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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 141, 9 November 1914, Page 2

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BANK OF ENGLAND RETUItNS. Wy cable.—Press Association. —Copyright London, November \>. ( The Bank of England returns i'or the week ending We'in.jsday la3t are as follow: — Gold coin, £68,941,000. Reserve, £32,394,0^0. 3*ote circulation. £35,530,000. Public deposits, £lti,-l;">l,OUO. Other deposits, £I4U 293,000. Government st'curties, £11^)01,(WO. Other securities, £IO4,!K).>,<KW. Proportion of reserve to li&bilitiie, 33.42. Short loans, 1.2 par cent..,; three .months' bills, 3 per cent.

LONDON MARKETS. London, November 0. Wheat. —Visible supply, 11,-Mo,ooo bushels. Wool.—Good competition, and opening prict-s were fuiiv maintained. Silver, 23d pur ounce. Butter. —'Recovering after some weakness. Australian selling readily; choicest salted 1265, unsaitod 128s, secondaries 118s to 1225; Danish about 134s to 13Gs. Cheose.—Quiet; Canadian 755. Pig Iron, 495. Jute.—Novomber, £l7.

Sugar.—Granulated, spot 27a Gd. Wool at Bradford ;s rather quiet: prices firm and unchanged. i Wheal—V 'ery Arm; sparingly offered at sixpence advance. Australian 40a Cd. Flour. —Quiet and firm. Australian ex store 353 to 365. Flour.—Quiet and firm. Australian ex store 35a to 3(is. Oats. —Firm; New Zealand ex store 30s to 325. Peas and Barley.—Firm and unchanged. Beans. —Firm; New Zealand ex store 40s to 425. iWool. —Strong competition for all sorts. Orossbreds brought fancy prices merinos firm.

LONDON WOOL SALES. London, November C. At the wool sales a!) cro*>bmls ami rfiafty combfngs were firm; short faulty combings were slow of sale, and New Zealand brands realised; o!n:ra, highest 17% d, average 16% d; Moa Flat, highest lGd; average 15%(1.

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On Tuesday, October '27, we held our weekly springing heifer sale in our Stratford yards, when wo had a fair yarding and most of the heifers were sold. The following prices were ed:—

Three-year-old heifers, close up, £6 10s to £7 10s; 3yr. old heifel'a, ilot so cliWo to profit, £a 7b Gd to £5 15s, heifers, calved, £G; old dairy cows, from £5 2s Gd.

On Monday, 2nd inst., we held oui supplementary bull fair in our Stratford yards, when there was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of tiie district. There was a good yarding, and a fair number of bulls were ecJd. Pedigree Jersey bull, 2 years old 25gns; purebred Jersey bull, 10% gns; 3yr. grade bulls £9 10s to £11; 2yr. grade bulls, £G to £l7 Gs Gd; aged bulls £6 17s 6d.

On Tuesday, November 3rd, we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stnt- ' ford dairy yards, when a fair number try of 700 head of cattle, of which a fair number were disposed of.' (Prices obtained were as follows: Fair store cows, £4 10s to £5 19a;-poorer sorts, £ 3 10s to £4 9s; forward cows, up to £8 3s; fat cows, £8 2s to £S lis; yearling heifers, fair, 43s to 50s; yearling heifers, medium, 3Gs Gd to 40s; yearling steers £2 las to £2 19s; 20-mos. steers £3 17s Gd to £4 17s fid; 2yr. steers £5-2s; 2yr. empty heifers £3 8s to £4; 18-mos. empty heifers, £2 19s; 20_mos. bulls, £3 2s 6d, On Tuesday, 3rd isst., we also held our springing heifer sale in our Stratford dairy yards, when a fair number of heifers came forward, a good number being disposed of. The following prices were secured: 2yr.-old-heifers, 90s to 100s; 3yr.-old heifers, 110s to 1355; heifers, calved, from £3 17s Gd to £5.

Since we last reported we have disposed of stoek privately at follows: 1 f.m. ewes and iambs, 21« 3d to 2"is; J'.m. empty owes, l.js 3d to dos fld; woolly hoggets, small, ISs to 15s 9d; woolly hoggets, good, 10s 'Gd to 17s; dairy heifers, 2yrs old, 90s to 130s; dairy cows, 100s; dairy bulls, pedigree Jersey, 20 guineas; Ifolstein srrado bulls, £lO 10s to £l2.