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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 306, 22 June 1912, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, June 20. > Wheat.—Two Australian cargoes sold ,at 40s iy 2 d and 42s (id respectively. | Silver, 28% d. J Share Quotations.—Waihi 36s 3d and 37s Od, Junctions 22s and 235, Talisman 42s 6d and 475. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 20. i Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Flour.—City £lO, country £9 17s 6d. Bran, £7. Pollard, £7 ss. Oats.—Algerian feeding 3s 6d to 3s 9d, seedings 4s, New Zealand whites 3s 5d to 3s 6d, giants 3s 6d. Maize, 4s lid to ss. Barley, nominal. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £ll. Onions.—Victorian £l3. Butter—Selected 1345, prime 120s to 1265. Cheese, lOd to 12d. Bacon, 5%d to 6y 2 d. Adelaide, June 20. Wheat, 4s. Flour, £8 17.s 6d to £9 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, Is 6d. Oats, 3s 6d. Melbourne, June 20. Hides.—Moderate supplies. The market is dull and fully a farthing lower. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 14th inst., I had a good entry, mostly yearlings and cows, in my Kaponga yards. The demand was good throughout, a clearing being made at the following rates:—Yearling heifers from £2 2s 6d to £3 Os 6d, poorer £1 2s 6d /to £1 12s fld, steers £1 12s, bulls £1 lis to £3 lis 6d, store cows £2 13s to £3 9s, forward cows £3 lis to £4 5s fat cows (small) £4 lis to £5 4s, empty 3 20-monfchs heifers £3 9s to £3 15s, dairy | cows £8 2s 6dto £8 10s.

At Albert road on Monday there was a very good attendance and good competition for the cows sold on account of Mrs. Beilby. Prices realised were: For best £7 5s to £9 ss, others £4 to £6, bulls £7. On account of other vendors: Dairy cows, from £5 to £lllos. My Rahofcu yards were well filled on Tuesday, and I had a good attendance. Competition -sras very keen, good cows and yearlings selling at improved rates. Several pens of 2-year in-calf heifers weTe yarded, but did not reach the reserves, these being the only cattle not sold during the day. Colored yearling heifers made up to £4 Is, good £2 0s 6d, poor £1 8s to £1 9a, yearling steers (beat) £1 7s 6d to £2, others 14s to £1 2s 6d, yearling bulls £1 16s, 20months steers £3 8s 6d, 20-monbhs empty heifers £3 7s 6d, 20-months in-calf heifers £3 15s to £4 as, 20months in-calf Holstein heifers £5 14s, store cows £2 Is to £3 16s, forward cows £4 12s -6d, fat cows £5 13s, Rahotu Dairy Factory Co. shares 8s 6d. On Wednesday, notwithstanding the wretched weather, I had an excellent attendance at the Ngariki road, Rahotu, for C. Henderson's clearing sale. The cows, which were a good lot, met with good competition, averaging for the line ' £9 2s 6d. Best quality cows realised from £lO to £l4 ss, good £7 5s to £9 15s, backward or poor £6 5s to £6 10s, old cows £5, yearling steers £2 Is, harness mare £l2, dray £B. At Oaonui on Thursday, for Mr. McCaul's" dispersal sale, buyers again attended in good numbers and made good competition for the dairy cattle. Good cows realised from £8 15s to £l4, late calvers and poor from £4 to £7 10s, other cows £4 to £4 15s, empty Jersey cow £5, in-calf 2-year grade heifers (nice line) £5 7s 6d, 2-year grade Jersey' bull £5 2s fld, 4-year mare £2l 15s, 5-year mare £l2 15s, 6-year mare £2O 10s.

Private sales for week.—P.M. ewes 9s 6d, 9s 7d, 10a 6d; 2-tooth ewes in lamb, 15s; fat ewes, 15s; fat wethers, 10s; hoggets, 9s to 10s 6d; poor, 6s 3d; 18-months steers £3, small 18-months empty heifers £3 to £3 ss, 20-months in-calf heifers £4 10s, 3-year in calf heifers £6 to £6 15s, store cows £3 3s, fresh-condi-tioned cows £4 2s 6d, fat heifers £5 ss, fat cows (small) £5, fat and forward bullocks £8 5s to £8 10s, gelding £25, draught gelding £35, dairy cows £9 10s, £9, £8 15s, £8 10s', £8 ss, £5, and a choice line of 28 Jersey cows on account of Mr. W. H. Stephenson, of Tariki, to Mr. A. T. Peters, of Kakaramea, at £2O per head. These cows were all wellbred, being descended from Mr. Hulke's well-known herd, several being by Mr. E. Griffiths' pedigree bull "Stephenson."

MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, prices being about the same, and most lots changing hands. Store cows made from £2 10s to £3 2s, in-calf heifers £5 to £5 16s, springing cows £3 to £6, yearlings £1 10s to £2 0s 6d. DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs Mills and Sparrow (E. Griffiths and Co., local agents) report under date London, May 5. Butter.—There was a slight rainfall last week-end, but nothing like sufficient. Trade has been quiet, but the market seems to have steadied somewhat, and the decline has been arrested. Danish: The quotation is unchanged, although prices are a little better than last week, owing to an improved demand. Siberian: There are about St)DU casks to hand this week, and the quality generally is excellent. The only thing against the butter at the present time is the color, which is very pale indeed, eo that this limits the outlet, as it is only certain districts that will take this very

i French: Prices remain unchanged; they arc atill rather high when compared with other kinds. Irish: Although supplies are increasing, prices show u iiwinr tendency. j Australian: We have had the butters ex. s.s. Moldavia this week—about 12,000 J boxes in all. Interest in Australian butter during the last few weeks has slackened considerably, but with the arrivals this month, this should revive. The s.s. Essex is now due with 31,000 boxes, s!s! | Otranto due to-morrow with 10,000 boxes and s.s. Runic due on the 12th inst. with i 21,000 boxes, so that a good market is needed to carry off this quantity. New Zealand: The s.s. lonic's butters have sold very well, and there is very little on offer now. Prices on the whole i have been rather better than last week. Cheese.--We ,are pleased to report that the market is well cleared at lumber prices than last week. The market is very firm, and the season should finish uu well. l SOUTHEKJf MARKETS. ADDIXOTON. At Aldington live stock market there was a fair attendance of buyers for all ch^andthesa.ewasaiemarkabi; In ewes the improved demand, reportJ last week, was more than maintained, the range of prices being slightly higher Lambs were unchanged, the market having an upward tendency for forward sorts. Ihe entries of wethers included nothing of superior quality, the top price being 16s 9d. Quotations .-Ewes! Two four, six and eight-tooth to 17s 3d, four' six and eight-tooth low-conditioned 15s 10d to 16s 6d for the best sorts, four and »ix-tooth medium 14s, sound-mouth 13s 6d to los (id six and eight-tooth (small) 10s, full and failing mouth lis to 13s aged ewes 7s to 9s. i - 5 ll* Od to 12s Gd, medium 10s Od to lis 2d small and inferior 9s- to Os Bd, ewe lambs' 12s 5d (for small halfbreds) to 13s (for j three-quarterbreds). Wethers: Best sorts to 16s 9d, good sorts 15s 5d to 16s. The yarding of fat lambs totalled 5675 or 360 more than last week. Tegs made 16s 8d to 19s 2d, and a few extra to 22s bd. Average freezing weights I3s to 16s, lighter 12s 4d to 12s 9d. The fat sheep pens were again fully occupied with a mixed yarding, of which ■ t «wes formed the largest proportion. I here was keen competition for wethers, a number of prime lines of these bein« ( offered. Best calsses of ewes also sold ) well. Extra prime wethers to 28s 6d : prime 18s to 21s, others 15s to 17s 6d' extra prime ewes 20s Bd, prime 14s «d to 19s 6d, others lfe to 14s, extra prime merino wethers 19s 3d. In the fat.cattle pens the varding ineluded a number of large bullocks, in ex-' cellent condition, and the usual proportion of heifers and cows. For best beef the market was distinctly 'brighter. Steers realised from £7 7s 6d to £ll extra to £l6 7s fid, heifers £6 to £ll 2s <M, cows £5 10s to £ll 10s. The yardmg was very small, and consisted principally of cows; many classes were unrepresented. There was a free de- { mand for anything good, but the absence j of entries -of class prevented much busi- ■■ ness being done. Yearlings made £l' 17s 6d, two-year steers £4 7s 6d, threeyear steers £0 ss, dry cows £1 7s to £3 7s od, dairy cows £4 8s to £8 10s one extra to £ll ss. ' There was a fairly large entry of fat pigs. Prices were unchanged. Choppers made 60s to 87s, heavy baooners 60s to ! 70s, lighter sorts 50s to 57s Od. These I prices were equal to 5y 4 d per lb. The best class of porkers made 41s to 47s 6d •mailer sorts 35s to 40s (equivalent to" 5%d per lb). Stores were represented by a fairly large entry, and there wa« a good all-round demand, small being in especial request. Large stores made 34s to 38s 6d, medium 22s to 325, small ■ sorts 14a to 21s, weaners 7a 3d (for small sorts) to 14s (for well-grown pigs). ) BURNSIDE. At Burnside 138 faTcattle were yarded. There was a k«en demand, and prices showed an advance of about £1 per head as compared with last week. There were very few heavy-weight bullocks forward. Prime bullocks £ll 10s to £l2 10s, medium £lO to £ll, light £8 10s to £9 10s, heifers (prime) £8 10s to £lO, medium £6 10s to £7 10s, light to £o 10s, cows.to £8 10s. Fat sheep—There was a big yarding, 4169 permed. The major portion consisted of old ewes, many of which were unfinished. There was a good demand by freezing buyers, and prices for all classes were better than last weeic's rates. Best wethers 20s to 255, three extra prime store sheep 32s 6d, medium l«s 6d to 20s, best ewes to 18e 6d, medium 13s 6d to 15s 6d, others 7s 6d to lis. Lambs—There was a full yarding, 3<J53 being penned. Nearly the whole of the entry was sold to freezing buyers at .prices much on a par with last week's rates. Best 16s 6d to 18s 6d, medium 13s Od to 15s 6d, stores lis to 12s. Pigs—There was a' small yarding of fat pigs, and these sold at prices about on a par with last week's rates, but there was only a very slack demand for stores. Suckers to 14s, slips to 21s, stores 27s 0d to 30s, porkers 35s to 40s, baconers 57s to 70s.