COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 October 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS., Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, Oct. 20. Wheat—Firm; flour in active demand, but little available. Oats, beans and peaß are scarce ; prices hardening. Sugar—Unchanged. Lead—lmports 19,092 tons, exports 71fl. Rubber—Para 3s sd, plantation 2a Sd. smoked 2s 6 l-Bd. Hemp—New Zealand near positions in good demand, hut little available. Sheepskin sales—No Australasian offered, owing to restrictions; 222 bales of puritag offered and sold at fully' late rates. Rabbits and frozen meats unchanged. AUCKLAND MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, report:— Westfield: Best dairy cows and heifers £l3 10s to £l7 10s, others £lO to £l2 15s, bulls flgns to 20gns, empty cows and heifers £8 17s €d to £ll ss, year-' ling to 18-months heifers £8 to £8 as, ditto steers £6 15s to '£9 10a, calves £3 10s to £5 12s 6d.

Albert yards: Heavy draughts '£l9 10s to £33, medium £l7 to £-20, light sortß £0 to £l6, ponies £4 to £B. Westfield fat stock market: Best oxen to £2 18s per 1001b, others £2 12s to £2 17s per 1001b. Cow and heifer beef £2 8s to £2 15s per 1001b. Steers £ls to £24 l'os, cows and heifers £0 to £l6 17s 6d. Calves: Runners £lO 2s 6d, heavy vealers £7 12s 6d to £8 15s, lighter £3 17s 6d to £5 15s, light-weights £2 ilOs to £3 16s, good colored, strong, fresh-dropped 18s 6d to £2 2s (id, weak and had colors, 63 6d to 17s. Sheep: Best wethers £2 6s to '£2 17s. others £2 2s to £-2 5s Od, shorn wethers £l:l4s t,o £1 19s Od, fat ewes £1 18s 6d to £2 5s 6d, shorn ewes 26s fid to £1 lis 6d,

Lambs: Best '£l 5s 6d to £1 10s Od, I others £1 to £ 1 5s 3d. Pigs: Heavy baconers £5 6s to £7 ss, medium baconers £4 5s to £5 Is, light £3 15s to £4 4s, large porkers £3 3s to £3 14s, smaller £-2 7s to £3 Is, small £1 15s to £2 6s, slips £1 Is to ,£1 14.?. FARMERS' 00-OP. REPORT, ■ Opunake: Fat cows £l2 to £l3, fresh conditioned cows £lO to £ll 10s, forward cows £0 to £0 158, store cows and empty heifers £0 15s to £S ISs, yearling steers £5 to £7 3s, yearling £4 5s to £7, good Shorthorn bulls 20gns to 28gns, others 14ghs to lDgns, Holstein bulls lOgns to 30gns. Jersey bulls £5 to l'Sgns. Ayrshire bulls llgns. The advertised dairy herd of Mr. Tosland sold at from £lO to £2B, averaging £l4, dairy heifers £8 10s to £l2 10s.

Manaia: Fat cows £l3 10s to £l4 17b fid, fresh conditioned cows £ll to £l-2 10s, forward cows £!) 10s to £lO 12s fid, store cows £7 to £9 2s, yearling heifers £3 18s to £5 12s 6d, yearling steers £4 to £a 17s Gd, Shorthorn bulls 15gn» to 25gns, Jersey btills 10 to 12gns, Holstein bulls sold 17gns, springing heifers £8 10s to £l9, cows £lO to £l2 10s.

Stratford: Shorthorn bulls to 2Sgns, Jersey and Holsteins 7gns to 17gns, forward cows £lO fls to £ls ss, light and backward £6 lis to £8 10s, 2 year steers £9 10s to £ll 12s fid, yearling £5 f)s to £8 14s, yearling heifers £3 Is to £0 15s, empty ewes tp £1 13s 9d. Inglewood: Ca|ttle and sheep were .vart'ed in good numbers and sold at late rates. We quote ewes and lambs 2Ss |d to £2, empty ewes 275, fat and forward cows £3O 12s fid to £l2, store cows and empty heifers £ 6.10s to £9 ss, yearling heifers £3 16s to £<!, yearling r.teers £4 to figns, Holstein bulls £l2 12s to £l6 16s, Jersey bulls £5 to £lO, best springing heifers £l3 10s to £l7 ss, others £0 to £l2, cows £8 10s to £l2. Auroa: Fat cows '£l4 to £M 17a Gd, fresh conditioned cows lOgns to £l2, forward cows £9 to £lO 9s, store £7 to £8 18s, yearling steers £5 to £7 IBs, yearling heifers £3 10s to £5 10s. Shorthorn bulls sold to 20gns, Jersey bulls 16 ens, Holstein bulls 15gns, springing heifers £lO to £ls.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.- (Hawera branch) report as follows: Kakaramea: Fat cows "£ll to £l3 14s; medium cowS £9 to £ll 15s; store cows , £5 8a to £7; yearling steers £8 10s to £6 ss: heifers £5 10s to £6 ss; Shorthorn bulls 13 to 15 guineas;- Jersey bulls 10 to 15% guineas; hoggets 228; ewes and lumbs 375; store weancrs 8s fid to 10s; stores 25s to 28a; springing heifers (early calvers) £ll to £l4 ss; late calvers £8 17s Od to £lO. . Eltham: Fat cows £lO 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; store cows £7 lOtt to £9; yearling heifers '£s 5s to £6 15s; steers £6 to £7; 2 and 3-year-old., bullocks £l6; Shorthorn bulls 18 to 20 guineas; Jersey bulls ten to twelve guineas; springing heifers £lO to £l4;' backward sorts £8 10s to £10; store pigs 21a to 28s; w'eaners 8s to 10s. Hawera: Fat cows £ll 17s to "£l3 28; store cows (forward) £8 to £10; yearling steers (good condition) £6 10s to £7; heifers £5 19s to £7 14s; backward sorts £3 10s; Shorthorn bulls 15 to 26 guineas; Jersey bulls 10 to la guineas; ewes and lamba 38s 8d; store ewes 'IGs 7d; store pigs 17s to 21s; springing heifer? £lO to £l4; cows £lO to £l3 10s.

Hawera bull fair: Shorthorns 20 to 34 guineas; inferior sorts 16 to 19 guineas; Holsteins 17%' to 28 guineas; Ayrshire* 9 to 12 guineas; Jerseys 15 to 22% guineas. I