COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, July 20. lallow.—Twelve hundred and eightynine casks offered, and all sold. Mutton, fltao 655, fld, medium 02s; ibeef, fine 65s 6d, medium 62a. babbit skins.—At the sales 400 Irandips were offered and 360 sold at an average advance of 2d to 3d. This is probably the last sale for some time.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 26. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 2s 7d to 2s Bd, milling 2s 9d to 2s 10d: Tasmania!), 3s 3d to 3s Od. Maize, 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £4 10s to £S Onions, £l2. Adelaide, July 26. Oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Melbourne, Julv 27. (Barley—Chevalier malting 4s' 3d to 4s sd; Cape, 33 3d to 3s 4d. Oats.—Algerian milling 2s 6d, feed 2s M to 2s 3d. .Potatoes'—£3-58 to £4 10s. Onions—£lo 10s.

ALDINGTON. Store sheep—Two and 4-tooth owes to 435, 3 and 0-tooth to 42s 3d, 6 and 8tooth to 37s 9d, sound-month 22s Od to 34s lid, 4 and (5-tooth wetbers 34s to 36s Bd, 0 and 8-tooth to 25s M, ewe hoggets 21s 2d to 31s 6d, wether hoggets 15s 2d ! to 30s 2d, mixed sexes 23s 9d to 295. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to Wis od, prime wethers 39s to 40s Bd, lighter wethers 33s 3d-to 37s 6d, merino wethers 30s to 30s Id, extra prime ewes to 45s Od, prime ewes 30s Od to 40s 9d, medium ewes 31s Od to 30s, lighter ewes 28s to 31s, hoggets 24s to 29s 3d. Tat cattle—Extra prime steers to £24 ss, prime £l3 15s to £2O, ordinary £8 los to £l3 10s, extra prime heifers to £lB, prime £lO 5s to £l4, .ordinary £7 17s Od to £lO, extra prime cows to £l7 12s 6d, prime £lO 15s to £l4, ordinary £8 17s 6d to £lO 10s. Store cattle—Yearlings £4 10s to £0 lfis, 15 to 18-months' £0 to £7, 2-year steers £6 to £8 ss, 2-year heifers £8 10s, 2 and 2£-year steers £9 ISs, 3-year steers from £lO 10s, 3-year heifers £lO. | dry cosvs £4 to £B, dairy cows £5 to I £IS.

Pigs—Choppers £5 to '£B,l'Os, baeoners .0-1 to £5 10s (equal to 8d to Bid ■per ibj. porkers 50s to 74s (equal to lOd to 10 l-4d per lb), medium stores 45s to 60s fid, smaller 258 to 355, weanen 17s to 225. ' ■ " ■

i ! iBURNSIDE. . 'At Burnside to-day 145 fat/cattle were penned, mostly pi medium quality. Prime heavy bullocks £23 17s Od to £25. ss, £2-2 15s, medium £lO to £lB ids,' iighter £l6, prime heifers £lB 7s (3d, medium £l4 10s to £l6 15s, light aged £V> 10s to £l4.

Sheep—"2-170 .were penned, of good average quality. The high values prevented export buyers operating to any extent. Prime heavy .wethers 53s 7d, prime 45s to 50s 6d. medium 30s t0.435. lighter 33s to 30s Od, prime heavy ewes 48s, urime 39s to 425. medium 35s to 375, light inferior 28s to 325. Lambs:—so 7 were penned. All were cleared under keen competition. Prime 33s 9d, inferior light 30s. l Pigs—A medium yarding was cleared at last week's rates.

A WHrcXT'A'NURA SALE. Mr. B. T. Bennett, of Patea. held his first sale of dairy stock on Tuesday, when he disposed of tho whole of Mr. John Shield's dairy herd under the hammer at' Whenuakura. The sale, which 'was well attended, was a pronounced success, first-class prices beinrealised. Mr. Bennett proving an excellent auctioneer. The average price realised for cows was £l3 9s 3d, whilst heifers averaged £0 8s 2d. Farm implements and Bundrios also fetched top prices. Mr. Bennett is to be congratulated on the success of his maiden effort as a stock auctioneer.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford, report as follows: On July 19, at the clearing sale on account of Mr. George Mumby, junr., Pembroke Road, old cows brought £9 10s to £lO os, good young cows £l3 10s to £lO, the good average of £l3 7s U being obtained for the herd; horse £lO Us, aged horse £6, weaner heifers £4 2s, sow £3 10s, slips 5s to Bs. dog 283. Sundries: Jack 70s, milk-cans 18s, buckets os. aerator 9s, sledge £2 4s, Duncan plougli £7 12s od, chain harrows 455, grindstone ss, spring cart £l2 10s, buggy £ll 10a, horse cover 10s, stretchers 9s to lis 6d, linoleum 50s. On July 24, at Stratford, store cows made £5 12s to £9 7s, 2- to 2A-year steers (rough) £lO Bs, 20-month steers £8 ss, 2-year empty heifers £5 19s 6d to £fi 10s, weaner heifers (small) 52s to 71s and 04s for good, weaner steers (small) 33s to ft4s for good, in calf heifers (small and backward) £5 IBs, ewes in lamb 30s, cows (small and late calvers) £8 15s to £lO, good dairy sorts £ll to £l3 17s 6d, springing heifers £lO 15s to £l2 12s Oil, calved heifers £8 2s 6d to £lO 10s, heifer donated by Mr. W. H. Paynter, East Road, to the Patriotic Funds £7 1-H. On Julv 13, at To' Wei% store cows made £7 5s to £7 17s fld, in calf cows £9 15s small weaner steers 555, empty 20-months heifers £G 7s, -wether lambs (small) 19s Id. We have to repoj't satisfactory private sales as follows-. 3*-year bullocks £l4 10s, 3- to BJ-year bullocks £l4 7s, 5-vear bullocks (good) £l3 10s, &i- to 3-year bullocks £l2, 2- to 2i-year bullocks £lO 10s, yearling steers £« Ib, store cows £8 7s fld, Shorthorn and Holstein yearling heifers £4 to £4 7s Od.