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Taranaki Daily News, 9 October 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MARKKTtf, By Cuble—Press Asssciation— Copyright. ' London, Oct. 7. Wool.—Bradford: Tops very slow; >!'B 39d, 00 - s 38d. Butter.—Very firm; choicest scarce. Punish is advancing, owing to the demand by Germans, who are paying 23-ls at Copenhagen. The Russian Government lias prohibited the export for six months from November 1, in order to pro\ide for military requirements and home consumption, which are expected to require half a million casks. It is .estimated that about 150,000 casks of Siberian are now in Kngland and that a further 300,000 will be shipped before November, Cheese.-—Firm; New Zealand, 70s to 775. , OOIIJ \ London, Out. 7. Coin, ,-Cul.007,000; reserve, £40,823.000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, ■20.03; circulation, £; ! ?.877,OO0; public : deposits, £81,375,000; other deposits, £.08.302,000; Government securities, £31,280.000; other securities,'' £110.200,00!'.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Oct. 8. Wheat. —Nominal. Flour, £l7. Bran, £4. Pollard, £O. Oats.—Japan, 2s 5Jd; Chilian, :\*. Maize, 3s 9d to 4s. Potatoes, £ll to £1! 10s. Onions, £5 to £o 10s. Butter, Is sd. MOUNT LYELL RETURNS. Melbourne, Oct. 8. The Mount Lyell converters, from September 2 to September 29, produced SCS tons of copper, 32,205 ounces of silver, and 738 ounces of gold. THE WEEK'S EXPORTS. By Telegraph.—'Press Association. Wellington, Oct. 7. The exports of New Zealand products during the week ended October 5, were valued as follows: £

MINING RETURNS. AVellington, Oct. 7. The Ross Goldmine return for the past week was 50 ounces and 4 pennyweights gold, from 951 trucks of washdirt.

ADDINGTON. ' At Addington live stock market there were rather small yardings of stock and a good attandenee. Fat cattle were easier, and there was an advance in store sheep, due to,the operations of a AVellington buyer and to the favorable change in the weather. Store sheep—Medium ewe, hoggets 10s 9d to 18s sd, inferior ewe hoggets 12s fid, medium shorn hoggets lis Id, medium mixed hoggets 15s lid to 18s, good wether hoggets 17s 2d to 20a, inferior wether hoggets 12s Gd to 1-ts 3d, 4 and G-looth wethers 16s, sound-mouth . ewes with lambs fls 7d to lis 7d, inferior ewes and lambs (is id to Ss, Pat lambs—Best lambs 19s fid to 235, lighter 12s 3d to 19s. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 4S)s, prime wethers 27s to 30s Gd, others 21s M to 2fis 6d, merino wethers 19s to 31 s 3d, shorn wethers 18s 3d to 26s 9d, extra prime ewes to 32s 9d, prime ewes 25a to 30s, medium ewes 18s 3d to 24s Cd. hoggets 16s 9d to 29s 6d. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £2O 15s, ordinary steers £8 5s to £ll 10s, extra prime heifers to £IG, ordinary heifers £0 7s 6d to £8 ss, extra cows to £lB ss, ordinary cows £5 to £8; price of beef per 1001b, 32s to 50s.

Store cattle—lS to 18-months sorts £2, 2-year steers £4 12s Gd, 2-vear heifers' £3 15s, 3-year steers £li 12a Cd, 4 and 5-vear heifers £7 ss, ili'V cows £2 to £0 7s Od.

Dairy cows, £3 to £9 ss. Pigs—Choppers COs to 110s, extra heavy baconers to 98s, heavy baeoners 70s to 80s, light baconers fl7s to G7s; price per lb, C'/,d to o%d. Heavy porkers 44s to 4Ss. light porkers 38s 'to 425: price per lb, (i%d to 7d. Best stores 32s to 38s, medium stores 22s to 30s, small stores 10s to 30s, weaners 10s to 14s, sows in pig to 60s. JOHNSONVILLE. At Johnsonville good yardings of sheep and cattle came forward and sold at late rales. 'Prime heavy bullocks made £lB 15s, vcalcrs 21s to*3Ss, prime heavy wethers 38s 4d, prime wethers 34s to 34s 4d, extra prime heavy shorn ewes 27s sd, prime heavy woolly ewes 34s to 34s 3d, good ewes 30s to 32s Id, prime lambs Ids 3d to 10s fid. AUCKLAND. At on Thursday best dairy cows sold at from £8 10s'to £ll 10s, best daily heifers £(! to £9 10s, other cows £1 to £0 ss, other heifers £4 5s to £5 ss, aged and inferior cows £1 10s to £3 10s, empty cows £."> to £7 10s, yearling steers £2 5s to £3 9s, yearling heifers £1 5s to £2 5s calves' 10s to £] 10s, bulls £5 to £lO.

At .Albert 'yards on Friday heavy draughts made from £'2fl to £35 10s, medium £l7 lo £27 10s, light harness horses .CO to .CM, hacks £9 to £25, ponies £4 to £9, weeds JOs to £2. On Saturday, at Clevcdon, we had a full yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold at high rates. Best dairy cows and heifers £8 to. £lO 10s, others ,C. r > to £7, empty cows' £5 to £7 10s, bulls £C to £S Bs, yearling steers £2 10s to £3 18s, yearling heifers £1 Hs to £2 17*', store woolly hoggets 14s to 19s, shorn wethers £1 ss, shorn ewes £1 2s, woolly wethers 25s to 20s (id.

On Monday, at l'apakura, best dairy cows sold from £8 to £l3 10s. best heifers £7 to £ll, other cows £Y> to £7 ss, other heifers £4 15s to £0 15s. aged and inferior cows £1 to £3 ss. Shortborn bulls—a big yarding—sold at from £5 5s to £lB 18s ; Holstein bulls £5 5s to £l2 12s; Jersey bulls, £3 3s to £9

MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & OO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gainlin and Co. report a good sale at Mr. A. Smith's at Ru,tapiko. There was a. good attendance of buyers from the surrounding districts, and with the exception of furniture, which sold in buyers' favor, everything sold freely at good prices. Wo quote: Two-year steers £4 10s, empty heifers £3 lbs Cd, empty cows £4 to £"> 10s, f.m. rams 27s to 30s, ewes and lamb 3 335, hoggets 10s (id, harness horses £l4 to £2O, cart £8 K)s, drill £2B 10s, and sundries at satisfactory prices. On Wednesday last we held our usual weekly sale in our Inglewood yards and had a, good yarding, which met with a ready sale, especially store and forward cows, but small and backward springers were hard to quit. We quote: Good springing heifers £0 to £B, others £3 12s Oil to £o ss, forward cows £0 3s to £7 13s, store cows £3 lfis to £5 os, dairy cows £3 7s Cd to £6 Bs, yearling steers £2 13s to £3 16s, heifer do, 28s to £2 12a, bulls £3 10s to £7 10s, ewes with small percentage of lambs 21s.

- 40,970 Cheese ,-.-...... 407 ..... 15,838 Frown mutton Frozen beef, etc. •-, ;W,790 Gold i 53,09-1 481 .;*.:.<. 12,17!) -.-....■ 3592 - 3712 Wool v ■ 10,070