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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 157, 28 November 1914, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, 2fl. Pi.ttcr.--Very firm, choicest Austin- j 'inn !:iis been prs.titally cleartJ; prici-s »i-e sorainally ..nchangod. New ."Ceidand cV'est, 130s to 1325, unsaHfl, occasionally at 1345. , I.'ieisc.—-Firui; New Zealand 75*. Vv heat.—Quiet, and unchanged; iAustr:i.'! n, landed, 51s. i Flour.—Quiet; Australian, ex store, 38s to 36s Gd. ' Barley.—Firm; Australian chevalier, 34s 6d to 37s 6d. Oats and Beans.—Quiet and unchanged. Peas.—Tending upwards. Copper.—Spot, £55 2s 6d; three months, £55 ss. . i Tin.—Spot, £142 ss; three months, £l4l 7s 6d. Pig iron, 51s iy 3 d. Spelter, £25 10s. Sugar.—Foreign granulated, 27s 6d. Bradford Wool.—Merinos quiet, and a shade easier. All crossbreds are firm. Fair business is doing. Sixty-four's, spot 30y 2 d, February onwards 27d; super fiO's, 2»y.d, common 00's 281 d and 26d; sfi's, 28d and 27d; 50's, 25% d and 24d; 46's, 22d and 21d; 40's, 20d and 19d. THE LOAN AND MERCANTILE. London, November 2<J. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co.'s profit is £121,724. Preference and ordinary dividends are 5 per cent. In view of the abnormal conditions created by the war and the drought in Australia, and in view of tb-3 special provision which is available next year Tor the reserves and jiremivi account '/em the liquidation of the New Zealand Land Association, v'w i* practically coi—puted, and w;i exiei-d ,a.vt year's estnude, the directors •Vjsi li»l to carry i-.r----ward the whole balance of £55,27!). AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, November i'j. Oats.—Algerian feed, 3s 7d; milCr,*, Sb«Bc; Tasmaniun, 3s 8d to 3? 9d. Barley.—Cape feed/ 4s; English, 4s 6d.

Maize, 3s lid to 4s. Potatoes/—New Zealand, £4 10s to £B. Onions.—Victorian, £9 to £9 10s. Butter.—Selected, 104s; seconds, 94s to 98s. Cheese, Od. Bacon, od. Adelaide, November 26. Wheat, 5s 4y»d. Flour, £ll ss. Bran and pollard, £8 10s. Melbourne, November 26. Hides.—Small cattalogues; excellent competition; prices very firm. Oats, 3s 4d to 3s o%d. Barley—English, 5s 9d to fls; Cape, 4s3dto4si6d. Maize, 2d. Potatoes, old, £5 to £6. Onions, £l2. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. • Sydney, November 26. At the wool sales the absence of Japanese competition was keenly felt. The best crossbreds made late rates. Medium merinos were easier; faulty, no demand; greasy sold to 12<4d; scoured, 19% d. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. had a good yarding of cattle last Wednesday, at their Inglowood yards, store and forward cows were well competed for, and the whole of the entry, with the exception of two pens of cows, were sold at the hammer at the following prices: 'ing heifers, £4 to £6 15s; cows £5 to £7 ss; store cows, small and light, £3 15s to £4 Ids; others, £5 15s to '£6 18s; fat do, £8 to £9 15s; vearlinf steers, £3 3s to £3 7s fid; heifers 37s to £2 ;8s; bulls, £4s to £7 10s; Mr P. Surrey's pedigree Jerseys £9 to All Ss. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johsonville sale as follows.—A small yarding of cattle came forward, but a heavy one of sheep. Prices were as follows: Extra heavy wethers, 28s; extra heavy ewes, 255; prime heavy wethers, 24s to 24s 4dprime wethers, 23s 2d; light wethers £1 • prime ewes, 22s to 22s 6d; light ewes' 17s 3d to 18s fid to £1; prime lambs los to los 4d; good lambs, 14s to 14s «s; plain, 13s 0(1; prime bullocks, £l2 16s to £l3 17s Od; lighter £l2. ADDINGTON. Store sheep.—Good sound mouth woolly ewes and lambs, to 14s; (all counted); fairly forward shorn four-tooth wethers, 16s Od; medium'shorn fourtooth wethers, 15s; fair shorn ewe hoggets, to 15s; two and four-tooth shorn dry ewes, 15s; medium four-tooth wethers, lis to lis lid; the sales included the following lines:—Wethers ,20s 0d; four-tooth shorn, at 6s Od; 41 two-tooth at lis; 130 two-tooth at 1:1,8 lid; ewes and lambs (all counted), 167 soundmouth woolly owes and 183 lambs at 14s; 8 shorn ewes and 11 lambs at 13s 3d; ewes, eighteen shorn two-tooth at 15s; 15 shorn two and four-tooth at 15s. Fat lambs.—There was an entry of 319 fat lambs, as compared with 343 last week, but a few pens were on the light side. There was a good demand and prices were rather firmer than last week. The range of prices was: Best lambs, 19s 6d to 21s 3d; lighter, 18s Id to 19s. Fat sheep: Woolly wethers 19s Id to 26s Od; extra prime shorn wethers, to 31s 0d; prime shorn wethers; 22s 6d to 26s sd; others 15s 3d to 225; woolly ewes, 20s 7d to 2jis 3d; prime shorn ewes, 21s to 26s Id; others 17s to 20s 6d; shorn hoggets, JsC 5d to 18s; woolly hoggets, 20s to 21s* Fat cattle: Extra 1 heavy steers, to £lB 15s; ordinary steers £8 10s to £l2; extra heavy heifors, to £11; heifers, £5 10s to £9; extra heavy heifers, to ■£11; ordinary cows, £5 15s to. £9 15s; price of beef per l(K)lb, 32s to 41s. Store cattle—Yearlings, 23s 7d; 15 to IS months £2 15s to £3 lis 6d; 1 two-year steers £4 5a to £ 7 7s 6d; two-year heifers, £4 to £4 2s 6d; three > year steers, pttsscd at £7 12s 6d; three-' year heifers, £4 17 6s to £5 2s; dry cows, £2 to £0 2s 6d; dairy cows, £3 to £lO.