COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 April 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. .... AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. By Cahlc.—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, April.l 9. Olits.—Algerian, feeding 2s 2s (id, quilling Sd to 2s !)d.. .Maize, 3s to 3s 3d.< . , Potatoes.—Tasmanian £6 10s to £8 10s. Onions, os. Adelaide oats Is lOd. LONDON MARKETS. , Australian-N.Z. Cable Association, Jjondon, April. 1!). At the Bradford wool sales little.business was done, owing to restricted •bujplies and holders being very firm. In sheepskins 2350 were offered, of which 2184 were Australasian. Tliere was a good attendance and competition, and an all-round advance of 2d to 3d, which was sopecially noticeable for combing Merinos. Butter.—Danish is in supply, nut weak at about 200s; Australian declined: during the week, owing to a largo prospective supply, but recovered 4s on commandeering,, and is now nominally JOSs to 100s; business is almost at a standstill pending further information; New Zealand, sold at, about 200s. Cheese.—Firm; Canadian, 102s. The trade expects that the Canadian output will bo, requisitioned. Sugar.—Unchanged. VICTORIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, April 20. Barley.—English 3s 9d to 4s, Cape 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Oats.—Milling Algerian 2s 2d to 2s 2Jd, feeding la lOd to 2s. Potatoes.— £4 5s to £4 7s Od. Onions—£4 to £4 vs. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The Department of Agriculture.- Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London. April 14, 1017, from the. High Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average .nmrket prices on spot): Meat.—Even although Argontine mutton and lamb, are in fair supply, prices are higher owing to continued small supplies of New Zealand mutton and lamb and Australian lamb. Lower prices are being accepted for good supplies of home-killed mutton and beef and Argentine beef. New Zealand mutton, per lb, B%d; ewe mutton, B%d; Argentine mutton, heavy-weight, 123 d, light-weight 122 d; New Zealand lamb, 10d; Argentine lamb, 14Jd;. Argentine chilled beef, binds lid, fores !)}d. Maximum prices.—Following maximum prices fixed during the next two weeks: Danish butter and finest NewZealand salted butter (mutilated word here), 2205; Dutch.creamery, Australian, Irish creamery and American croamery, 2145; Argentina 210.^., Butter.—Maximum prices remain unchanged. The market is easier, partly owing to good supplies of Australian and Danish. Danish, salted 204s to 208s; New Zealand, salted, 200s to 208s; unsalted, 198s to 200s; Australian, salted,. 100s to 1945! unsaited, 300s to 1945; Argentine, salted 186s to 1943, unsalted ISGs to lf)4sj. ..,.,.■. Chc#se.—ln active demand owing to short supplies. Canadian. 1625: States flats, 100s. ' ADDINGTON. , Store sheep.—Two-tooth ewes 20s to 28s 9d, four and six-Jopth ewes 26s 3d to 30s 3d, six and eight-tooth ewes 17s 0d to 2Ss Id, sound-mouth owes 17s 4d to 25s 3d, four and six-tooth wethers to 28s, sound-mouth wethers 18s 2d. two and four-tooth wethers 20s Cd to 28s od, ewe lambs 21s 3d to 22s Od, wether lambs 15s to 21s 3d, mixed-sex lambs 14s to 20s, fat lambs, extra prime to 38s 8(1, prime 20s to 335, medium 25s to 28s fid, unfinished and lighter 18s Gd to 24s fid. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 40s Od, prime wethers 36s to 41s, lighter wethers 2fis to 355, merino wethers 21s 9d to 3Ss 3d, extra prime ewes 40s Cd, prime ewes 35s to 38s Od, medium ewes 29s to 34s od, lighter ewes 22s to 295, aged ewe's 19s to 225.

.Fat cattle.—Eitra prime steers £2l, prime steers £l4 5s to £2l, ordinary steers £lO to £l4, extra prime heifers £ls 15s, prime heifers £.lO 10s to £l4, ordinary heifers £8 10s to £lO ss, extra prime cows £l7 ss, prime cows £ll to £ls, ordinary cows £7 15s to £lO. Store cattle.—Fifteen to eighteenmonths £3 10s, two-year'steers £6 2s Od, two-year heifers £5 18s, threes-year steers £9 7s'.od to £lO 10s, three-year heifers £8 10s, dry cows £4 10s to £3 10s, dairy cows £5 to £lB. Pigs.—Choppers £3 10s to £7, extra heavy baconers £4 lGs- to £5 Bs, heavy baconers £4 to £4 10s, lighter baooner« £3 7s to £3 15s (equal" to 7d to 7}a per lb); heavy porkcj 50s to 575, lighter porkers 44s to 48s (equal to H to 1% per lb); medium stores 325, weaners lis 6d to 17b. BURNSIT)!-:. Prime bullocks £22 2s Od. medium £lB to £2l, lighter £ll to £lB, others £l2 to £l4. , ' Sheep.—Heavy-wetgnts were in keen demand but the average prices declined Is (id to 2s. Prices of medium quality were somewhat lower. Extra heavv wethers 40s Od, prime 45s to 48s, extra heavy ewes 50s, medium 42s 3d, others 28s to 345. lambs.—ln the absence of keen competition by exporters on account of the scarcity of shipping space, prices receded 4s to 5s per head. STRATFORD~SALE. • ■/The Farmers' .Co-op. Organisation Society, Ltd. report as follows: At Stratford on Tuesday, 17th, we-had a good yarding of cattle. Bidding was spirited throughout the sale with the result that practically the whole yarding was. sold under the hammer. 'We quote: Fat cows £lO 5s to £l2 7s. forward cows £8 to £9 10s, backward cows £5 to £7; 2J-year bullocks £ll 15s to £l2 In, springing heifers to £l2, bulls £0 2s Od to £l,l 12s Gd, weaker steers £3 14* to £4 8s weancr heifers £2 to £4; fat lambs £1 3s 3d. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. . . At Urenni on Monday, 16th April, wcaner Shorthorn heifers brought £3. 10s, mivea weaners £3 14s, small weanor steers £3 Bs, 2-year in-calf heifers £G and £B 2s Cd, 20-.,.:iMi steers, rough, £7 10s Od, fat cows £ll, 15s, fat heifers £ll, 9s, store cows £7 to £9 7s. At Stony River '■•) Tnendav, April K, ;iii:;ed wranns mit'.s 'J4 to' £4'2s. fid. twean''" ■" - '"' "• I'd.

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£4 Is to £1) 7s Hd, -forward ewe's 2fi3, 2.1-yeur steers, ill Im to £l2 2s fid, On the Rugby.Road, Tariki, on Thursday, for Mr. W. \Y.. Newton's clearing .ale there win- a good .attendance. The cows were a nice line but were low in condition. The best price was £l4 ss, others selling at from £7 to £ll 3a, averaging over £9 for the herd. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows: Wcstfield: Dairy cows and heifers close to profit brought £l,l. to Cl.'i 10s, backward ditto £!) 10s to I'III 15s. empty cows and heifers £7 to £'.) 12s lid, bulls £8 to £l2 10s, steer calves £4 os to £5 lis, heifer calves £3 10s to £4 4s, inferior calves £2 Ills to £3 Ss, three-year steers £l2 17s (id. -Albert yards.—Heavy draughts £22 )0s to £35, medium draughts £lO IDs to £27 10s, light harness sorts £9 ro £l4 10s, hacks £8 to £l3, ponies £ ! to £7 10s, weeds 15s upwards, uarne.su, etc., at ruling prices. Pukekohc—Heavy draughts, 4yrs aim oyrs, all work, £27 to £37,' medium draught same age, £l7 to £27 10s. ■aged li. draughts £lO to £24, aged medium In £lO to £1(1 10s, light harness: .ts £0 to £l(s 10s, backs £8 to; 15 Lis, ponies £4 to £9. las,, weeds !0s upwards, unbrolieh medium sorts £B-to £lO, unbroken light" sorts £4 to £!):■■ Warkworth—Dairy cows from £7 13s to £l2 los, bulls £8 to £l3 ss, stcor calves £4 2s fid to £5 7s fid, heifer calves £3 5s to £4 17s (id, sheep, wethers, £1 7s to £1 12s, full-mouth ewes 10s to 255; lambs 10s to 20s. Henderson—Dairy enws sold from £9 15s to £l4 7s 6d/'heifcH £7 12s fid to £l2 10s, two to 2j-ycar-old steers £0 15s to £lO 7a fid, bulls £S 15s to £ll 7s fid, weaner calves, steers, best. £3 Lis to £4 17s (id, heifer calves £3'l2s to £4 15s, inferior 30b to £3, fat cows £ll to .£l3'ss, horses and farm implements brought good prices. WcstfiehU-Bcßt oxen sold to £2 10s, prime, £2. (is to .£2 fis, others £2 to £2 ss, cow and heifer bwf £2 2s Vo £2 7s fid per 1001b. Steel's sold 'at from .£l-3 to- £2l 17s Od, cows and heifers. .£!)■ to £l7. Sheep were penned.■■ in full numbers- and sold at last' ' week's . rates. • Best wethers sold'to £2 3s (Id.--Calves, wove in full .numbers and sold well up to late rates. Runners sold -from ,£7 5a to £lO 15fl, heavy vealers £0 to £i, 2s fid. Pigs, yarded in large numbers, and. sold well, choppers and baconers up to £0.■ 2-9 fid, medium baconers £3, 12s to £4 7s fid, light-baconers -- Is to £3 9s, heayy porkers £2 fis:to £3, light porkers 33s to. £2 95,. slips 19s, to 325,. weaners 10s.fid to 18s, suckers 4s 6d to 9s fid.. Best lambs £1 Bs,to. £1 13s fld for a pen of iambs fatted by Mr. IT. R. Mackenzie, Mangerc,. other lambs £1 2s to £1 7s Gil, stove lambs ,10s to.£l.■' i .

At Ngatca on Wednesday dairy cow*, shorj; of requirements; b«ef cow's made from £9 15s to .£ll 10s, stoYU cows, fresh and young £7 15a to £9 123 on, old sorts £5 to £6 15s. ',