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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 283, 8 May 1915, Page 2

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■RETAIL PRICKS. XEW PLYMOUTH, MAY 7, 1915. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. Butter— a. d. Factory 1 5 Best separator 1 3 Seconds 1 2 Eggs 2 » Lard 0 10 lfams 0 0 Bashers bacon 0 11 Rashers Ham 1 2 Milk (quart) 0 4 FRUIT. Oranges Is (id to 2s doz. Bananas 4d lb. Passion fruit 4d doz. drapes Is fid lb. Tomatoes Id and Gd lb Pears "Id and fid !b Walnuts Is lb Apples 3d to fid lb Apples, cooking 51b for Is. Lemons Is 0d and 2s doz. Quinces 2d lb. VEGETABLES. Cauliflowers 4d and 'Gd. Cabbage 3d and 4d. Carrots 2d per bunch Turnips 2d per bunch Potatoes Id lb. Parsnips 2d Rhubarb 4d per bunch Cucumbers 2d to 4d Vegetable marrows fid 'Pumpkins l%d lb. Melon, jam Id lb. BUYING PRICES.

Factory butter— s. d. Rest separator registered dairies 1 2 Farmers' separator 1 1 Polled 1 2 Fungus 0 3 AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 7. Oats—Tasmanian, ss' 5d to 5s Od; Xew Zealand A Cartons 5s (id. Barley.—Fnglish lis; Cape feed 5s Oil. Maize.—"White 5s Od; yellow 5s lid to fis. Potatoes.—Tasmanian .CO to £7 10s; Victorian £(i. Onions.—Victorian CO 10s to £li 15,'.; Xew Zealand £5 IDs to £O. liutter. —Selected 12-ls; seconds 119s. Cheese, Old to lOd. Bacon, h VI. Adelaide, Slay 7. Wheat, 8s 3d to 8s 3id. Flour, £lB ss. Bran, 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Pollard, 2s 5M to 2s Old. Melbourne, May 7. Hides. —A low supply offered. Heavy and medium, in good condition, unchanged. sloppy and inferior, id to 3d lower. Wheat. Nominal, Ns to 8s Lid. Flour, £l7. Oats.—Algerian (is to 7s; white 5s Sd. Barley.—Knglish 5s oil to 5s 0d; Cape 5s -Id to 5s lid. -Maize, lis Id. Bran, CIO ss. Pollard. £fll ss. Potatoes, el Ills to £5. Onions, £5 10s to £O. liutter, Is i.lil.

LONDON WOOL SALES. The I Sank or New Zealand has received the lollouin- cable advice:--Lond(m v.oo! sales, current prices, crossbreds, roaise 11/< 1 to l.i'/.d, medium 15d to ]iid, line liii-:,d, hall;,ruls I merino inferior lllil, superior 1 ( |. LONDON makkf.TS. London, May (i. liulloiv Very (in,,, |, nt short, several thousand boxes shipped back lo \'ew Xea la id by the l!ua- ! ■ l;l ' II is (Miniated (hat' about ten i.'ionsand boxes have allo-ellier been renins,! to Alls!r.tland New Zealand. Choicest Australian 1:11s to Litis, unsalted I.Us; New Zealand L'iSs to tills insulted I-!2s. ' cheese.-Linn. New Zealand Ills, Share quotations.--Waihi 42s (id and •15s. j

LONDON MARKETS. London, May (i. At tlio wool sales then! was a better tone. Crossbrcds showed a hardening tendency, and merinos were unchanged. The following prices wens realised for fleece portions of clips named: Awaroa top Kid, average ] fid; Pakira lod, average 1-ljd. Bradford merinos were strong, medium low, and crossbrcds neglected. Sixty-fours 32i1, super sixties 33Jd; common sixties 110.'.d; lifty-sixes fifties 2S]d; forty-fives " 25id; forties 23.W1. Sheepskins.—SlillO bales of .Australian were oiforcd and (5201) were sold. There was a fair attendance and competition was irregular. Merino combings we>'c jd, lower crossbred combings and aH clothings Id. Wheat, was firm and there were few oilers. Flour was firm with u tendency to be dearer. Oats were quiet. New Zealand 375; liahia Blanca, May-June shipment, 30s 3d. J'eas were quiet. \ew Zealand maples 5Ss to 05s,

ADDIXCTOX. Store slice]) —Medium four and sixtooth wethers 12s 7d to 12s lid. medium two-tooth wethers 8s lid to lis 3d, inferior two-tooth wethers 7s to Ss (id. aged ewes ,5s to lis 7d, aged merino ewes lis 4d to 4s 4d, good sound-mouth ewes 10s Oil to 113s 1(1, inferior two, four and sixtooth ewes 7s (id to IDs 7d, fairlv forward lambs Ss !!d to Ills, medium lambs 7s to Ss Od; inferior lambs Jla lid to (is 2d; good ewe lambs lis 7d. Fat lambs —Prime lambs 17s to 20s, others lib (id to llis Oil. I'at sheep—Extra prime wethers to 255, iprime wethers Lis lid to 2.'!s Od, other wethers 15s Hid to IDs, mei'uw wethers 10s llhl, extra prime ewes to 24s 4d, prime ewes 17s to 225. medium ewes 12s lid to llis Oil inferior ewes 7s 5d t.) 12s. I'at cattle —hxtra prime steers to £l7 ss, ordinary steers £5 10s to CI t, extra prime heifers to £l2 Ills, ordinary heifers £•> Ills to CB, extra riinc cows to £l3 ss, ordinary cows t'4 to £7 Lis. Price of bee]', p.-r l(H)il), 2li's to 40s. More va ( tic—rilteeH to eighteenmonths sorts made 25s to 40s, two-year steers passed at £3 Ills, two-year heifers £2 15s to £2 17s lid, three-year steers passed at £0 15s S.J, yearling heifers passed at £l, dry cows £2 to £.5 -is, dairy cows £3 tOs to tl.'i. Fat pigs—Extra prime choppers to 76a, ordinary choppers .?.'ls to (ills, extra heavy baconers to 72s Od, heavy baconers 57s lid to (!ss. light baconers 47s Od to »is. Price per lb, 5d to s '/i'l ■ Heavy porkers 33s to HSs, light porkers 254 to 30s. Price per lb, 5d to 5%d. store pigs—Host stores 28s to 325, medium 18s to 275, small 12s to 17s, weancrs 2s Od to 113. .JOIfXSOXVILLE. A fair entry of cattle and sheep eamc forward, and sold well at late rates. Prime bullocks £l4 llis to £H 17s Od to £ls, prime cows C 8 7s (id, light cows £5 5s to £0 15s. Kino heavy wethers 28 s Id. medium wethers 2-ls 4d'to 24s 7d, good 21s 7d to 22s sd. lighter 10s lid to Ills Od to His Sil. Extra heavy lambs 23;; 3d, medium lambs 12s Gd to' lis Od,

BURNS! DE. At Burnside hest lmllocks made £l3 10s to £l4 IDs, extra prime to £lO, medium £lO IDs to £ll 10s, inferior £S His to £!) Ills, liest cows ami heifers £ll to £l2 10s, extra prime to £l3, medium £S 10s to £!) 10s inferior £3 to £7. Fat slice]) —Best wethers 25s to 275, extra prime to 32s 3d, medium 21s to 225, inferior 18s to l!)s, liest ewes 22s to 21s, extra prime to 27s (id, medium 17s to 18s, inferior lis to 12s, poor 7s to !)s. Fat Jambs —Best 17s to 18s, extra prime 20s, medium 14s to 15s, inferior 10s to lis, stores 5s to 8s Oil.

Pigs—l4o were yarded, and on account of the large entry prices were easier. Suckers 5s to 7s, slips 0s to lis, large stores 15s to 21s, porkers 32s to -lis, baeoners 52s to (13s.

AUCKLAND. The. Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— i.\t Westfield on Thursday best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £7 17s (id to £!) 15s, others £3 17s (id to £7 l«s, I'illves 10s to £1 15s, hulls £3 to £O. At Albert yards on Friday heavy draught horses sold at from £-2 10s to £3li 10s, medium draught horses £lB 10s to £2O, littht harness horses £0 to £ls, hacks £7 to £1(! Ids, 'ponies £3 to £l! 10s.

At Pa pa kii i'ii ou Monday best dairy I'ows made to £l3 10s, best heifers to £lO 7s lid, other cows £1 to £8 10s, other heifers £3 10s to CO ss.

At Papakura on Tuesday two to three-year-old steers sold at from £5 15s to £0 10s (no grown steers yarded), yearling to IS-months steers £3 5s to £4 17s fid, good steer calves £1 ISs to £2 10s, others 15s to 3-fs lid, mixed sexes of calves ]os to '22s: beef sold fully at Westfield rates: bulls. £3 Ids to £lO. At Wesllield on Wednesday beef ivas yarded in larger numbers than usual. Competition was keen, and prices were firmer Pest oxen sold at £2 per 1001b, others £1 His to £) l!)s, cows and heifers 30s to 3(is per 100 II», steers from £!) to £l7, cows £5 10s to £lO. A draft <« 48 steers from Waikalo averaged £ls lis fill. I'alves werj> yarded in average numbers, and sold at improved I'ates. Heavy vealers sold up to £5 Is, lighter £2 2s to i; 3 Ids, small CI to £2, others 15s to 21s, fresh-dropped 3s to ss. Sheep were penned in larger numbers than usual, and sold barely up io last week s rates. \\ ethers, extra well fatted, sold at from 28s to 37s Oil (for a pen of wethers from Matangi); other wethers 21s !)il to 275, iiiloriorlv-fatted 18s to 21s; ewes, ,-xtra heavy 2-fs to 27s Od, others Ills lid to 225, hoggets 15s lid to 22s (id. Lambs, which were in small supply, were lower. Best quality sold to ISs fid. olhers lis 3d to His Od.' Tigs, in large numbers, sold at late rates. Large baconers made C 3 Ills to £ f 7s, baeoners £2 18s to £3 Bs, fa l ire porkers £2 5s to C2 Kis, porkers iills'to £2 2s, slips Ids to'£ 1 ss, weanevs 3s to 8s Cd.

NKWTOX KI X'Ci'S UK POUT. On Monday, :ir,l insl., at mv I'renni yards. I had a. yarding of which i Wits a!ill' to clear a jrood proportion at the price-:—-SprinMi Tim's ■■Li) os to I'd 12s lid, .levsey IS-montlls steel's U2 7s and I'2 Ss. weaner heii'ers Lis to 2! s (id, store rows Ills to tM !s, forward cows ij | (o Co 2s, cows and calves <: I la-. n,(. and r n nvani ewes )Ss Id, l-toolb wclhei's lid. lambs !ls (i,! |o 12 s :!d. At Kohuratalii on Wednesday, sth insl.. 1 had a :roo,l t-illl-\- (if -dorp. with a fair yarding of cat He! Slurp met a leady sale, but the cattle Avei'e mosflv youny. anil were not eiapiired for. fat lambs brought Us 2d, lambs lis !)d to Ms !ld, small lis -hi t„ Ss -Id, -1-tooth ev.-es in 22 s Kid, -I. ami li-j.ooth fjooil. condilioneil ewes ISs and IDs. li-ioo!;h and 4-vear ewes 17s Id. 2-tooth' wellicYs -bs Id, forward ,-ows Cli, IS-monlh steers £.'! lis, wcaiier li.Ofers -t'l to :CI 7s, small 12s, weaner steers ;C1 17s, cows and calves C-t Ills. <>n Tlinrsdav. (it.h, at Dahotn, T bad a fair entry, which sold as follows: weedy weaners 15s to 235, omptv 18lnonths heifers -C2 (is fid, in-calf heifers (nice line) CO ss, in-calf' 20ffioutlis heifers (s:ual!> £2 Id- rj> J

bulls £0 os to £7 JO.s, yearling bulla £2 lis to £2 17". 20-moiiths steers £3 18s, store cows £3 Jls. to .€-1 7s, slip pigs las (id. Private sales. —Light fat cows £0 10s, fat heifers £7, 2 l / ;i -year steers £0 and ill 3'/,-year bullocks £0 15s, weaner Shorthorn heifers £1 (is, weaner steers (only fiiir) £1 i."is, empty heifers £2 Mis, in-ciilf i l /. to 3-year heifers (good) £0 and £0 ss, sound-mouth ewes in laiiib 15s to 17s, I'.in. cues 12s 4d, fat rues 2ls, Ills !ld, Ills, 18s (id, 18s, forward ewes 17s, good lambs Ms, Lis !)d, 13s 3d,; l.'is, small (is to His 2-tooth wethers 20s !)d to 21s, t-tooth wethers 235. MATTHEWS, (JAMI.IX & CO/S IiKI'OUT. Matthews, .(ianilin and Co. report< a good yarding at their Inglewood yards last YVednesday. The sale for all stocks was h dragging one, cattle -being hard to quit. We sold a fair amount of the stock yarded at the hummer and subsequent to the sale at the fbllowing prices * —Sp.ringers £5 5s to £7 ss, forward cows £4 12s (id to ,C.» 10s, fat do.' £7 10s to £8 ss, store do. £2 10s to.. O 3h,, empty heifers £2 -Is to £2 Bs,. weaner steers 3(is to £2. 2s (id, bcifers (dn)l of sale) Ills to 21s (id, cull ewes sjj. LOAX AXD MKBCANTJWfc.

XJiO: X.e w Zealand Loan'and. Mercantile Agency Company, Limited,. Stratford branch, report as follows:--.--On. Thursday, April 20, we held our ;1110 uthly sale in our Koluixululu yards. iThere was a large attendance of the ipu.blic, and a fair yarding o,f stock, 325 head of cattle and lOJ.i'i, sheep being : yarded, notwithstanding the previous rough weather. Nearly" every pen of sheep was sold under fair competition, I but at somewhat lower values than fori merly. Cattle, however, were slow of sale. Two and a half year-old steel's, small, £5 5s to £5 Ills; 20-nionth steers, £3 5s Od to £3 7s (id; mcdium- , grown stuli'. C 3 15s to £-1; LS-montli heilci's, small, U2 2s Od; medium, £2 12s lid; faiv-i(Uiility stulf, £3; fat anA forward heifers up to £5 ss; empty two ami vi. half-year heifers, £3 15s to, £4 2s 0d;, four and six-tooth and F..\J[. ewes, medium quality, l is Id; fair quality up, to, I.os 'id; small and weedy, IDs sil; a. good line of four-year-old vwes realised 17s; two-tooth wethers, IDs 3d to 10s Oil; lambs, culls 5s lOd, ljwtium Us -I'd to Us 8d; good lambs, \ls lOd to, 12s. Our next sale will bu hold on -May 30. On Friday, April SO, wo our usual I monthly tale in our Te Wera yards, when there was a very representative gathering and a good yarding of 378 head of cattle and U4O sheep. Competition was fair and a fair quantity of stock changed luuuh. Empty 15-mouth heifers up to 50s; store cows, small and poor 41s; medium tiOa to 02s; good cowf\, £4 0s Od; two and a half-year heifevs* £5; 10-nionth steers, small and "bad colors, 50s; weancr steers, 355; weaner heifers, 17s (id to 18s; hulls, yearlings, £2 17s (id; two year olds, £4 7s (id; fat and forward two-tooth wethers, IDs to 20s l'ld; F.\L ewes, 12s (id to 13s; sixtooth ewes, 18s Od; rams, 10s; lambs, small (is 4*l, medium 'Bs Id, fair 10s od. Our next Te Wera sale will be held on Friday, May 2S.

On Tuesday ; May 4, wo held our usual fortnightly sale ill our Stratford yards, when wo had a small yarding of 372 head of cattle and 1585 sheep. All values for stock were lower, except for fat and forward cows, which were keenly competed for at full market values. Store cows, small and low-conditioned, -57rt (id to 4!)s; young store cows, small, 53s to 555; fair 7'2s (id to 755; forward cows, small .£4 to €4 Bs, medium £4 17s to £4 ISs; fat cows, small £8 to £G ss, medium £0 l(is (id to £7 lis, good £S (is to £8 17s; bulls up to £5 10s; weaner heifers, small 12s, medium lis, fair 17s to 18s; 13-month steers, small, £3 3s; weaner steers, 30s (id to 32s (id; mixed wcaners, fair quality 22s Cd; 18-month in-calf heifers, COs; springing heifers £5 17s (id to £(i ss; sheep were much harder to quit and prices slightly easier: small lambs made 7s !)d to Ss; two-tooth wethers ISs lid, P.M. ewes Us to 'l3s. Our next Stratford sale will lie held on Tuesday, May 18.

On Tuesday. May 4, we hold our monthly sale of wool, sheep skins, hides and tallow. AVe offered a small catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Prices obtained for the wool wore lower by %d to l'/jd per 11) in sympathy with the decline in London and advance in freight from the Dominion. Prices obtained wen; as follow:-—Wool in bales, cross-bred fleece, log-stained and wasty, 10% d; heavy, matted and coarse, lid; medium coarse, ll%il; crutchings, little seed, !)d; bag wool, dead S'/ml,' clean 10'/id to 10% d: pieces, clean S'/,d, locks and cross-pieces 4'/,d to f orutenings. B'/id; lambs ll)d. .Sheep skins, all fanners' lines, pelts lOd to Is Id, damaged and torn -id to short-woolled »%d, salted at each 2s 4d, .Is .Id; half to three-quarter woolled 7'/ 3 d to 9d; full-woolled O'/od to 1(M. Hides, all farmers' lines, horse hide, cut 3s Od; cowhides, :!.db to 43 lb, 7%d, yearlings 7d, cut fi'/jd; calf skins, medium Sd, cut 7d. Our next wool and skin sale will be held on June 1.

Since we last reported, we have placed a fair quantity of stock at the following prices:—l''at and forward ewes, 17s 3d to 18s; F.M. ewes in lamb from lis Sd to 10s od; two-tooth ewes, 10s to 21s; lambs, culls 5s lid, medium Ss 0(1 to 10s Oil, fair from 10s llil to 12s; two-tooth ranis £2 2s; weaner heifers, 14s to ISs; tveanor steers 32s fid to 355; empty 18month heifers 47s (id to 50s; one' nice line of Shorthorn stud" made v r >ss; two and a half-year-old heifers in calf to £5 15s; store cows, small £-2 15s to £3 15s; forward cows, small £-1 10s to £5 10s.

WOOL, .SKIN, ItIDK, AND TALLOW SALtiS. Oil Tuesday, 4lh May, Mr. Newton Kiiii;' In 1 '(1 a sale ol' above produce to an average attendance ol' buyers. C)\vin<* to it Iji'inj; only three week's since the previous sale, the offering!) were consequently smaller. 'I lie catalogue comprised 14 bales and (i!> sacks of wool, Kid!) sheepskins, 7 casks ami (it tins of tallow, 427 hides, (17 calfskins and ,1 sacks ol' horsehair. The dilliculties attending the shipment of produce and the rise in freights a"e adversely allectin<; prices on sonic lines. As anticipated, hides declined ; jd to VI ]>er 11); tallow also declined Is per cwt. Sheepskins met a very -strong market and advanced .Id to '!d' per lb, the lines benching most pelted hall' to three-quarter wools, which sold as hij:h as IHd a lid 1o; d per lb. Salted sheep were easier. The wool oll'erin.; was composed mostly „f oddments anil inferior parcels of lambs. Wool.- I'ro.sshred lleecc 1 I ]d to J2]d; seedy «|d to lambs 10',d to !2|d'. Seedy 11-',l ; l ): ully seedy (Id. In sacks: I'leeee lid to Is; seedy and inferior (id to >vl; lambs I I'd; seedv 7|d to !Ud: dead 7id to 1(Ij d ; pieces' 7|d; locks "-Id to li-UI; crutchin;;s inferior S.'.d- black to !) !<!.

Sheepskins.--Lull-woo] lo|d to IOJd la,abs !Ud to lid; three-quarter "wools lllj; Imlfwools Kid. inferior lid; damaged 71d lo 7Ad; quarler-wools (i:;d to 8J.1; deail bill to S\'d; dead, damaged, and inferior lid lo Sd; pells -lid to 7d; pelts daiwi;.;cd Id lo 3d; skin pieces (ijd. Damp lines; Heavy Ss to Ss 7d; medium 5s ltd to lis JOd: li.uht 2s 2d to 4s 3d: damaged 2s 7d to 5s (id; lambs 5s 3d: lamb pells 2s (id to :!s (id. Salted lines: Best lis Id to !>s. li;,ht Is Id lo 5s (id; interior 2s to lis (hi; damaged 2s 2d; lambs 2n Id to 4a' lid; pelts It tid 2s (id-