COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 September 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, Sept. 20. Oats.—Algerian,, feeding 3s; milling, 3s 6d; Tasmanian, 3s lOd to 4s. Maize, 4s od to (is 6d. Potatoes, Victorian, £5 10s to £8 10s. Onions, £l6. .Adelaide, Sept. 2<5. Oats, 2s Cd. Melbourne, Sept. 28. Barley.—Chevalier Malting, 4s 7d to Is 7Jd : Cape, 3s 2d to 3s 2id. Oats. —Milling Algerians, 2s 6d to 2s 7M; feed. 2b 3d to 2s 4id. Potatoes. £4 to £5. Onions, £ls to £ls 10s. TALLOW. London, Sept. 20. Tallow, (177 casks were offered and 441 sold. Mutton and beef fine realised 725, medium G9s Cd. ADDIXGTON. Store slieep.—Two and 4-tooth wethers 35s Gd. four and six-tooth wethers 34s "id to 40s sd, ewe hoggets 28s fid to 37s 7d, wether hoggets 27s 4d to 32fe 3d, mixed sex hoggets 2fis to 31s 3d. ■Xew season's fat lambs realised 28s 6d to 38s 3d. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 55s lOd, prime wethers 44s fid to 50s, lighter wethers 34s to 445. prime ewes 37s to 50s, lighter ewes 28s to 34s 4<l, merino owes 33s 6d to 37s Gd,. hoggets 32s 4d to 40s. Fat cattle.—Prime steers £l7 10s to £2l 12s fid, ordinary steers £ls to £lO 10s, extra prime cows £27 10s, prime cows £ls to £2O, ordinary cows £8 J OS to £l4, prime heifers £l-2 f.o .£l7 15a, ordinary heifers £!> Ifls to £'ll 10s.. I Store cattle.—Yearling £0 14s to £1! ! 17s. 2-year steers £8 15s, 2-vear lieitors j £S 12s to £S las, "-year steers £l2 7s 6d. 3-year lieiforj £8 Mr. drv e.nivs £3 '

to £l4 I'2s Gd, dairy cows £6 as to £ls ss. Pigs—Choppers £5 to £lO, baconers £4 5s to £-8 Is (id, equal to 9Jd to tOd per lb, porkers £3 as to £4, equal to lid to Is per lb. large store? 50a to 575, medium 3Ss to 455, smaller 25s to 355, weaners 20s to 31s, breeding sows to £B. BURXSIDE, 'Burnside.—Extra prime bullocks £2."> 2s lid, prime £2O 2s Gd to £2.1 10s. medium £lB to £l9 10s, light unfinished £ls to £l7, extra heavy cows and heifers £l9 12s 6d, prime £1:1 to £l7 10s, others £ll to £l3 lfls. Extra heavy wethers 54s 3d, prime 48s to 50s 9d, medium 40s to '-Mia, lighter 36s to 395, few show wethers to 755. prime ewes 43s !.'d, medium to good 39s to 42s Gd, others 30s to 3(ls. Spring lambs realised up to 35s 9d.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Waiwakaiho yards on 21st inst. yearling steers brought £5 12s to £7 10s, yearling heifers £3 Is Gd to £4 10s fid, empty two-year heifers £5 IGs 6d to £7 10s, small fat cows £l2 lis, two-year steers (rough) £9 17s, cows end calves £7 3s 6d to £l2 10s,'empty cows £7 3s to £!) 18s, very small cows £3 18s to £5 12s, forward-conditioned eows £lO 15s and £ll 10s, springing heifers £6 15s to. £lO sb, springing cows £ll 10s, old ewes and lambs 43s 3d, hoggets 31s Gd.

At Douglas, on 24th inst., empty cows sold at £S 2s Gd to £9, forward cows £lO 2s 6d, heifers in calf £B, springing heifers £9 to £l2, small £7 10s, springing cows £lO 'los to £l3, hoggets 31s 6d, culls 22s Cd.

Stratford, September 25.—Yearling steers £0 12s Gd, yearling heifers £5 7s, bulls £ll 10s, store cows £8 2s Gd to £9 10s, small £5 10s to £5 15s, best springing heifers £l3 10s to £ls, good £lO 10s to £l2 ss, others £7 10s to £8 15s, best dairy cows up to £l7, others £lO to £l3.

Inglewood September 2G.—Yearlin® Bteers £0 Iss, yearling <lieifers (good") up to £5 7s, others £4 4s, Jersey mixed yearlings £4 2s, empty two-year heifers £7 to £7 lGs, forward cows up to £ll Is, store cow's £8 fls to £9 7s, smaller £G to £7 12s, bulls £9 los, springing heifers (all small) from £7 to £lO 10s! dairy cows £lO 5s to £l3 ss, aged ewes' and lambs 31s 3d, fat and forward ewes 355, forward ewes 275, hoggets '3os, aged ewes 15s.

Clearing sale, Mrs. Fetch. Carrington Road, .September 27.—Best dairy cows up to £l9, others £9 to £l3, empty eows and heifers £fl to £8 12s Gd, 15month heifers £4 13s, yearling steers £G 17s, aged ewes and lambs 255.