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Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1916, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright „_ London, June 8. Wheat.—Steadier at 3d to 6d advance V, ool.—At the sales all merinos ana fine crossbred? were animated and sold at full recent rates. There was better competition for crossbreds and prices were decidedly harder for slipes and greasies. The Fernside clip broughtTop price 17Jd, average 16% d; Two Hearts, 21d and lOJd; Ohaka, 37Jd and 28% d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. > Melbourne, June 9. Bran, £5. Pollard, £6 ss. parley .-English 4s to 4s 9d, Cape 3b 4<l to 3s 6d. Oats.—Milling 2s 4d to 2s sd, feed 2s Id to 2s 2M. ' Potatoes, £5 15b to £fi 10s. Onions, £3 10s to £3 15s. Sydney, June 8. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 2s 7d to 2b Bd, milling 2s lOd to 3s; Tasmanian white 3s to 3s Id. Barley.—Feeding, 3s 5d to 3s 6d; seeding, 3s 7d to 3s Bd. Maize.—White, 4s 8d; yellow, 4s lOd. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £5 10s to £7. Onions, £4 10s to £5. Adelaide, June 8. Bran, Is to Is OJd. Pollard, Is ljd to Is 21<L Oats, 2s io 2s 2d. Melbourne, June 8. Hides.—Moderate supplies; sloppy and heavy are a shade easier; others unchanged.

SYDNEY WOOL SALE& Sydney, June 8. The Sydney wool sales have been postponed to the 19th. The Brisbane sales take place next week. The Queensland Premier, after consulting the authorities in London, cabled that the War Office is very anxious to make it clear they never contemplated that all wool imported by Britain should be consumed there, as it will be distributed according to the needs of the Allies. JOHNSONVILLE. There was an extra good yarding of cattle and a fair yarding of sheep, which sold at last sale's rates. Prime fat bullocks £ls 17s 6d to £lB 2s 6d, eUra prime heifers £l2 2s Od, £l2 16s, to £l2 17 6d, prime ewes 2Gs Gd to 2fls fld to 30s fld. wethers and maiden cwea 27s M to 28s.

ADDINGTON. Christchurch, .Tune 7. At the Adtlington live stock market the entries of stock .were generally somewhat larger than last week. .Store sheep: Lambs, mixed sexes 13s Gd to 19s. cull lambs from Cs 2d, wether lambs 14s 10<1 to 19s 9d, ewe lambs 18s 7d to 21s lid, two-tpoth ewes 25s Id to 28s Gd, four and , six-tooth ewes 17s 3d, four, six, and eight-Moth ewes 18s 10d, to 29s 3d, six-tooth ewes 30s, six and eight-tooth ewe 245, sound-mouthed ewes 14s Id to ISs Id, sound and failingmouthed ewes las Id to las 3d, failingmouthed ewes 10s 6d to lis 7d, twotooth wethers 14s Gd to 25s 3d, two and four-tooth wethers 18s .to 24s lid, sixtooth wethers 245, merino ewes 17s 9d. Fat lambs: Extra prime lambs to 31s, prime lambs 22s Gd to 2Gs, medium lambs 19s to 225, lighter 10s to 18s .(id. Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers to 4Ss prime wethers 27s Gd to 31s lOd, others 20s 3d to 275, merino wethers 22s Od to 25s Od, prime ewes 27s to 31s, medium ewes 23s to 26s Gd, others lGs 4d to 22s Gd, merino ewes 15s 4d to 10s. Fat cattle: Extra prime steers to £2O 17s od, ordinary stoors £9 15s to £l2 10s, extra prime heifers to £l3 15s, ordinary heifers £7 5s to £lO 10s, extra prime cows to £ls, ordinary cows £6 15s to £9 10s. Store cattle: Yearlings £2 15s, eigh-teen-month £2 17s (id to £3 19s, twoyear steers £5 i a Od, two-year heifers £4 lfls to £4 17s Gd, poor three-year steers £7 ss, dry cows £3 to £5, dairy cows £3 5s to £l7 ss. Pigs: Choppers 70s to 1355, extra heavy baconcrs to 105s, heavy baconers 75s to 90s, light baconers 57s'to 70s. Price per lb. fijd to GJd. Heavy porkers 4Gs to 525, light porkers 3Ss to 445. Price per ib. 7d to 7Ad. Medium stores 32s to 3Ss Gd, smaller 18s to 30s, weaners 8s to 12s Od. burnside market. Dunedin, June 7. At Burnside prime bullocks made £ls to £l7 10s, extra prime to £22 7s Gd, medium to good £l2 to £l4 10s, light and inferior £9 10s to £ll, prime cows and heifers £ll to £l3, medium £9 to £lO 10s, inferior £7 to £8 10s. Fat sheep: Prime wethers 31s to 345, extra prime to 37sGd, medium 25s to 295, light and inferior IDs to 235, prime ewes 27s to 30s, medium to good 20s to 245, inferior 14s to 18s, Lambs: Best 22s to 2Gs, medium to good 19s to 21s Od, inferior IBs to 18s.