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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 214, 10 March 1914, Page 2

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I.().\!J(t\ WOOL MAKK.ICT. J '•>' Cable-lYess Assoeintion-- Copyright Loudon, March 8. V\ ool—(loud competition fur rny.ibreds. I'rifen unchanged, Merinos wore in Kellers' favor. At the wool sales the following piiics were realised fur tile lleece portions of the (•!ij)s named: 11 il; oru 11-i, top price 12d, average lt%d; Km, l:iy;,d ami 12'/,d; W.iiniiii, 12>/,,d asd li%d; I'yra Kid mid lly„d; Bramertun, I,'id and 12'/..d; Titi. l.'i'/jd find lilAd; Motuotaria, Kid and 1.-,'/,d. FROZEN' MEAT. London, March S. I'iozen meat Sheep, Australian ;! a-Hid, heavy and ewes 3%d. South American chilled beef, fores 3-y,d,liind» |4/ H d. Oilier moat unchanged. QUOTATION'S FOR CEREALS. London, March 8. Wheat—Quiet, Buyers are indisposed to operate, though sellers have reduced prices; 3Us 7d is asked for an Australian January-February shipment, and 38s !)d for December. I In: wheat and Hour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,770,000 quarters, for the Continent 2,010,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments 379,000 quarters, Pacific nil. The total to Europe is 1,205,000 quarters, including Australasian 246,000 quarters. THE HIDE MARKET. London, March P. Hides—Good demand. Queensland O'/sd, New .South Wales »%d. Leather Basils firm and unchanged. Rabbits—Dull and unchanged. HICH COMMISSIONER'S KEI'ORT. < lIICKSE AND BUTTER BUYERS CAUTIOUS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Monday. I'uilowing is the High market report under date London, March 7. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Mutton—The market is steady, with improved demand, partly owing'to Argentine shipments for last month being less than half those of February last year. North Island, 4'/ 2 d per lb for light weight, to as high as 4 : ' id. There wag dull i&le for heavy carcases of mutton at iy t d. Lamb—The market is quiet, with no alteration in prices. Other than Canterburjr (I 5-lfld, very best quality to a« high a> «%d. Beef,—The market is dull, and there is very little business on account of large supplies of American chilled beef. New Zealand hinds, per lb, 4%d, fores ii, chilled hinds 4%d, fores 3%d. Butter.—The market is quiet and small business doing, Danish, in faildemand at 124s to 126s per cwt. The New Zealand market is slow, and prices easier at 114s to 120s. The Australian market is steady but quiet at 110s to Ills. Tiie Argentine market is steady but quiet at 110s to U3s. Siberian: There in good demand for the new season s make at 110s to 112s. Cheese—The market is quiet, and prices slightly weaker for New Zealand. Buyers are cautious 011 account of large shipments arriving. Prices are nominal for Canadian, and little is doWhite, per cwt., 60s to 70s, colored 70s to 725. For New Zealand white the market is slow at 63s to 6 Is; colored i» in fair demand at 60s fld to litis (id, Australian white 02s to 03s, colored 88s to 645. It is estimated that the Canadian cheeße stocks at London, Liverpool and Bristol 011 .March 2 wen- 116,000 crates, a» against 157,000 at that time last year. New Zealand and Australian stocks in London and Bristol were 35,700 crates, against 26,800 at the same time last year. Hemp.—The market is dull and [fat. Holders would like to real ise. Tiie nutrket is overstocked and depressed. New Zealand good fair on spot, per ton, £25 ss, lair .122 10s; April to June shipments, good fair £25 lis, fair .€22 15s tor all positions. Manila: The output jrom Manila for the week was 211000 bales. Hops—The market is tinner, an,) •puces have slightly advanced for all grades. English, about average, 160s per cwt., Californian about 110s. Wool.—The market is strong in tone owing to business done, AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— At. Westfield yards on Friday breeding ewes, two, four and six-tooth, sold to 235, full-mouth ewes 13s Gd to 16s !)d, aged ewes 10s !)d to 13s 3d, cull ewes Ss 6d to 10s 3d, wethers 13s 6d to 17s 9d, lambs (first quality) Bs I'd to 12s 3d, others 5s Od to !)s 3d Kama in strong demand. Romney rams, 3gns to S'/sgns; Lincoln 3gns to agns.; tnglish Leicester, to 3gns; Bor- , L-U'wter, I'/ogns to 3gns; Shvoplgn to 4gns. At Wuiuku yards on Saturday dairv cows sold at from ,C 4 to ,t7 10s', empty cows £3 to £4 2s, empty heifers £3 to £3 18s, calves (best) 20s to £•■> •>« others 10s to ISs 6d. Beef at late rite''' PifTS, 10s to £1 10s.