COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. Wellington, May 14. The High Commissioner's market report, dated London, May 12. (Note: Quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on snot) is as follows: Meat: All descriptions of meat arc in small supply and record prices are being made; home-killed mutton and English lamb Is Sd and occasionally as high as Is fld; X.Z. mutton, S%d, ewe niutton, S ! /.d; N.Z. lamb lOd, Patagonia Is S-Jd; Argentine mutton Kid, Argentine lamb lid, quotations nominal; holders not anxious to sell carcases, but by selling portions higher prices are being made. Argentine chilled beef, hinds 12.1, fores Mild.

Butter: Maximum prices remain unchanged for both 'butter and cheese; butter market continues firm; Danish butter, 204s to 208s salted; X.Z., Baited 204s to 208s, unsalted 201? 3d to 210s; Argentine, salted ISlis to lflOs, unsalted ! l!)2s to lflSs, salted; Irish creamery, Halted 102s, unsalted 104s to 2(1 Is. Cheese: Market continues firm; Canadian, white and colored 102s; States flats 100s.

Hemp: Manila no change to report, small 'business been done with spot parcels, Government has fixed prices; average output during last fortnight, 30,000 bales weekly. N.Z.: Good demand for spot hemp near at hand; business has been done with fair Maxell-May high point for shipment at earliest opportunity at £SO.

Wheat: Firm " market, fair business doing; Canadian No. 2 hard winter 80s, No. 2 Manitoba Northern Sis.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT, On Friday 4th. at Waiwakaiho, prices all round were better. Springers wen selling exceptionally well. Prices were: Good-mixed weaners £3 Us Gd, smaller cattle £1 15s to £2 18*, IS-month steer.: rough .Cli to £7 12s, choice weaner heifer*. £3 7s, others £2 13s, empty 20month heifers £4 18s, fat eowa £lO 7s 6d, store and forward cows £4 17s to £8 17s fld, small bulls £4, cows and calves £0 3s. good daivv cews, springing, £ll iis to £l4, heifers, springing, £7 iis to £9 f>s.

At Douglas on Monday, 7th, there was a full yarding. Sheep met with very keen competition. Good iambs sold from 18s Id to 18s lid, smaller 13s 4d, culls 8s to 8s 2d, 2, 4, and 0-tooUi wethers lifts and 30s Rd, small 21s to 2Ss (id, 2tootli ewes .14-, f.m. ewes 18s Id to 23s Id, 2, 4 and G-tooth ewes 22s fld to 2f>s 3d, fat heifers £lO Us, store cows £5 5s to £8 l,ps, empty heifers .05 los, bulls £S to £ll 12s fld. fat heifers £lO lis to £lO Ids.

At Stratford on Tuesday, Rth, there was a good yarding of cattle all of which were cleared under brisk compet'tion with the exception of one pen of staggy bullocks. Sheep were a poor lot and were hard of sale. Weaner steers £4 8s to £4 10s, weaner heifers £2 lis to £3 4s, rough 15/IS-month steers £7 5s to £8 las, fat heifers £lO, bulls £ll 10s, empty 20-month heifers £4 17s fld to £5 8s Gji, 2i to 3-year steers £ll 17a, fat eows £ll Is to £l3 3s, forward cows £8 17s to £lO 5s tld, store cows £8 10s to £8 3s, small store cows £4 14s to £O, boners £3 Us to £R 10s, eanners £1 12s Gd to £3, mixed sheep 235, f.m. ewes 12s to 17s, south-mouthed ewes in lamb 275, small lambs 16s 6d. At Inglewood on Wednesday, Bth, both cattle and sheep were penned in excess of advertised numbers. Buyers were present from all parts of the province and made keen competition throughout. Prices for all young eatue yarded showed a big advance on prices ruling at recent sales in these yards. The whole yarding was cleared during the day. Shorthorn weaner heifers, good, £4 Is, mixed weaner heifers £3 H)s <>< l to £3 14s (id, fair sorts £2 12s to £2 13s, small 3Gs fid, weaner stc.ers £3 18s to £4 Ids, Bmall £3. mixed weaners £3 15s (id to £4, small £2 12s,' in-calf 20-month heifers £7 10s, empty 20month heifers £"> 12s, small £4 Is to £4 4s, well-grown 20-month steers £fl 10s to £9 10s (id, rougher sorts £7 to :"4 os, rough 20-month to 3-year steers

£lft Is, stags £l2 10s, forward cows £8 17s to £0 6s (id, good store eows £7, to £8 10s d, smaller stores £5 to £5 13s, eanners £3 17s Bd, mixed age wethers 31s 3d, 4-vear ewes in lamb 2lls 3d, fair lambs 17s, culls 4s, f.m. ewes in lamb 22s 4d.

On Friday at Rahotu (here was a good entry, all of which was cleared Weaner steers £4 4s to £4 17s, weaner heifers £2 10s to £3 12s, mixed weaners £2 ss, fat cows £ll 17s (id to £l2 ss, fovwnii cows £0 to £lO ISa, store cows £0 13.? to £S 12s.