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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 207, 2 March 1914, Page 6

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LONDON MAi,.vETS. j By Cable—Press Assoc.ai.on—Copyright j Londu:, February 27. 1 Copper. —forward C..1 1:! lid, electrolytic .CU7 ss. Tin—Spot, .1:174, tlu..'c months £l7O. Pig iron, 545. Lead, £1!) 153. Spelter, £2l lis Oil. ] Sugar.—German Us .'id, first marks lis l»/ 2 d. Bradford Wool. —Active, with strong demand for erossbreds; (>4's '2ll'/id; super o'o's, 27% d; fid's, 23d; 5/'s, 20'/jd; 4'J's, 17'/ ( d; 4.o's, Hid. Wheat.—The active Continental demand has been principally for costcring purposes, but there is a good consumptive demand from British millers. In view of the shortage in Argentina and India and the probability that the Russian crop will be of inferior quality, Australian cargoes are linn at threepence advance. Several sold at ;ilis (Id to Ms ltd, also 12,(100 tons at the latter price. Australian spot is nominally 31)s; Xew Zealand is exhausted. Flour.—Good business in Australian patents. A March-April shipment sold at 25s (id.

Oats.—Old stocks are exhausted, and no business has been done in new crop. Beans.—Xegleeted; f.a.q. Xew Zealand is offering at 35s (id ex store, but there are no buvcrs.

Peas.—Finn; 45s was paid for Xew Zealand maples—a March-April shipment.

Butter.—There is firm and steady demand for colonial. Choicest Australian salted, U2s to 114s; unsalted, 114s to !l(is; exceptional lots, 118s; Xew Zealand salted, 115s to lllis; unsalted, 118s to 120s. Cheese.—Firm, New Zealand white 04s, colored 06s. London, February 28. Canada is underwriting 11 live million four per cent, loan at ninety-nine. KEWTON" KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Wednesday, ISih inst., at Onaero, for Mr. C. J. Harris' clearing sale I had a good attendance of buyers and keen competition for everything offered. The dairy' herd contained some very nice cows, the best of these selling at from £8 15s to £ll ss, olhers in milk and calving in October at from £4 to £7, yearling heifers 1:2 '2s, -lc "sey weaner heifers £2 7s (id, grade we..ae» .heifers £1 :Is, weaner bulls £1 7s, Jericy bull £(i 2s (id, breeding sows CI 5s to £2 10s, weaner pigs (Is Od, drill £l7,' dray £lB, disc harrows £4, gig £!). On account of other vendors dairy cows sold at from £4 15s to £l2.

On the same day at my Stony River yards there was a fair entry, of which I was able to make a good clearance as follows:—-Mixed weaners 18s to 245, la-months heifers £2 Gs to £2 Bs, ISand 18-month steers C 3 12s, aged store cows £1 Is to £2 2s (id, small framed stores £2 5s to £3, good store and for. ward cows £3 I2s lid to £4 Ills, fat cows good £8 lis to £7 (Is, lighter fat cows £5 10s to £(i 2s lid. bulls £(i 17s fld, pedigree Berkshire boars £2 5s to £5, breeding sows £2 to £2 12s od. pair bullocks and dray £-27, fat lambs 12s !)d, good lambs 9s 2d to 10s 4d, f.tn. ewes 7s fld.

At Awakino on Thursday 1 had a full yarding of both sheep and'cattle for mv annual fair. The quality and condition of the stock yarded was very line, being very favorably commented upon by the buyers present fr»m other district's and the vendors were rewarded by, obtaining brisk competition at the hammer for all lines offered, the whole yarding being disposed of at very satisfactory prices, as follows:—cows and calves £5 10s, £5 ss, £3 15s, £2 l»g •d, yearling and 15-montlw steers £8 lis, £3 Os, £3 2s (id, small and colored £2 (is, 2i/j,-year in calf heifers £3 13s to £4 10, fat cows (very fine line) £7 others (smaller cows) £<>, £5 17a fid, £5 15s, £5 Os, store and forward cows £2 15s, to £4 10s Od, stags £5 10s to *l, bulls (good weights) £5 10a to 13, IS-month llolstein bulls £3 os, 2'/ r year steers nice line of 34 well grown Shorthorn eattle from Mahocnui, £O, small pen at £5 10s 6d, 29 good steers at £5 10s, 58 at £5, and 45 £4 10s 6d, this last line showing a deal of color. f had a line entry of grown bullocks with spirited bidding, every pen being •old at the hammer at the following prices:-£8 lis, £B, £7 12s, £7 Bs, £7 4s, £7, £G 15s, £8 12s, £8 os, £G £5 15s. the lower priced lines containing colored bullocks and short in condition; lambs !>s -id for good lines, fit for rape with other fair lines 7s 6<l to 7s 10d, culls 4s Od, to (is, 2-tooth ewes, small Us 7d, f.m. ewes 10s, fls 4<l, 8s lOd, 8s Id, 7s Kid. 7s 4d, mixed sheep 10s to 13s, fat and forward ewes 14s Bd, 13s 3d. 13s, .12s 2d. fat and forward wethers 18s, for a good 4-tooth line of 330 and 10s to His lid for good store wethers. Several nice pens of 2-tooth wethers were yarded, the pick of these (a line from Mr. L. Jones, Mahocnui) realising 15s 7d, others from 14s (id to 15s for good, and 13s lid and 13s 7d for smaller, Romney rams 3 and 3'/,gns, f.m. rams 10s (id to 13s.

At Ok.iti yards on Friday I had a full yarding of sheep and a 'fair entry of cattle. The quality of the sheep was not up to previous entries and consequently the prices were varied. A wellSrowu line of 73 2'/ r year steers were siilmutle'd l.y Messrs IMaiichard Bros, and realised £5 8s (1,1, other prices obtained were:— Mixed weaners, mostly steers CI 15s, small weancr stores £1 is. IS and 18-month steers £3 12s (Id, yearling and 15-monlh steers £3 Is, •lersey 15-month steers .€? 8s Oil, bulis £2 15s to £(j lfls, store cows £3 17s to £4 (is, fat cows C(i"l7s Gil, £5 14s, £5 13s lid, spring heifors £1 Ills 2-vear in calf heifers C 3 Ids, 15-month heii-rs £2 15s, f.m. ewes (poor) Ss Gil, 8s 5d 7s 7(1, lis lfld, Gs Bd. (is 3,1, (is, 5s -1.1, ss' 3d, is. Is (id, good pen of 4-year ewes 13s Id. fat ewes 14s 2,1 to 14s 8d fat and forward wethers Kis 7d to 17s (id Rood 2-t.ooth wethers 15s, 14s lid, 14s 4d. 14s 2d, 14s, small 10s to 12s [ld, Romney ewe lambs lis, woolly lambs 10s 4d Rood shorn lambs 8s Id to 9s, others 7a Oil, 7s, (is, ss, 4s (id. rains 1 to' 2"ns. fin" rams 5s to 12s fid. On Friday, 20th in.f.. at Kapo„"a. for my monthly ,„(||,. sll |,. .„„, ~„„„.,, v-eaiier lair, I had ~ very „„.„] vnivv mid attendance. (;„„d conditioned cow'« ami bulls sold very readily: vendors' reserve-; mi weaneis were in most »'"<■!. »l>'.ve buyers' limits. l„,t in every ';'": "• •" *<•"'"'* vv,,|v i ,r "i |;,n " l ln "'ceo the market I was a bin to clear at I'l'ices winch „,i recent sales must be considered satisfactory. Prices wero:Vicaiicr steers LI l.'is lid, u cl ■■*• £1 7s, CI :;* (id. Cl 2s Ms' 10s weancr bulls C2 3s. Cl lis. mixed -weaners £1 13s. £1 lis. a Is, fI fl, «d, 12s, weancr heifers £•_' :j. s (id to el Hsfiil, £1 lis (id. Cl IDs. .-Cl' S , "il'o, Gil, £1 3s, £1 -2s lid. Cl Is, 10s (id. 18s lGs fid ,ss, bnlls fil lfis to £8 Os, in calf heifers £4 Os, small store «,ws or aged £1 12s Oil to C 3 Sa, »od sto re cows £3 18a to U m, forward cows from £4 12s to £3 MB| f or good eoM ?

tioncil cows, good fat cows £(! to £7 10s. At Urenni on Monday 1 hail a small entry, all of which I was able to clear at the following prices:—Weaner steers £1 8s 0(1 to £1 9s (hi, mixed weaners £1 Os fid to £1 His (Id, H'/s-yeur steers £7 ,"is, store cows £3 12s to £4 !Ij, small fat cows £5 (5s to £5 Ms Oil, goon £0 Ms, bulls £3 15s to £0 17s (id, spring heifers £5 10s, mixed fat sheep (very fine) £l, good rape lambs 10s Id, mixed wethers (poor lot) Ids, f.m. ewes lis to Ss.

On Tuesday, 24th inst., at my Raholu vards, considering the wet weather. I hail a fair entry, of which I cleared everything, as follows: -Weaner steer* £1 "l3s (id, £1 lis (id, £1 7s lid, £1 2s, weaner heifers 15s, mixed weaners £1 os, good line of well-grown IS-montli steers £3 Is (id, 15 and IS-montli steers rough £2 17s to £3 3s, bulls £3 H'< to £9, store cows £3 8s lid to £3 18s, forward cows £-1 15s (id to £5 15s. . On Tuesday at L'niti I held my open- j ing sale in my new yards. There was a i good yarding of really good sheep, which spol.e well for the grazing capabilities of the district. Woollv lambs made from (is 5d to Ids, shorn lambs -Is 7<! to Ss sd, f.m. ewes 7s lid to lis fid, (l-looth to f.f.m. 12s, 2 and 4-tooth 1,55. fat ewes 16s. 2-tooth wethers Ms Id to 15s, 4toiith wethers 10.- to 17s Sd, rams £2 2s. Private sales during the week as follows:—Cows and calves £1 17s (id and £5, 18-month steers good, £3 l(!s, 2'/ 3 - year heifers in calf £4, fat cows £7 ss, '.£o 10s, £5 15s, £5 lis, £5 ss, vealers £1 15s to £2 2s, bulls £5 to £B, mixed weaners £1 ss, wcaner steers in lines at £1 Us (id"anil CI 13s. Romnev rams 2 1 /„giis. lambs 10s (id, fls (id, 8s fW (all (ops), others (is, ss, fat lambs (heavy) 15s, 2-tooth ewes 15s ftd, 2-tootli wethers 15s fid and 15s 3d (these prices for two exceptionally unoil lines) others 14s. 13s, lis (id, mixed sheep lis. fat wethers £1 2- lid. Ills. 18s lid, IS-, fat ewes 17s 4d, His (id. Ids. 15s. Ms !Jcl, 1 and H-tooth and f.m. ewe-, I3s lid and 13s, f.m. ewes (Is to Ids. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT.

The Xi'\v Zealand Loan and Meirantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follows: On Tuesday. 24tli inst., we hold our usual fortnightly sale, in our Stratford yards. Owing to the very heavy rain the previous night, there was only a. small yarding of 171 head of cattle and 199 sheep. There was a fair attendance, hut this was no doubt also all'ected by the heavy rain. Competition was keener than at the previous sale for for. ward and fat stock. Other lines, however, were dull, and only about half the cattle were sold. Prices as follow: Store cows, small and low-conditioned. 40s, 51s to 02s Od, fair to medium sorts 72s fill to 955; forward cows 98s to I'iTs. for heavy good-conditioned, 1475; bulls, small, 57s to 72s (id, medium to 122* (id, heavies 1345; IS-months steers (fair demand) Gss to CDs fid; empty heifers (dull), 79s lo Sss for good-colored slull'; tows and calves, 75s for small to 9fls Rnd 91s for medium, and up to 120s for good-conditioned animals; weaner steers (good demand for good lines), 25s for small to 27s (id for medium. an<\ |up to 35s for good; lambs, small, 5s Oil fis fid, to 7s 3d (no good lines yardi'd); line of small cull ewes (5s 2d.

Duriug the past week we have effected a large number of private sales of stock as follows:—Weaner steers, good color and quality, sold at 25., (id' for email to 27s fid to 32s Cd for medium, and up to 33s (id to 39s for reallv good lines; weaner heifers, neglected aiid hard to quit; 18 to 20-months steers (scarce), flits to 71s; bullocks, £0 15s to :CB, for killable lines; f.m. ewes (fair lines) 12s ♦o 13s 8d; 4-year ewes 5s to 9s, 2-tooth ewes 14a to 15s fid; lambs, good lines, 9s; Lincoln nuns, Sgns to 4gns; Komney rams, 4% to ogns for really good lines'; rams, in lines, 3'/ a gns.