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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1916, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Austmlian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, December 24. Wheat—Quiet and unchanged. W001—24,500 bales of wool have arrived for the January sales, the total available being 70,500 bales. Meat. New Zealand lamb, !)%d. Other meat unchanged. Rabbits—Steady and unchanged. Rubber—Para 3s 2y 2 d, plantation 2s lid, smoked 2s lid. Copra October-December shipments, £4l 10s. The Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society, Ltd., received the following cable from their London office on Saturday:—"London wool sales.--Sales have closed strong. Will re-open on January i. Arrivals to December 22 to be included."

JIANAWATU SALES. Abraham and Williams, 'Ltd., report:— At Levin on Tuesday, fat ewes and wethers brought Ms 4d,'.34s !)rt; 2 and 4tooth wetliers, 32s fid, 32s lOd, 34s 3d; ewes and lambs (low condition) 35.? 3d: store ewes, 275; mixed 2-tooths, 2!)s; fat cows, £ll, £ll lis, £l2, .€l3, CIS 18s: light-fat bullocks, £lB ss; forward cows, £0 2s, £fl (is. £9 13s (id. £0 17s, to £1(1 12s; store'eows, £0 Is, £7 lis, iS 18s; 3 and 4-year bullocks, £ls Is; 21/, to 3-year steers, £l3: yearling steers, £5 2s, £5 10s, to £0; fat heifers. £lO His, £ll 2s, £ll 15s; 2-year empty heifers, £6 17s fid, £7 2-, £7 10s; yearling and 15-months heifers, £5 10s;'15-months steers, £8 Ss; iveaner steers, £3 10s; mixed wennCrs, £2; cows and calves (backward), £!) •2s: vealers, £2, £2 ss; bulls, £5 His, £7 17s, £S ss, to £lO 15s. Pigs : Store, Ills, 20s. 21s (id, 225; porkers," 345, 33s lid, 40s, to 525. At Otaki on December 20 we sold: 2 and 4-tooth forward wetliers, 33s (id; 4 and C-tooth ditto, 31s lid to 33s Id; 2 and 4-tooth store wethers, 28s 2d; ewes and lambs, 44s 2d; shorn fat sheep, 34s 2d; woolly fat 2-tooths, 435; fat and forward woolly ewes, 41s 8d to 42s Id: aged woolly ewes, 2Ss 0d; fat cows, £'.2 15s to £l2 18s; forward cows, £!) 10s to £lO 17s fid; store cows, £3 15s to £!) 2s; small ditto, £7 10s to £8 ss; 15-months steers, £0 15s; la-monies heifers, £4 7s Gd to £5 ss; bulls, £8 Is Id to £S 15s; vealers, £3 ss; mixed weaners, £2 10s: store pigs. £l. At Fending, on the 22nd inst., we had a moderate yarding of stock, which sold at the. following rates:—Fat wethers, 3Ss Id; 4 and ii-tooth wethers, 35s Od to 35s 7d; fat steers, £1(1 17s Oil; fat cows and heifers, £ll 2s'Gd to £ll 15s; springing cows and heifers, £9 15s to £l3; mixed weaners, £3 10s to (choice) £o Is. j