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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 18 July 1914, Page 3

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1.0X1)0 N .MARKETS. I'.y Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, .Inly Hi. At tin- woo! wiles prices were good (or all sorts. The market is ilrm. Silver, 2">%d per ounce. Share quotations.-Tali-imiu. .'los itml .UIWtICAX VISIULK SI'PPI.Y. }.oiidoii. .July lfi. The visib'e American wheat siipplv i« ;',.2l'J,(liiD bushels. AUSTRALIAN 7 MARKETS. Sydney. .iii 1 v 17. Wheat. 3s oil. hovers lis Hid.' sellers :!'-• li)'/.d. r.oiiv, £!l. il.its.- Tasiiianian 2s lid In 3s, Algcr- ' i.u: iVi'din:.' -s -hi to 2s yd. milling is I 7ii, Cape feeding 2< (Id. English 2s'(id. j Maize Its lid to Us Kid. liran. £.-, as. PoKard. £.-. os. i'otatoe-.- -'l'asinatiian £3 10s to Eli. I Onions.-Vielorian £8 Kb. Xew Zea--1 hind £o Ids to £(!, pieklers £:l. I lintler. -Se'eeted USs, wuiidarv (ISk j to KIOs. ihicon, sd to tj'.;,(i. I Ham. Ud. i Cheese. !><l if. 10d. Adelaide, -Illlv lfi. Wheat, lis !M („ y s 10',.d. Hour. £S to £8 os. liran. Is Id. Pollard. If. lid. Oats. Algerian -2s 2d to 2s Ud. Melbourne. July lfi. Hides. -In /air supp'y: market, is easier owiny to the wet conditions. Melbourne. July 17. Wheat. lis l(l",d to 3s Kl'/.d. | Moor. £O. j P.nin. £o Ills. 1 Pollard. £o 15s. I P.arley.-Kndish malting :1s to lis (id. Cape 2s 2d to 2s sil. Oats,-Algerian 2s Id lo 2s lid. Maize, 3s 2%d. Pol aloes. £4 os to £4 Ids / Onion?, £(, ]os io £7. j MATTmTVVS, lIAMLIX AXI) CO. Matthews, (lamiiti and Co. report a . small yarding of stock at their Ingle- ; I wood yards last Wednesday of wliieli the majority were sold at ihe hammei at the following satisfactory urices:

Springing heifers, £4 15s to £5 ss; cows do. £5 ,to £0 los; store cows, £3 Ss to {£3 17s 'lid; empty heifer s\ (20-mos.) £3 os to £3 12s (id; woaneis 27s (id lo 30s. ADDIN'GTOX. .Entries of stock generally were, somewhat smaller than last week. Fat sheep and fat cattle were exceptions, Fat cattle were easier, as were fat lambs, of which there was only a small entry. Fat slice]) sold well, and there was ol change in pigs. Store Sheep.—Lest hoggets ' (mixed sexes), lti.-j to His 4d: good'hoggets (including some pens of wethers) 15s to 15s lid; fairly good hoggets 14s to 14s fid; vcrv medium hoggets. 1& fid to ■l3s !ld: "ewe hoggets, 17s 'to 17s lid; fairly good ewe hoggets. 20s; shorn hoggets,' 14s Sd; two-tooth ewes, 22s Id; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 18s 3d; ewes infixed ages and classes), Ifis ltd; full and failing mouth ewes (extra good) ISs Sd to 21s Hid; full and failing mouth ewes, 13s to 14s Oil; aged and cull ewes, I mostly empty) 7s. (id to lis fid; merino ewes. '.ls Sd: two and four-tooth wethers, ISs to ISs (id; two, four, and six-tooth wethers, Ills to 20s fid; two- tooth wethers. 17s fid. Fat Lambs.- Fxlra prime tegs, to 25s (id: tegs'. IDs (id to 22s Id; average weights, 17s fid to Ills: light and unfinished. 14s to 17s. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 38s; prime wethers, 23s to 28s; others, ISs IUI to 22s (id; merino wethers, Ills ."Ml to 22s (id; prime ewes, 20s to 23s Kid; medium. 17s (id to Ills till; aged and light, Us 0d to 17s; merino ewes, Lis 5d to Ifis. Fat Cattle.-, Steers. £7 2s (id to ill; extra good steers, to £1(1: heifers, Sid to £8 10-; extra good heifers, to £ll 7s (id; cows, £5 17s (id to £7 ss; extra good cows, to I'll 7s lid. Trices pel 10011)., 2Ss to 32b Cil. .Store Cattle—ls to 18-month sorts, made 12 5s to £3 2s fid; 2-year heifers, £ll Is; a'/a-.vear steers, ij 7s fid; 3year steers, £7 2s fid; 3-year heifers, £5 7s (id; dry cows, £2 to £5; dairy cows, £ 3 10s to £0; and extra, to £l4 os.

Fat Pigs.—Choppers, 70s to 00s; heavy baconers, das to 70s; extra heavy bacouers, to 735; ordinary baconers, 52s fid to fids; price per lb. 5J to s>/ 2 d; heavy porkers. 44s to 475: other porkers, .>Bs to -12s; price per lb., (id to tl'/jd. Stove Pigs—Large stores, 45s to 48s (id; mod ium stores, 38s to 445; small stores, 2Ss to 375; weaners, 0s for very small sorts to 22s (id for extra good; sows, in pig, to £5 10s; sows, with litters, £<i 10s. BLKX'SIDTC. Fat Cattle.—There was a large yard ing, and prices for prime quality were abiiuf the same as last week. Medium were, easier. Best bullocks ran to £l4. extra to £ls ss. medium to £ll 10 ! light and unlini-hed to £0 ss, Cows and heifers.-Host to £1) 15s. extra to £lO 15s. medium (o £8 10s. -inferior to £7 ss. Store cattle.- C ■ .vs to «£fi 10s heifers to £3 18s. vearlings to £4 15s, calves to-375. Dairy cattle.-Cows to £ll 7s fid, heifers to £(> r><>. -alves to 335. Fat Sheep.—A good yarding came forward, a fair proportion being ewes, a few of which were prime heavy weights. Only a sprinkling of primp heavy wethers were offered, which sold at extreme prices. Prime heavy wethers ran to 31s. extra to 325. .medium lo 2fis. unfinished to 225. prime heavy ewes to 25s «s, extra to 33s 3d, medium to 20s. inferior 12s to los. L-.inibs.—Sixteen hundred were yarded. The quality was pretty good. "Prieesi were a trifle firmer than last week. Prime lambs Tan to 21s fld. extra to 23s Oil. medium to ISs fld. unfinished to 15s Oil. On'y 5« pigs were varded. so that price? firmed. Seventy-three store pigs- were offered, and met with a good demand. Fat pigs ran to £5 2s fid. baconers to £3 15s fid, porkers to £2 las (id. stores to £3 2s. slipes to 20s (id. suckers to 23s fid. JOIINiSONVILLE. At the Johnsonville fat -foj-k sale there were aood entries of sheep. Cattle sold readilv at ilate rate*. Prim" heavv bullocks made £l3: prime bullocks £ll ).").< to £l2 ss; lighter. £S K,s; extra prime heavy ivelher-, 20s; priaie wethers. 2fis (id: prime ewes. 22s (id to 235. and 21s fid to 225: prime lambs. 10s to ISs.