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Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1916, Page 2

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1 LONDON.MARKET REPORT. Tlio Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Hawera, have received the following cable from (heir London agents nnder date October £s: Market very firm, merinos (greasy) good advance 5 per cent.; inferior quality, unchanged; crossbred, scoured and slips advanced 5 per cent. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET - Ty Telegraph.—Special to News. Wellington, October 30. Mtssrs. Lonsdale and Co. (Mr, S. r.iner, New Zealand agent), cable as follows: Butter.—Market firm at from 198s to 200s. Cheese. —Market very firm at from U2s to 113s. LONDON WOOL SALES: London, Oct. 20. Wool.—At the sales prices were fully maintained. The following prices were ; realised for the fleece portions of the clips named: Waita, top price 20Jd, average 19Jd; Brancepeth, 25Jd and 2Ud; Waihopai, 45Jd and 38£ d. There were catalogued 37,707 bales, and sold liS,2£4 bales. ~ . RECORD PRICES FOR WHEAT. London, Oct. 29. Wheat.—Firm; 77s 3d is asked. Record prices are quoted in Britain, as follow: Peterborough, 745, advancing 6a in a week; Cambridge, 755; Canterbury, 705. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,435,00 C quarters; for the continent, 2,945,000 quarters; Alhntic shipments 491,000 quarters; Pacific nil. The total to Europe is 7S:;.000 quarters, including Russia . ,10,000 quarters, India 78,000 quarters, Argentina 50,000 quarters, Australasia 12,000 quarters. SHEEPSKINS. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London 'louse under date 26th inst.: Sheepskins, nit'TJno combing ii and clothing 3d dcaTer; crossbred clothing and pelts Jd dearer. FARMERS' CO-OP. ORGANISATION SOCIETY'S REPORT. Okaiawa ,—Fat cows sold to '£ll 7s, fresh conditioned cows £9 10s to £lO 6=, forward cows £7 15s to £9, store cows £7 153 to £B, Jersey bulls 10£ guineas, hoggets 235, store pigs £1 6s. Eltham.—Fat cows- sold at from £lO 15s to £ll 17s, fresh conditioned cows £9 to £lO 10s, forward cows £8 to £8 I<!r, store cows £7 to £B, springing heifers £7 to £l4 10s, weaner pigs 12s to 14s, store pigs 20s. Jersey bulls sold to £lO, Holstein bulls £l2, yearling lieifers £5 to £6 10s, steers £6 ss. Hawera.—Fat cows sold at from £ll to £l2 83, fre.sli conditioned cows £9 to £lO 10s, forward cows £8 to £8 18s, ' stoic cows £6 17s 6d to £7 15s, small rows £5 15s to £6 10s, yearling steers £7 14s, yearling heifers £3 18s to £6 lOs. The advertiecd steers sold at from £l3 2s Gd to £l6 4s, Shorthorn bulls i'i'J 10s to £ls 15, Jersey bulls £lO to 13i guineas. Fat sheep: Ewes £1 17s 3d" to £1 173 Od, wethers £1 lfls, hoggcis 31s 2d to 32s 3d, best springing heifers £l2 10s to £ls, others £7 10s tc. £ll, calved heifers £8 10s to £l4, store pig.i 20s to 30s, weaner pigs 10s to 19s Oil.