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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 6, 7 June 1913, Page 2

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♦ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, June 5. Wheat, 3s B%d per bushel. Flour, £8 15s per ton. Oats—Algerion feeding 2s Cd to 2s Bd, seeding 3s'ld, sparrowbilla 2s lid, giants 2s ll%d. Barley.—Ca,pe, 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Maize ,3s 10d to 4s. •Bran, £4 10s. Pollard, £4 15s. ■Potatoes.—Tasmanian £6 10s to £B. Onions, £ 7155, picklers £5. Buttter.—Selected 98s, secondary 92s to 945. Cheese, 7%d. Bacon, 7d to 7V 2 d . Adelaide, June 5. Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. ' Flour, £8 te £8 5s . ... Oats, Is lOd to 2s. Bran and pollard Is- \ Melbourne, June 5. Hides are it fair supply, with keen competition The market is firm. Melbourne, June 6 Wheat, 3s B%d. Flour, £8 15s. Bran and pollard, £5. Barley.—English malting, 3s 9d to 4s, Cape 2s lOd to 3s, Algerian milling 2s 3d, feed Is lid:. Maize, 4s 4d, Potatoes, £2 0s to £4 12s fid. Onions, £6 10s. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Monday, 2nd inst., at my.Urenui yards, owing to the rough weather, there, was only a small entry,' but a good at-{ tendance of the public. A good number of fat' cows were yarded, these gelling very readily. Prices obtained were:— Wcaner heifers £1 15s to £2 is, weaner steers £1 17s, small £1 4s to £1 6s, store cows £2 2s to £3 2s Gd, best fat cows £6 10s to £7 0s 6d, light £5 to £5 13s Gd, cows, guaranteed, £5 to £5 10s, springing heifers £5 to £6 2s' Cd, Jersey heifers, in calf, £5 lGs 6<l, lambs 7s Gd. On Tuesday, 3rd inst., there was a small entry 'which sold as follows: — Weaner heifers (small) £1 3s 6d to £1 7s 6d, ; weaner steers £1 lGs, cows, small or-aged £1 10s, store cows £2 Cs to £4 ss, empty ]ieifen £3 Is, 2%-year in calf heifers £5 6s Gd, 20-months to 2-year in calf heifers (nice conditioned line with several good colored) £4 lis Gd. Clearing Sales.— On Friday, May 30th, at Albert Road, for Mr Chew Chong's clearing sale, there was a good attend- ; ance of the public. The, cows were all good Jerseys, hut unfortunately were not showing very forward. Prices oh- : tained were as follows: —Dairv cows £7 10s to £B.'heifers' £5 15s to'£7. pedigree Jersey heifers £ls 15s,'pedigree Jersey bull 7VI. guineas;, .Terser 2>/,-Vear steers I £.' l 12s (id.' \wan<T heifer's I'TlHs (:> Ll 7s, | heifer calf £l. farm gelding £l9. Masscv drill £2-1 ss. ' j On the same dav at Midhirsl. for Mr.' V. Membe.Tv's sale, there was a splc.idh! I . attendance if the public with a good de-| maud for cows and iiii|pleiiienls. Best J dairv cows sold at from 111 !o.s lo £]:!, good rows, but late calvers £(! 5s to £;■" 15s. aged or tlirei'-(|:i,ir(er cow ■; £1 .;.•, (0 £5 Ids. ImH £3 Ifls. mixed readings £l' 12-; (Id. store cows £2 10s. ".elding £2l ss, gig ■£2o ss, milk cart £fi lbs. Private Sales for the Week.- Dairv herds at from £S 10s (o £lO. forward cows £4 10s. fat cows £5 Ids for lighv. to, £i> 17s (Id for a good heavy line. :!'/,- year bullocks £(' 10s, 2'/>-year steers £4l 10s to £5 ss. 20-months to 2-ve;\r steers I £3 15s. -Jerseys £2 ss, fat ewes" Ms Cd, fat! 2-tooth ewes and wethers 14s (Id, 4 and fi-footh fan. ewes (culls) 7s .'ld. lambs (in demand) 7s Oil to lis, small fjs lid, tiehls! of turnips at from £2 10s to £:! 10s per acre. MATTHEWS. BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews. Bennett and Co. report that (here was only a small entry of cattle in their In.glewooil yards on Wednesday. Everything yarded was sold as fob' lows:—Colored wcaner heifers ,C 3 7s fid. si ere cows £2 to £3 Ifis. springers £(i to £0 10s, f.m. ewes Js to Ss 4d. Y

SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. The attendance at the Addington stock market was good, and well up* to the average of recent sales. The range of prices was as under ;-r-Tegs, to £llos 3d; average weights, 16s to* 19s; light and unfinished, 14s to 15s 6d; the range of 3 values for extra prime wethers was £1 ■> 16s; prime, £1 0s Gd to £1 6s fld; others, 17s to £1; ewes, prime, 18s to £1 3s;" medium, 15s to 17s 6d; aged and light, lis to lis Gd; merino wethers, 17s Cd; merino ewes, 10s., • Fat catle: Steers, made £7 17s Gd- to £ll 10s; extra; to £ls; heifers, £5 17s Cd to £9 12s 6d; and cows, £5 15s to £lO J 10s; fait calves, to £3 10s for ordinary sorts, extra realising to £5. Store cattle to 18-month sorts made £2 2s Gd to £3 3s J 6d; cows, £1 10s to £4 2s Gd. Dairy cows, £4 5s to £8 10s for ordinary; extra good making to £lO 15s. An especially good cow was passed at £l2 10s. Pigs: Choppers, £3 10s to £7; heavy baeoners, £3 7s 6d to £ 15s, and lighter sorts, £2 Jss to £3 ss, or equal to 5%d 1 per lb. Heavy porkers brought £2 5s to £2 10s, and lighter, £2 to £2 4s, equivalent to Gd per lb. Stores: Best sorts, £1 14s to £1 19s 9d, and smaller pigs, £1 2s to £1 13s. Weaners brought, 9s to 14s. JOHNSONVTLLE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—A fair yarding of bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold at the following prices:—Prime bullocks, £ll 2s Gd to £ll 7s Gd; lighter, £7 to £7 -7s; light, £8 12s Gd to £9 12s <sd; prime wethers, 21s; medium wethers, 19s; • jgood ewes 17s 4d; medium ewes, IBs.to j 16s 6d; prime lambs, 14s 3d to 14s Id. MASTERTON. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd., report as follows:—Our entry of stock at Solway consisted principally of lambs, these meeting with good competition We made a total clearance at prices in advance oMast week's rates. Forward, white-face lambs made from 8s 6d to 9s 2d; medium white-face lambs, 8s; culls, 4s 5d to 4s lOd; black-face medium, 7s 6d to 7s Od; empty ewes, 12s 9d; small two-tooth ewes, 8s lOd; springing heifers, to £7; aged ewes in lamb, 6s 9d.