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Taranaki Daily News, 9 August 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS Uy Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August (i. Copper: Spot £7l 15s to £72; three months £73 2s (id to £73 7s Oil; electrolytic £SG to £B7. Tin: Spot £lsl las to £lsl 17s lid; three months £153 5s to £153 15s. Lead: Spot £23 2s Oil; three months £23 ss. Spelter: Spot £80; three months £7O. Silver: 22 7-lGd. HOME MARKETS. Received August 8, 5.5 p.m. London, August 7. Wheat is firm and unchanged. Chicago September options 106f cents, December 10GJ cents. Thero is better demand for Danish butter, which is now 174s per cwt. Cotton: August-September 5.08 d. .Tutc: August £23 10s. Hemp: August-October £32. Copra: August-September £22 ss. Rubber: Para 2s 4£d; Plantation '2s 5Jd; smoked 2s 3jd. Rabbits are steady and unchanged. Sheep: Canterbury light 7d, medium OJd, heavy. J)Jd; Southland 0 ]3-13d; North Island e.?d, best brands (i 13-lGd; ewes (id. Lambs: Canterbury light Sjd, other qualities Sjd; Southland 8d; North Island Bd, selected BJd. Australian sheep: Light (!.{d, heavy O.'d, owes 5Jd; lambs best 7Jd, fair 73d, inferior 7Jd. Sontli American sheep: Light OJ.I, heavy G.jd; ewes (id; lambs light 7j'l, heavy'Tid. ■■ "■■■•■ ■■■ 1 lieef: Argentirfe' chilled fores "id, sides 8J(1. ' Other meats are unchanged. Wheat and flour afloat: 2,020,000 quarters. For the Continent 790,000; Atlantic shipments 20-2,000; Paciije 10,009 total for Europe 480,000; India 174,000; Argentine 4,000. WOOL SALE. Wellington, Saturday. Local wool brokers held a crutching sale yesterday. About 1400 bales were catalogued and evoked fair competition for all good lots, but seedy crutchings were neglected. Fine crossbred made 15jd per lb; medium to coarse crossbred 1 2d to 12Jd, pieces and bellies Sid to 03d, locks and stained pieces (id to Bd, superior crutchings 13d to 14Jd, good to medium crutchings 12d to 13d, seedy and inferior crutchings Gd to i)Jd, lambs Sd to 13d, dead wool Sjd to 13,jd.

FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ORGANISATION SOCIETY LTD. REPORT. At Okaiawa 011 Monday, August 2nd, we held our usual sale. " There was an average yarding and everything ivas sold at fully late quotations. Fresh-con-ditioned cows £7 to £7 10s, forward cows £5 5s to £(! ss, store cows £3 15s to' £4 15s, boners 30s to i'.i, weaners 14s to 2lis, pigs 13s (id dairy heifers to £5 2s (id.

On Tuesday at Mr. M. W. Barker's, AwaUma, clearing sale there was n good attendance of buyers and a satisfactory sale resulted. Best dairy cows sold at from £l3 to £ls 10s, others £0 5s to £l2 Ills, horses £2N 10s to £37 10s, waggon £2B 10s, milk cans 14s to 295, At Eltlmm yards on Wednesday »ve held our usual fortnightly sale, There was a full yarding of stock of all classes, and with the exception of three pens, the whole yarding was sold under the hummer. Prices were firm at fully late rales. We quote: Fat cows, extra prime £lO 17s to £ll 3s, others sold to £;> 17s, three-year-old steers in forward condition £!) ss, 23-year old steers (o Cli 17s (id. IS months to 2-year old steers £3 0s to £4 15s, yearling steers £2 13s fid to £3 ss, fresh-conditioned cows £(i 10s to £7 7s, forward cows £5 2s Od to £fi, store cows £4 10s to £5. boners £3 to £4 4s, empty heifers £3 7s to £3 <)s, heifer calves 35s to Ids, others 24s to 30s. In the duir.v pens best springing heifers sold at from £0 lis to £lO, others £0 to £H ss, cows (backward) £4 10s to £7.

At Ha worn yards on Thursday, stli inst., there was a full yarding of cattle and a fair entry of sheep. Thorn was a good demand for all classes and prices were firm at Into ((notations. Fat cows light weight £8 5s to £0 His, freshconditioned eows C 7 to C 7 17s (id. forward cows £5 15s to £0 His, store cows £4 to £5 17s «d, boners £3 IDs to £4, empty heifers «» Is to £3 ltis GO,, yearling steers £3 5s to £3 llis,, Veaner steers 3(is to 525, weanev heifers 2;is to 425. poor calves 15s to !J3x, dairv cows £U to £lO Ids, heifers £7 to £lO 10s, heifers (backward) !j:i 10s to £0 10s, fat wethers lijjlit weight 2(8 to 28s I Oil. ewes 23s td to i'l lu.s lOd, unfinished wethers 10s Cit to 235, hoggets lils 3d to 24s Til, I'.m. ewes in iamb 20s lid to 28*. Lincoln rams sold 24 guineas. Stoi" pi;;.-. 2«ls to 335, weanors 13s (id to IS?, breeding' sows £2 10s to £4 10s.