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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 168, 22 December 1914, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. j; By Cable—Press Associc^i-in—Copyright. London, December 20. ~ Wheat—Very firm. Sellers are Te- o served. The wheai and flour afloat for t the United Kingdom is 2,200,000 quarters, 8 for tho Continent 3,100,000 quarters; 7 Atlantic shipments, 085,000 q.iarters; I Pacific, 50,000 quarters. The total to h Europe is 1,105,000 quarters, including ; ] India 12,000 quarters; others, nil. ; Galvanised iron, £l6 10s and £l4, •Tute.—December-January, £lO 10s. '.; ' Hemp.-r-Quict; February-April, £24 ' ] 10s. | Rubber. —Para, 2s 10 ; } d; plantation, IsV ll%d; smoked, 2s 3d. Copra.—December-January, £33 17s Gd. Cotton—May-June, 4.20 d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Wellington, December 21. Following is the High Commissioner's market report, under date London, December 10. (Note. —Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— I 'Mutton.—More demand, owing to the short supply of Dutch, but market is de- j dining on account of frozen supplies increasing. Canterbury mutton, 5 1 / ad; North Island, 5y 3 d. Lamb.—The market is quiet. Canterbury, G 9.10 d; other than Canterbury, 6%d. Beef. —Better demand for beef, owing to short supply of Irish and chilled. New Zealand hinds, 0%; fore. 5.5; chilled hinds, 7%d; fores, 5%d. ■ Butter.—The market is firm. Danish is very slow, and supplies arc decreasing. The price is 150s to 154s per cwt. The Mew Zealand market is firm, and good demand at 13fis to 138s. Australian market firm. Moderate supplies are coming forward at 134s to 1365. Argentine firm ad 132s to 1365. Cheese.—The market is not quite so firm. Canadian, firm, but demand only moderate; white and colored, per cwt., 78s to 70s; exceptionally, 80s. The New Zealand market declined further; white and colored. 70s to 775. The Kuahi.ie, Tainui, and Pakelia are in dock. The Ruahine and Tainui are discharging butter and cheese now, but the Pakeha cannot discharge for three days. The dairy produce market is rather unsettled, owing to the delay in delivery from tho docks. Hemp. The market is somewhat steadier. There is very little New Zealand on band. New Zealand good fair grade, per ton, £26; fair, £24. These prices are nominal. January to March, New Zealand good fair grade, per ton, £24 10s; fair, £22 10s. Fair current . Manila, £25. The output from Manila for tho week was 16,000 bales. [ • NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCAN. ; TILE AGENCY CO., LTD. Auckland, December 21. 1 The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— At the Wcstfield yards, fat cattle came forward in full numbers, and sold at improved prices Best oxen sold at 30s ■ per 1001b., others, 35s to 375; cows and ■ heifers, 32s to 355; steers sold at from £8 15s to £lO 15s; cows and heifers, £4 10s to £lO 12s fid; 20 steers from Mr Robert Clark, Karaka, averaged £ls 4s; ■. 'and 20 steers from Messrs R. and W. ' Gollan, Panmure, averaged £l4 ss; veal calves came forward in full numbers, and sold at higher rates; heavy vealers, £4 to £5; medium ditto, £3 to £3 18s; ' lighter, £2 5s to £2 18s; smaller, 25s ; to £2 2s; small end fresh dropped, 3s to 20s. Sheep were yarded in full numbers, and met a ready sale at improved prices, from Is to 2s per head. Best wethers sold afc from £1 Is to £1 5s 9d; others, ISs fid to £1 0s 9d; owes, extra heavy, 19s 3d to £1 Is; others, 15s ' to ISs 9d; hoggets, 13s to 19s 3d; lambs,' in full supply. Best quality sold at' from 15s fid to 18s; others,'los Od to 15s 3d. Pigs came forward in less num.- ' bers than usual, and sold at improved rates. No baconers yarded. Large porkers, £2 5s to £2 15s; porkers, £1 10s to £2 3s; slips, £1; weaners, 10s to IOS. ■ < :■! :..; t TARANAKI WOOL, -SKTN, HIDE AND ! TALLOW SALES. [ MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. i On 'Tuesday, December 15th, I held my monthly sale of above produce to a good , attendance of buyers. The catalogue i comprised: 245 bales and 112 sacks of wool, 1018 sheepskins, 15 casks and 12 tins of tallow, 367 dudes, and 1071 calf skins. Wool, in sympathy with other markets, receded ifd to yd per lb., heavyconditioned and log-stained being most affected. Bright and well-grown wools almost held their own with November sales' prices. However, I was able to place the hulk of the catalogue at full market rates, although in some cases not up to vendors' expectations. Some of the best | sales were.—ll bales 9%d, 4 at O'/.d, 21 i at 9.} d. 47 at »d, 25 at 8%. I quote:— Wool: Medium crossbred, 9y>d to !! : !<i; coarse, B%d to 9%d; inferior, S'/j-d; in sacsk, S'/,d to B%d; dead. 5%d to Sy 2 d; black, 7'/ 2 d; crutchings, Old to (i'/id; pieces, 5%d to o'/.d; locks and pieces, 4yd to 4%d. Sheepskins advanced |d per 11). for full, woolled skins. Medium crossbred, 9d; coarse, Sid to B%d; hoggets, S'/.d to W,d; country skins, 7%d to S.}d; lambs, fl%d to 8 l / 2 d; pelts, 3d to 4%d; damaged, fi.jd to 7d; dead and damaged, 4%d to o%d; skin pieces, 3yd; damp lines, 0s 7d to Ss lid; pelts, Is 2d to Is 7d; salted, heavy 7s Id to Ss Id, light 3s Od to Os 4d; pelts, Is to Is Sd; lambs, Is Id to Is lid. • Tallow advanced 15s per ton. Best mixed, in casi-s, 22s 9d; medium, 21s; in tins, 19s to 20s. Hides advanced Jd per lb. Ox: No stout offering. Heavy, 9%d; medium. 9d to 9'/.id; light, 9'/«(!; cow, heavy S%d to B%d; medium, B%d to B%d; light B%d to 9yd, cut S'/d to B%d; farmers' heavy Sd to Byd, light B%d to B%d, inferior (>.) d to 7%d; cut and slippy, syd to 7d; stags, 4'/ 3 (l to 7d; yearlings, Sd to 9'/.d; slippy, Calf Skins: There is still a keen demand for good, sound calf at late high rates. Special lines, 13d to 14(1 per lb.; firsts, I2Jd to 13d; seconds, ll%d to 12% d, light lljd, meaty S'/.d to 10% d; cut, 7d to 7y>d; slippy, 5d to Od; dry, Is lOd each; foal, is. Bones, £5 per ton; cow tails, Is Od per dozen; horsehair, 9d to Is lid per lb. My first sale of the New Year will be held on January 12th. STRSATFORD HIDE, SKIN. WOOL AND ' TALLOW SALES. 'W. M. BAYLY & CO.'S REPORT.. We held our usual monthly sale of above produce on Tuesday last. Owing to I being only three weeks since previous sale, only a small quantity of produce was,-Offered. Wop| ,_ showed a decided ,

also lower. Hides and calf skins were on a par with previous sale, and keenly , sought after. We quote:— Wool: Fleece wool, in bags, 8d to B'/ 3 d per lb.; dead wool, 7d to 7}d per lb.; locks and pieces, 3%d per lb.; black .wool, Sy 2 d per lb. Sheepskins: Butchers' full-wools, aver|iig<' ' ..id '■' ml; butchers' pells, \ average 41bs., 4%d to 5d per lb.; butchers' lambs, OJd per 11).; butchers' I salted pelts, 2s each; settlers' full-wools, 7%d per lb. I Hides: Butchers' cow, average 491b5., | B%d per lb.; butchers' cow, average 39 jibs., B%d per lb.; settlers' cow, average 301b.,-8d peril).. 'Calfskins: Medium calf, average 4}lb., ■liy 2 d per lb.; ditto, average albs., Is per , lb.; ditto, average 5%1b5., lid per 11). | Tallow: Casks, medium, 20s per ewt.; I tins, 18s (id per cwt. The. date of our next sale will be adccrtiscd in all the papers at an early date. Vendors may rely on their consignments receiving every attention. HIDE AN!) SKIN REPORT. , DALGETY AND CO., i Messrs Dalgcty and Company, ; Limited, report as under:—At our usual fortnightly skin and hide sale held t-'i-j day, we disposed of a large cata- - j logue (larger than usual owing to tin - wool sale intervening and obliging ua ; to postpone the, sale for a week), to a good attendance of buyers, and con- . trary to expectations, skins sold at an • advance on last sale rates. With pric-js easier for wool, it was not expected a lliat these would advance, but the hide I market is very iirm, and a rise in values . was not unexpected from that quarter. ' Keen competition was the order of the Ij sale, and we would advise all those , clients who can do so, to forward con- '" signments as quickly as possible and *i j secure the good returns while, thoy are ' available. The range- v! values was as n follows: '" Sheepskins.—Half-bred, fljd to OJd; c fine bred, fljd to OJd; medium coar-e bred, 81(1 to 9jd; short to half-wools, fd 0 to 7d; dead and damaged cross-bred, fid tj y 7 !|d; inferior and badly damaged, 2Jd ti •> (i.id; lambs, (id to Sid; damp salted and ff green, 5s to (is sd; pelts, Is lOd to 2a « 4d; lambs salted, 2s 7d to 3s 4d. Hides—Ox heavy GOlbs. up, 93d to IB Old; ox medium, 50 to 501b5., OJd to '• 92; ox light, 491bs and under, 9Jd to i-illsd; cow heavy, 551bs. and over, ii.ii'., y | (ow medium, 42 to 541bs. fld to OJd; cow 1, | light, under 42Ibs. 0(1 to Did; cut slippy .0 I! nd inferior, 4d to SJd: bull stag, 4d to I 7(1; yearling, (Id to 102 d; yearlings, 3d II to calf superior 12d to Kijd; caif l- medium good, lOd to II 2d; calf damaged. ir 3d to lid. io Tallow—ln casks, 17s G'd, 225; in ti r i, iOs, IDs (id. 1) Sundries.—Horsehair, Is lOd to is ,t itiid; cow tails, Is Sd. a ' . .