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Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1915, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cubic—Press Association— Copyright. Sydney, Auguat 19. Bran £7, and pollard £7 103, These tiro millers' prices. Outs: Tasmania)) 5s 3d, New Zealand A Gartons and Duns 5s 3d, American 53 to 5s 3d. Maize: 5s 4d to 5a Cd, Javan 5s to 5s 2d. • Potatoes: Tasmanians £9 to £lO 10s, New Zealand £O. Cheese: lOd to lid. Bacon: lOd to 10ld. Adelaide, Augual lil. Wheat: Ss. Flour: £lB 10s. Bran: Is IOSd. Pollard: 2s ljd. Oats: 4s. Melbourne, August 11). Hides: Fair supplies, competition leas keen, prices unchanged. Wheat: Nominal. Flour: £l7. Oats: Algerian ami Chilians 4s, Japanese 3s 3d to 3s Od. Maize: 4s 53d to 4s Od. Bran: £8 ss. Pollard: £9 ss. Potatoes: £8 to £S 10s. Onions: £8 5a to £8 15s.

LONDON MARKETS. London, August 19. Coin £60,177,000; reserve £53,018,000; proportion of reserves to liabilities 23.. r )0; circulation £31,958,000; public deposits £102,004,000; other deposits £124,630,000; Government scurities £45,015,000; other scurities £146,184,000. Short loans 4s, three months' bills Wailii 35s and 37s Od, Junction 20s and 21s 3d.

Victorian fours 95J, three and a-half 913, three 70$; New South Wales fours 95J, three and a-half 94 J, three 78, throe and a-half 1920-30 83$, three and a-half 1929-40 83$; New Zealand fours 95, three and a-half 833, throes 70; South Australian three and a-half 85$, threes 70; Tasinnnian three and a-half 85$; Wcstralian three and a-half 87J. Butter is firm, Cheese is steady; New Zealand and Canadian 74s to 70s. Copper: On spot £OS 12s Od to £OS 17s Od; three months £OO 17s Od to £O7 2s Od; electrolytic £79 to £SO. Tin: Spot £l4B 10s to £149; three months £149 15s to £l5O ss. Pig-iron: £OO ss; lead £2l2sod; spelter £O2 to £52. Silver: 22Jd. Sugar is firm and unchangd. Bradford tops are unchanged. Wheat is steady and unchanged. Oats have a dull tendency and are lower. Bahia Blanca August-September shipment 25s 9d. Beans are firm. Peas are quiet; New Zealand blue 60s to 80s.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Waiwakaiho on Friday, the 13th inst., I had a very heavy yarding, the best that has 'been seen at these yards for some considerable time. Buyers were numerous and bidding good, all lines being cleared at the following prices:— Jersey yearling heifers (good) up to £2 13s Od, grade yearling heifers (wellgrown) £A to £2 lis, smaller 24s Od to 37s Od, good yearling steers £3 8s to £3 lis Oil, rough £2 10s to £2 las, small 39s Od to £.2 Is, good line of two-year-old heifers £4 2s, fair £3 7s. to £3 12s Od, 2-year steers £5 7s, aged store cows (good'framed) £4 2s Od to £4 12s '6d, light-framed store cows £3 10s to £4 ss, fair store cows £4 18s Od to £5 10s, forward cow* £0 12s to £7 is, bulls £0 12s Od to £9; hoggets 17s to 19s M, ewes and lambs 20s. Mr. J. W. West's dairy cows were- a mixed line, selling' up to £l2 and averaging £7 15s. Mr. Harper Lepper's cows sold at from £7 to £l2 ss. Dairy cows on account of other vendors realised from £0 10s to £lO, springing heifers up to £9 15s, and fr-om £4 os to £7 12s Od for 2-year-olds; cows in calf made from £4 5s to £0 12s Od. m On Monday, for the clearing sale at Mr. King's Barrett road farm there was a large attendance, buyers being present from all parts of the province. The cows were all Tiolstein, and those showing well down in calf met with great competition, selling up to £l7 15s for the best, but a good number were later calvers (no dates being available), and the average for the herd of £ll 4s Od was a very good one. Three-quarter cows sold up to £7, empty cows £4 10s to £0 ss, yearling heifers £2 os, yearling bulls £2 4s to £5. farm horses £2l 10s to £35, 3-year llolstein springing heifers £9 to £lO 10s.

Ou the . jme day at Douglas I had a full yarding, of which the majority was cleared at the hammer at the following prices:—Yearling heifers 3Cs, small 22s and 235, yearling steers £3 Is, rough £2 os Gd to £2 7s, 2-year steers £5, Jersey and.rough £3 Ids to £4 12s, 2'/ s -year steers £0 7s, good 2-year empty heifers £4, fair 20-month empty heifers £3 to £3 Bs. store cows £-l'ls to £4 17s, fat cows £8 (is to £0 10s, hoggets 20., ad, culls 8s Od to 10s 3d, 2 and 4-tooth ewes in lamb 27s Od. fjf.m. ewes in lamb 255, i.ni. ewes in lamb 22s to 22s Od, cull ewes 14s Od to His Id, fat sheep 20s (id, fat ewes 30s and 275, rams 10s Od to 15s 9d, store and forward wethers 27s lid, springing cows £5 12s Od to £(i 2s (id, 3-year springing heifers up to £3 10s. smaller £3 17s lid to £5 15s. At Stratford yards on Tuesday, the 17th hist., there was a full yarding, buyers being present in good numbers, a very satisfactory sale resulting. A feature of the sale was the yarding of several pens of 2'/ a to U'/i-year wellconditioned steers, the quality and breeding of which were very favorably commented upon, as it is seldom that such good cattle are seen nowadays.. Competition was keen, and although two pens did not reach the owners' reserves, the whole of the grown cattle were cleared during the day. 1 supply prices obtained: (iood vending heifers £2 His to £2 17s, fair 30s Od to 38s, empty 2-year heifers £3 7s to £3 12s, small yearling heifers £1 lo £1 S.s (id. yearling steers £3 7s Od, fair £2 1G? to £3 Is, light store cows £3 10s to £4 Ss, fair store cows £4 13s Od to £5 4s, good stores from £5 10s to £7 Kis, for cows carrying a little condition; light fat cows .CD 2s. fat 2-year Jersey heifers £0 12.5, fat heifers' £7 17s to £8 18s, stags £4 os, 2-year steers £4 10s to £5 18s, forward three-year steers £ll, good-conditioned 2'/, to 3-year steers £8 l'»s, small hoggets 10s (Id. fm. ewes in lambs 20s Gd. fn the dairy yards I had a good entry, for which there was a good enquiry, anything forward and showing good quality selling very readily. (lood heifers sold up to £ll, but the smaller and backward sorts were hard of sale, making from £4 15a to £6; dairy cows made from £5 10a to £9 and £lo for n choice Jersey cow; three-quarter eows made £4 15s, the CI head sold avcrag ing £7 It

At Stouy lUvcr on Wednesday, the 18th, I he,d a good yarding, which met with good competition at the following prices:—Jersey yearling heifers £2 4s, mixed yearlings 34s to 375, small 2fe to 235, empty 2-year heifers £3 'M5s and £8 17a Bd, empty 18-rnonths heifers £3 2s to £3 Os, yearling steers £3 2s (id, rough .£"2 7s fid to £2 12a, springing heifers (good) up to £9, others (mostly small) £4 to £0 10a, dairy cows £7 fa to £lO, fat tows £8 17s lid to £1) 163, store and forward cows £4 18s to £7 ss, light store cows £3 sis to £4 7a, young ewes and lambs 30s, hoggets ISs fid, slip pigs £1 la to £1 7s Od, f.ni. ewes in lamb 225. Private Bale for the week as follows: —Yearling Jersey heifers £2 13s Od, small 35s to £2, yearling steers £3 2s Od to £3 10s, smaller £2 8s to £2 17s Od, 20-month to 2-year empty heifers £3 03 to £3 15s, store cows £5 ss, dairy herds £lO, fat eow a £8 to £9 7s 6d, fat bullocks £l3 7s sd, 3-ycar forward steers £lO, 2'/ B -ycar steers £6 to £6 15s and £7 8s <kl to £8 for good lines, springing heifers £6 to £7, hoggets 225, 20a, Ms 3d, 18s 9d, ISs, small 15s, store wethers 255, ewes in lamb 21s Od to 28s, culls IGs to lCs Od.

MATTHEWS, fiAMUX & CO.'S KEPOIIT. Matthews, Gamliii and ,'Co. report a good yarding at Inglewood last Wednesday, Bidding for all classes was good, and with the exception of one or two small lines of yearlings everything yarded was sold at the hammer at the following prices:—Springing heifers £G 10s to £8 los, good dairy cows £7 to £O, others £5 15s to £0 Os, store cows £4 15s to £5 10s, forward do. £0 12s Od to £7 18s, small stores £3 10s to £4 ss, empty heifers £3 to %3 12s Od, yearling steers £2 10s to £2 His, do. heifers 32s Od to £2 ss, ewes 23* lid, hoggets IBs 2d to 20s f)d, bulls £3 to £4 10s.

ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Good hoggets 14s 3d to 10.-4 Bd, medium hoggets lis Od to 14s, inferior hoggets 10s to ll.s Od, good ewo hoggets 10s Id to 10s sd, good 4 and G-too! i wethers 10s 9d to lfls M, cull wethers 13a Od to 15s Od, aged ewes 5s to 7s Od, south-mouthed owes las to 10s Od, failing-mouthed ewes 10s fld to 12s Od. l'al lainhs—Prime 22s to 25s Od, extra prime to 40s, medium 17s Od to 21s od, lighter sorts 14s to 17s. ■Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 37s Od, prime, wctliers 24s to 32s Od, others 18s 3d to 23s -Od, merino wethers 23s to 20s, extra prime ewes to 4ils, prime ewes 22s to 30s, medium ewes 17s to 21s Od, light and inferior 13s 3d to 10s Od, merino ewes 7s 9d to 15s sd.

Vat cattle—Extra prime steers to £23 10.s, other steers £8 to £ll 10s. extra prime, heifers to £l7 10s, other heifers £0 to £lO, extra cows to £l9 10s, other cows £5 10s to £0; price of beef per 1001b, 33s to 625. Store rattle—Yearlings ljfs to 2fo, 15 to 18-months sorts £2 8s to £3 7s Od, 2'/ a -.vcar steers £5 '2s Od, 2-year heifers £4, 3-year steers £S 17s Od (passed), 3-year heifers £5 7s Od, dry cows 30s to £."> ss. Dairy cows, £3 ]()s to £l2 15s. Pigs—Choppers 70s (o 140s, extra baconers to 90s, heavy baconers 75s to 84s, light baconers 57s 0d to 70s; price per lb, fi'/id to oy.il. Heavy porkers 43s to 47s Oil. light porkers 35s to 40s; wicc per lb, C'/jjtl to o%d. Stores were in good demand, medium sorts making 22s to 28s, small 17s to 21s, weaners Ss to 21s. sows in pig £2 to £3 ss, sows with litters £2 5s to £5.

AUCKLAND. At Westdeld yards best daily cows and heifers sold at from .CO IDs to £l3. second quality .CO to ,C 8 15s, apod and inferior £3 to fo, empty cows £4 ss, to £!) (according to condition), "-earling steers £3 5s to £3 19s, yearling heifers £1 las to £2 15s, calves' £ 1 lis to £2 12s. At Albert yards heavy draught horses brought £24 to £3O 10s, medium draught horses £ls to £27. light harness horses CI) 10s to £ls 10s. backs £7 His to £l4, spring cart £ll 10s. harness at ruling prices. At Westfleld fat stock sale best oxen sold at £2 7s per 1001b, cows and heifers £1 18s to £2 4s, steers from £lO 2s Od to £2S for a steer fattened at Cambridge, a record price, for fat oxen 'at Westfield yards. Cows sold at from £3 10s to £l4 2s Od. Calves were penned in average numbers and sold at improved rates. Runners sold at from £5 15s to £8 12s Od, heavy suckers £3 10s to £o Is, medium suckers £2 Ps to £3 10s. lighter suckers £,] 15s to £2 lis. light slickers £1 to £1 lis, small and fresh-dropped 3s to 18s. Sheep were penned in average numbers and sold under keen competition at improved rates, especially for anything well fatted. Wethers, prime quality, sold at from £1 15s to £1 18s fld, others £1 (is to £1 14s; ewes, best quality £1 8s to £1 12s nd, others £1 Is to £1 (is 0d; hoggets, In small supply, sold well at from £1 As (>d lo £1 7s f)d. Pigs came forward in small numbers and sold at improved rates. Heavy banners £4 5s to £4 18s, medium .CS'tn £1 Is, light £2 17s to C 3 os. heavy porkers £2 7s to £2 10s. light £1 lis to £2 3s, slips £1 to £1 10s.