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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 295, 22 May 1915, Page 2

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LONDOX WOOL SALES. London, -May 20. ' The wool sales closed strong at the highest of tlie scries, Merinos, good to medium, and scoured* were 5 per cent, above the April level, best greasy combings par to 5 per cent, advance, average faulty sorts par. Crossbreds as a line were very (inn at April rates, medium and coarser recovered the carly decline and closed equal to April rates, flood slipes were unchanged and wasty par to 5 per cent, lower, Best scoured were at par to 5 per cent, advance. Faulty and hurry fine 7'/. per cent, lower! Best lambs firm and unchanged. Faulty merinos firm at Ilk1 l k per cent, decline. Following wen; the prices for New Zealand clips:—Christchurch, top lS'/ail, average 17% d. Bradford wool market, strong enquiry for all sorts; M\ 33'/ a il; super OO's, 33.1; common OO's, 32d; 56's, 30% d; 80's, 2!>>/.d; 4ffs, 27d; 40's, 25d.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 20. Oats—Tasmanian 5s (id, New Zealand A flartons 5s 's(l to 5s fid. Barley—English 6s Cape feeding 5s Od. ' Maize 5s 10d to Cs, Java 5s 9d. Potatoes—Tasmanian £0 10s to £B, Victorian £O, New Zealand £C. Onions—Victorian £B, New Zealand £4 to £5. Bacon, 8 1 / a d to Od. Melbourne May 21.

Wheat, Ss 4d. Flour, £lB Ss. Bran, 2s (id. Pollard, £l2 10s -per ton. Melbourne, May 21. Hides —There are moderate supplies and aeUve competition. Prices are very firm. Wheat— Imported 7s lid, Victorian (nominally) Ss V/ S i. Flour, £l7. Pollard. £hl ss. Bran, £lO ss. ■ ■ ~-<-~w-vwmq Oats—Feeding 5s 3d to 5s 3d, seeding 7s to 7s fid. Maize, 5s Id to 5s "fid. Potatoes. £5 5s to £6. Onions, £0 to £0 ss.

MATTHEWS 1 , OAMLIN & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Camlin and Co. report a small yarding of stock at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Store and forward cows wore not so dull of i sale as of late, but other cattle were hard to quit. Wo quote: Springing heifers £8 to £7 12s fid, forward cows £4 15s to £5 4s, store do. £2 15s to £3 Ms, old do. 35s to £2 2s, 20-month steers £'3 ss, do. heifers 15s to 20s, bulls £4 to £5, f.m. ewes 13s 5d to 15s (id. At Tarata on Monday last we had n good yarding, when all stock yarded were well competed for. We quote: Lambs Hs sd, lis 4d, lis, 8s 7d. Bs. good f.m. ewes 10s sd. others lis Bd, 8s fid, wethers 15s 2d to 20s, yearling steers 34s Cd heifers 15s, 20-moivths steers £3 Ills, empty heifers £2 2s to £2 12s Od. NEWTOX 'KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. Oh* Monday, 17th inst., at my Urenui yards, I had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, with a fair attendance. Bidding for sheep was quiet, but cattle were improved, there being a better tone in the cattle yards, practically everything being sold at the. following prices:— Two-tooth ewes 17s to 17s 10d, 6-tooth and 4-year empty ewes 15s Bd, f.m. ewes 7s and 7s Cd, wethers 18s fid, small lambs 7s, springing heifers £5 to £5 12s fid, very prime fat heifers £8 to £8 10s. good £0 to £0 10s, fat cows £7 to £8 14s, light-framed fat cows £0 3s to £6 17s, forward bullocks £8 10s to £!) (Is. small fat heifers £5 10s, 18-months steers £3 (is to £4 4s, IS-months heifers £2 3s to £3, store cows £2 to £3 10s. forward cows £4 to £4 10s, 2'/ 3 -ycar steers £0 ]2s, weaner steers £1 15s to £1 17s, weaner Jersey heifers £1 4s. At Rahotu on Tuesday, 18th inst., I had a small entry, all of which I was able to clear at the following rates:— Weaner heifers 10s to 235, weaner steers 20s to 355. fat cows £8 Ss Gd, forward cows £4 !ls to £4 15s, store cows £3 4s to £3 15s, dairy cows £7 ss, 2-year steers £4 Is, springing heifers £5. At Omata on Wednesday I held a clearing sale on account of' Mr. Arthur Mills. There was a good attendance of the public, and all lots offered met with good competition. There were no dairy cows to oiler, but an exceptionally wellbred line of Jersey heifers bred by Mr. Mills made £lO. Other prices were:' Yearling heifers £2 10s to £2 15s, weaner iieifer 2%gns„ store cows £3 10s to £(i, pedigree Berkshire pigs 3 to 0 gns.

AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Utd., report:— At Westlield yards hest dairy cows sold at from £8 to £ll, otFers '£3 10s to £7 15s, empty cows £3 to £4 15s calves 20s to ,13s. At, Albert yards on Friday heavy draught horses sold at from £22 to £•'!) 10s, medium do. £lB to £2l, li.rht harness horses £S to £l4 ] o s, hacks £5 to £l4, weeds £!• to £2 10s. At Waiuku yards on Saturday dairy cows sold at fvom £4 to £7 10s', empty cows £3 to £4 10s, calves 20s to 3os bulls £3 to £7 10s. At Westfield yards on Wednesday" ca vos wore yarded in good supply, and sold at late rules. Heavy vealers sold at from £4 10, to £5 14s, others, medium weights £3 to £4 ss, lighter £2 to t-2 ISs, smaller 15s to 37s Od, small and fresh dropped 3s to 15s. Sheep came forward in full numbers and declined ii, price from Is to 2s per head: no freezing buyers were operating Tio=t wethers -25s to 28s !),1. others 17s 3d to -4s, owes, heavy weights, 20s to 235, 'thers lis .Id. bnmbs were yarded in average numbers. rp, cst spll , nt f , - 18s Od. others 10s 0.1 to ]ss 3d Pi's came forward in f„ U glß)pl „„',, noil Paoonors sold at from £3 3s to ;L.i 14s, larire porkers £2 l] s to £3 I'orkers £1 10s to £2 Ss. slips *os to -V wennors. best 13s to 10s, others 4s'to JOriN'SONWILLE. Extra hoavv bullocks made '£l(s 10a. light bullocks £l2 12s fid Jo ■£l3. extra prime heavy wethers 29s 6(1, prime bghtor wethers 2fis fi,l, ];,v] lt w ., t l 01-s24s2dto2ss.extralu.a;y;w ( ,r,| is ' prime ewes 24s Id. light ewes 20s 10d to -Is Oil. prune woolly lambs Ifls fi,l to -0s 2d, prune shorn lambs Ms to Ms 5d

ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Failing-mouth ewes 6a to 7s 3d, 2-tuoth wethers lis to 12s Cd, fair 4-tooth wetliers Ms to las id, forward -i-tooth wethers 15s Id to 17s (id, ewe liimhs (Is Od to lis, good lamlis (is KM to 9s, will lambs '2s tkl to Os 3d. Fat lambs—The sale was dragging throughout, and prices showed a drop of wliont '2s per head as compared with .last week's prices. Prime, lambs 15s to j IP, Id, others 7s lid to 14s Gd. |, l-'sis. sheep—Extra prime wethers to 255, ])rime wetliers Ills (Id to 2'2s 2d, others 14s 8d to IDs, merino wethers 12s to 15s 7d, extra prime ewes to 22s lid, prime ewes 15s (id to Ills Od, medium ewes 12s Oil to los, inferior ewes 7s .'ld to 12s, merino ewes 5s 5d to 10s KM. .Store cattle —Yearlings Ills, 15 to ISmontlis sorts £2 to £2 1)9, 2-year heifers £2 lis (Id 3-voar steers £4 5a to £4 l'Bs fid, dry cows 30s to £4 12s fid, dairy cows £3 10s to £l2 ss.

F»l cuttle—Extra steers to £l7 2s Cd, atrdiaary steers £6 15s to £B, extra liiMti-rs i.o £l2 15s, ordinary heifers £5 to £7 -10s, extra cows to £l2 10s, ordinary cows £4 17s Od to £7 15s; price of beef per IO011), 26s to 4,05. Vealers made 8s to 70s, according to size and quality. Pigs—Choppers 50s to 80s, extra baeoners to 80s, heavy baeoners 65s to 745, light baeoners 50s to 02s Od; price per lb, !>%<{ to Od. ' Heavy porkers ,'iSs to 4i")s, light porkers 30s to 3Gs; price per lb, s'/.(l to (id. Store pigs—Medium stores 14s to 17s (id. small stores 8s to 12s Gd, weaners 2s to 5s lid. BURXSIDE PRICES.

At Burnside best bullocks made £l3 10s to £ls 2s fid, medium £l2 to £l3, light and unfinished £8 10s to £!) 10s, best heifers to £ll ]os, medium to '£B 10s. light and unfinished to £5 10s. There was another large yarding of fat sheep, 3374 being penned. There were very few good quality wethers forward, and any such met with spirited competition, realising prices slightly in advance" of those ruling last week. Good quality ewes were in "fair demand and sold well, but unfinished ewes and wethers were neglected and were hard to place. Prime wethers 2fis to 2Hs, extra '" : " ' "ic-"n-yi ->ls to 235. unfinished 14s 0d to 17s Cd best ewes 22s to 255, extra to 2Gs Od, medium 10s to 18s, inferior 8s to lis. I'ut lambs—Fifteen hundred and nine-ty-eight wero. penned. This was an unexpectedly large entry in view of the fact that the freezing works are still closed. Butchers secured a few of the heaviest, and the balance were bought by graziers. Prices were little better than last week. Best 17s to 18s Od, extra to 23s 3d. medium 15s to 16s 6d, unfinished to 12s 6d,