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Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS, By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, August 20. ' Coin, £015,392,000; reserve, £53,948,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities 24.13; circulation £31,803-,O00 : public de'posits, £134,054,000; other deposits, £89,405,000; Government securities, £45,055,000; other securities £142,137.000. Butter is firm. Supplies of the choicest are short. Cheese is dull. New Zealand 70s to 735; Australian 68.i to 70s, Bacon is strong owing to the shortage of present and future supplies. Copper,—Spot £7O 17s (id to £7l 2s fid; three months £72 to £72 sa. Electrolytic £S2 to £B3. Tin—Spot £155 to £155 10s; three months £l5B 5s to £loo 15s, Pig iron, £65 ss. Lead, £22 5s to £22 10s. Spelter, £6B to £O4. Sugar is firm. American granulated 295. ' Bradford tops are unchanged, and there is more, enquiry. Wheat is dull, and (lour is dull and unchanged. Oats are quiet. New Zealand 35s to 30s; Bahia-Blanca August-Scplcmber shipment 25s 3d. Peas and beans are firm at full prices, AUSTRALIAN MARKET,"-!. Sydney, August 20. Oats—Tasmanian and New Zoniand A Cartons and Duns 5s 3d. Barley—Nominal. Maize, 5s 2d to act 4d; Japan, ss; South African, 5s to 5s 2d. Potatoes—Tasmanian, £9 10s to £11; New Zealand, £9. Onions—Victorian £9, New Zeanmd £B, American £lO. Bacon, lOd to lOVad. Adelaide, August 26. Wheat, £B. Flour, £lB to £lB 10s. Bran, Is 6d. Pollard, Is fld. Oafs, 3s Od to 3a fld. Melbourne, August 20. Hides—-Good-conditioned are firm a! y,d to %d lower. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch), report as follows: AVe held our usual weekly heifer sale on Tuesday, August 17, when we had a fair yarding of 02 head. Competition was fair, and most vendors' lines were cleared at the following prices;— Heifers showing quality and growth, close to profit, were ill good demand at £9, £8 17s Od, £8 h.ss and £8 10s; calving later, £8 to £7 ss; small two-year-olds £0 12s (id to £0 2s Od; dairy cows in m!,lk, £8 10s, £8 to £7. We held our To Wera sale on Friday, August 20. There was a fair yarding of WO head of cattle and 224 sheep, most of which wo disposed of to numerous buyers at advanced prices:—Bulb £7 ss, 3-year heifers £ ; 5 15s, dairy heifers £5 10i down to £4 15s, empty heifers £3 fe, maiden heifers (small) £4 13s fid, yearling steers 595, wcancr steers (small) 20s, empty sows £5 IDs to £5 Is, small £4, dairy cows (fair quality) £9 to £6 15s; hoggets (small) 10s Od to 17s Od, empty ewes 20s 7d, sheep dog £5 12s Gd. Out next Te Wera sale will be held on September 17. On Saturday, 21st inst., we held our first horse sale in onr Stratford yards. Wc were favored with numerous entries and a large attendance of the public, and have to report a very successful s-alo and a good clearance of most suitable animals. Medium draughts £32 to £35, light draughts £23 'lOs, milk callers £l9 to £22. gig animals £lO down to £l2 10s, lighter weights £lO 10 3 to £7 10s, hacks £4 10s to £4. weeds £2 5s to £2 15s, ponies £2 2s Od lo £4 ss. Our next sale date will be advertised later.

We held our usual fortnightly store stiyk sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday, 24th insf., when we had a largo yarding of oft 1 ) head, including a very nice line of 3-year bullocks. The attendance was good, hut competition was not so keen as usual, except for bullocks, which realised full values. Fat cows made £0 10s for good, to £S 1.7s to ,CS 5s for mediums, and £7 10s to C 8 for lighter sorts; forward cows £7 3s (o £7 13s fid, good stores £0 to £G lils, lighter lines £5 Gs to .£."> 12s, poorconditioned £4 to £4 Ss, small stores fi"s to Sis, mixed yearlings 475, yearling heifers (fair) -Lis to 4Ss Cd, good lines fils to 50«, smaller 2.!>s to 37s Cd, poorer 23s 0.1 to -28'-.. 2-year heifers £3 lis to £1 7s, 15-moiiths steers 85s. 3-year steers (nice line) £lO lis, £lO 10s and ,Ci> 2.t. Our next Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, Septemlii our dairy yards we had a fair yarding of 03 head and disposed of a good many at full values to a good attendance of buyers. Well-grown and close to profit made from £lO 10s down to £S 10s, later calving £S 5s to £7 15s, poorer condition £7 .is to £7, smallgrown £0 17a (id to £0 10s, two-year-oldn £G 2s ffcl to £5 ss. dairy cows in milk (good) £lO 5s to £7 15s, poorer quality £7 7s Gd to £0 las, dairy cows with calves at foot £S 10a to £« 10s, according to quality. Our next springing heifer sale will be held in our Stratford yards on Tuesday, 31st inst. On Tuesday, 24th inst., we also held our usual monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides and tallow, when we had .\ fair catalogue of 1012 packages. Wool, mitchings, light conditions lOd to Is per lb ) heavier conditioned Oil to 9y a d, very heavy and wa-sty 2</.d to 3%d, "scoured wool (in sacks) up to Is 2'/,d per lb. Sheepskins: Inferior pelts, little woo], 3d, fair-woolled Gd to Bd, good-woolled !>'/ 3 d to lO'/jd, wcll-woolled and good pelts Kid to 10 : !' 4 d, dead skins S'/ 4 d, pelts ftd to 8d each, salted skins, fair wool ,'is for medium to ok 7d for fair, and up to 8s 7d for good lines. Hides: Cowhides, slightly dry, 7y s d, -281bs 7%<1 4Slb.s (dirty) 7d, 3711)3 7%d, 4Glua (clean)' 7'/id, cut G'/jd, fleshv U%d; ve:irlin«s lim.s fi.,u. nibs 7Mid, cut r,./ B dj calfskin*, 4'/.lbs Pd, »y 4 d (Id, s%lbs !>d. fill), «'/id, Slbs 7d,. fleshy 7%d, cut 7d, inferior »'.l. Our next sale will be held on Tuesday. September 21. Since our last report we have sold a large quantity of stock privately to an unsatisfied demand for most lines, as follows:—Store cows £0 to £7 'lo< medium £5 5s to £5 10s, poorer sorts £4 10s to £5, heifers (empty) £5, bullocks (3-ycar) £lO, £n 12,s'(id to £!), buttocks (medium grown) £s 2s (id to £7 lOls, 2-year steers (scarce) £4 17s (Id to £4 Gs, yearling steers from £2 10s for medium to (Us for fair colored line, mixed yearlings 325, yearling heifers 30s to 40s, 2-year heifer* (fair) £3 5s to £3 15s, in-calf heifers £G 17s Gd to £8 (m lines), dry cows £8 10s to £lO (in lines), bulls 90s to 110s, fat ewca 275, cull ewes IS 3 to 17b, f.m. owes in lamb 20s to 2-2o 6d, 4 and 6-tooth 255, hoggets ,15s to IBs fy ~

MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND COS. IMPORT. Matthews, Oamliu and Co report a full yarding nt their Inglewood yards Inst Wednesday, bidding was good for all grown cattle, but yearlings were not in demand. Prices us follows:—Springing heifers £5 10a to £ll, do. cows £4 15s to £9, store cows £4 10s to £5 ss, forward do. £5 17s lid to £0 18s, fat do. £8 to £8 15s, empty heifers £3 3s to £2 12s od, small empty cows £3 10s to £4 ss, yearling heifers £3lis to£2 ss, do, steers £2 2s to £2 ss, ADDINGTON. Store Sheep.—Four and six-tooth wethcar, 18s lid to 21s 3d; two and fourtooth 18s (id to 18s 9d; two-tooth 15s (Id; failing-mouthed ewes (in lamb) 10s Gd to 13s; aged ewes (in lamb) 8s to 10s; fair two, four, six, and eight-tooth, 13s 7d to IBs 7d; good two-tooth at 20s 3d; good hoggets 13s to 15s 2d; medium 10s 9d to 12s lOd; inferior 8s 9d to 9s 7d. Fat Lambs. —Prime lambs 21s to 26s fld; medium 16s to 20s; others 14s to 15s fld. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 57s (id; prime wethers 25s to 34s 6d; others 19s Hid to 24s (id; merino wethers 19s !)d to 25s fld; prime ewes 23s to 325; medium 18s to 22s Od; light and inferior 14s to 17s Gd. Fat Cattle.—Extra, prime steers to £2l; ordinary steers £8 to £ll 10s; extra heifers to £l2 15s; ordinary heifers £5 7s Od to £10; extra, eows £5 5s to £9. Price of beef per 1001b, 33s to 525. Store Cattle.—Yearlings 30s; 15 to 18 months £2 to £3; 2-year steers £4; 2-year heifers £3 to £3 17s 0d; 2'/g----year steers passed at £fi 10s; 3-year heifers £5 ss; dry cows £3os to £0; dairy cows £3 lOs'to £lO 10s. Pigs.—Choppers £fios to 140s; extra baconers ROs BSs; heavy baeoners 70s to 70s; light baeoners 55s to 05s. Price per lb., fid to OJd. Heavy porkers 42s to 475; light porkers 33s to 40s. Price per lb. 03d to 7d; large stores 28s to 335; medium 22s to 275; small 10s to 20s; weaners 7s to 12s; sows in pig 40s to 85s. JOHXSONVILLE. " Prime bullocks £lO 7s Od to £lO 12s fid and £ls 10s to £ls 17s fid, lighter £l4 10s to £l4 17s Od to £ls; prime heavy wethers 37s to 3Rs, a few extra heavy 41s Id, prime wethers 34s lid to 355, 'lighter 33s to 33s 2d, light 325, plain 30s; prime heavy ewes 32s fid, good ewes 28s fid to 29s fid, plain 25s 9d; prime lambs 23s to 23s 2d, light 18s 2d. BURNSIDE. Best bullocks, £1« 10s to £18; extra prime, to £2O 17s Od; medium, £l4 10s. to £lfi; others to £l2 10s; best cows, to £l2 10s; medium to £10; others to £7 10s. Best wethers, 34s to 3fis; extra prime to 51s; medium 29s to 31s; light and unfinished 18s to 235; best ewes 28s to 30s; extra prime to 36s Gd; medium to 245; others to 20s. Fat Lambs.—Best 23s to 20s; extra prime to 365; medium 18s to 21s; light and unfinished to 10s. l'ias. —There was a small yarding, and as the demand was keen prices were if anything firmer than last week's rates.