotations: Best lambs 14s fid to lfis 3d, medium 12s to 12s lid. inferior !)s to 10s fld.

WAxcAxrr. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report:—At the Wanganui sale we yarded 2000 sheep, of which we sold 1050 at prices on a nar. with late ruling rates. We had a fair yarding of cattle, for which there was practically no demand. We quote: For-' ward mixed ewes and wethers 12s Bd, 2-tooth wethers lis 7d, store ewes os lOd, mixed lambs (medium quality) 5s Bd, cull lambs 2s, fat cows £6 10s, Hol-stein-cross heifers £4, dairy heifers £4 to £4 17s lid, dairy cows £4 to £8 Bs, weaners £1 3s to £1 ss.

JOIIXSOXVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—We offered a good entry of bullocks and sheep, which were sold readily at ruling rates. Prime ox £9 17s Od to £lO ss, lighter £9 10s to £1 15s, light £fl to £9 ss, vealers 39s to £2 Is, good wethers 17s, prime wethers 14s 8d to 15s Id, good ewes 14s 5d to 14s Od, plain 12s lOd to 13s, ewes in lamb Bs.