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Taranaki Daily News, 30 August 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MIAISKETS. i. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received August 29, 5.5 p.m. London, August 28. Wheat is dull and lower. Chicago .September options 90| cents to 97 3-8 cents; December 97% to 9514. Wheat and flour afloat.—United Kingdom, 1,310,000 quarters; Continent, ,715,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, 381,000 quarters; Pacific, nil; total to Europe, 500,000 quarters; Russia, 20,000 quarters; India, 14,000 quarters. Danish butter, 105s to IG9s. The high prices have checked demand, especially from Germany and Austria. Rabbits are steady and unchanged. Now Zealand ewes 5 7-8 d; Southland lambs 7 13-16 d; North Island 7%d; selected brands Sd; Australian best 7 5-8 d; others 7 3-Bd. Argentine chilled fores G'/jd; hinds Other meata are unchanged. The Government permits landing at Avonmouth and Cardiff, for slaughter there, of animals from South Africa, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Abyssinia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Cuba, and Honduras, till three months after the end of the war. Cotton. —August-September 5.52 d, Jute. —August-September, £24 12s 6d. Hemp.—August-October, £32 15s, Rubber.—Para 2s sd, plantation 2s 4Jd, smoked 2s 3:] d. Copra.—August-September £23, Silver.—22 10-10 d. TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At my four-weekly Rale I catalogued 38 bales and 97 sacks of wool, 2330 sheepskins, 7 casks and 51 tins tallow, 900 hides, and 2211 calfskins to an average j.attendance of buyers. Owing to adverse reports from London, and in sympathy with other sales in the dominion, prices for all kinds of produce declined in value. Crutcliings declined 3d, sheepskins Id to ljd, cowhides ljd to ljd. Ox hides were in keen demand, particularly heavy weights, and showed little or 110 change. Calfskins came forward in large numbers, advancing id to Jd per lb in values. Wool: Fleece in bales 12Jd, crutchings medium IOJd to ll|d, seedy and inferior 7?d to 10|, pieces 7d; in saoks fleece 8d to 11 Jd, cmtching3 lOd to 10} d, seedy 8d to BJd, pieces SJ(I to G|d, dead 7Jd to 11J, "black Bd, locks and badly seedy Id to 4d. Sheepskins: Coarse crossbred -10il to 10|d, short to -half-wools 7Jd to 9d, gets' Sd to Hid, lambs' Sjd to 0!d, damaged 6d to 7d, dead BJd to 7 Id, (lead and damaged 4d to Gd, skin pieces 4d. Damp lines: Heavy Ss 9d to 12s Gd, medium 7s Gd to 8s Gd, light 4s Gd to 7s, damaged 3s 3d to Gs, dead damaged, and inferior Is Gd to 4s Gd. Salted: Best 7s Gd to 8s 9d, light 5s 7d to 7s 3d, dead and damaged Is to 5s 3d. Tallow: In casks 23s 3d, inferior 18s, in tins 18s Gd to 20s Gd. Hides: Ox heavy DJd ta lid, light 83 to IOJd, cut BJd, cow best heavy 9d, light SJd to 9d, inferior heavy Bjd to 8-Jd, light 8d to Sid, cut GJd to 7?, d, farmers' 7d to 71, cut, slippy, and inferior 6Jd to 7d, stags 5Jd to Gjj, horse lioavy 7s Gd to Bs, light 4s to 6s 9d each, yearlings' Gjd to Sd, cut and slippy 3d to GJd. Calfskins: Best lines 9d to 9Jd, inferior 83d to BJd, light Bd, meaty 7}d, cut 7{d, slippy 6gd, cut and slippy s£d, dry Is 3d to Is 6d each, slinks 3d to od, goatskins Is 9d each. Bones: £5 per ton. Horsehair: Is 3Jd per lb. Cow tails: Is 4d per dozen. My next sale will be held on Tuesday,' September 21. I would ask all vendors to send their consignments in earlier for this sale, as a large catalogue of calfskins is anticipated. NEW ZiiALAND IjQAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports a3 follows: At West field fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned ill average numbers, and prices were better. Best oxen sold to £2 8s Gd pel 100 lb, M'vs and heifera £1 17a to £'2 ss; ditto steers sold at from £l7 to £22 ss; for prime quality; inferiorly-fatted £ll 10s to £IG ss; cowa £8 to £l4 2s Gd; most of the Waikato drafts averaged over £l7. Calves were penned in full numbers, and sold at fully last week's rates. Runners sold at from £0 to £8 12s 6d; heavy suckers £3 15s to £4 IDs; medium suckers £2 89 to £3 8a; lighter ditto £1 13s to £2 ss; light ditto 18s to £1 10s; small and fresh dropped 2s to 13s. Sheep were penned in full nmnbors, and sold under keen competition at last week's rates. Best wethers sold at from £1 13s 9d to £1 18s 91; others £1 5s to £1 129 9d; ewes, heavy weights, £1 12s 9d to £1 ICs Gd; others £1 5s Gd to £1 lis 3d; hoggets £1 Is to £1 4s; inferi-orly-fatted 18s 3d to £l. Pigs were penned in average numbers, and sold at forward rates. Choppers'sold to £5 7s Gd; heavy baconers £3 18s to £4 10s; medium baconers £3 2s to £3 15s; light baconers £2 14s to £3; heavy porkers £2 8s to £2 17s; medium £2 Is to £2 7s; light £1 10s to £2; slips 19s to £1 9a fid; weaners 13s to 18s. Hides:. Market firm. We quote: Extra stout ox '9? d to 10.UI, stout 9Jd to 9Jd, medium 9d to !)jd, light Sid to 8Jil; cows'best lines to Ojd, good B]d to 8-Jd, inferior 7Jtl to Bd, kips Sd to 82d, stags' fld io GJd; calfskins to 1 Oil. good SJd to Old, cut and damaged SJd to GJd. Sheepskins: Market firmer, Best butchers' skins, picked to IGs 2d, good lines 10s Gd to Ms, medium 7s Gd to 8s 3d, small 5s Gd to (is Gd; country dry and woolly skins, best lines to B:jd per )b, good Old to 7.] d, damaged 3d to sld. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed to 25s Gd, good 22s Gd to 23s Oil, inferior 18s Gd to 20s Gd; rough fat lid to ljd per lb; mutton tallow for tanners' use 2(is Gd to 28s. Cow tails: Is 4d per dozen. Bones: £5. Horsehair: Is 3d to Is SJd. Wool: In bags and dumps, wool is selling freely. Bright crossbred to 13d, coarse crossbred 10jd to UJd; inferior crossbred SJd to 9Jd; crutcliings, best to 12d, goodlOJd to 11Jd, seedy 5d to GJd; locks and pieces 41 to Sd. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. At Opunake on Saturday, 21st, we held a special horse sale. More than the advertised number came forward, and competition for young sound horses was keen, and we report a successful sale. The unbroken heavy draughts aohl ati from £25 to £34, medium draughts £lB to £25, lighter sorts £S to £ls, broken draught horses £2O to j £33, medium draughts £ls to £25, Jiglrt harness -horses £lO to £lB, hacks [-£& to £ls, Shetland ponies to £fi 10j' weeds '£l and upwards.

On Monday, the 23r<l mat., at oxlt fortnightly Opunake sale, there was at extra large yarding of stock of all descriptions, and pnieea wero similar to thiosc of tote sales. Fat cows sold from £l2 to £l3 for extra prime, light weight £8 10s to £9 16a, frcsh-coudi-tiionod cows £7 to £7 17s (k|, forward cows £G to £G 17s, store cows £4 15s to £5 15s, boners £3 10s to £4 10s. The three-year steers, in forward condition, realised £lO ss, other steers £S 9a fid, heifers 33s to £2 14s, otheivs (mixed .sexes) 20b to 30s. Dairy eows and heifers sold at late rates. Cows sold at from £6 to £S lfls, heifers £4 to £8 IBs, store pigs 23s to 30s, weaners 13« 6d to 16s. At Manaia yards on Tuesday tost we held our usual fortnightly sale. There was a full yarding and a good attendance of buyers, and ruling prices were realised. Light fat cows sold at from £8 to £8 15s, fresh-conditioned cowe £<s 10s to £7 ss, forward cows £5 ig a to £C 17g (Id, store cows £4 4s to £5 6s, yearling heifers 353 to 4Kb, steers £2 6a to £2 15s, weaners (mixed sexes) '2oa to 335. Dairy oowa and heifers sold at from £9 to £lO for the best, otheiv? £0 to £fi IQb, a tore pigs 2fe to 325, weaner3 12s 0d tp £l, sows £2 10s to £3 173 G<l, and a largo quantity of sundries sold at ruling rates. At Anroa yards on Friday we held our usual monthly sale. There was an extra large yarddng of stock. Mcea were firm and almost the whole yarding was sold. Fat cows sold at from £9 to £lO, fresh-conditioned cows £6 Ss to £7 ss, forward cowa £5 10s to £6, store cows £4 5s to £5 ss, bonej* £2 10s to £4. good yearling heifera £2 4s to £2 63, others 25s to 355, 18-months heifers £3 Us, steera £2 12a to £3 5s bulla to £B, d&try cowa and heifers £3 10a to £io, store pigs to 295, weaners 10s to 15s.