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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 164, 10 January 1914, Page 2

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I LONDON MAHK.FTS. By Cubic—Press Association—Copyright Loudon, January S. Share quotations—Wailli, ."i2s !>l and AI'STUALI AN .\1 ARKICTS. Sydney, January S. Wheat, .'is f>'/.d to Us (id. Flour, £7 10s to £7 Ij.s. I Oats. —Algerian feeding 2s 4d to 2s 3d, milling' 2s Bcl, sparrow hills lis lil to lis I 2d, giant* ;)s 2d to Its 3d, New Zealau i I (iartoiis lis lid. Hal-ley.—Cape malting lis oil to lis 31. ■Maize, 4s 3d to 4s 4!. Bran, £4. l'ollard, £4 fts. Potatoes, Tasmaiiinn fit. Onions. —Victorian £7 10s to £B, , Butter. —Selected 1 Oils, M'eondary ' .'0; ■Cheese, ">'/L'd to 5%d. Bacon, S'/..d to t»d. Adelaide, .lanuarv >!. "Wheat, lis lid to I).; (>'/>d. 'Flour, £7 15s to £S. Bran and pollard, lid. Melbourne, .Taiuwry S. Hides.—A large catalogue was ollercd and there was acute competition. Trices were fully one fartliinir dearer than at •the last sales in December. Wheal, lis ;">%<!. Flour, £S 10s. Oats.—Feeding Is Td to Is «i/jd, milling Is Hd to Is !)'/;<1. liarley.—Malting, Cape 2s Hd. Knglisli lis lid to lis (id. Maize, lis KJd. lira i), £4 IDs. Pollard, £4 1.3?', Potatoes. £:i lfj n to t-t 10s. Onions, £i>.

\ KWTOX KlNii'S WEEKLY UK PORT. At I'renui on the nth inst I had only a small entry of cattle, which .sold as follow*: —Yearling heifers .€'2 I.m, 2'/s----vcar steers £3 3s to .Go lis (id, I! 1 /,-year bullocks £li 12s lid, store cows £3 Kis (id (o £1 lis, forward cows £."> Is to £3 18s. spring .heifers £4 12s (id to £(i ) 10s, dairy cows £7 10s. bulls £3 Is, buggy £23. cows and calves £5 ss. On the same day at Douglas there was . a full yarding and a good attendance of buyers. Competition was brisk throughout, a very satisfactory clearance being made at the following prices: —l3-nionths steers £3 Lis lid, ,C 3 lis, CJ Ss, ,a 4s (id, £;i 3s, £2 4s, small yearling to 15-monlhs heifers C2 3s to I £2 !)s (Id, good grades £2 IDs, 2'/,-year [ heifers K.\\.l!. ,I':| Ills to £4, bulls | I','! 7s (id to £4, •i'/i.-yoar steer.-, £3 1,35, I tM ISs, £4, store cows £3 to £ll ss, forward cows £4 )0s lid to £3 12s Gd, I fat cows £li is to £li His. ewes and | lambs lis lid, rams 7s, wethers small I 13s Sd to 14s 4dAt Stralford on Tuesday, (itli inst., there was only a rfinall entry, the line weather keeping many farmers at 'home jat (heir home work, Competition was I dull, but I was able to dispose of a fair i.portion of the yarding as follows: I 13-montlis steers £3 12s, small yearlings j £1 12s (id. bulls £2 14s (o £8 Ls,springi er.-, £4 12s lid to £3 12s lid. store cows I £3 to £4 lis lid, forward cows £4 17s | lid (o- £5 lis, fat cows £li Is (id to £li ■ 12s. stags £ii H-, working -bullocks' £22 a pair.

At Stony River on Wednesday there was :< fair entry with a good demand for all classes. Yearling steers (rough) made £2 12s, mixed yearlings £2 3s, yearling heifers £2 7s lid to £2 lGs, 2-year steers £4 Ss (id, >!ore eows up to £4 7s, forward eows £5 4s to £5 18,. fat eows £li 5s to £G 12s, bulls (in strong demand) £5 Ills to £7 17s lid, eows and calves £3 Gs lid to £5 2s. springing heifers £3 5, to £G5s, dairy eows £7, guaranteed eows £5 llts, weaner pigs !)s, store pigs £1 R I rivate sales.- Since my hist report as follows:- Yearling heifers £3, yetrling to 15-months steers £3 12s, £3 7s (id. £3 3s, £3, 8-year steers £G to L' 6 : 'S. pty 21/,-ycar heifers £4 10s,

hulls £5 hi £(> I Os, springing heifers £(i H!s. ii;iirv eow„ C 7, store cows £4 IDs, C 4 .Is, c-1, forward cows £5 lis (id,

£5 ss, fat C.IWS £7 ss, £ti 15s, £(> 12s Od. £0 JOs, fat lambs 15s, fat ewrs liis, to 17s. ewes and lambs £1 Bs, empty ewes ]:)», .store wethers 17s, small 2loolii wethers 13s to 14s (Id.

wkisster liucrniKTis' HKPOIIT. Poultry. At the marl on Saturday we had a good entry of birds of all classes. Prices were a shade lower than the previous week, as under: -Ken,, voim", 1.]od to 2s .1,1, fat 2s to 2s (i.l;'cockerels Is llld to Is lid, fat Is 10d to ;ls 3d; diicK-. li I],; to 9: |j,|. ducklings, vomit; •< -id to Is Dd, forward to 2s lid; drakes 2s to 2s lid. A large lin- of auction sundries and r'J'c '"''nilore was di-poscd of at satisi.'U'torv prices. During the week we had large oiiar.titn- OI ;i;l u r f rn j t

which mot with u ready sale. Prices are as under, according to the quality (it the fruit and the size of the eases:— Itanium (green) 12s tid to 13s, ripe ;ld per II); ornngvs, American navels 20s (id to 21s per ease; American Jonathans and other varieties 15a !)d to Ilia; lemons Is lid dozen; grapes Is 7d per Hi; cuciimbers ."is I'd to Ss (id per dozen; liima-. toes, first grade Is Id to Is 2d per Hi; second grade fid to i)d per 11); plums Is to (is case; peaches, first grade lis (id to »s 'id, second grade 2s to 2s !)d, third grade Is (id to '2s 3d; nectarines ."is to 7s lid; apricots ">■ (id to 10;;.

MATTHEWS, (lAMLIX AXI) CO.'S 1!KL'01!T. Matthews, fiamliu and Co. report a small yarding in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Hiddin" for store and forward cows was exceptionally good, and practically everything yarded was sold at the hammer at the following prices:—Aged and low-conditioned cows from £3 7s lid to £4 Is, others ft 10s to £o os. forward do. £5 Ids to fli, springers £5 to £3 15s, good colored 15liionth heifers £3 li>s, others £2 Ids to £2 17s lid, ]5-month grade Jersey hulls £2 to £4. .TOIIN'SOXYILIX Bullocks.— £ll 10s, .CI 1 15s, .CI 1 17s lid, £l2. Sheep: l'rime wethers 22s 3d to 22s Oil, good wethers 2i)s (id, ills Sd, maiden ewes 18s fid best ewes IDs (id, good ewes 18s tid, best ewes l!)s (id good ewes 18s to Ills, lighter sorts lis Oil, best lambs His (id to 17s, good lambs 3os 2d to 15s l()d, light lambs Ms 7d. ADDIXIITOX.

Store sheep—Hoggets Ms ml to ]lis fid, two-tooth wethers 13s to 14s 2d, four, six and ci<>ht-tooth His. other wethers 13s to 17s 3d, two-tooth ewes 18s, two-tootli crossbred ewes l!)s Id, two-tooth halfbred ewes 21s, aged ewes Us (id.

Fat lambs —Tegs 20s io 23s (equal to about o%il per 11)), average freezing weights 17s to IDs (id (equal to about (id to G'/od per lb), light and unfinished lis lOd.to IBs (id, cbiellv bought by graziers.

Fat sheep—Prime ivethers 21s to 24s •2d, others 17s lid to 20s (id, prime ewes .183 to 24s (id, others 13s to 17s Gil, merino wethers 17s lid, merino ewes lis (id. Fat cattle-Steers £7 7s (id to til 10s, extra to .£l4 15*. heifers £7 2s lid to .£9 10s. extra to .£ll ."is, eows £5 to £ll.

Store eattle—Yearlings £2 10s to £2 12s, fifteen to eighteen-monihs stoles £3 .Is to £3 Gs, two-year steers £5 IDs, 2'/.-vcar steers to £(i, 3-vear steers £7 ' to £7 Us. 3i/ s .year steers to £7 13s, 4-year steers £S 7s, dry cows £2 to £ti. Dairy eows made £2 17s (id to £ll. . Fat pigs—Choppers £2 10s to £4 ss, heavy baeoners £3 to £3 Ils, lighter £2 7s to £2 15s (equal to s'/ t d per lb); heavy porkers £2 2s to £2 Gs, lighter £1 17s to £2 (equal to to G'/id per lb). Store pigs: Sows in pig £.l 15s to £4 ss, sows with litters £G, large store* £1 lGs to £2 2s, medium stores El Ss to £1 15s. small stores £1 2s to £1 7s. ■Small weaners brought from l(is, extra good quality animals making £1 2s. IiUHXSIDK,

Test bulloeks £l4 to CIG, medium weight £l2 to £l3, light £!) Ills to £ll, heavy-weight eows £ll to £l4, medium £1) to £lO, light and inferior £G to £S 10s.

Fat sheep—Prime wetlieis -27s to .10s, medium 23a to "2j«, light and inferior IDs to 21s Oil, heavy ewes 27s to 30s 3d, good to medium 22s to 2,"is, light and inferior 13s to 18s. Best lambs made 18s to 20s, medium 10s to 17s, light 12s Od to 14s. Fat pigs—AVeaners CI 8s to £1 12s Od, others £1 4s to CI 7s (id, suckers Lis to 235. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows: At Westlield (Auckland) yards on Momiav we held our weekly sale of fat | stock. There was a good Yarding, and I prices were firmer than last week, best oxen, selling to 32s per 1 Willi, others 28s to 31s; cows ami heifers 21s to 2K»; steers cold at from £7 15s to Cllis 12s (is, eow and heifers £5 to £!) 10s. A draft of 20 small .but extra fatted steers i averaged £l*2 lis (id. Veal pens were j well Idled, prices again advancing. Heavy vealers £-1 to £4 15s, niediuui weight £3 3s to £3 18s, smaller £2 lo £3, lighter £1 to 38s, lrc*h dropped 3s to 10s. Slice]) in average number*. n:id prii-es ruled at. last week's rates for prime welhers, others sold a whadc lower. Prime wethers 23s to 245, others ISs lid to 22s (id, lighter 17s to 18s !)d, heavy eives 17s 3d to 20s, others 13s to Ids fid. Limbs in full numbers, and declined in price, owing to the freezing havers not operating. Best ipialitv 17s 3d to IDs Oil, good 14s Dd to 17s, others 12s Dil to Lis 3d, smaller 8s Dd to lis. Pigs wen- penned in short supply, and sold well. Pvaroners, U2 15s to .li:! lis; large porkers 35s to £2 Ss: porkers °js lo 335.