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Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Received Nov. 2, 7.30 p.m. London. Nov. 1. Butter.—Very scarce; New Zealand cleared. Negotiations for the. purchase of New Zealand output are still incomplete. Cheese. —It is understood that the Government has agreed to pay O'/.d for New Zealand's output of cheese, !)d for Australia's first grade, and SJd for second grade. Wheat.—Small sales. Australian, ex quay, Sl/6 to 82/3. Flour.—There is a brisk demand. The Government is releasing fair quantities of Canadian and American. No Australian is offering. Oats.—Market quiet, but firm. Beans.—A good demand; price firm. Peas. —The price is hardening. Apples.—New Zealand 130s to 140s. Sugar.—Unchanged. Tallow.—Small quantities afloat have been sold at 71s 3d to 71s Od c.i.f. The stock is 4243 casks; imports CSS; deliveries 2034. Copper.—Spot CI 10 ss; three months £llO ss; electrolytic £123. Tin.—Spot £2.">o 12s Od; three months £230 17s (id. Lead.—Spot £3O ]os; three months £2O 10s: Spelter.—Spot £54; three months £SO. Silver—& 0 3-Sd. Shares.—Waihi .Tuncuon 17s Od ISs 0d; Talisman 12s lid-Ma. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Melbourne, Nov. 2. Barley.—Chevalier malting, 4s Cd to 5s 7 l-4d; Cape. 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Oats—Milling, 2s l)d to 2s 101.1, feed 2s 7Jd to 2s Sid. _ : Potatoes— £3 to £5 15s. Onions— £l2 to £2O. 'NEWTON KING'S REPORT. Ohura, sth.—Yearling to 15-month, steers £7 14s to £9, emptv heifers £1 15s to £0 2s fid, forward 21-year heifers £■!) 2s Cd, cows and calves '.£ll 5s to £l2 12s Od. 2 to 2J-year steers £lO 13s fid t„ £l3 Is, store cows ,£S 13s (id to £lO 3s, according to condition. Springing heifers £7 15s to £l2, springing cows £0 to £l2, fat cows £l3 ' 15s, bulls £lO 10s to £ls, mixed yearlings £0 17s, hoggets 33s fid, empty ewes 20s !)d to 25s ltd, wethers 33s 2d, cull ewes with lambs, nil counted, lis fid.

Kaponga, 20th.—Forward cows £lO 5s to .tin, store cows £7 12s to £9 ss, yearling heifers £4 17s fid, bulls up to £ls 10s, springing heifers from £7 to £l-2 los, dairy cows up to £25 10s, but mostly from £l2 to £lO 10s. Rahotu, 26th.—Dairy cows £l3 5s to £ls, bulls £ll 10s to £24. fat and forward cows up to £l2 5s fid, good store cows up to £!) 18s, others £7 10s to £S 17s Gd, 2-year empty heifers £7 2s fid to £S 5s fid, 31-year steers £l4 Is to £l4 'os, rough 2J-year steers £lO 10s, 15-month steers £8 fls, yearling steers £(> 3s (3d to £7 12s (id. empty good 15month heifers up to £6 10s Gil, yearling' heifers £4 18 s fid to £5 15s, yearling bulls £fi Ss (id to £l2.

TJrenui, 20th.-—Springing heifers £7 to £l3 ss, dairy cows £lO 5s to £lli. fat maiden heifers £l3 10s, forward cows tip to £ll 2s, store cows £7 15s to £9 Ss (id, empty heifers £7 4s to £B, bulls £ll 10 s to' £ls. yearling heifers £5 5s to £5 10s. small'steers £5 lfis, rough 2-year steers £lO. Stony River, 30th— Choice Holstein 15-month heifers £B, choice Shorthorn 15-month heifers £7 10s. other 15-month heifers up to £fi 17s fid, yearlings £3 15s to £5 19s, 15-month steers £S to £3 Is fid, yearling to 15-month steers £0 to £7 14s, bulls £lO 15s to £25, fnt cows up to £l-2 ISs, forward cows £lO 12s to £ll lis fid, store cows £7 |lSs (id to £9 lfis, cow and 2-calves £i:j 17s (id, empty 2-year heifers £7 3s fid to £7 12s fid, rough 2-j'ear steers £S Ss (id, in'-ealf 21-year heifers £S, springing cows £ll to £l3 15s, springing licit" ers £!) to £l3.

•Okati, .list.—Yearling to 15-month heifers £5 5s to £0 (is, yearling to 15montli steers :C7 12s to '.£S 8s (id, 3'/year steers £l3 5s to £l4 10s, 21-veiir steers £ll 12s Od. fat eows £ls 5s to £ls 10s, bulls £lO to £l3, cows and calves £8 to £l3 2s fid, emptv 2-year heifers £0 ISs Od to ,-£S, springing iieifers up to £O, 4-tooth wethers 33s to 375, hoggets 2Ss, ewes and lambs 2(ls 3d. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford Branch, report as follows: On Friday lnth October we held our usual monthly sale in our Tarata yards. We had an excellent yarding, and buyers were in attendance from all" parts of' the district, including Toko and Tikorangi. Bidding was brisk, and nearly everything changed hands at satisfactory prices With the improved yarding accomodation since our new yards were erected, and on acount of the central position which they occupy, their popularity has increased to such an extent that every sale shows a marked increase in the turnover. Prices were as follows: Store cows, £7 7s (Id to £ll 2s for good; empty heifers. £7 14s to £8 5s > yearling steers. £(i ()s to £7 10s; yearling heifers, £4 17s to £0 Is; bulls', £0 to £0 15s; dairy cows, small, £S 17s 6d to £9 ]ss; springing heifers, £7 10s to £l2. Our next sale in these yards will, be held on Kith. November. On Saturday, 20th. October, we held our Stratford Horse Fair. All classes of horses sold better than anticipated, especially good half draughts aiul draughts, which were selling beyond expectations. Heavy draughts, £2li 15s to £3O; light harness hoivses. £lO to £lO 10s: hacks, £4 10s to £0 15sj gig. £4 10s. On Friday, 2fith. October, we held our usual monthly sale in our Matau yards. The yarding was good, and bidding was brisk, particularly for 2-year empty heifers, Shorthorn or Holstein sorts. Young, rough steers also sold well. Empty heifers, £(i Ills 6d to £S as; yearling steers, £0 to £S ISs; vearline heifers" £4 10s to £C; bulls, '£l2 to £l7: hoggets. 2!)/-. 'Our next sale in these vards will be held on 23rd. November, 1917. Oil Monday 29th. October we held our i supplementary Bull Fair in our Strati ford yarHs, Shorthorns of the best i breeders showed :' hardening (-piuloricy. One 2-year gra H d> bull, of u'ond Shorthorn type (bred N'jli Hugh Middleton) making tl- s,iPsfiictory price of nO'/_.gns. (Mlic ulls soft! on a par with ' the last sale. Inferior Jerseys and 1 ITolstcins shove; declining values. Short.liorn hulls lfignj •'to 20giis to SOJgiis for good, Hnlsiein? IV/.gns to lligfls, Jerseys, (igns to; :irjns. I Or. Tuesday auth. October, we held our 1 usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford ! yardj. Bidainj was goad throughout,

most lines changing hands at full market rates. Store'cows, £8 to £lO 8s; empty heifers, £7 to £S 2s 8d; yearling heifers. £4 to £5 Ills; yearling steers £4 17s Gd to £8 10s, hoggetsj 34 s. Dairy yards.—Springing heifers, small and late calvers, £7 5s tu £lO, £lO 10» for good. Calved heifers, £8 10s to £l4 ss; springing and calved cows, £l2 10s to £l7. Our next sale in these yards will be held on 13th. November, at 11.30 a.m. Since we last reported we have sold the following lines privately. Business in the paddocks has been steady, as would be expected at this season of the year, without speculative fluctuation, which augers well for the coming summer's business. 3-vear bullocks, £l2 to £l3; 2-year steers. £lO 7s 0d to £11: empty heifers. £7 15s to £8 15s: yearling heifers, £4 5s to £3 ss: bull. £2O ss; ewes and iambs. 40s to 455; dry ewes in wool. 335; hoggets, 25-; to 345; 4 and U-tooth wethers, off turnips. 30s. ADDING TON. Store sheep—Failing mouth ewes and lambs, all counted 18s 3d to 20s od.; two and four-tooth shorn wethers, 235. 10d.; four and six-tooth withers in wool, 41,?. fid. to 435. 2d.'; shorn! 10s. to 30s ; wether hoggets in wool, 325. to 41s, 3d.; shorn. 24s 7d. to 2Ss. 4d.; ewe hoggets i wool 35s 7d to 38s Sd. Fat lambs—Prime. 2fls to 20s 3d; medium, 235, to 255, od.; lighter, 17s. Gd to 22s\ Od. Fat sheep—Prime wonlv wethers. 425.to 535. od.; lighter woolly wethers 38s. fid. to 41s. od.; prime store wethers. 375. to 445. fid.; lighter shorn wethers, 30s. to 3fis. 0,1.; woolly ewes, 325. to 455. fid.; prime shorn ewes. 32s fid. to 375. fid.; lighter shorn ewes. 275. fid. to 325.; woolly merino wethers, 30s. 7d. to 3fls. fid. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers, to £32; prime steers. £1(1 2s. Od. to £22; prime heifers. £l3 to £l7 2s. fid ; ordinary heifers, £!) to £l2 10s.; extra prime cows, £lO 12s. fid.; prime eows. £l3 10s. to £l6 10s.; ordinary cows, £0 to £l3. Store cattle—Two-year steers. £S 15s. to £0; three-year heifers. £S to £0; three to six-year steers, £l3 ins. in Cl 7 55.; dry cows. £G to £0; dairy cows, £8 to £ls ss. Pips—Choppers. £0 to £S; baconers, £3 ISs. to £5 15s. equal to Sd. to S%d. per lb.; porkers, 455. to 755.. equal to B'/,d. to .oy 2 d. per lb.: large stores. £3 10s.: medium, 425. to 505.; smaller, 335. to 405.; weaners, 245. to 30s. BURNSIDE. Duuedin, October 31. At; Burnside. 102 fat cattle were penned. Only a small number of good bullocks were forward, prices far which advanced 15s. to 20s. per head, equal to 535. to (i2s. per 1001b. One extra prime heavy steer realised £34 155.; prime realised £24 to £2!): medium. £23; lighter. £l6 10s. to £IS 10s.; heifers. £lB to £lO 17s. fid.: medium, £ls 10s. to £l7 10s.; light, £l2 to £ls 10s. The sheep penned numbered 1330. the ipiality being fairly good. Prices opened Is, fid. per head above last week's values, and closed 3s. to 4s. higher than late rates. Extra heavy wethers. 555. to 025.; prime, 50s. to 545.; medium, 46s to 495.; unfinished. 40s. to 445.; extra heavy ewes, 355. to 575. 3d.; prime, 48s. ito 535. 6d; medium, 425. 6d. to 475.; 1 lielii. 38s. to 41s, '