COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

BRITISH MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, April 21. The Auckland Electric Tramways have declared an inter! °n dividend of 7d per share. Copra—April and May shipments £4O. Jute and liemp unquotable as the Army Council are controlling both. Rubber—Para 3s (id and plantation 9» OJd; smoked, 3s o|d. Hides, quiet; unchanged Leather, firm; scarce. Best Australian 28s to 345. Basils—Strong inquiry; few offering. First Australians 36s to 395. Rabbits—Few offering; Australian blues about 3Ss. Mutton—South American ll%d;lamb. 13Jd; New Zealand and Australian meats, nominal and unchanged. N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE REPORT. Kakaramea: Cows £9 to '££> 14s, stores £4 6s to £7 ss, heifers (fat) £8 7s, bulls £8 15s to £lO, weaners £1 15s to £2 15s, lambs 15s Id to 16a, pigs (slips) 3s 9d to 9s. Elthani; Fat cows £lO la to '£ll 13s, store cows £5 to £G 15s, 18-month to 2-year steers £l2 14s, springing heifers £6 13s 6d to £B, weaners £1 3s to £2 10s, lambs 13s. Hawera: Fat cows £9 to £ll, store cows £5 10s to £8 10s, 2-year steers £l2, yearling heifers £2 15s to £4 ss, bulls £6 10s, springing heifers £l2. Sheep: Lambs 8s 7d to 13s 3d. A line 6f 4 and 6-tooth ewes were passed. Pigs: Sows and litters 21s to 25a, FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY. The. Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report:— At Opunake yards on Monday, 15th inst., cattle came forward in full numbers. There was a good attendance of buyers. Prices were firmer than at recent sales and almost the whole yarding was disposed of. Fat cows sold at from £ll ,10s to £l2 Ss, fresh conditioned cows £lO 10s to £l] ss, forward'cow's £8 15s to £lO, store cows and empty heifers £5 10s to £3 Bs, canners and boners £3 15s to £6 ss. bulls £5 103 to £9, 20-month steers £6 15s to £8 10s. weaners (mixed sexes) 25s to £2 Bs, store lambs lis 6d. Manaja: Fat cows "£l2 to '£l3 135., fresh conditioned cows £lO 10s to £ll lis, forward cows £8 10s to £lO, store cows £7 2s to £8 Ss, small store cows £5 5s to £6 12s 6d, weaner heifers 27s 6d to 355, steers £2 5s to £3, fat lambs IDs Gd, good store lambs 17s 6d, weaner pigs Ss to 12s Od. Stratford: Fat cows £lO 5s to £l2 17s, forward cows £8 to £9 10s, store cows £5 to £7, 2}-vear bullocks £ll las to £l2 Is, springing heifers. £l2, bulls £9 2s 0d t.o £ll 12r, Od, weaner steers £3 14s to £4 ss,- heifers £2 to £4, fat lambs £1 3s 3d. Oh Wednesday we held our Inglewood sale. Cattle were yarded in full numbers, every pen being filled, a*nd sold under good competition. Sheep came forward, in smaller supply than usual, and were hard to quit. We quote: Forward bullocks £l2 10s (o £l3 18s, fat cows and heifers £9 Is to £l3 ss, fresh: conditioned cows £9 to £lO 17s od, farward cows £8 5s to £9, store cows £0 to £8 2s, empty heifers £5 5s to £7 ss, in-ealf heifers £5 15s to £7 12s Gd, bulls £5 5s to £ll, weaner steers (goorl) £•! 5s to £4 17s, others £2 10s to £3 las, heifers 30s to £2, 2-tooth wethers 28s Bd, aged ewes 10s 8d to 16s 7d, store lambs 12s. On Thursday we held a special sale, of sheep and cattle at Makalm, in Mr. Ward's yards, kindly lent. There was a good muster of buyers present, and the major portion of the yarding was disposed of. Bulls £5 to £ll, 20-month steers £8 12s, weaner steers £2, best Btore l lambs 14s 3d to 16s 7d, store lambs 5s to 12s 3d, aged ewes 10s 3d to ISs. Auroa: Fat cows £ll 15s to £l2 12s. fresh conditioned cows £lO to £ll, forward cows £8 10s to £9 17s 6d, store cows £G to £B, empty heifers ,£5 15s to '£o 15s, bulls £5 5s to £!) 12s 6d, weaner steers £2 10s to £3 12s Od, weaner heifers £2 to £2 14s, lambs 17s, store ewes 17a.