COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 101, 14 September 1912, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN AIIKETS. j Sydney, September 12. Wheat, 4s 4|/ a d to 4s 5-'/ a d. Flour.—City £lO, country £0 17s fid. Bran, £li. Pollard, £(>. Oats. —Algerian feeding 3s Gd to 3s !M, New Zealand whites 3s 4d, giants 3s sd. Barley.—Victorian 5s 3d to 3s Gd. ( Maize, 4s 7d to 4s !)d. Potatoes. —Tasinanian £l4, New Zealand £lO to £ll. Onions. —Victorian £2O, Japanese £l9. Butter. —Selected 120s, prime 112s. Cheese, BV->d. Bacon, 9d. Adelaide, September 12. Wheat, 4s 2</.d to 4s 3'/,d. i Flour, £9 5s lo £9 10s. I Bran, Is 2'/»d. j Pollard, Is 3%d. Oats, 3s 3d. " • ■" J Melbourne, September 12. 1 Hides, —Best lots firm; kips and illconditioned easier. < Wheat, 4s 3y 2 d to 4s 4d. Flour, £9 10s. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 4'/ 2 d. Maize, 4s Id. Brim, £5 15s. Pollard, £(i 15s. Potatoes, £ll 10s to £l2. Oliions. £lO. ; NEWTON KING'S BEPORT. On Monday, 2nd inst., at my Urenui yards, there' was a 'veVy gjood entry, cattle coming forward much m excess of ad : vertjsed numbers. Two vefy .nice pens of bjilloeks were yardfe"d : from Okaii,'one pen of 3-vear-olds.realising! £0 5s an.d-a well-done line of two to ;three-yfear mixed £5 )3s Gd. Yearling cattle'were not in demand. . Prices realised were; .Yearling heifers £2 lis to £'3, yearling - steers £2 Is, mixed, ye«-li,ngs--£\,l.Bs to . £3, bu11.4 £3 as. store c.ows' : ,£2 18s to £3 17s, fonyard cows £4,lJs tp ,£s,jfat cows £fi 2s to £7.ls. emp'ty 2.^j : (;ar.'he'ifei - s-£3 17s tlo £4. Bs, 2 ; yearners £3;175.t0 ; £4 Gs, springing •h-e.ifersi. l £4 -i-lOs t.o- £7 15s ' (according, to quality),-dairy cows (poor classj offeredK'frQiji .jCil2s;|id-to,'£B-I»s, store pigs £1 - Ati Stratford ;.on«. r Engsdfij', -3rd' -insUv cattle, botli iir-myist,qjprirfnd'da;iry yards, eama forward w<?U in- exccss-of advertised numbers, eonpidfttsibJy;:H\'cr:d2oo head'.btt'ing Warded, a fair number.of r :outside_bny : ers jieing present.- -Abou't 2'oo head of three to fouf':jVar ' bullocks"' vrerc penned «vnd looked ; .in 'excellent eondi'tioh, npt\*ithstandiing 'ith-eir !>k#g"'7trive "from the jack of Whangamomona. Bidding for I ullocks was' very'-'goocl, the 10t,,' ivith the '!xceptron;flf a' of being cleared' ! <lu¥'iiig . tilts , Good stori co\Vsi a-ifd fyerfVlnigS 'Sofd othe • ('atMe-'WainHitting I ''late I 'race's, )"&k folioWsi-pre&jfrife mixed yearlinjfs ; £1 'l2k"lr6"£2 |fls, year' ling hbifeis (^rafej.! !,^2 r ios;to' and j£3 'D?I r 6'd. fori Mn^'oi'/ Ayrshire; Shorthorns { grade'' ilfersej' goatlings £3 7s, 17s (jd, forward : toWs£s 4s Cd (acertnliiig to q'uafitvj j'fat.-,cov\>; (9n19.11) :, £5 145..t0 £ft'ss, fo'2-vcif'steers fiiopi '£^ r .to r -£3 lis, good line Tof 2-year.-old-: ste.ejV-irom -the: back ; cdp 11 (.IT £4:7s fid, 2% ,to 3-year-bullocks £5 'Js'fid to £5. id's,; ; 3-yeai--old bullocks '(gdotl) £6. 4s,' £0 3s, bad colored' 4-year. bulipflkKr-£5,-.ISs fid,.good (jiialiity 4-year bul-lqflksbf'T, ftmpty2-ydd,r •h'ei'feKs (small) £3- ];ssdto T £4."gdod and "colored £4 l-Osyto-£5,5j3i '*•" '• Tnjmy dairy.{)ens.;th)er&;®as'aii,.exMlc«i [lmand-ifor alhstoekra clearing Hiding made right! thromgh a«i folloH's :—On accoiint; of Mr. Watchorn," best cdwa mailo from'£B,los to £l®y others £s;s's to' '£7 (averaging £>B' : lss); 'oil'account of My. G. liobbs, from : '£ 5s to £l3, heifefs j£7 lds:- : : '<OiT «<S6<)ttiit l of ,6'thpr dors, fbeSt c6\¥s from''£ 8 ; tb : M.ll 10s, second griide '£.s ;10s' to £7 10s, best heifers £8 to £'9.ios r ! 6t.ivers £0 to £,7. A't jmy Stfeny Ki've : f yards 011 Wednesday t had agaiij'a fery entry,, all classes being tarded. t including some very fine pens of "two't'o' tlirefc-year steers, wiiielj met with good-demand. Compotition Vas also very keen on springing heifeiis and dairy cows, pome v.ery .finp cafctlej in this class .being differed.- .Yearlings jwere easier, with the exception of a peh of ten, grade Jersey yearlings, (smalj), which' realised ;£-3 lis, -grade yearling heifers ■ £2.-H)s -to £3 3s Gd, .small! £1 7s. fid ta '£l -12s Gd, mixed yearlinigs £1- ,18s -to £2 7s'6d, yearling steers! (poor -quality-)!r £2 2-s -Gd'to '£2 10s, poor and bad colored' £l ts Gd to £1 his, yearling bulls £3, empty 2-year heifers (best)" £4' 8s to - £4"l4s, others £3 Ujs to' £4; aged- : eows £l-lis to £2 2s (idjstore cows: £2 I'Qs to' £3 19s, forward cows £4 !)s to £4 10s, fat cows £5 Is 3 fid to £(5 10s, 18-months steers £3 2-vear steers £3 17s fld'to £4 7s; 3-yeai-j bullocks £s'2s' fid' to £5 1.95, best springing hcifei's (Colored) £8 10s. to £l() 12s fid, good' £7 to £7 12s fid. late ealvers £5 2s Gd'to £() 12s Gd, small and very ba'ckvvafd : £3 10s to £4 10s, dairy Icows (Holsteins)' up to £lB 18s, Jersej-s up to £l3 »ss; .Second grade £4 12s fid to" £7 .12s 'Oil,' pin'C Sl(>ops-hire ewes ;(nd lambs. £1 17s .Gd, rams 15s 9d, pure SJiropshire hoggets (ewes and rams) I £1 Is, f.ra. ewes 7s 3d, disc £7 ss, pony £3 10s.

On Thursday,otlj, Feonducted (in- conjunction witli the N.Z., Loan and Mercantile Co 1 ., Ilawera). Mr. R. 11. Phillips' auxiliary klispersal sale, and had an excellent' attendance. Bidding ■ throughout was vfery -good, especially for the best quality 'cows. . Heifers, ■ -showing well forwai'd were in excellent demand, realising as follows:—Best heifers from £lO to £l4 15s,- g<vpd -from-£ ft 15s* to £0 15s, backward £5-10s-to £5 15s, heifers in calf £4 15s to £0 10s, dairy cows (choicest) ,Cl(»to £2O 55,-first grade £ll 10s to £ll 10s," good £9 to £lO ,10s, late calvors and aged' £5 10s to £7. In ralv Kaponga yards on Friday, owing to the''wretched weather, 'I had only a small entry. Best .quality dairy heifers made from" £B' to' £l3 10s, others £5 10s to £0 os, in-calf cows £6 15s to £7 ss, store cows £2 "iSs to '£3, small yearlings £1 18s, 18-months steers £3 Bs, forward ewes 12 s lOd. The ipedigree Holsteiu sale on the same day in my Waiwakaiho yards attracted huvers and fanciers of tlie breed from all parts of New Zealand. The sale proved a New Zealand record, for pedigree stock, the whole catalogue being disposed of at prices already published. At the Haymarket, New Plymouth, on Saturday, 7th inst., my pig pens were filled with all classes. Slips and weaners made from lis 6d to 19s, small stores £1 3s Gd to £1 os. porkers £2 Is to £2 os, sows £2 10s to £2 16s, pony £5 10s, unbroken geldings £ll to £ls, aged cart horse £B, smart gig or hack mare £l2 10s, pony, gig and harness £52 10s. At my Rahotu yards on Tuesday, 10th inst., nothwithstanding the very wet day, I luid a fair entry and a good attendance of the public. Practically everything was sold. Mixed yearlings made from £1 IGs to £2 4s Gd, yearling steers £2 5i to £2 18s, best 2-year empty heifers £3 15s to £4, store cows £3 to £3 8s Gd. forward cows £4 5s to £4 lis, fat cows £«, yearling 'bulls £3 3s, grade Holsteiu 4-year buli £5 15s, springing heifers £7' los, dairy cows (best) £9 to £l2 life, good from £7 10s to £8 15s, poor £5 ss, small pigs 12s Gd to ltis. Private sales during the week. Empty heifers £5 2s Gd. £4 13s. £4 3s, small £3 ss, yearling colt £9 ss. fat wethers £1 lis to £1 6s, fat ewes 18s, forward cows £5 5s to £5 10s, fat cows £5 15s, £6 10s, £7 3s Gd, £7 10s, dairy cows i£lo, £9, £8 10s, £B, £7, £G 15s, very

nice line of five well marked Jersey yearling heifers £5 ss, mixed yearlings £2 j 10s to £2 17.s fid, 'llolstcin grade bull | £ls, pedigree Jersey bull 2i>gns, very choice line of Tlolstein springing heifers £ls and £ll 10s, in-ealf grade heifers £5 5s to. £0 11a to £0 17« Cd, forward bullocks £7, fat bullocks £8 IBs (id to £8 17s (id, pair working bullocks £2."). MATTHEWS ISISNNKTT AND OO.'S 11KP0BT. ' Mjitthews, Bennett and Co. report a [ fair yarding of cattle at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. A pen of very choice heifers were sold at good prices after good competition and store cattle wen! in good demand. We quote springing lleifers, good £8 to £lO 15 s; others, £5 ilOs to £7; cows, good, £5 5s to £!) 10s; unsound and aged £3 15s to £4 ss; store cows £3 5s to £3 18s; 1 empty heifers £3 14s (id to £4 7s lid; yearling steers £2 13s (id to £2 Kis (id; iieifdrs £2 15s to £3' Bs. At Tarata on Monday yearlings made £1 10s fid tc £2 18s; 2-year steers £3 12s 6dj springing heifers £5 5s to £7. ; JOHNSO'NVILLE: Abraham and Williams, Ltd, report oi tiheii) Jolinsonvillerisate "as follows:—£ full lyarding of both sheep and catth ■eanie forward, and sqhj, readily. a,fe lat< rates. Prime heavy 'bollock's, £ll 17s (>• to £l2; prime builocks, £ll to £ll 12 fid; ilighter, £lO to £To 10s; vealers £2 j Is. (id;, prime \vether>< tq 23 . 7dj jextra pri'nie' liravy "ewes.' j3s"Cd t -24s 4d; medium owed, 19s 4d to 19s lOd The first of 'tbe new lambs cam forward : yesteWay^4fhdvSo)fl i; :lt from 1(1 2d to 17s i3d; : lighter: 14s to'i.3s : 3d;'' " v , ■ " ■ 'j" ' At Addiri'g&MV'tllfSe-Hv'Si? fuifly'larg j' entr cs of "fat'Stwk/a.iiil' finialVyiiniing- c ■..j store a. • The aWencl'iiie&'ifas. barely ilrel .j.age. Fat cattle siioW-ed-'Ao change.' Tll fat n-heep market : las [ I weel's ra'tes,' : 'lHrt4 ! ll# ; sifle 'proVc'd 1 irregi i. j, lar, priei?s' ; Stoi •v'snec > were j"n shprf-'Mipply; and'brougli .1 fate rates. 1 ' Pigs l were-.smftfewhktvejisie' , l,'Sj;or; tattle- \<fere- a .."J alS®Uhe;betMr' cliiS9''jof. dairy cow '£ St )re' i " i Shfe^.-^ii6t^tibAsi s; ' ; W'fctliep sinal. 2-tooth, ](fe lid; 4-tooth 18s"9d t ...d; the latter price 1 bflHg for a goo Ijne of halfbrals, •«s'#AS'i ! f»4^-\} r cther j ,lits -d; _ " t good linoji2ss:; ''2 : t>o#Mi; i: 2fts :; 2d'";' l'mr-Coi .. 'ditio ied '4-toottefJ , .;l4s''_ MM- . Jis kl; liOggSt^l'jFAfiu^Miv'rea^e;;!^*! • - ; l9s 1 d, ; gtfqd-'iieir; sina inf/tro'i- l'Bs^°g&o4^tiH^ier l l ho|sefc ' .15s (id :t'o lGS"4d'; 3d' to K !, . 9xl j; ind a few poor cullri'n'f->7si Oil: '■ ;l: 5' : \r Fat Sheep. —Extra -))iinn; "ffethyrs t ' ,353,' id; prime}»4&fer-sMiG£ : 'J<i ' 'jtq,, ; ns M; 23s (3d ' « r 'tq .'JOsfiGtfj : lTfc;tb ; 'j! >; =4(1};,.; iriffiei rti(>rhiw- \Vct'li'4fS,"lGS'fid ; 'id;© ; r,6,d.}i ithejfls,; » t i^a'lis%(V-: £'7"7's fi ~ . ; i(0 , :;11-'«s; r tiP lj slS% j; heifer, £fi 10s to £8 17s fid; extra 1 ! , £ : 11 15s; and cows, £tf~l2Fritd to £1( | -ex-tn,, to.<£l3iMs?-4)f entr 1 ;If4;h !ad.<v«eK6 f &dftt<i&B ■£s3 l >aiid upward ; . .--^toi'oi 1 CitWlel~lfea>ffiWg!j'''irAi'HScd''3i; s; l^n-toMtfisi^wte,i^£i?-4o' lv £3-'.ili U |?yef r frfd'"Street -'l3s"i-S-yt<a'f liefer ;| -£4 )s" • 2s- oft ;< j.f ; £o 7s fid '£4 rSsj-daii s ! cows soM'iat '£4' l'0s••&('- -£8 9s : ;■ ejttV.a I I j £l3 lfe'tklC'i; h i I.: -,-Pif ;s. —Choppers realiße'd 11 £®'feSr '£sr.! r( 04-h?avy baconers, j; lightjr sortsv CSs' tq/dot/j" s£s¥ , bejnj eqUivalL'itt" Heav II pork ts', inide' 143& 1 -io ROs and : i-ijf¥ti sx -sprits 355-to 40s I (^(jiftU : W' : ''(Td p'l t rib.) Thei ( e : wVts of s-tore 5 j; but 'tlie-tone'of' tlie niarkct >vt .-j-a'.s'hule easier, ithei'e'; vm-'no quotab. l I drop in values. Large C: s6ofes -realisf I 30s li l to 44s fid; mediiriri,;27s -to 3Se; ar sorts, 18.9 tfr 203. Wfeailfers mac -1 12p-ta 18s-Caj£«xffe^tolJfl&,''" : , . 5 - • • HIRKET. ' | 'Ditiiedin, September 11. At Burnsid.c 1C»0 ' The-quality' tiikfen- 1 Al;l u ronHd,, i was fair! », g.ot>d, Bidding''iVas liot m Brisk as < ; -late, md prices were -inclined to ease, e ' pecially towards t'lie : : eiid" of the sale'; . ! i.numbsr were turned out unsold. A fe ; j-very 'ieavy cattle .sold TTp7trq;STli) 17s. 6c i best bullocks, £l2 p'xi.ra heav; ,' to :'£!!( 17s fid: medtuin fb' good. ,ei ! 10s t(| £ll -i'O's; light ;£8 TOs t'o. £9 Kb . best'<;ows and heifers,"Ji!)-' r lots to £1( t" 15s;' extra, to £l2; medlfam to gool f £(» 10s to CS. " !' -Fat Sheep.—2l73 were—penned. Tl: 1 q'uality all round was medium, with ver ? few pens.of prime,. Prices showed a dro r of fnlly Is per head.' CJ-Wuiers operate 1 freely, otherwise the di'op would hay I' been jnueh despite the smallt yardiijg. Best wethers, 21s to 245; extr heavy, to 28s (id; : hiediitni- to ®ood, 10s t 20s (k|; lig'ht, 1.7s (kl tol8=r0d; best -ewi •lSa-'tq 21s;. extra -to' 27»'9d;' medium t • good, !15s 'od to- 17s,' Fat j Lambs.—Owing ,to freezing work having closed, down there were pract callv ijio lambs forward. Pigd.—43 fat pigs and.about 30 store ' were penned. There was good <leman all roiind, and prices. wrc about th same ijis last sale. i ,j ; i . 'i. J 3g3- . .