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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 53, 20 July 1912, Page 6

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~~ ) LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 18. Wool.—The sales were animated, and prices unchanged. A good selection' of line-haired Tasmanians brought high { values. Share Quotations—Waihi, 32s Gd and 355; Junction, 22s and 235; Talisman, 40s and 42a 3d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS'. Melbourne, July 19. Wheat, 4s Id to 4s iy 2 dj forward 4s 2'/ 3 d. Flour, £9 ss. Bran, £5 los. J j Pollard, £6. I j _ Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s sd, seeding 3h IM to 4.5; New Zealand, 3s 2d to i 3s 4d. ChafV, £4 10s to £5 10s. Potatoes, £8 10s to £8 15s. Onions, £ll to £l2. j Butter, Is 2y 2 d to Is 4d. j Hides—Average supplies, with good i competition; no change. I Sydney, July 19. ( W,heat.—Firming; 4s Id to 4s 2d. Flour.—City £lO, country £9 17s Od. j Bran and pollard, £5. I Oats—Algerian 3s Gd to 3s 9d, .seeding 4s; New Zealand, whites 3s 5d to 3s 6d, giants 3s Gd. \ Maize, 4s 9d to 4s lOd. j Barley.—Nominal. | Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £ll 10s New { Zealand, £9 ss. 1 Onions.—Victorian £ 12. Cheese, lOd. j Bacon, (id to 6y 2 d. 'I Adelaide, July 19. | Wheat, 4s Id to 4s l%d. j Flour, £8 17s Gd to £9 2s Gd. j Bran, Is 2d. | Pollard, Is 3d. Oats, 3s sd, LONDON TALLOW MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated July 15:— Tallovr—The market is very quiet. There will be no public sales this week. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Mata, Eltham, on Monday, loth inst., notwithstanding the wretched weather, I had a very good attendance of buyers at Mrs. M. Forbes' clearing sale. The cows, which were of mixed ages, realised, for best, from £lO 5s to £ls 10s, good £7 10s to £9 los, second grade £5 5s to £6 15s. i At my Rahotu yards on Tuesday I had a fair entry, with a fair demand for all classes throughout. Mixed weaners made 15s to £1 3s, yearling steers £1 lis to £2 13s 6d, yearling heifers £2 18s to £3 9s, yearling bulls £2 13s 6d, bulls £4 to ,£5, aged cows £1 10s, store cows £3 to £i ss, fat cows (small) £5 Bs, empty 20-months heifers £3 lis 6d, guaranteed dairy cows (best) £7 to £9, others £4 to £4 10s, in-calf heifers £5 to £5 10s, line of dairy cows £9 10s, geldings £ls and £l7. t At Mr. Crisp's clearing sale on Tuesday morning at Puifgarehu, store cows realised from £1 2s Gd to £3 12s 6d, incalf 2-year heifers £4 13s, yearling heifers £3 3s, mixed yearlings £2 Is to £2 lis, calves 10s, dray £l4, mare £24, gelding £ll. Sundries sold at satisfactory prices. On Wednesday, 17th, I held (in conjunction with the Loan and Mercantile Co., Ilawera) a clearing sale on account of Mr. G. N. Bell, Matapu. There was a very good attendance and a good demand throughout for the cows, .which sold us follows: Choice cows from £l3 | 10s to £l7, first-class cows £9 to £l2 ' ss, others £5 to £7 ss, bulls £2 15s to ; £5. ] Private sales during the week were ; made at the following rates:—Fat cows 5 £6 to £G 10s, forward cows £4 10s to £4 12s Gd, poor stores £2 15s to £3, ' dairy Iterds £7, £B, £8 7s 6d, £8 10s, £9, £9 10s, 2-ycar choice Ilolstein heifers £7 ss, 3-year in-calf heifers £G 14s ' to £7, 2-year in-calf heifers (good) £4 10s to £5 2s Gd, bulls £5 53 to £6, mixed yearlings £2 7s to £3, weaners £l, empty 20-months heifers £3 12s Gd to £4, yearling heifers £2 17s Gd to £3 3s, yearling steers £2 15s, 3 to 3V 2 -year bul- ' locks £0 to £G 10s, fat ewes 15s, 2-tooth 1 ewes in lamb 13s to 15s 6d, 4-tooth ewes • 17s, hoggets 10s Gd to 12s, wethers 14s L 3d to 15s, poor 10s Gd, rams 15s.

MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT, Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that there was a fair yarding of cattle in their Jnglewood yards <m Wednesday last. Prices -were about the same. Weaners made £1 IDs to £2 lis Oil, dairy cows £4 to. £4 7s Od. bulls £1 to £3, fat bullocks £7 2s (id, Jersey weaners £3 13s. Paddock sales during the week:—Mixed yearilngs £2 to £'2 ss, 2-year in-calf heifers £5 to £0 10s, dairy cows £9, fat wethers 21s Od, store wethers IDs Od, i f.ni. ewes in lamb 12s to 14s (id, mixed hoggets IDs !U1 to lis. SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDIXCTOX. Eat lambs —Tegs 17s Od to 21s Gd, others 1"), to 17s. Eat sheep--Exlra prime weihers to 275, prime 2(ls to 2.15, lighter 15s Id to 19s Od, extra prime ewes to 23s Od, prime 17s Od to 225. olhtrs lis 4d to 17s, merino wethers 14s Id. Fat cattle —Steers realised £8 17s Od to £ll, extra, to £l4, heifers £0 to £0 10s, extra to £ll 10s, cows £5 5s to £ll.

Only a few store cattle were offere<J, yearlings making 355, 15 to 18-months £3, two-year heifers £4 Bs, dry cows £1 14s to £4. Dairy cows were in fair demand, and sold at £5 10s to £9 for ordinary sorts, and lip to £l3 for extra good. Pigs—Choppers made 70s to 72a Cd, baconers 05s to 735, lighter Sorts 50s to 57s (id (equivalent to s'/ t d per lb). Best porkers realised 42s Cd to 565, lighter sorts 35s to 40s (equal to 5d per lb). Only a few stores were offered, the demand being good. The best sorts made 22s Od .to 325, smaller 14s to 20s. Weaners realised & Gd to 13s Cd. BUHXSIDE. Best bullocks made £l2 15s to £l4, extra to £lO, medium to good £lO 10s to £ll 10s, light £8 10s to £9 10s, best cows and heifers £lO to £ll, extra to £l3 17s Od, medium to good £8 to £9 10s, light and inferior £6 to £7 10s. Fat sheep—Best wethers 22s Od to 245, extra to 275, medium to good 20s to 225, light and unfinished 17s to 19s, best ewes 18s to 20s, extra to 24s 6d, medium to good 15s Od to 17s, liglit 12s 6d to 14s. Fat lambs—Best 18s to 19s Cd, extra to 20s, medium to good 15s Cd to 17s, light and unfinished 13s to 14s Od. PALMERSTON. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report:— We have to report having a very good entry of stock at our Marton sale. Small lambs to 9s 2d, store ewes 8s sd, empty ewes to 10s Bd, s.m. ewes in lamb 13s lOd to 14s 7d, cull two-tooth ewes in lamb to 12s sd, f.f.m. ewes in lamb to Southdown rams 15s 7d, medium two-tooth ewes in lamb 15s lOd to 16s 3il, young ewes in lamb to 10s 3d, small two-tooth wethers 15s Bd. Cattle: Mixed weaners 35s Bd, 18-montli9 steers £3 13s, dairy cows to £6 ss, dairy heifers to £0 18s. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—A good yarding of bullocks came [ forward, but, owing to the rough weather, very few sheep were yarded. Prime bullocks £9 12s 6d to £9 17s od, lighter £9 5s to £9 10s, light £9, prime ewes 17s lOd, medium ewes 15s 7d, light wethers 17s 3d, prime lambs 12s 0d to 13a 6d. AUCKLAND MARKET. At Westfield yards, fat cattle were" yarded in full numbers and advanced in j prices, best >oxen selling to 30s per 1001b, > others 20s to 28s per 1001b, cows and j lieifers 24s to 26s per 1001b. Steers sold 1 at from £7 10s to £l3 10s, cows and j heifers £5 to £9 ss. Veal came foriward in good supply and sold at late rates. Heavy vealers sold to £3 ISs, medium weight £2 to £2 12s, others 21s | to 30s, smaller and fresh dropped 3s to ' 10s. Sheep, came forward in good numbers and advanced in prices from Is 6d Ito 2s per head. Best weights sold at 28s 9d, others 21s to 20s, two-tooth weth- (! ers 15s Cd to 17s 9d, heavy ewes 17s to I 20s, ewes 10s to 15a Bd. Hoggets cams j forward in good numbers and sold at higher rates. Best hoggets sold at from \ 15s to 17s 3d, others 10s to 13s Cd. Pigs j were yarded in good supply and sold at I late rates. Baconers to £3 ,10s, large { porkers £2 12a 6d to £3, porkers £1 j 10s to £'2 ss, slips 20s to 20s.