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Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1916, Page 2

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<&■ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, October 5. Oats.—Algerian feeding 2s sd, milling 2s 7d; Tasmanian white 2s 9d to 2s lOd. Barley, 3s 6d to 4s. Maize, 3s lOd to 4s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £6 10s to £8 10s. Onions, '£s 10s to £6. Adelaide, Oct. 5. Oats, Is 8d to Is lOd. Melbourne, October 5. Hides.—Fair supplies. Light unchanged, mediums and heavies i& lower. Oats —Milling Algerians 2s Id to 2s 2d, feeding Is lOd to Is lid. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 10s. Onions, £3 10s to £3 15s. •HIDES. Melbourne, October 5. Hides.—There are fair supplies; lights are unchanged, mediums and heavies a farthing lower. yHE COLONIAL WOOL CLIP. London, Oct. 5. 'Ai a meeting of the wool exports subcommittee of the War" Trade Department, it was pointed out tho.t unless steps are taken this season, there wa: a great slangcr of neutrals buying a very largo proportion of the colcr.ial clips, to the disadvantage of British and allied manufacturers. UNION COMPANY SHARES, London, Octobci 3. Union Steamship Company shares are quoted at 50?. T,IVE STOCK MARKETS. ADDIXGTON. Store sheep—Wether hoggets 245. 4 and fi-tooth wethers 2fls Kid to 32s 3d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 28s to 2Ss i)d, 2, 4, 6, and 8-tooth wethers 20s 4d to 325, merino wethers 14s lid, 2 and 4-tooth ewes'and lambs (nil counted) 10s 9d, sound-mouthed ewes and lambs (all counted) ISs 7d, merino ewes 7s Bd. New season's fat lambs—Best 28s to 345, lighter 20s to 275. Eat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 46s Od, prime wethers 32s Cd to 42s Od, others 2!)s to 325, shorn wethers 20s lOd to 28s, prime merino wethers 23s Id to 37s fid, prime ewes 32s 4d to 375, others 24 s Od to 20s, hoggets 22s Gd to 295. Fat cattle—Prime steers £ls 10s to £2l 12s Od, ordinary steers £9 10s to £ls, extra prime heifers to £l7 2s Gd, prime, heifers £l2 10s to •£ls, ordinary heifers £7 2s Sd to £l2, extra prime cows £ls 15s, prime cows £lO 10s to : £l3 10s, ordinary cows £7 to £lO. 1 Store cattle—Yearlings £2 Is to £2 1 7s Gd, 15 to 18-month sort 3 £3 15s to £4 7s fid, 2-year steers £5 7s Cd to £5 15s, ' 2J-ycar steers £7 10s, 3-year steers £0 1 17s fid, 3 and 4year steers £ll to £l2 1 17s fid, 2-year heifers £4 15s to £4 \)\ ' Gd, 3-year heifers £8 8s to £7 10s, dry | cows £4 to £B. | Pigs—Choppers '£4 to '£7, extra ' heavy baconers to £5 8s fid, heavy baconers £4 15s to £5, light baconers £3 15s to £4 10s; price per lb, 7}d to ' 7Jd. Heavy porkers 55s to fiOs, lignt porkers 4Ss to 545; price per lb, Sid to ' 9d. Large stores 53s to 58s. medium stores 40s to 555, small stores 25s to 355, weaners 14s to 20s and up to 24s for best i sorts. fc_ BURNSIDE. Extra prime bullocks made £25 ss, ; prime £l7 10s to £l9 10s. medium £ls 10s to £lO 15s, light £l2 to £ls, prime heifers £l4 to £ls 10s, medium £ll to £l2 ss, light and unfinihed £7 to £9 10s. Fat sheep—Ex'tra prime wethers 44s od. prime 34s to 38s, medium 30s Od to 33s Gd, light and unfinished 25s to 295, extra prime ewes 35s to 38s 3d, prime •29s to 31s fid, medimh 25s Gd to 27s fid, light 245. Fat lambs—Extra prime realised 34s fid, medium 28s to 30s. Pigs—Porkers and baconers were well competed for at prices equal to late values. Several pens of sows with litters found ready buyers, and there was a good demand for stores and weaners. "il/THAM. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, held tlieir fortnightly sale on Wednesday, 4th inst. Fat cows, medium £ll 19s, fresh conditioned cows £8 10s 8d to £9 Bs, store cows £7 12s to £8 Is, light store cows £5 13s fid to £7, boners £4 lis to £4 19s, cows and calves, small, £8 14s, heifers in calf, small, £C lis, yearling f heifers £3 15s to £4 6s, yearling steer 9, medium £5 (is. In dairy pens: Forward heifers £9 5s to £ll ss, backward and well £5 to £8 15s; pigs, weaners lGs I : fid -