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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1916, Page 2

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... ■"" »»■ THE BANK RATE. By Cable—Preos Assoebi'ion—Copyright. London, July -20. The bank rate is uiiclningcd. ACSTKALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Inly 20. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2<t 7d to 2s Sd, milling '2s lOd; Tastnanian, white 3s to 3s 2d. ■;' Barley. 3s 3d to 3s Sd. Maize, 3s 0d to 4s 4<l. "otatoes.—Tasnianian, £7 to £5 Onions, £5 to £5 Ids. Adelaide, July 90. Bran, £" Pollard, £3 15s. Melbourne, July 20. Hides.—Fair supplies; sloppy lots neglected, but others steady. Melbourne, July 21. Barley.—English 4s (id to 4s 9d, Cape 3- 3d to 3s Cd. Oats.—Milling Algerians 2s 3d to 2s 4d, feed 2s to 2s 2d. Potatoes, £fi 10s to £7 10s. Onions, £4 to £4 Ss, LOXDOX MARKETS. London, July 20. Prices for greasy merinos were maintained at to-day's sales, scoured were slower, favoring buyers. Crossbreds were irregular. The following prices were realised for the fleece portions of the New Zealand clips named:—Birch Hill, top 24d, average 21% d: Ugbrooke, 21 '/.d and 20% d; Thistle, 20'/„d. At the Bradford market merinos and fine crossbreds were strong, and lower crossbreds weaker. Business was slow. Sheepskins.—3ooo bundles offered and sold. Compared with the June sales merino clothings were a farthing, combings a half-penny, all fine crossbreds a farthing higher; medium coarse a farthing lower, and all lambs a farthing higher. ADDIXGTOX. Store sheep—Hoggets, mixed rcxc=, Ms 3d to 20s, ewe hoggets 24s Id to 2Ss Id, wether hoggets Ifls 8d to 2k fid. twotooth wethers 20s 3d to 22s 3d, two and four-tooth wethers 22s to 245, four and six-tooth, wethers 21s 4d to 20s, two, four and six-tooth ew'es 27s to 2Ss Oil. best sound-mouth ewes 25s lid to 2i)s Sd. others 14s fid to -235. aged ewes 13s Sd to 14s 2d, sound-mouth merino ewes 10s Id to 15s 4d. Fat lambs—Extra prime to 3fis, prime 25s to 2!)s, medium 22s (id to 2-ls (id, lighter 20s to 225. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 535, prime wethers 28s to 335, lighter 21s !Hd to 27s fid, merino wethers 10s 7d to 203 lOd, prime ewes 27s to 335, medium 22s fid to ifls fid. others ]Bs to 225, merino ewes 13s fid to 17:', Hil. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £2O l.">s. ordinary steers ,-£!( to U2 10s. extra prime heifers to £4. ordinary heifers £S to £!) 10s, extra prime' cows £1.") 12s fid. ordinary eows £7 10s to £lO. .Store cattle'— Fifteen to eighteenmonths to £4 7s. two-year steers £5 7s fid, two and a-half-year steers £7, twoyear heifers £4 10s to £4 [r,s, threeyear heifers £(i 3s fid. dry cows £3 15s to IT) 7s lid, dairy cows £3O 10s to £ <<' (Pigs-Choppers' ,f-t Os fid to £7 lis 4d, heavy baconers 87s to !).->s, light baconers 70s to SOs (price per lb, (l%d to id); heavy porkers Sfia to fi2s, light porker* 48s to 54s (price par lb, Od to f)'/ 3 d); large stores 48s to 325, medium 33s to 13s, smaller 20,s to 325, weancrs lis Cd to 225. BURXSIDE. Best bullocks. £l7 IDs to £2O 10s, extra £2.-) 10s to £27 10s, medium £l4 to £l3 10s, inferior £1? to £l3, best cows and heifers £l4 to £l3, medium £ll to £l2, inferior £0 10s to £lO 10s Fat sheep—2S3H penned. Competition for all classes was good, and prices were firm. The extra quality on the whole was only medium. Extra wethers 43s Od, best 311s to 3Ps, medium 20s to ,'i(Js, inferior 27 to 2Ss. Fat lambs—Kcii penned. The quality was medium, but competition was keen. Pest, 23s to 2Ss fid, medium 22s to 245. inferior 10s to 21s. Pigs—There was a medium yarding of fats, and prices were easier by 3s to 10s per head. Best baconers 83s, 'medium to good SOs, best porkers 335, medium 435. There was a medium entry of stores, and good competition for good quality. Good slips 355, suckers Pis Cd to 245,