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Taranaki Daily News, 25 September 1915, Page 2

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HOME MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received Sept, 24, 5.5 p.m. London, Sept. 23. Coin, £62,539,000; reserve, £49,728,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 25.10; circulation, £31,923,000; public deposits, £108,738,000; other deposits, £80,046,000; Government securities, £31,313,000; other securities, £135,677,000. Copper: On spot, £O9 12a 6d to £69 lit Od; three months, £7O 10s to £7O 15s. Tin: Cash,. £l5O to £l5O 10s; three months, £l5O ISs to £lsl ss. Pig iron: 64s Id. Lead: £24 to £22 17s fld. Silver, 23 5-Bd. Sugar is firm. American granulated, i on spot, 32s 6d. At the wool sales merinos were irregular, in buyers' favor. There was strong all round competition for good selection crossbreds. New Zealand clips: Core, top, 18d, average 16% d; Erewhoa,. top 19% d, average 19<1; Oruamatua, top, 21>/ 2 d, average 21d. The Bradford market is fairly cheerful, and merinos and fine crossbreds are firm. 46's 25'/ 2 d, 40's 23 l / 2 d. Butter is very firm. Danish is advancing continuously owing to large German purchases. It is expected that the shortage of choicest sorts will continue till the Colonial shipments commence to arrive. Cheese is steady and unchanged. Wheat is firm. it Flour is firm and inactive. Oats are firm: La Plata shipping and shipped, 24s 4'/ 2 d. Beans and peas are firm and unchanged. '■AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Sept. 23. Bran, £4. Pollard, £s'los. Oats, 3s to 3s Od. Maize, 4s 7d to 5s 3d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £8 to £lO 10s, New Zealand £B. Onions.—Victorian £B, New 'Zealand £7 10s. Adelaide, Sept. 23. Wheat, 9s. Flour, £lB 10b. Bran, Is Id to Is 4d. Pollard, Is 5d to Is 7d. Oats, 3s to 3s 3d. Melbourne, Sept. 23. Hides.—Good catalogues; active buying at %d to %d higher. Wheat, 8s Id. Flour, £l7. Oats.—Algerians, 3s Sd to 4s; Chilis, 3s «dj Japan, 2s 5 l / 2 d to 2s Bd. Maize, 4s <t'/jd. Bran, £4. Pollard, £6. 'Potatoes, £7 10s to £8 ss. Onions, £5 10s to £6.

MATTHEW, GAMLIN AND OO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gaiulin and Co., report a full yarding at Inglewood last Wednesday, bidding was good for all classes, and the majority of stock yarded sold at the hammer at the following prices: Springing heifers (good) £7 to £9, others £4 15s to £6 10s, springing cows £5 5s to £8 2s 6d, forward cows £5 15s to £7 ss, store cows £4 5s to £5, .small cows £3 5s to £3 16s, yearling heifers 33g fld to £2 ss, yearling steers £2 6s to £3 3s 6d, bulls, £5 to £7, hoggets 19s lOd. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Good ewe hoggets 18s 3d to 2ls Id, fairly good ewe hoggets 16s 6d to 17s 6d, good wether hoggets 14s 5d to 16s, inferior hoggets 12s Id to 13s 6d, cull hoggets 9s Id, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 20s 4d to 22s 3d, inferior 2 and 4-tooth wethers 17s 6d, 2-tooth halfbred wethers 17s, inferior fl-tooth ewes (in lamb) Bs. Fat lambs—Prices ranged from 27s to 38s <Jd.

Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 60a, prime wethers 27s to 37s 6d, others 21s 6d to 20s od, merino wethers 19s 9d to 20s 3d, extra prime ewes to 39s 6d, prime ewes 25s to 32s Cd, medium ewes 10s to 24s Bd, light and inferior 17s 5d to 18s Od, hoggets lfls to 2us 6d. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £2l, ordinary steers £7 17s fld to £l2, extra prime heifers to £l6 10s, ordinary heifers £0 5s to £9, extra prime cows to £l7, ordinary cows £0 to £8 12s Cd; price of beef per 1001b, 36s to 545, extra to 58s.

Store cattle—Yearlings 12s 6d, 15 to 18-months sorts £2 15s, 2-year steers £4, 2-year heifers £3 10s, 3-year steers passed at £G 17s Gd, 3-year* heifors £4 15s, dry cows £2 to £0 ss. Dairy cows, £3 to £9 10s.

Pigs—Choppers 55s to 1357 fid, extra heavy baconers 80s to SOs Gd, heavy bacotiers 70s to 78s, light baconers 58s li 675; price per lb, &%& to Gy 3 d. Heavy porkers 46s to 525, light porkers 38s to Hn; prke per lb, 6%d to 7d, medium stores 22s to 28s, small 17s to 21s, wean., ers lis to 18s, sows with litters to Bfls, sows in pig 45s to 60s.

BURXSIDE. Fat cattle—'Prime bullocks made £l4 I.os to £l6, extra to £23, medium £ll ,10s to £l3, light £9 10s to £lO 10s, best cows and heifers £lO 10s to £22 10s, extra to £ls ss, medium £8 10s to £!) 10s. light £6 10s to £T 10s." /Fat sheep—Best wethers 353 to ,18s, extra to 4fe, good 32s to 345, medium 20 s to 27s Od, light 23s to 245, best ewes 30s to 3-ls, extra to 40s 3d, medium 22s to 245, light 17s Od to 21s. Fat lambs—Three of this season's lambs were penned and sold up to 2f,s !)d Best hoggets 2li« to 30s, extra to 30s U, medium 20s to 225. Pigs—B2 fats and 100 stores penned. Fat pigs met with a good demand, especially oaconers, which were in short supply. Stores met with a slow sale, and towards the finish it was difficult to effect quittances.