COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 June 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Associates. London, June 3. Hemp.—Firm, high point fair MayJuly £BS 10s. , ;-. „/. Copra.—Spot £45 ss. Rubber—Para, 3s 2d; plantation, smoked, 2s lljd. Rabbits.—Dull and tending to be easier. Frozen meat—New Zealand mutton »y 4 d, lamb 10'/,d; Australian mutton 9y B d, lamb 10jd.~ N.Z.L. AND M. AGENCY CO. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Hawera branch) report as follows: Kakaramea—Cows. (light fats) £9 to £ll 4d, store cows £8 to £7 ss, heifers (18-months) £5 Bs, steers (yearlings) £3 to £4 lis, heifers JEI3 2s Gd to £l4 7s 6d, forward lambs 24s Id, breeding ewes (4 anc 5-year-old) 21s 6d to 24s Id. wethers (fat) 37s Gd. On Tuesday, May 29, we held a very successful clearing sale of dairy cows on account of Mrs. 'Susannah Rye, Lowgarth. Prices were.—Good conditioned springers £l2 to £l3 ss, backward sorts £9 5s to £lO 10s, good springing heifers £lO, empty cows £8 10s to £9 ss, weaners (heifers) £'3 14s. Horses: Draught gelding £32 ss, and one draught mare £l2. There was a total of 34 cows, the line averaging £9 17s fid. Eltham—Fat cows £lO to £ll I.os, light fats £8 <6s to £9 ss, backward • sort? £6 ISs to £7, 18-month steers £7 I to £7 7s <M, forward ewes 325, 4 and 5-year-old breeding ewes 27, forward lambs 235; pigs (slips) 10s to Us. Hawera—Light fat cows £9 8s to £lO 15s, heavy £ll to £l3, l;8-inontli8 I heifers (empty) £5 lis, weaner steers 1 £3 Cs to £4 2s Gd, heifers £2 10s to £3, cull lambs 9s to 15s 7d, breeding icwea (5 year old) •Its, forward empty ewes 275. I FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY'S . REPORT. At Opunake yards on Monday there was a good yarding of cattle of all descriptions. Buyers were in attendance, and tho whole yarding was sold at the hammer.- Fat cows sold to £l2 I 10s, fresh-conditioned cows £9 10s to £ll'-ss, forward caws £8 10s to £9 ss, store cows £6 10s to £8 ss, boners £3 15s to £«, bulls £7 to £lO, in-calf ,• heifers £9 10s, dairy cows £9 5s to £ll j;. 58, weaner steers £3 3s to £5 10a, {' wenner heifers £2 10s to £4 4s. ■ Manaia—Fat cows £l2 10s, freshconditioned cows £9 to £lO 15s, store cows £(i to £8 10s, good weaner steers £4' l'os to £5 lGs, others £2 5s to" £4, weaner heifers £2 10s to £3 15s, store lambs 13s to lGs. At Stratford yards on Tuesday, there was a good yarding, which sold well.' Fat cows £lO to £l2 ISs, forward cows £8 to £8 10s, backward sorts £4 9s to £7, 20-month- steers £8 12s Gd to £8 19s, empty betters £4 10s to £5 15s, in-calf heifers £7 10s, dairy heiferß £G to £lO, weaner heifers £1 13s to £2 18s. At Inglcwood yards, on Wednesday cattle and sheep were yarded to full number Competition was not too' keen, although a good clearance was made. ,Ewcs in lamb fold at from 15s to 255, lambs 12s to 16s, iat cows £lO to £l.l IDs, fresh conditioned cows £8 10s to £>9 15s, forward and store cows £0 10s to £8 ss, bulls £7 10s, weaner steerß £3 5s to £4 4s, heifers £-2 3s to £3, in-calf heifers £0 5s to £6 10s. On Friday, at Auroa yards, there was a full yarding, and everything sold well. We quote: Fat cows £ll lis to £l3, fresh conditioned cows £9 10s to £lO 10s, forward cows £8 to £9, store cows £0 to £7 17s 6d, good weaner steers £4 to £5 la, others £3 to £3 His, weaner heifers £2 to £3 18s. At Tariki on Friday we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. W. If. Robinson. There was a good attendance of buyers and a satisfactory sale resulted. The dairy cow.s sold at from £l4 to £1? 10s for. tho best, others £7 15s to £l2 10s, in-calf heifers £8 2s Gd. weaners £2 15s, steers £3 9s, horse £2O 15s; sundries sold at ruling rates.