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Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. London, Sept. 30. Wheat: Very firm. Turpentine: 35a IOJd. There is better competition for all sorts at late rates. New Zealand clips: Old, top 16£ d, average 14Jd; Waipolni, top 255, average 203 d. At Bradford there was dull business. Small 64's 3'Jid, super 38Jd,- common CO's 37Jd, 56's 325,,50's 28Jd, 55's 255, 40's 23d. Sheepskins: 5600 Australasian skins were offered, about 800 being withdrawn. Merino combings were unaltered, and clothings were a shade lower. Crossbred combings were a farthing lower, and clothings were neglected. Copper: Spot: £72 to £72 ss; three months £73 to £73 ss. Tin: Cash £lsl 5s to £lsl IBs; three months £152 10s to £153. Pig-iron: 04s Bd. ' Lead: £24 0s to £23 sb. Spelter: £OB to £O2. Silver: 23jd. Sugar is firm and unchanged. Butter is very firm. Danish is still advancing. Clieese is quiet; New Zealand 70s to 775. Coin: £61,818,000; reserve £47,059,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities 24.7; circulation £32,800,000; posits £110,217,000; other deposits £70,680,000; Government securities £31,287,000; other deposits £76,689,000; Government securities £31,287,000; other securities £132,315,000. Wheat is firmly held, and flour is firm. Oats: La Plata, October, 25s 6d. Peas are scarce and firmly held; New Zealand maples 62s to 05s, Roans are firm at full prices. LONDON WOOL SALES. London, Sept. 30. The wool sales closed strong and . active, Good merinos were selling at firl'l rates and for crossbred sextdeme values were paid. They advanced fully 10 to 1.3 per cent, on the fortnight. The record price of ißd was paid for greasy comeback and erossbreds. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Sept. 30. An official correction puts the proclaimed price of polhud at £."> 10s and bran at £4. Oats: Algerians 3s, Tasmauian whiter 3s (Id. Barley: Nominal. Maize: Yellow 0s 3d, white 4s 9d, Jf.ran 3s, South African 4s fld to ss. Potatoes: Tasmanians £9 to £ll, New Zealand £9. Onions: Victorians £S, New Zealand C 7 10s. Adelaide, Sept. 30. Wheat: Bs. Flour: £lB to'£lß 2s (id. Bran: Is ljd. Pollard: Is 7d. Oats: 3s 3d. NEWTON-KINO'S WEKKI.Y ItIU'ORT.. On Friday, Sept. 24, at my Waiwakaiho yards, 1 hail a fair entry of stock with a good attendance of buyers. Bidding throughout was spirited, all lines being cleared at the following prices: Rough vearliiig steers £2 lis, choice Holsteiu 15-month heifers £3 10s, Shorthorn yearling heifers ,C2 1s to £2 10s, small £1 12s to £1 17s, heavy bulls £ll 10s to £ll las, small £5 12s Od. Yearling Shorthorn Bulls £4. Empty 2-year heifers £3 lis to £3 19s. A very prime line of heavy fat cows from Mr. Fred. Andrews, Bell Block, made t'll Ills. Forward eovvs .Co Ss to £7 store cows (good) £4 12.-S lid tii £8 lite, light stove cows £2 12s (id to 18s, choice springing lieil'crs up to £8 15s, smaller sorts or poorer in condition £4 5s to £5 12s fid.

At Toko, on Monday 27th ult., there was a good entry which sold under keen competition as follows:—Yearling heifers £2 5s to £2 12s, yearling steers £2 !J* od, empty 2-year heifers £3 13s to £4 4s, forward cows £7 10s, fat cows £9 17s, store cows £o 10s to £5 16s, 15 to IS-month steers £4 4a, springing heifers £4 5s to £8 IDs.

On Wednesday, for my Waiwakniho Horse Fair, horses were yarded right up to the expected numbers, and buyers wore present, from all parts of the district. Any horses with weight met with good bidding, good spring carters selling up to .£3-1 10s for young horses, but the light horses were not enquired for. Taken right through the sale was quite satisfactory. At Stratford, on Tuesday, 28th ult„ there was a fair entry ni' cattle, for which 1 had a good enquiry, but owing to the exceedingly heavy rains falling early in the afternoon, the latter part of Hit; sali! was considerably affected by the Heather, a. good number having to be passed, but {food sales were effected by private treaty. Competition dn all goodconditioned cattle was exceptionally keen and also 011 2-year empty heifer*:—Yearling heifers made xi ti» Od to .C2 I OS. small .L'l (i.» to .CI His, rough \earling steers C2 10s to £3 2s, 2-veur steers £4 12s, 24-year steers £(i Hs, 2year empty heifers £3 lis to £4 2s, yearling hulls Co 10s to Co, medium weight, bulls :C7 2s lid, fat cows Cj 1 10s and £ll 12s, light fat cows £3 !)s to CO, forward; cows £0 12s (id to £7 I ts. store cows C 4 12s to Co Ifls, , lU all store cows £2 18s to £3 ISs, fat hoggel- £1 os 7(1, fat wethers 34s 2d. ewes and lambs 275, fat and. forward ewes 22s Od. In the dairy pens there was a good yarding, amongst which were some good quality heifer*, but the size and age was not up to my previous yardings. making the sale a little harder than anv recent ones. Very choice heifers sold up to j £l3 I.os, and cows up to £lO l()s, but! the average price of heifers was from Co 10s to £7 3d. At Stony River yards on Wednesday, 20th nit., I had a fair entry, which met wt.ih good competition as follows: Yearling steers £2 ISs to £3 10s, small yearling heifers, £1 18s, yearling bulls £3 18s to £4 17s Gd, fat and forward ewes £1 3s !)d, forward cows £(i 2s Od to £7 13s, store cows £3 15s to £5 3s, medium bull £0 2s Od, springing heifers (good) £7 17s Od to £9 12s tid, smaller sorts £4 15s to £fl 12s Od, small £3 ss. Private Sales:—The following prices have been obtained for sales by private treaty: —Yearling heifers £1 17s to £2 0s Od, yearling steers £3 8s to £3 12s (id, 2-year empty heifers, good lines, £4 2s od, £4 2s, £3 18s, £3 15s (Id, £3 15s, fat cows £9 to £lO ss, forward cows £5 17s 6d, to £7 12s, store cows £5 4s to £5 Bs, dairy herds £8 10s to £lO 10s, choice springing heifers £lO os to £l2, good £5 15s to £7 15s, fat bullocks £l4 17s 6d to £l6 18s, good 3J-year bullocks on forward condition £ll 5s to £l2, 3-year steers £9 to £lO ss, 2J-year stem £5 15s, hoggets 183 and 18s 6d, fat owes 25s to 20% fat wethers 3ls to 355, ewes and lambs 25s Od, to 28s Od.

'MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & OO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. report a good yarding at their Inglcwood yards last Wednesday. Springers were dull of gale, other stock' maintaining late rates. 'We quote:—Springing heifers £4 10s to £7 ss, springing cows £5 5a to £8 12a 6d, store cows £4 15s to £<i, forward cows £5 15s to £7 18a, small stores £ 35s to £4, empty heifers £2 15s to £3 Bs, good 20-months steers £4 17s fid, yearling steers £2 8s to £3 15s, yearling heifers 36s to £2, cows and caives £5 10a to £6 2s, bulls £2 to £«. BUP.NSIDE. Duncdin, September 30. At Buniside yesterday, owing to the small yarding, prices were very firm at an advance of 15s pei head on last week's rates, and in odd cases move. Best bullocks £l6 to £l7 10s, extra to £2O 2s od, medium £l2 10s to £l4, inferior £lO 19s to £ll 10s, beßt cows and heifers £ll 15s to £l4, extra £1.7, medium £9 14)s to £lO 10a, inferior £8 10s to £9- 1 Fat sheep—2l37 penntd ; a aumber of which were of exceptional quality. Prices for all classes were very iina at last week's rates. Best wethers 38k tp 40s, extra 50s 3d, medium 28s 325, inferior 21s to 245, best ewes 34s to 3fls, extra 435, medium 27s to '29s, inferior 2.1s to 255. Lambs—Spring lambs sold up to 23s 6d. There was a small yarding of hoggets, and competition for prime quality was good, but inferior sorts were neglected. Pigs—There was a medium yarding of futs, but a small entry of stores, Prices for fats were a shade easier, but stores wore firmer than at last week's said. JOHNSONVILLE. At Johnsonville » good yardii,-; of cattle and sheep came forward, and sold readily at late rates. An extra prime truck of bullocks, on account of Mr. P. A. Gillies, sold at record prices. We quote: Prime heave bullocks £24 to £25 32s fid and £l9 15a to £2O 15« : lipht plain bullock* £l2 10s to £U 2* Ckl, prime waters lo 465. lighter 23< to 31s, primp wethers 34s to 355, prime heavy jv.'e? 33s 8d to 345. extra prims lainhs 17s Gd to 20«.