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Taranaki Daily News, 28 April 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUyiIiALIAN MAEKETS, Australia^-N.Z. CVblo Association. Melbourne, April 27. Barley.—Knglish 3s I'd to 4b, Capo 2.< S(i to 2s !!d. Oats.—-Milling Algerian 2a 2d to 2a 3d; .food Is LOd to 2s. Potatoes.—(!os to AOs. Onions.—Boa to 8.35. lirClil COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. Wellington, April 20. The nigh Commissioner's report, dated London 21 (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot) Meat: descriptions of meat' in Slow demand on account of decreased consumption as result of Government regulations limiting amount to bo supplied to hotels, etc. Home-killed beet' selling at comparatively low prices partly,owing to the Government's recommendation that foodstuff? should be reserved .as far as possible for human consumption; New Zealand mutton 8 7-ftd, ewe 8y 2 d; Argentine quotations irregular lid; N.Z. lamb lOd, Argentine heavywcigh 121(1, lightweight 12 5-8(1; Argentine chilled heef, hinds 105-Bd, fores 9 3-Bd. Butter: Market very quiet about the beginning of the week at lower prices; market (inning up partly owing to large supplies of Australian butter being requisitioned by order of the Government. Banish, salted 201s to 20Ss; New Zealand, salted 202s to 20(is, unsalted 20Us to 204s (mutilated word hero);: Argentine, no supplies available, no offi-' cial quotations. Cheese: Marktst continues firm owing to continued small supplies; Canadian, white and colored 102 a; States flats, ItiOs. Hemp: Firm market., little offering. The Government has taken control of Manila liamp and business is herefore unsettled; freight difficulty'hinders Nc.w Zealand business and quotations are nominal; good fair New Zealand hemp £7.3 10s, fair £72; 'April-June shipment, good fair £74, fair £72. The Manila output' for the fortnight ending April 14 was 50,500 bales, St. Helena hemp on spot, sold at £77 15s. Tow: £«0 5s (the local price for tow is £ll, £lO, and £0 for three, grades!. Wheat: Market firm; offerings very small, but rather less demand; quotations nominal; Australian 83s, Canadian 81s, Argentine 80s. Oats: Market firm owing to good demand; New Zealand 555. NEWTON KING REPORTS. At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, 20th, there was a fair yarding, all of which •was cleared at satisfactory priced,- as follow: —Weaner steers, from £2 17s for small to £4 10n for good; mixed weaners, £2 10s to £2 17s (id; weaner beifers, £3 3s to £3 8s; forward cows, £!) to £!) 18s; store cows, £0 12s to £7 Ifis: small store, cows, £4 5s to £5 fl? (id; boilers, £4 18s-to £(i 2s; 20-months steers, ,l;S 18s fid; in-calf 20-monfhs heifers, £5; springing cows, good, £ll 10s to £l2; springing heifers, ,t'4 10s to £(i 10s; good lambs, 17s Hd to 10s Id; 4-tooth wethers,. 335; cull lambs, 100s. At Douglas, on Monday, 23rd, there was a full yarding, which sold " under jrood competition at improved prices: Weaner steers, small. £2 10s to £3 17s ; - 20-month empty heifers, £5 to £5 its', store cows, £.3 10s to £7 2s fid: fat cows, £l3; 20-month steers, £» lis; 2year steers, £.12 Is; 2 and 4-inonth wethers, 31s Id; small 2-tooth wethers, 2:3s Cd to 28a 3d; f.m. ewes, 18s lid to 195.; lambs, Kis 3d to 18s lid.

At Stratford, cm Tuesday, there was an improved yarding of cattle, with a good entry of sheep. Bidding was brisk, prael ieally the full yarding being clearer! at the hammer. Fat cows sold up to £l2 13s Cd, fat heifers £lO os, forward cows £8 17s (Id to .CIO 7s Gd. fresh conditioned cows up to £8 ss, store cows £fi 17s to £7 12s fid, small store cows £-1 7s to £5 10s, boners £4 12s (id to £(i Ills, empty 20-month heifers £4 15s to £5 Ss, weanor heifera £2 lis to £3, mixed weaners £3 13« to £4 .3b for good and £2 Us to £3 Is for-small, bulls £8 2s fid; f.in. ewes.in lamb 19s -Id, others 13s 8d to 15s (id, 22 and 4-tootl) wethers 325, good lambs 18s fid, culls Bs, fat and forward ewes 29s Id to 20s 4d. At luglewood, on Wednesday, 2:lth. cattle wore yarded in excess of adver* tised numbers.and sold well at advanreiU prices. There was only a fair entry of ■sheep, which met with inquiry. Springing heifers sold from £7 10s to £lO, springing cows £lO, mixed weaners .tii 3s fid to £3 lis, weaner steeTs £4 Oh fid, small store cows £5 to '£(! 2s, -boners £4 18s to £(> Ids, good store cows £3 I7s Gd to £R 2s, forward cows up to £lO 14s, empty 20-month heifers £5 3s fid, small and rough £.'! 19a to £4 3s fid, rough 2 and 2 , / 2 -year steers £fl 18s, -omontli Jersey in-calf heifers £li lUs, sood 2-year empty Shorthorn heifers .v.. 7s (id; f.m. ewes IDs (id to 18s fid, wethers 30s fid. ADDINGITON. Sheep—Two-tooth ewes. 20s fid to 27s 7d; four and six-tooth owes, 17s lid to 28s !)d; six and eight-tooth ewes, 21a 9d to 30s lOd; sound mouth ewes, 12s-to •23s Gd; four and six-tooth wethers, '20,1 to 235; sound mouth wethers, 25s ()d; two and four-tooth wethers, 24s to 25s lOd; ewe lambs, 21s lOd; wether lambs, Ifls Id to 20s (id; mixed sex lambs, lis I<l to 20s 3d. Fat lambs—Extra prime, u(i to £2; prime, 2!)s fid to 33s Id; medium, 25s fid to 20a; lighter, 20s to 255. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers, to 46s Id; prime wethfll's, 36a (id to 40s (id; lighter, 2Cs Gd to 355; merino wethers, IPs fid to 27b Gd; extra prime ewes, 40s (id; prime ewes, 35s fid to 3!ls !ld; medium ewes, 2!)s to 355; lighter ewes, 22s fid to 28s fid; aged owes, 19s Gd to 225; merino ewes, 12s 9d to 14s. Fat cattle. — Extra prime steers, to £25 sa; prime steers, £l4 to £l9 10a; ordinary steers, £0 103 to £l3 lfls; prime heifers, £lO 5s to £l4 17s fid: ordinary heifers, £8 10s to £10; extra prime-cows, to £ls 12s (id; prime cows £lO 15s to £l4 17s fid; ordinary cows, £8 2s fid to £lO 2s fid. Store cattle. —15 to 18 months, £3 10? to £4 ss; two-year steers, £5 15s; twoyear heifers, £5 lfts; two and a-lialf-ycar steers, '£B Ss: three-year heifers, £8 12s (id; dry cows, £3 10s to £88; dairy cows, £5 to CIS ss. Pigs—Choppers, £3 13s to £0 4s; extra heavy baeoners, £4 Ifis; ordinary baeoners, £2 10s to £4 5s (equal to 7.Jd to 71 d per lb.); heavy porkers. 46s to 50s; ligfiter porkers, 38s to 44s (equal to (lid to 7d lb); medium stores, 30s to 38s; smaller, ISs to 255; -weaners, 8s to l is. BURNSIDE. Prime bullocks, £lB 10a, '£22 ss; medium good, £ls, £l-7 10s; best cows

and heifers, £ls l.is, £l7 10s; medium to good, £.lO, £l2 10s, Sheep—Extra prime advanced 2s to 3s, while medium nnd inferior realised lfete rates. Prime wethers, 42s to 48s; extra heavy, fifls 3d; medium to good, 355, 38s; unfinished, 28s, 325; priliw ewes, 3Ss, 425; extra, 40s fld; medium.to good, 275, 325; others, IDs, 20s. ; WHEN YOU JVKE BILIOUS. Food ferments in your stomach when you arc bilious. Quit eating and take iv full dose of Chamberlain's Tablets for the stomach and liver. Tliev will clean out .and strengthen your stomach and to-morrow you will relish your food again. The best ever tor biliousness. Sold everywhere.