COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 313, 12 June 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

London, June 10.

Butter is slightly weaker on account of i.lio good supplies of Siberian, the best of which is soiling at about 130s. Coloni- < al is nominally unchanged in the absence \ of supplies. Cheese is quieter, and the Government i buying is temporarily suspended. New ( Zealand 98s. 1 Wheat.—Weak, lower, and depressed I owing to weakness in America. ' Oats.—Dull. Bahia Blanca June-July 1 27s 3d. 1 Peas, quiet and unchanged. Copper.—Spot, £B3 7s (id to £B3 12s ! Gd; three months, £B4 7s 6d to £B4 12s 1 04; electrolytic, £94 103 to £95 10s. Tin.—Spot, £166 to £lO6 10s; threo i mouths, £164 5s to £164 15s. Pig iron, 66s 9d. i Lead, £27 5s to £2B. Spelter, £llO to £lO5. Silver, 23 5-10 d. Sugar—Firm; fine granulated 28s. i Wool. —At Bradford merinos and fine crossbreds are in keen demand. Top sixty-fours 39d, super sixties 38$ d, common sixties 37Jd, fifty-sixes 33d; fifties 31d; forty-fives 27Jd, forties 25Jd. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sj'dney, June 10. The week's wool 'sales closed firm, and there was a strong- demand for all good qualities at the late full rates. French buyers were much more active than they have been for a considerable time. Faultiea were largely passed in. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 10. Oats.—Tasmanians, 5s 4d to 5s fid; New Zealand A Gartons, 5s 3d to 5s Od; American Algerians, 5s fid. Barley.—Cape feeding, 5s 9d; English, 6s. Maize, 5s Gd, Potatoes. —Tasmanians, £7 10s to £8 10s. Onions.—£7 15s; New Zealand Globes nominal at £7. Cheese, lOd. Bacon, Did to lOd. Adelaide, June 10. Wheat, 8s 4Jd. Flour, £l7 15s. Bran, 2s lid. Pollard, 2s sd. Oats.—Feeding, ss; seeding, 5s fid. Melbourne, Juno 10. Hides.—There were fair supplies; heavy and all good conditioned lots were a. farthing dearer, and others unchanged. Wheat, nominal 7s lid. Flour, £l7. Oats, 5s 2d to 5s 3d. Maize, 5s 4d to 5s 4Jd. Bran, £lO ss. Pollard, £ll. Potatoes, £6 10s to £7. Onions, £6 15s to £7 ss. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. report a ( fair yarding at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Fat and forward cows were well competed for, but other cattle were dull of sale. We quote: Springing heifers, . £0 to £7 12s Od; calved do, £5 5s to £0 15s, fat cows, £7 to £8 10s, forward do, £5 to £0 ss, store do, £2 • 15s to £4; weaner steers, 34s to 38s; i do heifers, 15s to 29s Gd, culls, Gs Gd; cull ewes, 10s. i JOHNISONVTLLE. Extra prime bullocks made from '£ls > 10s to £lls 15s, prime £U 12s Od to i £ls, prime wethers 27s 5d to 29s 3d, . prime light wethers 22s 9d, prime ewes • 25s to 20s, plain ewes 10s, prime woolly » lambs Wis <;d to 18a 4d, prime shorn lambs 15s 7d. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Fairly good ewe hoggets lis lOd, cull hoggets 5s §d to 7s (id good hoggets 10s 3d to lis, merino wethers 8s 3d, aged ewes 5s 7d to 7s 7d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 13s 9d to 13s lid" forward 4 and fctooth wethers 18a Bd, sound-mouth ewes (in lamb) 15s. Fat lambs—Prime lambs ISs to 22s 7d, 1 medium lambs 15s to 18s Od, light and ■ unfinished lis Od to 14s Od.

Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 31s 3d, prime wethers 19s to 20s, others 15s 9d to ISs 6d, merino wethers 10s 7d to 20s, extra prime ewes to 27s 3d, prime ewes 17s to 245, medium ewes 14s 0d to 10s Gd, inferior ewes 12s to 14s. Fat cattle—Extra steers to £l6 10s, ordinary steers £7 to £lO 10s, heifers £0 7s 'Od to £lO 7s Bd, extra cows to £l4 17s Od, ordinary cows £4 17s 6<l to £8; price of beef per 1001b, 23s to 37s Od, extra to 40s.

Store cattle—Yearlings 325, 15 to 18months sorts £2 5s to £2 10s, 2-vear heifers £3 2s Od, dry cows 30s to £5. Dairy cows, £3 10s to £ll 10s. Pigs—Choppers 80s, extra baconers to 79s Od, heavy baconers 70s to 70s, light baconers 50s to 07s; price per lb, 5d to Od. Heavy porkers 37s to 445, light porkers. 32s to 355; price per lb, Od. Medium stores 22s to 2Ss, small stores 14s to 20s, weaners 5s to Bs. BURNSIDE. Prime bullocks made £l3 10s to £l4 7-s Od, extra to £l7 10s, medium to £lO, 15s to £IIS 17s Gd, light £8 10s to £lO, best heifers £l2 ss, medium £8 17s Od to £9 10s, light £5 15s to £0 10s. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 23s fid to 20s, extra to 27s 9d, medium 20s fid to 22s fid, light 17s fid to 2fis fid. medium 17s 3d to 19s, light Ids to 13s fid. Fat lambs—'Prime l'Ss Od to 21s, extra to 22s !)d, medium 15s od' to 17s, light Ms to 13s Od. Pigs—o7 fat's and 10 stores wore penned. Baconers met with good competition and realised satisfactory prices. Porkers had not the same attention, while stores and slips met with practically no demand. AUCKLAND. At Pukekohe yards on Tuesday dairv cows made from £5 to £9 10s,'heifers £3 to £5, two to three-year steers £5 to £8 ,17s Od, yearling' to 18-montbs steers £3 to £4 12s fid, emptv cows £3 to £4 Us. heifers £3 10s to £3 ISs, calves 30s to £2 2s for the best, others 10s to 28s, bulls £3 to £43 10s.

At Westficld yards on Wednesday prime quality sold to £2 -per 1001b, others 31s to 3Ss, cows and heifers 30s to Css per 1001b. Steers sold at from £8 to £l6; cows and heifers £4 to £ll. Veal calves were penned in full numbers, and prices were hardly up to last week's quotations. Heavy vealers sold at from £4 5s to £5 12s, mediumweight £3 to .£4 4s, lighter £2 to £2 18s, smaller 15s to 355, small and freshdropped 3s to 13s. Sheep were yarded in average number and showed no improvement in values. Best wethers sold at from 95s fid to 28s fid, others 20s 3d to 21s 9d. ewes, heavy-weights 21s to 24s 3d, light do. 18s 3d' to 20s fid. Hoggets wore penned in large numbers, best selling at from 13s fid to 17s 9d, others 10s 3d to 12s 9<l. Pigs wore penned in less numbers than usual, and prices advanced on last week's rates. No baconers were yarded. Large porkers sold at from £2 10s to £3 Ss, porkers 80s to '£S ss, small porkers 25s to 30s, slips 18a to 21s, wcancrs 12s to 16s.