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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 275, 12 April 1913, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, April 10. Silver, 27% d per ounce. Share quotations.—Waihi 30s and 31s 3d, Junctions 17s and 18s, Talisman 32s Ud and 37s Cd. SYDNEY WOOL .SALES.' Sydney, April 10. The wool sales closed animated, with strong competition. All sections were very firm at opening rates. The Japanese are taking the finest scoureds freely. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 10. With the strike over, the produce markets are in a normal condition. Wheat, 3s B%d. Flour, £8 15s. Oats.—Sparrowbilis, and Algerians, 3s to 3s Id; giants, 33 Id. Barley.—Cape, 3s lOd'to 4s. : Maize, 4s to 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, £5 ss. Potatoes,—Tasmanian. £7 10s to £S 10s. Onions.—Victorian, £8; New Zealand £7 os.

Butter.—Declined another ss; selected 945; good 88s to 90s. Cheese, <5 1 / a d to 7 ! /,d. Bacon, B%d to 9d. Adelaide, April 10. Wheat, 3s 7%d to 3s Bd. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Bran and pollard, Is 2d. Oats, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Melbourne'. April 10. Hides.—Rood supplies and fair competition; '/ s d to y 4 i\ lower. Melbourne, April 11. Wheat 3s-BV,d to 3s 9d. Flour, £8 15s. Bran and pollard £5 10s. Barley.—English malting nominal 3s 0d to 4s 3d, Cape 2s !»d to 3s 3d. Oats.—Algerian milling 2s 4y,d, feed 2s to 2s 2d. "' ' Maize, 4s 3d. Potatoes.—Firmer. £5 10s to £0 10s. Onions, £O. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY- REPORT.

On Monday 7th inst., at my Urenui yards I had a fair- "entry of slieep and cattle. Tlie inquiry was dull, more especially for sheep, only one pen being cleared. A good number of weaners were yarded, and 'although a very few pens were sold at the hammer, I cleared privately all except two lines of secondrate mixed cattle. Prices were obtained as follows:—Weaner heifers, with some colour up to £2 12s, grade weaner heifers including two pens of very nice Shorthorns £1 19s to £2 Is, niixed weaners £1 8s (id to £1 12s, weaner steers £1 18s to £1 IDs Od. empty and 20-months heifers £3 fis to £3 lis. IS months steers £3 8s to £3 lis, store cows up to ; £3 15s, fat cows (in demand) from £5 13s to £O, bulls £2 to £O, ewes 0 to f.m. 10s lid, cull ewes 3s Gd.

On the same day at Tarata for Mr. i James Pratt's clearing sale, I had a good attendance. The cows were small, being mostly 2nd ealvcrs, but were Well competed for, and considering the time of the season sold well as follows: Dairy cows from £4''los to £B, bull £0 ss, bullock £5 10s, in calf heifers £4 i los, 2-year steer £4, weaner .heifers £1 17s, coloured weaner steers 17s, mixed'sheep lis lOd. On account of other vendors, i 2, 4 anil 0-tooth ewes lis (id, rams i'lOs, j 2-tooth wethers 13s lOd; store cows £2 [ 17s, hulls £2 15s to £3 (is, small weaner ' heifers £l. '. ' ■ \ At Rahotu on Tuesday the Bth inst.. for ray Autumn Cattle Fair there was a very big- entry, all pens, races, and side - paddocks being fully taxed. There was a splendid attendance of buyers from all parts of .Tarapaki, making competition good "for'all lines offered, practically the whole yarding of 800 head of cattle being cleared at the, "haminer. Abouit 320 head of weaners were yarded, these meeting with a vtfrv 'keen, demand. T supply prices:—Choice coloured weaner heifers £3-. 4s fid to £3 17s (id. grade, weaner heifers £1 12s (id to £2 2s (id, mixed weaners, best. £1 12s (id to £1 IGs, small or lines including'bad coloured steers, .£1 0s fid to £1 9s. weaner steers £1 13s to £1 His. smaller £1 5s to £1 10s. Jersey 10s to 10s lid, empty 20-months' heifers (very few yarded) £3 12s to £3 His, in calf 20months' heifers £3 ]7sJid.to £4 4s, in calf 2V.-vear heifers £5 'Bs (id. weaner bulls fl'os, 2-year steers £3 19s, 18 to 20-monlhs'' steers £3 5s (id to £3 13s, Jerseys £1 lis (id to £2, 2>/» year steers £4 12s (id to £5 ss, 3 to 3'/ s -year .bullocks £(i 2s (id to £(i (is, springing heifers £4 10s, dairy cows £(i. cows and calves £4, aged store cows 10s to £1 lS.s (id, small store cows £1 13s to £2 7s, store and forward cows £2 lis to. £4.'fat cows £(i to £(i 7s, small .'.£3 (is to £5 15s (id. bulls, small. £3 2s to £4 ,10s, good conditioned bulls up to £7. Private Sales.—Coloured weaner heifers £3 to £3 4s, mixed weaners £1 17s. empty 20-months' heifers £3 10s,' £3 12s (id, £3 15s, store cqws £4 to £4 ss. fat cows £5 15s to £G 10s, bulls £5 ss, fat bullocks £8 10s to £9, dairy herds for forward delivery £8 to £lO 10s, in calf i\'-, to 3-year heifers £(i ss. £(> 3s, £5 15s. £5 10s, fat ewes 14s to 15s. 4 and (i-tootli wethers 10s (id, His, 15s (id, 15s 4d. 2-tooth wethers 14s, lambs' Ss (id to 10s., rams £1 10s, 4-tooth ewes IGs 3d,

MATTHEWS, BENNETT AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthew's, Bennett and Co. report a fair yarding in their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Ridding was slow, on most classes, with the exception of coloured weaner heifers, which sold readily'. Prices as follows: —Store cows £2 10s to £3 ss, forward do. £3 Us to £4 os. bulls £5 to £7. small do. £2 15s to £3 JOs, colored empty heifers .€4, weaners (mixed). 24s to 28s, coloured weaner heifers £2 18s to £3 15s, weaner steers (good) 28s to 32s (id, f.m. ewes (is 3d to 7s (id.. 4 and (i-tooth ewes 15s SOUTHERN MARKETS. JOJiXSOXYILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd. report: - At .lohnsonville. on Wednesday a good yarding of bullocks and a medium one of slice]) came forward and sold well at late rate-. Fine heavy bullocks made £ll U> £ll 2s (id. prime bullocks £!l I/is Id £lO. Ibjlil.er £<) 2s lid to £!) 7s (id. [ vealers 31s lo 375. extra prime evs His IM lo 17s Id. nood ewes 15s lo 'lss lid. plain 14s to 14s lid, m-di-im wethers 17s -2d. plain 15s ('!,! fo 15s { M. prime iambs 14s lo Lis 4.1. medium lambs ■l2s lid to 13s (id. ADDIXOTOX MARKETS. Christchur-'li, April !). The yarding of stock, especially of sheep of all classes, was again a very large one at Addington. and there was a good attendance. Store sheep maintained a strong demand. Fat lambs advanced about fld per head. Fat sheep were firmer, and fat cattle were irregular, hut prices on the whole were better. Fat pigs sold at about Inst week's rates. Store cattle were dull of sale. but there was a keen demand for dairy cows at higher prices. Store Sheep.—-Quotations: Ewes, good average sorts 10s fid to ISs fid, special quality 18s Od to 20s. small end inferior 13s lo 15s, 4-tooth 12s to Ifo, 2 air( j

4-tooth 13s (id to lfis, 2, 4, C ami 8-tooth 13s (id to 14«, 4, C and 8-tooth (good) 14s to His, 4 and li-tooth 15s to 18s 9d, fresh sound-month (good lines) Lis to 17s (id, medium 13s (id to 14s lOd, full and failing mouth 9a Od to 13s Id, and aged sorts 8s lid to 10s. Lambs, best forward rape sorts I3s fid to 14s Gd, medium 12s to 13s, good average sorts lis to lis (id, fair to Is, small 40s to 0s (id, culls (is 3d to 8d; wethers forward sorts I4s (id to 17s (id, and small 2-tooths 12s.

Fat Lambs,—Trices showed an advance of about !)d per head, and were equal to y'/od to 5%d per lb; tegs made 17s (id to 2s Kid, ordinary freezing weights ]j>s to 17s fid, and lighter 13s 9d to 14s fid.

The yarding of fat sheep again totalled about fiOOD. The quality generally was good to prime. Range of prices: Prime wethers 19s Od to 22s 7d; lighter 14s 8d to 19s, prime ewes Uis (id to 21s Od, medium 14s to lfis, aged and lHit 10s to 13s Od.

Entries of fat cattle totalled 25 head. The sale opened at prices on a par with those ruling on April 2nd, but as the market proceeded the demand was orratic, but compared with the previous week, prices showed an advance of Is per inoib, making 22s Od to 31s per 100,1b; steers made £7 7s Od to £ll. extra to £l,-), heifers £(i 15s to £«.),.' extra to £ll 15s, and cows £5 2s fid to £lO 10s.

Store Cattle.--Fifteen to eighteenmonth sorts realised £2'lss to £2 17s Od, 2-year steers £5 7s, 2-year heifers £4 7s 2%-ycnr heifers £4 15s, -3-year steers £0 lis, 3-year heifers £4 8s Od to £4 10s, and cows £1 10s to £4.

Dairy cows made £4 to £8 and up to £ls for extra good sorts. An average entry o.f fat pigs met with a good demand, prices being about the same as the previous week. Choppers made £3 to £5 Ss, heavy baconers 70s to 745, and lighter sorts 55s to 655. equal to 5 1 /od to Od per lb; heavy porkers realised 47s to 525, and lighter sorts 38s to 455. equivalent to Cd to G'/.d per lb. V

Stora Pigs.—Large sorts realised 38s to 455. medium 28s to 375, and small sorts 20s to 20s. iiuknside: Dunedin, April 9. There was a full yarding of fat cattle at Burnside to-day, 220 head being penned. The entry consisted chiefly of medium quality bullocks and heifers with a few pens of' good cattle. Owing to the number forward, prices showed no improvement on last week's rates. Best bullocks £ll 10s to £l2 10s, extra to £l4 17s (id, medium to good £lO to |£ll, light £8 10s to £9,' best cows and ■heifers £8 10s to £0 15s, extra £ll, medium to good £0 10s to £7 10s.

Fat sheep.—There was a fairly large (warding, the entry. totalling 3337, consisting chiefly of medium weight wethers and ewes, with a few pens of heavy sheep. Prices for prime sheep were better thiln those ruling last week, but for medium and light weights there was little improvement on last week's rates. Prime wethers 20s to 23s Od, extra to 30s, medium to good 18s to 19s Od, light IGs to 17s, prime ewes 18s to 20s, extra heavy to 28s, medium to good 12s 6d to 10s.

Fat lambs.—2o27 were penned, consisting chiefly, of good quality animals. Freezing buyers were operating freelv. and prices were fully equal" to last week's rates. Rest 18s Gd to 20s. extra good to 25s 3d, medium to good las 0d to 17s Gd. light 13s, to 14s od. Pigs.—Fifty-five fat nigs and « : -'v stores were yarded. Prices for b,

crs and porkers were a shade letter than last week's rates, and store "'<.'- also sold well. Suckers 13a to 17s, s''~17s to 245, stores to 28s, porkers 33s to 455, light baeoners 555, heavy to, 725.