COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 247, 8 March 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, March G. Wool. —At the sales there was strongs and' keen competition. Opening rates were maintained for all sorts. Silver, 27 5-lGd per ounce. Share quotations.—Waihi 31s lOd and 33s Id, Talisman 35s and 40s. THE WOOL MARKET. London, ecember 0. The following are the price's realised for the,fleece portions of the clips named: —Maraeweka. top 14d, average 12% d; Makiri, 12'/,d and liy 2 d; Ganikau, 12y,d and ll%d; Weka and Tarndale, Is and liy 3 d. LOAN & MERCANTILE'S REPORT., The New Zealand- Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.,,have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 4th inst:— There was a full attendance at the opening .of the sales to-day, competition by Home and Continental buyers being spirited, and prices, as compared with the close of the preceding series, ruled about 5 per cent, higher for merino and fine and medium crossbred wools, and about sto Ixf>1 x f> per cent, higher for coarse; crossbred. The opening catalogues were fairly representative. American buyers are operating. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT j By Telegraph.—Prp?« Association. Wellington, Thursday. The High Commissioner cabled from London on the sth inst. as follows: Eggs—The market is dull and there are large supplies. Per 120: Home 10s to lis. Russian 7s Od to !)s (id,-Italian I !)s (id to lis. Danish 10s to 12s, Hungarian 7s Od to 10s. Poultry.—The market is steady and likely to remain so. Home poultry is out of season. Chickens: Home lid to is per lb. Russian lid to Is. Ducklings: Russian, By«d. Turkevs: Russian, Sd to 9d. ' IlacoiVrr-Tlio . market is ( firm., with ,a good demand. Prospects are favorable. Irish. 70s. to 70s per ewt.. Danish (ids to 755. Russian 02s to 71s, Canadian 66s to 735, Swedish 60s to 735. Hams —The market is steady and failbusiness is doing. English. !)8s to 112s per ewt.; Irish. 102s to 104s; American, 71s to 745. . WEBSTER BROS.' RErORT. Poultry.—At the mart on Saturday our pens were taxed to their utmost. Prices were well maintained, forward pullets selling well. Anyone shaving good forward pullets to dispose of would do well to market them now. Prices as under:—Hens (voung) Is 4d to Is lOd, fat Is lOd to 2s'fid. cockerels (fat) Is 8d to 2s K)d. others Is Od to Is lid. young .0d to Is Id, ducks Is 7d to 2s 3d, drakes Is 7d to Is lid. p.b. silver Wyandotte hens 3s 9d. pullets (young) 2s 4d to 2s Ud, forwiyd 3s 8d to 5s ftl.

The usual line of auction sundries realised- satisfactory prices. Fruit. —During the week we have handled large quantities of Nelson, Auckland and Hawke's Bay fruits. Prices as under (according to quality of fruit and size of cases), bananas (green) Ss !)d to Os Gd, ripe 2d to 2%d per lb, tomatoes Is Gd to Gs 3d, peaches A 4s Gd to ss, B 3s to 3s Gd, C 2s 9d to 3s 3d, grapes 6d to 9 1 /od per lb. cucumbers 2s to 3s Gd, Cape' 1 gooseberries 5s to 5s 6d, apples (dessert) 3s 9d to Bs, cookers 2s Od to as, quinces 4s to 4s Od. Messina lemons 13s 9d to 15s. Furniture.,—On Tuesday, on account of Mr. TV. Castles, at his residence, in Courtenay street. Ave held a clearing sale of all his household furniture. There was st large attendance of buyers, and the articles being of good quality, sold readily at satisfactory, prices.

XEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT,

At Douglas on Friday. February 28, 1 held my supplementary sheep fair and cattle sale. There was a very good entry, sheep being yarded much in excess of advertised numbers. Competition throughout was brisk, most lines being cleared at the hammer. The demand for Lincoln rams was unsatisfied. Prices obtained were as follows:—Mixed weaners £1 7s, 2y»-year in-calf heifers £4 17s, bulls £4 5s to £5 TOs, forward and fat cows £4 Gs to £5 12s, store cows £2 lis to £3 15s, best lambs 8s 6d to 0s Gd, fair sorts 7s 2d to 7s Bd, culls 3s Gd to ss. 2-tooth wethers 13s Gd to 14s 4d. small 12s fid. small 2-tooth ewes lis lfld, good f.f.m. ewes up tv> 12s 3d, f.m. ewes (best) 0s to 10s fid. culls 4s 7d to 7s 2d. 6-tooth ewes 13s, 2d, fat and forward ewes 12s to 14s 3d, fat and forward wethers 15s 4d to lfis 3d, 4 and fi-tooth wethers 14s Od to 15s Id, rams 2gns to 3</,gns for good Lincoln and Romneys.

At Waiwakaiho yards on Monday, 3rd inst... for an off-day I had a very pood entry. A choice line of Jersey springing heifers, on account of Mr. William Peattie, of Hell Block, sold at from £8 15s to .I'll. ss, averaging £!) 15s. Competition for other .lines was slack, vendors' reserves in many cases being too high, consequently many pens were passed. Sales were made at the following, rates:—Good weaner steers 33s to 36s 6d, Jerseys 8s Od to lfls, colored weaner heifers up to £2 13s, grades np to 37s (id, weeds from 13s to 18s Gd, empty 18months heifers* £2 17s Gd to £3 3s. 15months sterrs £2 105, store cows £2 Gs to £3 10s, forward and fat cows £4 12s Gd to £0 2s. bulls £3 7s Gd to £G 13s, springing heifers £5 5s. o For my Stratford sale "on Tuesday there was a very good yarding, most pens being filled. There was a good attendance, but bidding generally was quiet and most lines were passed in. Weaners, forward cows and bulls were the exception, competition for the latter being very keen. Prices obtained were: Weaner Jersey heifers £3, grades £1 14s Gd to £1 17s fid, weaner steers up to £1 15s Od, mixed weaners £1 lis, 20-month in-calf heifers £3 15s Gd, good-

conditioned bulls up to £!) 2s (id, 2y>-year in-ealf heifers £4 10s -to £4 17~s Gd, aged cows £1 lis 0d to £2 Is. store cows £2 17s to £3 12s (id, forward and fat. cows £4 5s to £5 12s Gd, 2y 2 -ycar Jersey steers £3 15s to £3 17s Od, 3-year bullocks £5 10s, lambs 8s fid, fan. ewes 7s fid, ranis Ifti to 2gns. , On Wednesday, the sth, at Stony River yards, there was a " fair entry, with a good attendance. Bidding, whilst not so brisk as at recent sales, was very fair, practically everything being cleared as follows:—Holsteiu weaner heifers £1 8s to £1 14s Gd, small and bad colored 15s to £1 2s, 18-months empty heifers £2 10s to £3 Ss Od, 20-months in-calf heifers ,£3 15s to £4, Holstein springing heifers £7 2s 6d, bulls up to £8 ss, store cows £2 8s to £3 13s, forward cows £4 5s to £4 8s fid, fat cows (best) £C 18s to £7 2s. others £5 5s to £5 16s, s'.f. plough £5, horse, cart and harness £lO ss, slip pigs 7s, small woolly lambs Bs.

Private sales for the week.—Choice 7 to 9-months Jersey heifers 4 to £5, choice Jersey-Holstein weaner heifers

'very strong demand) £2 15s to £3 10s, good grade weaner heifers £1 lGs to £2 2s, small £1 12s, 18-months empty heifers £3 10s. 18-months steers £3 10s, bulls £4 4s to £7.222; yeary 2 ;year steers £5, store cows £3 10s, forward cows £4 12s 6d, fat cows £5 15s to £6 12s Gd, cows and calves £5 to £5 10s, line of Shorthorn dairy cows (delivery now) £O, lambs 8s Gd to 10s, fat lambs 13s Gd, fat ewes 13s fid, fat wethers 16s Bd, 5-tooth wethers 14s to 14s 4d, f.m. ewdte lis Gd. 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 12s fid, 2-tooth ewes 14s Gd to 16s (for a fine line of 300), Southdown ram £5 10s, Romnnys and Lincolns 3 to 3y 2 gns.

MATTHEWS. BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT.

Matthews. Bennett and Co. report that there was a big yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Bidding was good and most lines found buyers at the hammer at the following prices: —Mixed weaners £1 2s to £llss, a nice line of colored weaner heifers £3 17s 6d, in-calf Jersey heifers (small) £5 2s fid, store cows £2 lis to £3 ss. forward do. £4 to £4 lis. fat cows £4 15s to £5 17s Gd, springing heifers £5 15s, springing cows £4 7s Gd to £5 15s, bulls (small) £1 10s to £4 Gs, good up to £0 ss, store lambs 6s lid, rape lambs os, Is.m. ewes (good) 10s, store wethers 14s 4d, small 2-tooth mixed 0s lid.

At the horse fair on Friday last there was a good entry of horses, but mostly of a poor class. Anything good was in demand and sold well. The following prices were obtained: —Weeds £1 10s to £2 10s, hack's *5 to £l2. light harness horses £8 to £ls, good spring carthorses up to £2l 10s, unbroken from £3 10s to £l2.

SOUTHERN MARKETS.

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Lambs—Forward rape sorts 13s to 13s Od, extra 14s to 14s lid, fair lis fld to 12s fld. fair average sorts 10s Od to lis fid, medium stores 9s Od to 10s 3d. inferior 9s to 9s 6d, small 7s to 9s Od, culls 4k fid upwards,, ewe lambs Ms.

Ewes —Two-tooth 13s 3d. small inferior lots to 20s, good halfbreds. two, four and six-tooth, Ms to 15s, six and eight-tooth 13s 6d to Ifis 3d, two and four-tooth to 14s 4d, two, four and sixtooth 12s 6d to 13s 9d, four, six and eight-tooth 14s to 15s, four and six-tooth 15s to 17s 6d, one line of extra prime halfbreds to 19s lid, sound mouth ewes (good class) 16s to 17s. sound mouth (medium) lis fid to las, full and failing mouth 9s to 10s, aged 5s to 8s (id. Wethers—Best lots (none special) 13s fid to 15s 9d, others (including small twotooth-) 12s to 13s iid. Fa) lambs—Best 17s to 20s fid. lighter 14s Id to 10s fid.., Those prices were equal to 5%d per lb for standard weights and 5d to 5%d per lb for overweights and second quality. Fat sheep—Prime wethers ISs to 22s Gd. lighter lfis fid to 17s fid, prime ewes Ifis fid to 17s fid, prime ewes lfis to 20s Id. medium 13s fid to 15s fid, aged and light 10s 7d to 13s.

Fat cattle—Prices ranged from 22s (I'd Ito 30s per 1001b. according to quality; steers £8 5s to £lO. 10s, extra to £l4 10s, heifers £6 10s to £0 ss, cows £6 5s to £0 7s fid, yearlings 325, fifteen to eighteen-months sorts £2 17s 6d to £4 Is. two-year heifers £4 5s to '£4 15s (the latter being extra good), dry'cows £3 4s to £5 12s (3d, dairv cows £5 to £ll ss. Fat pigs—Choppers 60s to 82s fid. heavy baconers 58s to 70s, lighter sorts 48s to 55s (equal to 5d to iy/ld per lb), heavy porkers 42s to 475, lighter kinds 35s to 40s (equivalent to 5%<1 to fid per lb). Store pigs—Large stores 45s to 50s, medium sorts 30s to 445, small stores 23s to 20s. Weaners brought 14s for small pigs to l!)s for well-grown sorts. BURNSIDF. Cattle-Prime bullocks £l2 to £l2 10s, extra to £ls 2s fid. medium £0 10s to £ll, lisrlit ,-wul inferior £S to £O, prime heifers £0 to £lO 10s. extra to £l2 7s fid, medium £7 to £8 10s. light and inferior £5 to £fi 10s. Fat sheep—Prices all round were Is to Is fid easier than those ruling last week. Good wethers 20s to 21s fid, extra, to 24s fid, medium 10s to 10s fid. light and inferior Ids fid to l7s fid. prime ewes 18s to 10s fid, extra to 21s fid, meMium 15s fid to 17s Cd.

Fat lambs—Prime 16s to 17s 6d, extra to 20s 6d, medium Ms 6d, to 15s 6d. JOHNSONVILLE. ' Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:— At Jolinsonville there was a good entry of cattle and sheep. Prices: Prime bul ~| locks £lO 8s to £lO 10s, lighter £9 15s & to £9 17s 6d, light £9, vealers 303 to -H 335, good wethers 17s 6d to 17s 9d, me- ''U dium wethers 16s <Sd to 16s 9d, heavy . ;M ewes 17s, prime ewes 16s to 16s '3d, •' /-Si medium ewes 15s to 15s fid, prime lambs -*Jft 13s 6d to 13s Bd, medium lambs 12s 6d ,M to. 13s, plain lis Id to lis 6d, prime ■.\>|| shorn 12s. ''." j3 LOCAL MARKETS 'j - GROCERIES. > M a. d. ,* "L Flour •' :| 100's 11-3 W 50's 5 9 HJ--5 25's .; 3 3 oVB Sugar— _ '^2 No. la, per bag 10 9 *Jf * No. 2 10 6 ' .|| Rolled oats, per bag 011 ' "M Oatina, per bag 10 $ Oatmeal (251b bag) 4 0 ->M Kerosene, per tin ss; per case .. 10 9 ':M GRAIN. ETC. " , '>M Oats— ' i". a Gartons, per bushel 3 0 ''■■^j Duns 3 3 >'j3 Crushed 3 3 " M Barley— , >|| Cape 4' 3- -M English ..: '4 6 i 'm 'Crushed beans '.\;v 5 6' ~vj| Pollard, per 1001b, 7/6 2001b '.. 15 0 J& Bran, per 1801b bag 11' 6 '*' l '| Wlieat, fowl, per bushel 4 6 J Maize * DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. , fl Butter— Factory' ......v.. lv 8 > m Best separator 11 IS Seconds .. lOi 'M Dairy 011 j§ ! Oheese 0 9 ' ' .*Jf| Eggs • •••• 1 * &<] Lard 0 9 C| I Hams u.... 0 10 ' $M Rashers 1 0 T« Milk (quart) ..•. 6 * 'J| FRUIT. . || Nectarines \ .6d per (b J8 Peaches —...' /T. 4d and 6d per lb -'^J Plums 4d and 6d per lb '*J Tomatoes 4d and fidlb ~'Jj Pineapples , 9d and 1/- M Bananas 3d lb , 11 j Grapes 1/. to 1/6 per lb ■' is& Lemons 1/6 and 2/- doz. ,'M Apples '. 3d and 6d lb Pears 4d and Od per lb Oranges .'.... 1/6 to 2/- doz. '''rfijj Walnuts Is lb \-'£ Figs 6d per box ''£'4 VEGETABLES. t t|! Cabbage 4d m I Cauliflowers ' 4d to 8d , ■ -|j| Carrots 2d bunch ~._, jK Turnips , 2d bunch **' '^p Parsnips '. 2d bunch ■ iffi Leeks ' .3d bunch',' sji Rhubarb Od bunch .v,(m| Cucumbers 3d and 4d each Jfl BUYING PRICES. 'jl Factory butter— ' r^fS Rolled 1 iy t -fM Best separator reg'd. dairies 011 . : <£Jrm Farmers' separator .......... 010 . ~'x| Dairy 0 9 .ss| Eggs 1 4 - : jy| Hams. ......; '.... 0 B»A'''il|l| Lard ."".. 0 8 '"MI Fungus -0 3 nlm* Egg Circle— t ,mi Buying price 1 &<. .'laH