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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 2

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LONDON" AIARKEfm By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. 'Received Sept. 10, 5.5 p-m. London, Sept. 9. Coin, £<>6,740,000; reserve, £54,135,(, ,0; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 25.12; circulation, £31,791,000; public deposits, £129,588,000; otter deposits, £85,942,000; Government securities, £34,418,000; other securities, £145,230,000. Copper: Spot £O7 to £B7 ss; three months, £OB to £6B ss. Pig iron: £64 10b, Silver: 231-10 d. Sugar is firm and unchanged. Butter is very firm. Cheese is steady and unchanged. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of fourteen per cent., and a bonus of 12 per cent. The reserve is £40,000; carried forward, £113,35>. WOOL SALES. There was a good sale and all qualities were firm. Following prices were realised for the fleece portions of the clips named:—Waihopai. top 26% d, average 2-2 1-Sd; Weka, IT'/Lml and 101-8 d; Macwa, 17'Vod and 15% d, The Bradford market is cheerful, with more enquiry. Crossbreds: Sixty fours, 41d; super sixtys, 40d; common sixtvs 49d, fifty-sixes 3Sy a cl. fifties 30d, fortrsixes 25y 4 d, forties 24% d. PRODUCE. Wheat is quiet. Flour is in short supply and prices are steady. Oats are inactive; Bahia Blanco afloat 24s 9d; New Zealand 30s to 375. Peas are quiet. New Zealand maples o'is to 05s. Beans are steady and unchanged. AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLIES, London, September 9. Wheat.—American visible supplies are 14,072,000 bushels. • Washington, September 9. The Agricultural Department estimates the wheat crop *t 981 million bushels. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS Sydney, September 9. Oats.—Taamanian 4s 3d, Algerian 3s 9d to 4s, American 4s to 4s 2d. Maize, 5s to 5s 3d. Potatoes —£9 10s to £lO, New Zealand £9 to £9 10s. Onions. —Victorian £9, New Zealand £B. Butter.—Selected 140s, secondary 1355. Cheese, lOd to lid. Bacon, lOd, Adelaide, Septemberf 9. Wheat, Bs. Flour, £lB. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 5d to Is 7d. Oats, 3s 5d to 3s 6d. Melbourne, September 9. Hides.—Fair supplies and good competition; prices practically unchanged. SHARE MARKET. By Telegraph.—Special to Dally News. Auckland, Yesterday. Mr. W. 11. Colbcck (local agent Mr, W. Bewley), reports the following transactions on the share market:— Bank of New Zealand £l6 os and £ls LCs; N.Z. Insurance, £5 16s and £5 13s; Talisman 17s fid and 16s fid, sales 17s 6d; Waihi, 35s Od and 34s 3d; Junctions, 2ls fid and 21s, sales 21s 3d; Sylvia, 7d and od; Occidental, Is and lO^d. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gamlin and Co report a full yarding at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday, with the exception of yearling heifers. Bidding was good for all classes, and the majority of stock yarded sold at the hammer at the following pricees. Springing heifers £5 to £8 ss, inferior do £4 to £4 15s, springing cows £6 to £7 15s, store do, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d, forward do, £0 to £7 Bs, fat do £7 13s Od to £'B 10s, bulls £2, dairy do £6 to £ls, small cows £3 17s Od to £4, empty heifers £2 10s to £3 9s, yearling heifers £1 Is to £2 3s, do steers £2 5s to £3 4s fld, ewes and lambs 25s 2d. ADDINGTON. Store sheep.—Good hoggets 15s to 17s, fair hoggets 13s to 14s (Id, inferior hoggets 8s to lis od, cull shorn hoggets 5s to 7s fid, ewe hoggets 14s lOd to 10s Id, low-conditioned 6 and 8-tooth ewes 12s 3d to 14s 3d, 4-year ewes to 12s 4d, 4 and 0-tootli wethers 18s 9d to 21 s fld. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 52s 0(1, prime wethers 27s to 30s, others 20s Sd to 26s (id, merino wethers 20s fld to 245, extra prime ewes to 37s od, prime ewes 25s to 325, medium 20s to 245, light and inferior 13s (id to 19s (id, best hoggets 20s to 24s 3d, others 15s Id to 19s 6d. Fat Cattle. —Extra prime steers to £lB, ordinary steers £8 10s to £l2, extra prime heifers to £ls ss, ordinary heifers £(i 5s to £lO 10s, extra prime cows to £l7 7s Od;-'ordinary cows £0 to £S 10s; price of beef per 1001b, 33s to 325. Store Cattle.—Yearling 18s, 15 to 18months 32s to 37s Od, 2-year steers £4, 2J-year steers £4 10s 6d, 3-year steers (passed) £7 15s, 5-year steers £8 12s Od, 3-year heifers £5 2s 6d, dry cows 30s (o £G 10s, Dairy cows, £3 10s to £9 us. Pigs,—Choopers 55s to 120s, extra heavy baconers to 84s Gd, heavy baconors 70s to 755, light baconers 57s 6d to 655; price per lb, OJd to OJd Heavy porkers 40s to 40s, light porkers 35s to 3Ss; price per lb, o}d to 6Jd. Large stores 30s to 375, medium 27s to 28s, small 14s to 20s, weaners 12s to 19s. BURNSIDE. Best Bullocks £ls 10s to £l7 ss, extra heavy to £23 2s Cd, medium to good £l4 to £ls, unfinished £lO 10s to £l2 10s, best cows and heifers £lO 10s to £l2 10s, extra heavy to £l3 10a, medium to good £9 to £lO ss, others £7 10s to' £8 15s. There was u fair-sized yarding of fat sheep, 2757 being penned. The entry included a good proportion of extra heavy ewes and wethers. Prices for extra heavy sheep were slightly easier than last week, but the competition of freezing buyers kept medium weights up to late values. Prime wethers 32s (id to 375, extra heavy to 495, medium to good 27s to 31s, others 20s to 255, prime ewes 2(is fld to 31s Od, extra to 30s, medium to good 21s to 245, others 18s to 20s.

There was a small yarding of fat lambs, 500 being penned, the entry included a few pens of extra prime. Freezing buyers took good quality lambs at last week's rates, but unfinished sorts, suitable for graziers, wore neglected. Prime 25s to 275, extra prime to ,10s fid, 'good 20s to 245, others 14s to Ids. There was a large yarding of fat and store pigs, consequently prices were easier, and a number of pens were passed la

AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— On Thursday last at Westfleld yards: Best dairy cow a sold at from £9 to £l2s 10s, best dairy lieifera, £8 15s to £9 15s, other cowb £4 15s to £7 12s Gd, other heifers £4 12s Gd to £O, aged and inferior cows £1 10a to £4 10s, empty-cows £4 9s to £0 12s, yearling steers £2 19s to £3 19s, yearling heifers £1 13s to £2 7s, calves 14s to 355, Heavy draughts £23 to £36, medium £l7 to £26, light harness, £l2 to £l6, hacks £8 to £ls, three-year unbroken colts and Allies, light £9 15s to £lB, harness and all produce at late rates. I On Monday, at Papakura, we held a 'special dairy sale. Best dairy cowa sold at from £8 to £l3 10s, best heifers £7 to £lO ss, other cows £4 15s to £6 16s, other heifers £4 10s to £6 ss, aged and inferior cows £1 15s to £3 10s (283 sold), bulls £5 10s to £ls 10s. On Tuesday, at Papakura: Steers, forward 3£ vears to 4 J years old, sold at from £lO 10a to £l4 6s , 2 to 3-year steers £7 10s to £9 15s; yearlings to 2-vear old £4 10s to £7 ss, steer calves £2 5s to £3 17s Gd, heifers and cows in fresh condition £5 5s to £6 Bs, yearling to 2-year heifers £2 15s to £5, calves, mixed, £1 8s to £2, bulls £6 10s to £los 10s, beef, extra keen competition sold at fully Westfield prices, cows up to £l4 ss, steers light weights £lO to £l4 15s.' At Westfleld' fat stock market on Wednesday: Best oxen sold to £2 7s per 1001b,'others £1 17s to £2 2s, cows and heifers £1 10s to £2 4s, steers sold at from £lO 10s to £l9 15s, cows and heifers £5 15s to £l3 ss. Calves were penned in average numbers and again sold at improved rates. Runners sold at from £7 12s'fid to £lO for a-roan heifer sold on account of Mr. Hy. Brown, Panmure, and bought by Mr E. Baker, Great North Road. Heavy suckers £3 10b to £5 17s, medium £2 12s tt> £3 17s, lighter £1 19s to £2 10s, light £1 3s to £1 17s fid, small and fresh-dropped 4s to £l. Sheep were yarded in average numbers. Competition was not as keen as the previous week, prices being easier. Best wethers sold at from £1 14s to £2, others £1 10a Gd to £1 13s 6d, ewes heavy weights £1 14s to £1 19s, 6d, others £1 8s to £1 13s Gd, hoggets 19s Gd to £1 4s 9d. Pigs were penned in average numbers' and sold at improved rates. Choppers sold at from £4 15s to £5 12s, heavy baconers £4 Is to £4 fts, medium £3 5s to £3 19s, light £2 18s to £3 4s, heavy porkers £2 16s to £3 10s, medium porkers £2 6s to £2 13s, light £1 14s to £2 ss, slips £1 6s to £1 12s, weaners 18s to £1 4s. JOHNSONVILLE. Prime heavy bullocks made £lB 7s Od to £lB 10s, prime bullocks £l6 10s to £l7 12s Gd, lighter bullocks £l4 12s Od to £ls 2s Gd, extra prime heavy wethers 39s Gd to 45s Od, prime wethers 3Ss Id, light wethers 31s 6d, extra prime heavy ewes 365, prime ewes 32s Od, prime lambs 21s Gd.