COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 April 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

mi LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, April 13. Butter.—Steady. Danish, 174s to 1765; Australian, choicest in small supply nominally 158s to 100s, the bulk of the offerings consisting of secondary quality which is in moderate demand at 150s to J .Ms; New Zealand, choicest 162s to 104s, secondary 156 s to 158s. Cheese.—Very firm; the bulk of Jie arrivals is required for filling Government \contracts, and there is strong demand for the remainder; New Zealand 105s to 108s, Canadian 108s. Sugar, unchanged. Wool.—There was good competition lor all clashes especially merinos. The New Zealand Gear clip brought top price 24d, average 20Jd. At Bradford there was considerable inquiry and a stronger tone for all sorts; 64's 42d super 60's 41d, common 00's 40d, 60's 36 jd, 50's 3 Id, 46's 28d, 40's 28d. Wheat.—Firm in sympathy with America; 67s 8d is aaked for New South Wales sailer afloat. Flour.—Firm. Oats.—Very firm. Apalata not offering. Beans.—Quiet and tending lowefl Peas.—Quiet, but firm. AMERICAN WHEAT PRICES. London, April 13. Chicago wheat is strong, owiifg to the adverse crop advices. May options 118$' to 11!)% cents, July 116 to 116% cents* •September 114% cents. - ■ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS, Sydney, April 13. Oats.—Tasmanian Algerian 2s 6d to 2 S 7d, white 2s )0d to 3s. Barley.—Feeding 3s 3d, " malting .3s 9(1. Maize.—Local 4s 3d to 4s 4d, SouthAfrican 4s 7d to 4s Bd. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £6 10s to £B. Onions, £5 10s. Adelaide, April 13, Wheat, 5 S 3d. Flour, £10,155. Bran, H4d. Pollard, Is lid to Is 2}d. Melbourne, April 14. Bran, £4 15s, Barley—Chevalier 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 'duckbill 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Dats.—Milling Algerian 2s Id to 2s 2d, feed Is Hd to 2s Id. Potatoes, £4 10s to £4 15» Onions, £3 10s to £3 15s. ;VICTORIAN HIDE MARKET. Melbourne, April 13. ,Hides —There, are small supplies and ail active demand. Prices ' are firm and unchanged. LONDON WOOL SALES. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Department of Agriculture, Indoustries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the Iligh Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, April 11, in regard to the opening of the third series of the London wool sales:— "Wool sales commenced. There is great competition- for all wools. There is great competition for all wools, but buyers are caution* oil account of high price and uncertainty as to attitude with regard to limitation of future contracts. Values average %'l lower than last sales; 56,000 bales New Zealand wool catalogued." The following were the quotations given l)y the High Commisioner in his last cablegram on the London wool sales:—Fine crossbreds, all grades, Is 8d to Is lid; medium crossbreds, all grades, Is fid to Is 8d; coarse crossbreds, all grades, Is 4d to Is fid; superior merinos, Is 7d to Is 0d; medium merinos, U 4d to Is fid; inferior merinos, Is Id to Is 3d." LIVE STOCK MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At the Addington live stock market there were large entries of sheep, especially stores, and an increase in fat cattle, which sold at last week's rates for prime, other descriptions being rather easier. Prime fat lambs maintained their value. Store sheep were slower of sale, while light sorts were down about (id and fat sheep were barely equal to late rates. Store cattle were dull of sale, and pig's sold well. Store sheep—Forward lambs 13s to 15s fid, ordinary lambs lis fid to 12s 3d, cull lambs 5s 3d to lis, wether lambs lis Id to lis 2d, two-tooth ewes 15s Od, four and six-tooth ewes 20s fid to 25s Bd, six and eight-tooth ewes 13s 6d to 14s 3d, four, six and eight-tooth ewes 15s Bd, six-to»th ewes 13s Od to 245. two and six-tooth'ewes 17s to .10s fid, twotooth wethers 15s 8d to 18s 4d, four and six-tooth wethers 18s 7d to 20s 9d. Fat lambs—s4oS were penned. Extra prime lambs to 25s Od, prime lambs 21s to 24s Oil, others 15s 4(1 to 20s fid. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 31s 6d, prime wethers 24s to 27s lid,, others 15s lOd to 23s fid, extra prime ewes to 27s od,' prime ewes 23s to 26s 3d, medium 18s to 22s 6d, others lis 7d to 17s Od. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £2O ss, ordinary steers £8 17s 8d to £l2 10s, extra prime heifers to £l7 15s, ordinary heifers £7 to £ll, extra prime cows to £l7 15s ordinary cows £7 to £lO. Store cattle—Fifteen to eighteenmonths £2 17s 3d to £3 os, two-year steers £5, two-year heifers £3 7s 6(1 to £4 ss, two and a-half-year steers £0 18s, three-year steers £8 2s fid, four and livc-vear West Coast steers £O, dry cows 30s to £6 15s, dairy cows £3 10s to £ls ss. ll'igs—Choppers 50s to 130s, extra heavy baconers to 105s, heavy baconers 75s to 00s, light baconers 58s to 70s (price per lb 6%d to 6%d); heavy porkers 46s to 525, light porkers 38s to 42s (price per lb 7'/ 2 d to Sd); large stores 37s to 535, medium 28s to 355, small 16s to 265, weaners 6s to 12s. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— At Albeit yards heavy draughts made £25 to £34 10s, medium draughts £l7 10s to £2B 10s, light, narness horses £lO to £22, hacks £0 to £l6 10s, ponies £4 to £8 lus, weeds 10s upwards. At Clevedon buyers were in attendance and we report a good .sale. Best dairy cows and heifers £7 5s to £0 17s 6d, others ><£s 10s to £7, empty cows and heifers- £4 10s to £6 15S, bulls £4 10s to £8 10s, heifer calves £1 5s to £2 ss, steer.' calves- £l' 15s to £3, fat cows £6 17s 6d to £lO 10s. Sheep: Store lambs 12s to 17s, store wethers 18s to £1 2s, store ewes 14s to 18s fid, fat wethers' £1 3s to £1 4s 9d, fat ewes £1 to £1 2s 9d. ' ■ At Henderson best dairy cows and

heifers sold at £7 10s to £lO 10s, others £4 10s to £0 17a 6d, empty cows £4 15s to £6 109, bulls £5 to £7 10,9, heifer calves £1 to £1 15s steer calves £1 17s to £2 fls, yearling .o 18-month steers £3 ,5s jo £5, yearling to 18month' heifers £2 15s to £-1,. horse £7.. At Pukekohe best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £8 to £l2, others £5 to £7 15s, 2J to 3-year-old steers £7, 5s to £!) (is, IS-months to 2-yeitf steers £5 to £0 10s, yearling steers £3 0s to £4 10s, steer calves £2 2s t<" £3 5s according Jo quality, heifer, calves £1 to £2 ss, yearling to 18-month heifers £2 ! 12s tc £4, heifers suitable for d.< trying f4 5s to £5 2s . Od. Beef was penned, in large numbers and sold, at i'«(ra high prices. Fat steers sold at from £l2 to £ls ss, fat cows £8 to £l2 ss. In this sale practically everything was sold. At Westfield fat stock market best oxen sold to £2 4s per 1001b, other? £2 to £2 3s. cows and heifers £1 lfis to £2 2s, steers sold at from £lO 10s „o £22 10s, cows £5 10s to £l4 10s. Some of the averages were: Seven steers from Opotiki £l7 13s, IS steers from Taupiri £ls. A truck of small but well-fatted /cattle from W. Lovell, Taupiri £l4 17s 3d. A draft of 10 cows from Woodlands, Taupiri, £ll lis Od. Calves were penned in large numbers and sold at improved prices. Runner* sold at from £5 5s to £7 10s heavy suckers f3 15s to £4 15s, medium suckers £2 14s to £3 13s, light suckers £1 lis to £2 Bs, small and fresh-dropped 3s to , £1 7s. Sheep ,vere penned in full numbers and sold under keen competition at improved rates. Best wethers sold at from £1 8s to £1 lis fid others £1 3s 9d to £1 7s (Id, inferiorly fatted £1 Is to £1 3s, ewes, well-fatted £1 5s to £1 7s Od, others £1 Is to £1 4s 6d, hoggets £1 Is to £1 4s. Lambs, in average numbers; Sold at from 18s fid to £1 3s for first quality, others 10s Od to 18s 3d. Pigs were yard-, od large numbers and sold at last week's prices. No choppers yarded. Heavy baconers £3 18s to £4 12s, med-' ium baconers £3 10a to £3 10s, light baconers £2 17s to £3 Bs, heavy porkers £2 15s to £3 ss, medium porkers ' £2 5s to £2 14s, light porkers £1 loj to £2 4s, weaners 7s to 10s, slips £1 2g to £1 «s. i BURNSIDE. At Burnsidq 177 fat cattle were yarded. The opening values were about the same as last week, but later there was a tendency to ease. Prime bullocks £l3 to £lB 10s, extra prime to £22, medium £l2 10s to £l4, best cows and heifers £l3 10s to £ls 17s Od, medium £lO to £l2 10s. Fat sheep—lSoo wore penned, the bulk being medium and inferior ewes, and prices generally were about the same as Inst week. Prime Wethers 30s, extra prune to 37s 3d, medium 23s to 275, lighter 23g to 255, prime 24s to 275,-me-dium 22s to 23s fid. Fat lambs —10SO were penned. Export buyers were operating at late limits, and well-finished sorts were in good demand. Stores were hard of sale at reduced rates. Prime 19s to 235, extra prime to 355, medium l"s to 19s, others 10s to las,