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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 115, 4 November 1911, Page 3

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Associn Lion—Copyright. Loudon. November 2. Copper.—Supplies, 33,987 tons; deliveries, 39,41)1 tons; stocks, G1,83C tons; afloat, 6900 tons. Tin.—Stocks, 14,748 tons; spot, 0393 tons; afloat, 4090 tons; deliveries, 3190 tons. Tallow.—Stocks, 3421 casks; imports, 3891 casks; deliveries, 5680 casks. Share Quotations. —Waihi, 58s 9d to ftls 3d; Talisman, 48s 9d to 51s 3d. AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. London, November 2. The visible American wheat supply is 91,010,000 bushels. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydnev, November 3. Wheat, 3s 7'/od to 3s Bd. Flour—Oitv, £S 15s; country, £7 17s Gd. Oats. —Algerian, feeding, 2s Od to 2s 8d; milling, 2s 8d to 2s lOd; Tasmanian, 2s lOd to 3s 2d.

Barley.—Cape, feeding, 3s; English, malting,, 4s Od to ss. Maize, 3s lid to 4s. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes.—Local £4 to £5. Onions.—Owing to the strike supplies are limited, and prices nominal. Butter.—Selected 110s, prime 104s. Cheese, 7d. Bacon, 7d to 7y 2 d. Melbourne, November 2, Hides.—There Is an average supply and good demand. Prices are firm. Wheat, 3s 8y 2 d. Flour, £8 10». Oa.ts. —Algerian, feeding, 2s 3%d; milling, 2s Barley, 3s 3d to 3s o<l. Bran and pollard, £5 ss.

Chaff.—Firmer, and moderate supplies. Oaten dumped, 80s to 85s; compressed uncovered 85s, covered 80s. Maize, 3s 4'/^. Onions, £2 .10s. Potatoes, £3 to £4 ss. Adelaide, November 2. Wheat, 3s 6d. Flour, £8 5s to £8 10s.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday. October 27, I held by annual bull fair at .Stratford and had a jrood attendance, considering the boi§terous weather. Only about three-quar-ters of the entries came forward, and the quality throughout was only fair. Bidding was bri.sk for the Shorthorn and Jersey bulls, but the second grade cattle were very slow. Only one Holstein bull was entered and realised ,£l3 os; Shorthorn bulls, from £7 to £l3; Jerseys, £a to £!>; yearling do. £2 15s to £3; Ayrshire bulls, £5 17s (id to £0 os. I am holding a supplementary hull fair on November fi.

At Urenui on Monday, 30th. I had a large entry and a good attendance of the public. Bidding throughout was good and practically everything was sold before the end "of the sale. Yearling heifers made £2 lis to £2 18s (id, yearling steers £2 lis to £2 12s, 15-months i to 18 months steers £3 (id. 2 to 2'/ 2 -year '■ do. £4 to £4 Bs, store cows £3 os to | £3 10s (id, forward £3 17s to £4 Bs, fats £5 18s, bullocks (poor) £5 18s, 4-year do. £0 l()s, cows and calves £3 ids to £4 4s, emptv heifers (good) £4 5s to £4 Ss, small £3 Ss to £3 15s, springing cows £4 17s (id to £7 15s, springing heifers C 5 2s (id to £7 ss. bulls £4 to £fi ss. wethers 14s. fat do. 17s, Imirgvts 12s Hid to 14s KM. ewes and lambs lis lOd, old ewes 3s "Id to Ss. Mr. ('. Topliss. junr.. yarded a nice line of. young bulls in the pink of condition, and they met with keen enquiry, the Shorthorns realising £5 His to £!) ss, and the llolsteins .£l2 ss. At Stratford on Tuesday. 31st. there was a very heavy yarding, practically every pen being full. Forward cows and yearling heifers sold well, but the demand for stores was not so keen. A nice line of 15-months grade Jersey heifers realised £3 15 (hi. yearling heifers £2 12s to £2 15s fid,'yearling steers £2 !0s to £2 13s fid. mixed yearlings £2 10s (id, forward cows £3 17s to £4 14s. stores £2 14s fid to C 3 lis. empty 2-vear heifers £3 7s to £4 Is, yearling bulls £2 Ss, Jersey do, £5 2s (3d, fat cows £6.

On the same day at my springing lioifer vnnls I had a good entry, though the bidding was not so brisk us at remit sales. Ciond heifers and cows sold well, though second grade stock was hard to quit. Springing heifers (good) .CO 15s to CI!) 15s. n'ii-is C 3 as to £O, cows (springing and in milk) .CO to £lO

At Stony River on "Wednesday all available pens were tilled and there was a large attendance of the public. Bidding was only fair, but good business resulted during the day. Yearling to 15months heifers £2 lis to £2 17s, yearling steers £2 fls Od to £2 14s (id, year- ] ling Jersey heifers £3 Ts. 2-year empty heifers £3 IBs Od to .£4 7s, store cows £2 to £3 12s Od. boners 15s to 31s, forward cows £3 13s to £3 ]!>s. 2-year steers £4 4s. bulls £5 to £8 as, fat cows £5 3s to £0 7s, springing heifers £4 10s to £5. gig £l7. During the week I have sold several lines of fat and store cattle and sheep as follows:—Tat bullocks £0 ss. £lO as, £lO 15s, £ll* bulls. £O. £7. £lO 10s, and £'ll as: '2-year empty heifers £4 10s. forward cows £5 as, store cows .C2 0.-. dairy cows £7. £S and £l2, fat sheep 225. hoggets 12s !)d and 14s, ewes and lambs 10s Od. draught gelding £32 IDs. yearlings £2 12s to £2 15s.

VVTTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT.

Matthews and P.eunett report that 1 there was a larjre entry of cat tin in their ]n<rlewood yards on Wedne-day last. Prices were'jjouil and most lots ehaiiL'ed hands. Yearling'. £2 to £2 ]!)<: sprhijriirs. .Co to £8; dairy raws, £4 to Jill; 'forward rows. Ct to £-! its; store cows. £2 os to £3 17s: empty heifers. £3 (is (id to XI Its; hulls, Co to £li.

SOrrilERN" MARKETS. ADDiwrox. There was a double market at Adilinp--lon in consequence of the liolidays next week. The at tendance was nhove the average. Stove sheep-flood ewe hotels made los 2d lo lT.s Sd. niedinni mixed sexes lis fid to 12s Sd. wether hotels 12s to 1.",s :sil. one extra »..od line l:!s Kid. anil „ lame line of huifhrcd. 12s Hid lo 1:1s Id. sound-mouth ewes -.villi le.mli> Ids to 10s ltd. full and failing mouths Ss (id to !i, Hlil.-ap'd end inferior 7s -Id (all counted), forward wethers in the wool 17s Sd. small two-lnotli dry ewes in the wool 13s. shorn two-tooih welliers lo lis, s-all :ir„l inferior Ss 10,1. four mid six-lo<.ih -!■■■:•■■•: -..•-■ I Ik: Ih :'.. - ; x and eb/lit-tooih dry shorn ewes 10s ad, '"Fiit 1 : ■- The decline of the previous we■■:; i, covered liy about, lis per head, IVH lambs made' los (id to IDs !)d. and smaller lis to 15s.

Fat sheep--Extra prime woolly wethers to -lis. prime 2Hs to 2Ss. others His 2d to 22s (id, prime shorn wethers 'Ms lid to 275, extra prime woolly ewes to

•' 265, prime 20s to 24s Od. others 17s 2d > to l!)s Od, shorn ewes 13s lOd to 21-'. r prime woolly merino wethers 18s (id to 1245, prime woolly merino ewes 20s to 21s 3d. I Fat cattle—Steers made £8 5s to j £l2, extra to £lO us, heifers £5 17s Gd 1 to £B, extra to £ll 12s lid, cows £5 5s j to £7 10s, extra to £9 15s (equal to 28s to 33s %d, extra to 38s 6d, medium 20s to 27s (id. and cow and inferior 24s lid to 25s (id per 1001b). There was an average entry of veal calves, and they made 4s Gd to 51s. Store cattle—Yearlings made 30s, 15 to 18-months 47s to 50s, 2-vear steers £4 7s 6d, 2-year heifers £3 8s 8d to £4 12s Gd, 3-year steers passed at £7 10s, 3-year heifers made £4 10s to £5 15s, arid dry cows 15s to £4 18s. Dairy cows made £.'! IDs to £9 ss. Fa I pigs—Choppers made 50s to 82s, large baconers GOs to 74s Gd, smaller 40s to sis Oil (equal to Gd per lb), large porkers 40s to 47s Gd and smaller 35s to 30s Gd (equal to Cy 2 d and 7d per lb)., Store pigs—Large sorts made 28s to 345, medium 23s to 275, smaller 14s to 18s, and weaners (Is Gd to 10s. A line | of halfbred Tamworth pigs brought 21s j 6d.

JOUNSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: —A full entry of cattle and sheep came forward at .Tohnsonville and sold well at last week's prices. Cattle—Prime heavy bullocks realised £lO 10s to £l2, lighter £lO to £lO 7s (id. plain light £8 'lss to £9 ss. vealers 19s Od to 255. SheepPrime heavy wethers realised 235, prime wethers 21s to 21s 2d, prime heavy ewes 22s lOd, good ewes 19s to 19s lid, plain 17s Bd, prime, heavv shorn wethers 17s lOd, prime lambs Kls 8d to 14s 7d.