COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 289, 15 May 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

RETAIL PRICKS. NEW PLYMOUTH, MAY IS, 1015. DAIRY I'RODLCK, ETC. Butter— s- <!• Factory Is ail to Is 7(1 Best separator 1 3 Seconds ••■••• 1 2 Eggs 2 »■» Lard "JO Hams <> i) Rushers bacon Oil Rashers Ham 1 2 Milk (quart) 0 4 FRUIT. Oranges Is Cd to 23 doz. Bananas 4<l 11). Passion fruit 4d doz. Grapes Is (id lb.

Tomatoes 4d and Gd lb Pears 4d and Od !b Walnuts Is l.b Apples 3d to Gd lb Apples, cooking 51h for Is. Lemons Is Gd and 2s doz. 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. Best separator registered dairies 1 2 Farmers' separator 1 1 Rolled 1 2 F>trs 2 3 Fungus 0 3

LONDON MARKETS. London, May 13. Copper.—Spot, C7B 17s Gil to £7!) 2s Oil; three mouths, £79 17s fid to £SO 2s fid. Tin, £lC>2 to €lO3 IDs. Pig iron 04s Bd. Lend. £l9 15s to £2O 7s fid. Sugar.—Steady and unchanged. Share Quotations. —Waihi, 40s and 42s Gd. Crossbrcds and best merinos had a hardening tendency; faulties were unchanged. The New Zealand Awliea clip ■brought top price, lS'/od; average 17(1. Bradford wool is stronger, and there is a keen demand for merinos for the later months of the year; fit's, 32VE.il; super fiO's, 32d; common fifl's, 31(1; 56's, 29'/.d; 30's, 2S>/,d; 45's, 2Gd; 40's, 24d. Butter.—Very firm. Danish, 154s to 158s; Australian, choicest scarce, 136s to 13Ss; unsalted, 140s; New Zealand, 140s to 1425; unsalted, 144s to 140 a. Cheese.—'Firm, owing to the Government demand. New Zealand, 05s to AGs.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, May 13. The unnssociatcd wool brokers offered 3400 bales. Competition Was good at late rates. AUSTRALIAN MARKET,?. Sydney, May 13. Oats.—Tasrnanian, 5s fid; New Zealand A Cartons, 5s Gd. Barley.—-Cape, feeding, 5s 9d; English (is. 'Maize, 5s Oil to 6s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian. £fi to £9. Onions.—Victorian, £7; New Zealand £5 to £fi. Butter.—Fixed prices. Bacon, B'Ad to 9y 3 d. Adelaide, May 13. Wheat, 8s 4d. Flour £l7 las. Bran, 2s 4d. Pollard, 2s GV>d. Oats, as «d to Os. Melbourne May 14. Wheat, 7s lid. Flour, £l7. Oats.—White, as 8y 2 d to 5s 9d; Algerian, Gs 7d. Maize.—Victorian, 6s Id; Java, 5s 6d' to ,5s 7V1.i1. Bran, £lO ss. Pollard, £ll ss. Potatoes, £5 ss. Onions, £5 5s to £5 las.

MATTHEW. GAMLIX AND GO'S KEPORT. Matthews. Gamlin and Co. report a small yarding of stock in their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Bidding for all classes of cattle was slack, and little business was done. We quote store cows £2 10s to £3 ss, forward store cows £4 7s Cd to £5 ss, fat cows £G los to £7 12s; yearling steers 32s fid fid, yearling heifers 10s to 18s Gd. Good lambs 14s 7d. LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile lAgency Company, Limited, have re-, wived tlie following cablegram from their London house, under date May 12: Tallow.—We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton 3(is lid per cwt, good beef 35s per cwt, mixed 32s !)d per cwt. The market is unfavorable.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. On Thursday last best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £S 2s fid to £ll 10s. others £3 17s Cd to £7 los; empty cows £3 to £5 Is, calves 15s to £1 17s, bulls £3 to £5 Ids, eighteen-month steers £3 3s to £4 4s, two-year steers £5 4s to £0 ss, according to condition. Three-year steers £0 15s to £7 15s. At Albert Yards on Friday, heavy draught horses sold at from £25 to £ll 10s, medium draught horses £l7 10s to 127 10s, light harness horses £D to £ls ss, hacks £7 to £lO, ponies £4 to £fi 10s. On Monday at Pukekohe best dairy cows sold at from £8 10s to £l4 ss, best heifers £(i 15s to £!) 15s; other cows £1 10s to £7 10s, heifers £3 15s to 1-5 17s (Id. Three and a half to five-year-old steers in fresh condition sold at from £7 13s to £lO ISs, two to three-vear-old steers £4 17s to £f> 12s (id, yearling to cigh-tecn-month-oM steers £3 2s (id to £4

18s good steer calve*. .-CI 8* to £2 2s, others 15s to £1 I ft-; fi-.vpty cows £3 10b to W.. h.ii'.-s £:! 10s to £4 12s, bulls £.'! 10s to £!). Beef yarded in usual numbers and sold well. Steers to £l3 15s, cows £5 lfls to £ll. At Wcstlield on Wednesday choice oxen sold to £2 per 1001b, others 36s to 3!ls, cows nnil heifers £1 10s to 30s, steers sold nt from for medium and heavy-weight £9 15s to £l7 15s, lightweights £1 73 Od to £9 12s Od, cows and heifers £0 2a fid to £l.l ss. A draft of twenty-five cows from Tc M'ata averaged £ll7sod. Calves penned in smaller numbers than usual, and advanced in prices. Heavy suckers sold nt from £3 (is to £5 11a medium suckers £1 18s to £3, lighter 30s to 375, small and fresh-dropped Es to 15s. Sheep were penned in usual numbers, and receded in values, liest wethers sold to £1 fls (Id, others Ills (id to £1 Ss !ld, ewes £1 to £1 -1s !ld. i:,fe-ior!v fatted 17a to £1 3s 3d, hoggets 13s !)d to £l. Lambs yarded in small numbers and sold at from Iss vo 18s (id. Pigs in average numbers; sold at late, rates. Large baeoners made £3 10s to £4 3s, liaconers £3 18s to £3 Bs, large, porkers £2 5s to £-2 10s, porkers 30s to £2 2s; slips 10s to £1 ss, weaners 3s to 8s Gd.

ADDINGTON. Store sheep.—Good forward lambs 10s 4d to 12s Bd, fairly good lambs Ss 3d to !)s 3d, inferior lambs 4s to (is 4d, good ewe lambs lfls 3d to 12s Hid, inferior ewe, lambs (is 7d to Bs, cull lambs 3s to 3s fid, aged ewes 3s Od to 7s, soundmouth ewes 8s to (Is 7d, good two-tooth ewes 14 s Od, forward four and six-tooth wethers 13s 3d to 15s JOd, good twotooth wethers 12s fld. rat lambs—Hest lambs 17s to 10s 9d, others lis to 16s B<l. Tat sheep—Prime wethers 20s to '23s fid, other wethers 15s Od to 10s Od, extra prime ewes to 24s fid, prime ewes 17s Od to 21s fld, medium cwe3 13s Od to 17s, inferior ewes 7s to 13s, merino ewes 9s 4d. Fat cattle—Extra steers £ls 17s fid, ordinary steors £7 2s fid to £ll 10s, extra heifers to £l2 12s fid, ordinary heifers £5 to £B, extra cows to £lO 15s, ordinary cows £4 17s fid to £7 10s. Price of beef per 1001b, 2<ls to 40s. Store cattle—ls to 18-months sorts 355, 2-year heifers C 3 12s to £3 15s, dry cows '2ls to £4 15s, dairy cows £3 10s to £lO lfls. • Fat pigs—Choppers 60s to 02s fid, extra heavy baeoners to 78s, heavy baeoners fi2s fid to 70s, light baeoners 52s fid to 60s. Price per lb, V/.A to (Id. Heavy porkers 25s to 2Ss. Price per lb, o'/.d to f>%il. Store pigs—Medium stores fls to 17s, smaller 5s to Ss, weaners Is fid to 4s.

BUKNSIDE. Eat cattli—Prime bullocks £l3 10s to £ls, extra prime to £27 17s fid, medium £lO 10s to £l2, best cows and' heifers £W> 10s to £22. medium to good £8 to £O. inferior £(> to £fi 10s. Fat sheep—Medium and light wethers and ewes in particular were difficult to sell, although prime heavy -wethers did not suffer in value to the same, extent. Best wethers 23s fid to 275, medium to good -20s to 22s fid.' inferior 17s to IDs, best ewes 20s to 235, medium to good Ms to 18s, inferior 10s to 13s. Fat lambs—GOO were penned, and prices were a shade better than last week. Best 17s to ISs fid, extra prime 225. medium to good 14s fid to lGs, inferior Ifls to lis fid. Pigs—fil fats and 20 stores were yarded. Prices for fats were a good' deal easier than last week. Suckers 5s to Ss, slips 0s fid to 12s, stores 14s to 21s, porkers 30s to 41s, baeoners 49s to 60s. JOBNSONVILLE. Prime bullocks £ls, lighter £l3 17s Gd to £l4 2s fi.l. light £l3 7s fid, heavy vealers £2 2s to £2 9s, lighter 32s to 38s, others 25s to 20s. prime wethers 28s, prime light wethers 245, medium wethers 22s fid to 22s 7d. prime heavv ewes 28s 3d, prime ewes 23s 1,1, lighter 2fls 6d to 20s 7d. light 18s fid, prime woolly lambs 17s 4d, shorn 14s to 14s 7d.