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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 79, 22 August 1914, Page 3

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LONDON MARKETS. GOLD FOR BANK OF ENGLAND. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, August 21). Tin; Bank of England received £1,309,000 in gold to-day. Fair business was done in granulated sugar on spot at '2Bs. Molybdenite, 1)1« per unit, on a bastt of 90 per cent, of molydate uchi. Pig iron, 52s 7d. Bradford wool.—More cheerful. .Cross breds are hardening, and there is strong ""demand for khaki clothing sorts. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, August 2.1. •Wheat, 4s Gd. 'Flour, £9 as. Oats, 2s lOd to 3s Id. 'Barley.—English, 3s to 3s 9d, Cape 2| 6(1 to 2s 9d. Maize, 3s 10'/ 2 d. Bran, £6 ss. Pollard, £6 10s. Potatoes, £6. Onions, £B. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gam] in and: Co. report a fair yarding in* their Inglewood yards lust Wednesday, prices for all classes of stock allowing a slight decline on last week's -prices. Springing heifers (good) £5 15s to £B, others ii 12s to £5 10s; dairy cows £4 15s to £8; empty heifers 39s to £2 14s; store cows £2 to £4 las-; yearling steers £1 9s to £2 17s Gd; f.in. ewes in lamb 20s Gd, hoggets 12s 7(L ADDING TON. Christclmreh, August 19. At Addington live stock market Ihcr.: was a larg'i entry of fat shoe". an av--1 rage yardicg of fat cattle, ana a me 1ium entry o? store sheep. There was a good attendance. Store s'.i«cp were very dull of Kale at lower prices, and the fat sheep market was easier. There \as practically no change in beef, and fat p'ir> sold a; improved raics. i Store sheep.—Best hoggets, 12s to 13= (Id; fairly good hoggets, Us to 12s. Una! I hoggets, Ss to 9s ?.d; pood cw«i hoggete, las to 15s lid; <i au<! 8-tool.a . cw.es>, (good) 19s to 19s 9d; aged ewes, l?s to 9s Gd; lull and failing mouth ewe-. t<_ lis; 4 and 6-toc.th wctUu•% 15s to ,5s 6d; some forward lines (same age), to ll7s 4d; a and 4-tooth wethers, lis :od. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 356; prime wethers, K)s do 2Us 3d; others, lfe 4a to 17s Gd; shorn wethers, 23s 2d; prime ewes lGs Gd to "23.1 sd. others, 13s I (Id to IGs; merinj wethers 13s Gd! to 18s Ud; hoggets 15s id to 17s. Fat Cattle.—Steers, £8 7s ltd to £l2; cj.tra goiod steers, to £l<>; average hieif«rs, £5 17s Gd to £9; extra good heifers, to £l2 15s; average cows. £5 "A to £8 ;2s Gd; extra good cows, to fit) 12a Gd; j.rice iper 1001b. 29s to ,355. Store Cattle.—Yearlings, 32s (id, 15. tc 18-month sorts £2 IDs; i-yw.r steers, £4 2s Gd to £4 18fi; 2-year heifer.*, £3 ;,8s Gd to £3 19s; 3-year steers, £7 12s (passed); cows £2 to £4 10s; d.i.ry cow* £3 10s to £lO.

Fat pigs.—Choppers £3 10s £6: heavy baeoncrs, £3 Ts Gd to £3 I 015; i-L'h'tev. bacmers, £2 15 to' £3 as- price per lb. o'/ad to 6%d; heavy poikcrs, £2 4s to £2 8s; lighter porker.-.. 38s to £2 2s; price ]cr Tb. G%d to (Pl.d. Store pigs.— Best stores 40s to -16s; medium stores, 34s to s,mali stoles, 22s to 35s ; weaii'-*rs l"2s to 15?; sows in pig, £5 15s. BURKSIDK

Dunodin, August 19. At the Burnside cattle market theie was a large yarding of fat cattle, the bulk being medium to good bullocks, and none of exceptional weight. Competition was fairly keen, and 1 pMccs ruled mud!* on a par with last weekVrates. Prime bullocks mad# from €,13 to £l4; good, from £lO 10s to £l2; light from £l3 to £l4; .medium heifc-s to good from £8 to £9 ss; light and inferior, from £ 5 10s to £7 l ()s - Store Cattle.—Cows from £3 to iji ISs Gd: veavlings and steers, irom t'S 5;. to £4 Gs: calves to 255. Dairy cows reade to £H 10-; heifers, to £", lOs; ant calves to 21-. . Fat sheep—A small yarding, only a few odd r<'» s l» r ' inle ,IUIIVV the bulk being of medium quality. I rices ranged about Is per head of h-,t week s rates. Extra prime wethers .=.--. id up tj wether* irom 2Gs to 28s 3,1. medium «d to 235; inferior. IS* to 19s Gd. No extra prime ewis came f<>nvar,l. Good ewes made from '2(is (a '-Is Gd. irediuin to good from llis to .Ss. Fat lambs.—A. small yarding. Pnee, ruled the same as last week, so** being ,efTeeted at 13s Gd to 19s Pigfi.—There was net a hig yardin,. ar.d - fat l>ii?s were slightly n.sier us value. Sales were made :u >-'.s ro 2s. stores to 295.