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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 71, 10 August 1912, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. . iy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 8. Share quotations.—Waihi, 33s Id and 34s 4d; Junction, 21s (id and 22s lid. .Silver, 28 1-lUd per ounce. Tallow.—Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen casks were offered and 1933 sold. Mutton, fine 3Bs 3d, medium 34a. Reef, line 3(is (id, medium 335. AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. London, August P. The American visible wheat supply is 34,718.000 bushels. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, August 8. Wheat, 4s l%d to 4s 2>/ a d. Flour.—City £lO, country £9 17s Od. Bran, jk 5». I Pollard, £5 15s.

Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s Od to 3s 9d, seeding 4s; New Zealand whites, 3.s Od. Maize, 4s Od to 4a fid-. Potatoes.—New Zealand £9 ss, others nominal. Onions. —Victorian and Japanese £lB. Butter.—Selected 1445, prime 130s. Cheese, By,d to 9y 2 d. Bacon, S'/,d.

Adelaide, August 8. Wheat, 4s 2%d. Flour, £8 17a Od to £9 2a Gd. Bran, Is 2d. Pollard, Is 3d. Oats, 3s 4d to 3s sd. Melbourne, August 8. Hides.—Fair supplies, with active com petition; y„d to y ( d dearer. Wheat—Firm; 4s l%d to 4s 2d. Flour, £9 ss. Bran, £5 15s. Pollard, £6.

Oats.—Quiet. New Zealand, 3s Id to 3s 3d; Algerian, feeding 3s 2d to 3s 3d, seeding 3s 9d to 4s. Maize, 4s to 5s Id. Peas.—Duns seeding 4s 3d to 4s 4d. greys 4« 4d to 4s sd. Potatoes.—Firm; £9O 10a to £lo,los. Onions.—Firm; £2O. CHEESE MARKET. Messrs. Andrew Clement and Sons, Ltd., dairy produce importers, London (R. W. D. Robertson, local agent), for-' ward the following market report by cable:—Latest spot values for finest New Zealand cheese: White, 00s; colored GOs; market steady. MATTHEWS. BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. [ Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that on Wednesday List they held their usual weekly sale, when they had a fair yardi ing of stock, practically all of which were | disposed of at the hammer at the following prices:—Springing heifers £5 5s to £7 7s, dairy cows £4 5s to £B, store cows £3 12s Gd to £4, old cows £ls Is -to £3, fat cows £O, empty heifers (colored) ' £2 13s to £4 17s, mixed-year-lings : £1 8s to £2 9s. ' At Mrs. Valentine's sale on the Rugby Road .there was a good attendance of buyers, and the cows sold very well, making from £7 10s to £lO 15s. Good Jersey heifers in calf made £B, yearling Jerseys £4 2s Gd to £4 Os Gd.' Sundries and furniture sold at satisfactory prices. Paddock sales during the week: Mixed hoggets 8s 3d to 12s Gd, f.m. ewes in lamb 13s Gd to IGs, 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 15s to 17s, dairy cows £8 15s to" £'9. j SOUTHERN MARKETS'.' ' ' ' '.'' ' ' ADDINGTON. •■ • I .Fat slice])— More than half the yarding [ of weih'ers sold at over 20s, several lota { going from 30s to 40s. The range of J prices was: Extra special wethers, to £8; extra prime to 70s, prime 21s to 255, others 17s to 20s Gd, extra prime ewe* to 28s Id, prime 19s to 245, others 14s 6d to 18s Gd, merino wethers 14s Gd to 22s Gd

Store shoe])—A line of specially good two, four and six-tooth ewes made 23s 2d, six and eight-tooth ewes in good condition 22s to 22vS Gd, two, four and sixtooth crossbred ewes (good) 20s lid to 21s, sound-mouth ewes 20s Gd, full and failing-mouth ewes 12s 9d to 13s 3d, aged ewes lis 2d. A line of two, four, six and eiglit-tooth ewes- (small and in low condition) made 15s SEI, merino ewes (aged) G.s Gd, ewe hoggets 15s 4d to 17s, good mixed lines of hoggets 14s to 14s Od, inferior lis 4d, wether hoggets (good) 13s (id to 14s Bd, inferior lis Gd, small sorts (mixed sexes, low condition) 9s to 10s 3d. forward wethers 17s 3d to 18s 7d. low-conditioned halfhreds (inferior) 14s 3d, merino wethers 10s 3d to 12s 7d. Fat cattle—Beef made 25s Gd to 34s per lOOlb.' Steers made £7 10s to £ls, extra .€l7 to £24 and £25, heifers £7 10s to £lO, extra to £ls 10s, cows £0 2s (id to £!), extra to £l2 10s.

Store cattle—Yearlings 31s, 15 to 18month sorts £2 5s to £2 lis, two-year steers £4 17s Gd, two-year~heifer;»£''. s=, three-year steers £0 5s to £7, cows 35s to £3 17s (id. Dairv cows made £5 10s to £ll.

A medium entry of fat pigs met with good all-round competition. Choppers made £3 to £7 12s 6cl, large Iwconers GOs to GBs <id, smaller 48s to 55s (equal to 5 5 / id per lb), Heavy porkers realised from 42s to 4Gs, lighter 35s to 40s (equal to SVtd per lb). Store pigs were in fair, supply, and prices showed no alteration from the previous week's prices. Large stores 27s Gd to 345, medium 22s to 275, small sorts 18s to 21s, weaners- 10s Gd to 10s Gd.

BTJRXSIDE. At Humside extra prime bullocks made from £lO to £l7 17s Oil, good £l2 to £l4. medium £lO to £ll, medium £7 10s to £O, light £5 10s to £0 17a Gd. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers 29s to 31s 3d, good 23s to 265, medium 20s to 225, light and unfinished 16s Od to life !)d, extra prime ewes 27s 6d to 30s lid, good 2Cs lo 22s Oil. mo 't'.m 10s to i& hi, light to unfinished lis to 14s. Fat lambs—Export buyers were operating and late rates were maintained. Extra prime 24s to 2fis. good 17s to IDs, medium 15s (id to 16s l)d, light and unfinished 1.3s to 15s. Pigs-Suckers 12s to 19s fid, slips 25s to 30s. porkers 38s to 475, baeonors 55s to 70s, choppers to 80s. JOIIXSOXVILLE. At .Tohnsonville a good yarding of prime bullocks came forward and a failone of sheep. ;Both cattle and sheep sold readily at late rates. Extra, prime bullocks £ll ss, prime heavy bullocks £lO 5s to £lO 7s Od. prime bullocks £9 12s fid to £9 15s, light £!), vcalers 25s to 30s. dairy cows £7 10s. prime wethers 23s Cd to 245, lighter 2ls Od, medium ewes 18s to 18s 3d, light 17s, prime lambs Ms 4d to 15s Id.