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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1915, Page 2

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BANK W ENGLAND RETURNS. London, July 1. Tho Bank of England returns for th Weelo eiulwl (Wednesday last are as fo lew:—' ; Gold, coin, £.51,080,000. Reserve, £35,005,000. Note circulation, £34,030,000. Puiblio deposits, £81,514,000. Other deposits, £140,•054,000. GoYcrnment securities, £51,043,000. Other securities, £15'2,015,000. Proportion of re.serve to liabilities ,20.10. Short loans, 1% per cent.; tlirc .months' bills, iV a per cent. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have vc ceivcd the following cablegram fi'Oi their London office under date 201 h ult. The fifth series of wool salc< have ope.' ed. There was a fair selection and large attendance of buyers. Coinpet tion was fairly animated. Compare with closing rates of the May sales greasy combing merinos were 5 to 7 per cent, dearer, and scoured par to per cent, dearer. Short faulty merino were unchanged. Crossbrcds showed a' advantage of 5 to 7i per cent. TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, ANI TALLOW SALES. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, June 20, at the sales o above produce I catalogued 15 bales am 84 sacks wool, 1700 sheepskins, threi casks and 49 tins tallow, 830 hides, 11! calfskins, and the usual sundries, to : largo attendance of buyers. Competi tion was very keen, and the prices foi sheepskins were the highest obtained ai these sales. Crutehings declined 2d pei lb from the high prices ruling the previ ous month, seedy parcels even to a great or extent. Sheepskins advanced Id to u per lb. Oxhides advanced Id, and washei and good conditioned cow hides advance, fd to ljd, sloppy and inferior sorts ,}i to id. Tallow: Market quiet; no change 1 quote:—Wool: Tn bales, tleeee 12.1(1 to Hid, cruteliiugs Old to lid, seedy 7<! to Old, in sacks, crutehings o : [d to 101,1 seedy (I'jd to Sd, tleeee 12(d to l.'ijd, seedy 7Ad, lambs Old to llid, black Okl, dead lold, pieces and locks 3d to 5Jd. ■Sheepskins: Quarter-wools 0, : ; d to 11.Jd, shorts S : Jil to Old, lambs woolly 1 Id, shorn Old to o','d. pelts 3}d, dead, damaged, and inferior 4id to Od, skin pieces s:i, damp lines full-woollcd 13s 7d, 10s lid and 17s Id, three-quarter wool 7s Od to fls, liall'-wool 4s lid to 7s, hoggets 7s Od to Bs, lambs -Is to 0s Od, salted full wonl 12s Od, three-quarter wool 7s to 10s 3d, lighl 5s 7d to lis 7d. lambs 3s lid to 0s '.ld. pelts 3s lid, damaged an 1 inferior Is lOd to 5s od. Tallow: lu casks 23s Od to 255, ill tins 22s to 23s 3d per ewt. Hides; Ox heavy S;d to 10 : jd, lio-'nt S : jd to lnjd. cow superior heavy 0!; d to lOld, light OJd to 10 : ; d. ordinary heavy K : j(i to lljd. light SJil to Old, sloppy ami inferior S)d to Od, farmei ; 7 1 <! to Sjl, tlesliy cut, lid fo lr;o, ii.. 11 s ;id to tijd, horses 5s (id to os, yesrlin;;; li:;d to Sd. cut and slippy 2d to (i : ;d. Calfskins: Best Od to Old. inferior 7d to B : jd, cut and slippy 41d to o'[d, slinks Oil, dry Is lid each, goatskins Is Od each, pigs Is each. liones, £5 per ton. Horsehair, Is 5M per lb. Cow-tails, Is Od per dozen. Itorse-tails, Od each. My next sale will be held on 'Tuesday, July 27. i

LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPOMT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch), report as follows: *- On Friday, June *25, we held our usual monthly sale in our To Wera ie yards. There was a small yarding owing ,1. to the \ret weather preceding the sale, but the stock that we yarded «ld readily at a slight adrance in values, iambs, small and cully, 5s Id; medium quality, small, lis (id; cull ewes, very poor, 0s 7d; fair to medium quality, 18s; yearling heit'ers, 21b; yearling steers 35s >6d; 20-inonthg lieifers, up to £4 ss. Our licit Te Wera sale will bs held on July s. 23. On Monday, 28tli, we held a clearing . e eale on account of Mr. A. C. D. Eggcrs, near Tariki, when there was a very large attendance of the public from all parts of tlie district, and we have to report a satisfactory sale. Sundries sold well. Milk cans los to 245, copper and stand e " 225, light milk cart .€9 7s (Id, milk cart 111 harness £5 los, dog cart £ll &<h, gelding £11) 10s, horse covers 10s to los, cow covers from 10s 13d, single-furrow plough ? £4 ss, swingle-trees 12s; cows, early j calvers and close to profit, made from I £8 l«s to £l3, later cows £6 10s to £7 10s, empty cows £5, cows carrying seci ond calves, without records, £6 to £8 '' 10s; lieifers realised from £5 10s to £0 ,s 10s Sd, yearling heifers 10s Od, yearling 11 bull 21s. Wc, also offered at this sale on account of Mr. Frank Gladding three verv nice heifers, which made from £9 ; D 10s' to £0 ,15s. On Tuesday, 20th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a email yarding of 202 head of cattle, most of which were if disposed of at satisfactory figures. There ,] was a large attendance of the public, (i Fat cows, light, made from £0 2-s to 3 £8 12s for good weights; store cows, u i fair condition, £5 Is to .C 5 <is; poor i-] quality. £4 to £4 1 J J«; old and lowr j conditioned, £2 17s fid to £3 17s; t I springing heifers, good, £7 to £7 10s r| Oil; medium, £0 5s to £0 Ss; empty i- I heifers £3 to £3 18s; weancr heifers, I ISs to 255: weancr steers. 31a fid io 41s. ,1 j Our next Stratford sale will be on ;1 ! the 13th inst. I 1 On Tuesday. 20th in«t.. we ihko Treld ,1 our usual monthly sale of wool, hides, '. skins, etc., but owing to the inclemency 1 of the weather our catalogue was only 1 fair. Crutehings allowed a decline of , 2',<.d per lb on last sale's rates, whilst sheepskins and hides showed a decided I : rise. (Prices obtained were: —Crossbred skins, short-woolled. 7(1: ; ]4-wooTled S : ;yl. , 0(1 to lft'/,d pel- I'll; damaged, 7%d: dead , ; and torn, 8 1 / ( d to S'/jd; salted at 5s ',d - each: crossbred lambs. 0(1 to O'/.d; , , crossbred hoggets to 10% d. Rale 1 ! wool: Crossbred crutehings, clean. I0 1 / 2 d; I ' crossbred crutehings. bidi, 7%d. "Bag i wool: Crossbred fleece Is Id, erossbred I lambs Is Id, crossbred crutehings lOd, ! crossbred crnteliinirs, lniribs, OVVL crossi bred pieces 4>'.d to o'/,<l. Hides: CowI hides, sli'py. 4d: cow Tildes, average 4-llbs, 7%d: flesliv, average, 42lbs, 7%d; light. . I average 20lbs, SJd; cut 0d; yearlings, | lOV.llts. 7 1/ ; d: I0 1 /,lbs, 7 3 / id: cut. G%d: ■ calfskins, flV.d; tallow, in tins. 23s per ; out. Our next wool and hide sale Will be held on July 27. ,Since, we last reported we have hand- I ; led a -rood deal of stock privatelv. » ean- ( !■ lie'ifers 80s to 22s fid, yearling steel's 375, u'ood dairy cows £lO, good s i; n "£ ing heifers ■£s, lnvnhs (poor) Ks t« ■ * ■ P.d, modiuhm lis 0.1 to Us. fair 13a ! to Ms od, fat wethers 20s Oil, fat ewes 23s Od. f.m. ewes (poor and weedy! 7s I Od to lfls. medium Ma to 15s, fair l'bs to IRa.