COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 1, 30 November 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney, November 20. The balance available was £315,72U, including £69,405 brought forward. A dividend of ten pcrcentum 1 was declared, ' iiiO,OOQ added to the reserve and £80,• 729 carried forward NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 20th inst., my Waiwakaiho yards were well filled with all classes of cattle. Bidding throughout was spirited, all lines meeting with ready sale, at the following prices:—Yearling to 15-months grade heifers, £2 3s to £2 15s; smaller, £1 14s to £1 19s; good quality Jersey 15-niontlis heifers, £2 12s to £3 0s; 15-month steers, £2 10s 0d to £3 lis; rough 18-months steers, £3 10s; 3-yr bullocks (small line), £8; 2-yr empty heifers (very few yarded), £3 12s; fat cows, from £7 14a to £lO lCs; good forward cows, £6 5s to £7 10s; fresh conditioned cows, £5 7s to £5 15s; good store cows, £4 lCs to £5 0s; fair, £4 Is to £4 9s; small framed cows, £3 to £3 14s; springing heifers (improved enquiry at from £6 10s to £7 7s (id for good heifers, and £4 to £5 15s for small heifers; dairy bulls, from £6 15s to £lO 10s; yearling Shorthorn bulls advertised on account of Mr C. Topliss made from £5 15s to £8 15s; Ayrshire bulls, £5 5s to £5 12s Od; yearling Jersey bulls, £1 10s to £2 19s; heavy weight bulls for canning, £lO 15s to £l2 ss; fair sorts, £7 178 .fid-to £8 15s: lighter bulls, £5 9s to £6 17s Od; dairy cows, £5 2s 6d to £8; fat ewefy 19s 7d; ewes and lambs, £1 5s Od to £1 10s; fat woolly hoggets, £1 Is 4d. i At Toko, on Monday, 23rd inst., yearling to 15-months heifers made £1 17s Gd to £2 4s; yearling btecrs, £2 10s to £3; springing heifers, £5 os; cows and calves, £5 15s; light fat cows, £7 lis; forward cows, £6 to £7 ss; fresh conditioned cows, £5 8s to £5 10s; small store cows, £3 16s to £3 18s (id; empty 2-yr heifers, £3 18s Od; heavy-weight bulls, £9 10s to £ll 10s; fat ewes, 18s Od. On Tuesday, 24th inst., at Stratford, for my fortnightly sale, I had a medium entry, with a good attendance of buyers. The demand was improved for all classes, sales being made at advanced rates as follows: —15-month Jersey heifers (choice cattle), £3 8s fid" to £3 lis; others, £2 to £2 15s Od; 15month steers, £3 3s to £3 10s fid, and £3 14s for a very choice line of CO; 2-yr empty heifers, £4 3s; 15 to 18-months bulls, £2 lis to £4; no heavy bulls yarded; cows and calves, £5 5s to £5 18s; fat heifers, £7 2s to £7 as; fat cows, £8 14s to £9 18s; good forward cows, up to £7 17s; good fresh conditioned cows, up to £0 Is; good stores, £4 17s to £5 lis; small framed cows, £2 18s to £4. In the dairy pens I had a fair entry, the demand for these being quieter than at my previous sales. Prices were from £6 5s to £8 for best heifers, and from £3 10s to £5 for small heifers; dairy cows, £5 5s to £0 sa. At Stony River yards on Wednesday, there was a good entry, all of which I was able to clear at prices which in many cases were well above vendors' reserves. Well-grown 15-month heifers sold at from £2 17s fid to £3 7s; yearling to 15month heifers, "tEI 15s to £2 3s; 15month steers, £3 7s Cd; small yearlings, £1 15s to £2 17s; 2-yr empty heifers, £3 lfis to £3 19s; 18rinonth empty heifers (rough), £3 3s to £3 4s; 2£ to 3-yr steers, £7 2s; fat heifers, £0 5s to £6 10s; fat cows, £8 13s to £lO 7s fid; fat cows (small), £7 lis; forward cows, £7 Is to £7 ss; fresh-conditioned good framed cowa, £5 7s Od to £5 10s; good store cows, £4 (is to £5 ss; smaller cows, £2 7s Od to £3 8s 0d; yearling Shorthorn bulls, £4 17s Od; yearling Jersey bulls, £2 lis; dairy bulls, £5 to £9 15s; bulls for canning, £4 17s Od to £lO 10s; dairy cows, £5 17s Od; springing heifers (advanced values), £7 17s Od to £8 ss; good sorts, £5 15s to £0 10s; small, £3 12s (id to £4 10s; wcaner pigs, 12s; store pigs, £1 7s Od.

Private Sales for the Week. —Yearling and 15-montli heifers, £1 18s fid to £2 las; 15-nionth steers, £3 3s to £3 15s; 2£ to 3-yr steers, £6 12s Gd to £7; 3-yr bullocks, £8 for 51 and £7 15s for 104; fat cows, £8 to £9 lis; lighter, £7 7s and £7 10s; dairy cows, £ll for a choice pile of 20 Jerseys; forward cows, £0 17s (id for 50, and £0 2s Od for 30; others, £5 10s to £7 ss; fresh cows, £5 ss; small store cows, £3 12s 0d to £1; Jersey bulls, £5 to £9; pedigree Shorthorn hulls, 20gns; grade Shorthorn bulls, £l2; empty 2-yr Shorthorn heifers, £3 10s to £3 ISs; vealers, £2; fat lambs, 17s; fat wethers, 20s to 24s 0(1; ewes and lambs, 245; mixed fat sheep, 24s to 24s (id;- heavy draught mare, £43 10s.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND : TALLOW SALES. NEWTOX KING'S REPORT. At my sale on Tuesday, November 24, J submitted an extra large amount of produce to a full attendance of buyers. The catalogue comprised:— 1-5 bales and 254 sacks wool, 2980 sheepskins, 24 casks and 70 tins of tallow, 1015 hides, 3771 calfskins, and the usual sundries. Competition was very keen and I have to report a very successful sale. Fleece wool advanced iy 2 d to 2d per lb. on last November rates, and clean lengthy wool was eagerly sought after. Crutchings advanced y L <] to y 3 d per lb. ' Sh"e[i>kins- Finn to Vt/.l per lb higher. Tallow: Advanced Od to Is per cwt. Hides: Firm at late rates. Calfskins: Declined to %d per lb. Wool (In bales): Scoured 10% d, medium Crossbred, 9%d to lOd, coarse fid to 9y„(l, log-stained and inferior, to Od; in sacks: B%d to o'/ 3 d; crutch':r.gs, in bales, 7d to 7*4(1, in sacks, o%d 'to 7%d; dea.l 7d to S%<l; locks and pieces, t 3 /,d to oy,d. Sheepskins. Medium By,d, coarse Sd to By,d, hoggets 8d to Sy a d, lambs 7d to S%d, dead 6 1 / id, dead and damaged sy,d to s</,d, skin pieces 4%d, pelts 3d to 4%(1, damaged pelts iy>d to 2 I / I d, spring lambs 7d. Damp lines: Picked skins, 7s 9d to 9s 1(1; light 4s (id to 7s, lambs 3s, spring lambs 2s, pelts Is sd. Salted pelts: Is Sil to 2s Id, damaged and inferior 4d to Is, lambs Is 'ld to 2s, woolly 7s lid to Ss, light 3s Od to fis 3d. Tallow: In casks 21s to 225, in tins 13s to 23s Od. Hides: Ox, stout oyd, heavy 8 1 /, dto Od, medium B'/ s <l to S%d, light S'/jd to S%d: cow, heavy S'/'.d, medium S'/.d to B%d,' light Sy,d to B%d; freezer cow, S%d to B'/..d, cut 7%d to Bd, cut ox 7%d, stage 4%A to 7%d; farmers cow 7%d to slags 4'/.il to 7';', , l : farmers cow 7%il to (lrv fl%d Vo 9%(1. cut 7%d. slipp, 4Jd to ;VM, horse' 2s Od to flg 0(1, cut 3a to 5s Od; yearlings, Sd to 9%<1, damaged 3'/,d to Sd. Calfskins. Specials 12d.t0 13d per lb, firsts ll%d to 12% d, seconds 10% d to ll%d, very small ;B%d to 9y 2 d, meaty 'B%d to 9d\, out ikl to 10% d, slippy od, drv Is 1(1 each. y t . " Bones: £5 per ton. ; Horseliair, la to la 9(1 per lb,, cow- ] tails Is 4d per dozen," l d! per lb. ■My next sale will be held on December 15th next.

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We held our usual montniy wool, hide sheepskin, calfskin and tallow sale oil Tuesday, 24th inst. The catalogue consisted of 89 packages of wool, 1083 sheepakins, hid-'? etc. The attendance was good, and bidding was brisk in all lines, which Aas cli-iirtd at advanced rates on last sales prices, and were well up to valuta realised at ohter sellin 0 * centres. .

Wool.—Some of the lines sold as follows: Wool in three fadges, TL realised to 9.? d; tliree bales, coarse, staged wool, DM, containing fern seed, made 9Jd; two bales heavy and coarse, OMC 9§d; ten bales JL bush stained and unskirted, 9Jdj tlireef bales W3, heavy dingy and seedy, 9J,d; seven bales DG, X-bred, weak grown, 9Jd; dead and eotted, 7Jd to 8d; pieces small and hairy, 5d to 6d; black, poor quality wool, up to Bd.

! 4 Sheepskins • All fanner's lines sold exceptionally well. Full .. woolled gopd pelts, from 8s 4d to 10s; medium wool, good pelts, Os 2d to 7s Id; fair quality, 5s 9d to 6a; medium wool, perished ipelts 4s 2d to 5s 4-!; liogget| skins, fair pelts, (id to 3s !'d; black, woolled up to 4s sd; shorn pelts, small spread, Is; salted medium skins, up to 7s 3d. Hides and calfskins, all farmer's lines —Cowhides, heavy and fleshy, £1 ,10b 10d; medium, 10a 3d to 24s 0d; light, 14s lOd to 17s 9d; cut, 17s 2d; slippy 12s; dry, 0s 3d; ox-hide, heavy, cut 34s sd; fleshy, 17s; yearlings, light, 7s 3d to 10s; Calfskins: 71bs 5s (id; sAlbs. 5s Id; 4ilbß. 4s od; 41bs, 3s lOd; 3j"lbs. 2s 8d; dry, 3s; slippy; Is 8d; Tallow, up to 20s per cwt.; Horsehair, Is Od per lk. Our next sale will be held on December 15.

NEW PLYMOUTH HIDE, SON, WOOL AND TALOW SALES. L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT. Our sale this month of the above eventuated in our Gill street store on Tuesday last, the -24 th inst,, We offered a rather larger all-round catalogue than usual. Included also were 78 bales of new season's clip wool. Competition was keen and well sustained throughout. Wool offered realised full market rates, course and medium showed a rise of quite 1 '/id to ly s (l on best prices obtained last year. Fine wools in some instanced showing same rise. In the case of short staple fine wools such as down, last season's prices were fully maintained which was not expected. Sheepskins maintained recent high levels S'/sd, B%d, 9d, being the order of the day for butcher's line of good stuff. Two separate lines made the latter price. Hides and calfskins realised last month's rates. Special .lines of good ox realised up to and lOd, best calves made Is Id, specials to Is 2d perr lb. Tallow sold at about last month's rates fpr similar quantity. We quote:— Wool.—Bales; Down wool, lO'/od, fine cross bred lOd; medium cross bred, 9Jd to lOd; coarse 9}d, OJd; medium logstained, O'/jd; Lincoln rams, 9d; pieces and crutchingSj 7d; locks and pieces, o%d; we sold one bale at 9d; 0 at 9y 4 d; 11 at 9y 2 d; 10 at 9%d; 32 at 10d: 1 at 10y,d. Bag wool.—Fine fleece, 9d; medium, 'fid; coarse 8 3 / 4 d; logstained S%<l; dead. 7%d; black, 8(1; cotted, Sd; lambs, S%d; locks, 4d; pieces and crutchings G'/ 3 d. Sheepskins.—Fine cross bred, ~S I / 4 d, 83d, 9d; medium, Bd, 8!d, 9d; coarse, B<i, 8y 4 d; pelts, 3d, 4d, ly 4 d, 6%d; dry salted, fine, 7d; medium, 73d; lambs, inferior, '0»/ 4 d; black, 5y 3 cl; dead Sd; I damaged, 2d, 4Jd, 7d, 73d; damp pelts, Is 2d, 2s 2d; woolly, 6s 4d, 8s Bd, 9s 7d, fls lOd; salted lambs, Is 9(1, Is lOd, 2s 7d; yelts, 3d, Is, Is Id, Is sd, Is (id, Is Sd, 2s Id; hoggets. 5s lid; woolly, 5s lOd. Cs 4d, 7s od, 9s; settlers, 2s (id, 4s 6d, 5s lis; damaged, 4s. Hides.—Ox, butchers' liglit, Sy 3 d; medium S%d, B%d, 9y s d; heavy 9d; stout, 9%d, lOd; cow: light, B%d, B%d, B%d; medium, B%d, B%d, B%d; heavy, B%d, B%d> B%d; cut, Sd, S'/jd; settler's ox, medium, B%d, B%d; cows, light, B%d, 8%(1; medium, S%d; heavy, 8%; cut, j B%d; slippy, 71/ id, 7%d; 'bulls, heavy, sd, 5%d: medium, 5%d; light, 5%d; cut, slippj r , 4d, 4V 2 i-, horses, sound, lis 0(1; cut Ss, 7s Cd; inferior, 6s 6d, 7s; calfskins: Special medium, Is 2d; [first medium, Is 1(1; heavy la Id; light n%d; seconds medium, 12'/ 8 d; light, 10% d;. heavy 11%(1; small, dirty, Sd; slippy, 7'/ s d; firsts cut, 10% d, 10% d; heavy, B%d; dry, Is .fid each; yearlings, light, 9(1; medium, 9d.

Tallow Casks.—2os 9(1, 21s, 225; tins, IBs fid. ISs 3d 18s 9d, 21s. Sundries.—Mohair, 7V 2 d per lb; cowtails, Is (i|d doz., goatskins Is fid each. Our next sale will be held on December 15th.