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Taranaki Daily News, 28 October 1916, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, October 25. Tallow.—Two thousand and ciglityJi;« casks were offered and 1851 sold; liutton, fine 4!)f 3d, medium 445;, beef, line 50s, medium 44s J AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. ] Sydney, October 2fl. Gats.—Algerian feeding 2s 4d to 2s id, milling 2s 7d; Tasmanian, white 2s lid to 2s Bd. Barley, 3; to 3s 6d. Maize, 3s iod. Potatoes. —Tasmanian '£s 10s to £8 to?. Onions, '£4 to '.■£">■ * Adelaide, October 20. ' Oats, Is 8d to Is lOd. Melbourne, October 27. Oats.—Milling Algerians 2s 2d to 2s l>Jd, feed Is lOd to "is lid. Potatoes, £7 10? to £B. Onions, £4 to £5 ss. ■ SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, October 20, The wool sales were firm and the market for crossbreds continued to implore. Short burry wools were iregular. / LONDON WOOL SALES. London, October 23. At the wool sales there was a better election, and spirited competition. Fine crossbreds were 5 per cent, to 7y« per cent, above September sales. Canities were selling freely, and slipes were par to five per cent, advance. Merinos had a hardening tendency. The Ohaka clip sold at ,top 40d, average 38% d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 14th inst.: — Wool Sales. —A good demand; merino poorly represented, par to 5 per cent., crossbred greasy (fine) 7'/ 2 per cent., medium coarse a per cent., other sorts par to 5 per cent, higher as compared with September 22. (RECORD WHEAT PRICE. 1 Chicago. October 20. Wheat reached 185'/ 3 .cents, a record. HIDE SALES Melbourne, Oct. 20. Hides. There are fair supplies. Light and medium are unchanged, and heavier are a farthing lower. 'ALDINGTON. Store sheep—Wether hoggets 21s '2d to 27s fld, mixed sex hoggets "22s 7d to 27s 6d, 2-tooth shorn wethers 17s fld to '23s, 2-tooth woolly wethers 25s 3d, 4 and 6-tootli shorn wethers 23s fld to 27s 3d, 2, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 245-fid, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 27s fld to 2fls 3d, 4 and C-tooth wethers 34s to 30s 3d, C and 8-tooth merino wethers 10s, sound-mouth ewes and lambs (all counted) 21s lOd to 223 fld. Fat lambs —Beat Ci7s 7d to 31s, others 21s Bd to 26s Cd.

•Fat sheep—Prime woolly wethers 31s to 44s fld, woolly merino wethers 20s 9d to 26s od, woolly hoggets 20s 9d to 44s 3d, extra prime shorn wethers 435, prune shorn wethers 28s to 32: Cd, others 22s Cd to 27s Cd, shorn merino wethers 19s Cd to 225, prime woolly ewes 31s to 30s, others 30s, prime shorn ewes 27s to 34s Cd, others 19s 8d to 2fi s Cd. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers £23 as to £25, prime steers £ls to £22 10s, ordinary steers £9 15s to £l4 10s, prime heifers £ll to £l4 15a, ordinary heifers £8 5s to £lO l'as, prime cows £ll to £ls, ordinary cows £9 2s fld to £lO.

Store cattle—Yearlings £4 ss, 15 to 18-month sorts £4 (is, 2-year steers £7, 2-vear heifers £5 2s Cd, 2'/ 3 -year heite'rs .CO 17s. fld, 2%-year steers £B, 3-ycar steers £ll 2s (id, 3-year heifers £8 4s, dry cows £5 10s to £8 10s. Dairy cows £'a to £.14. l'igs—Choppers £4 103 to £O, baconcrs £4 10s to £5 0s (price per lb, 7d to 7Vid); heavy porkers 58s to 04s, light porkers 40s to 's4s (price per lb, fld to OViiil); large store to 52s Cd, medium 40s to *4178, smaller 2Ss to 30s, weaners 18s to 275. BURNSIDE Best bullocks made £23 17s Cd, medium £lO to" £li7, inferior £l3 to £l4 10s, medium'cows and heifers £ll to £l2 lOsj inferior £9 to £lO 10s. Sheep—Extra prime wether? made 48s 0(1 to sis, good 30? to 395, medium 33s to 345, inferior 31s to 31s, prime ewes 40s 3d, medium 30s to 335, inferior 24s to 20s. Lambs—Best 20s, medium 10; to 225, inferior 17s to 19s. Pigs—Prime 'baconers 105s, good -"Ms, medium 85s, best porkers C7s od, medium sos, | ==========