COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Australian-X.Z. liable Association. fxtmlon, }<ov. 8. The .Copenhagen eorrespondent of the TtWli'ing Post states that the fixing of the maximum of 229s per ewt for Danish kott«r 'bajs -ieawsciS .*-jAWfe' .011 .the Safer Market. . Many exporters shipped ;quiui-. titics at 4505, ic 11, iY it, does .wot iirtivc iu time, will ataike a heavy fcgg, 'jjjp. porters are inclined to discontinue sending butter to England,'especially as the Jiaaea are unaibk to obtain ewDtrgh "for their owii use. Tiondoii, Xov. S. Tin.—Stock Q'8,402 Spot 4#oo tons, iifIGQX (estimated) 3525 tons, deliveries 1613 tons. Tallow. Very scarce. Sales are improbable for a lifig time. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. tfo'v n. !ira3to»i£, : ?s ud 'to 4s 7-% d; tjapc/Ss'3ll'to :Js '4vt. Oaft.—'Algerian -Sis 9d to 2s «%d; feed, 2s M tb '2s lityjd. Potatoes, £'4 l"ss to £5 15s. Ohieiis, £l2 to ! £'l3.

BUfiNSIDR MARKET Bimcdin, Nov. 7 At the Buruside. market 232 fnt eiiftta were yarded,; a lai-gcr. entry than for a few \rtfelcfi. The graziers arc operating for unfinished, ketpftig the market "flfm,: about, 15s below last week's values. Prime bullocks £l9 to £24 10s, extra .€27, medium £lB to £lB 10s. liglil unflftishcd £lo ITb, prime heifers £l7 10s to £l9 10s, feitfra £2l 2s Bd, medium to good £l4 to JEM ss, light aged £lO 10s to £l3 10s. Sheepr-1161 penned, which proved short of requirements; prices quite i»s' firm as last week.. Prime wethers 50s 3d tn 555, extra sas <9<l to GOs, good 45s to 495, lighter '4os to 445, shorn 38s 3d to 38s 9d, prime ewes 48s to S4s, extra •heavy 59s <Sd, good 40s to 4Ga, others 38s. Lambs—o2 penned, prices for all but exceptionally good <tc. jncd 3s to 4s; b'«3t 30s Dd, inuflium good 2fis.

YEARLING SALES. Ghristcfrurch, Nov. S. At the yearling sales to-day, the top price obtained was 1025j;iis for a hay colt by 'Martian—'Grand OpWa, the 'property of J. F. Buchanan, of Kinlocl), the purchaser being H, M. Campbell, of jftfcwk'e'B Bay. A bay Ally by Martian—jjeveiorn also went to ®. il. Cfun}>beli, for 675gn5., and a brown colt by Martirtn —lntelligence was sold to V. and E. Riddiford, of 'Wellington, for 775gns. The last two also came from J. F. Buchanan's stud. A bay colt by Solferino—-Übsalie was sold to V. and K. Riddiford for 500 ; gns. A bay Ally by Rojia Rosa—Spring (Briar to A. J. Toxward for UOOgns. T. LAMASON'S WEEKLY REPORT. Our usual weekly sale was held at the rooms last .Saturday when a fair entry of poultry, produce., etc. cane to hand. rVtyltrj, good «tfrts,-a»la g«od deautad,: are practically unprocurable. Tv'e qnote as follows:—Kens 2a.to 2.8-fid.; roosters 3s, CaUliifotters 2a 6d to fa per ; doz., potatoes ]os-to 143 per sack; furni-' ture And sundries at usual aiietion rates.; Artificial manures, mangels, carrots, turnip seeds at ruling rates.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE RISFORT. Auckland) Nov. 8. The New -Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports: On Thursday last at WSstfield: Best dnirv cows and heifers, £l2 to £l7, others £9 to £ll 15s; bulls, 7gns to HigiiA.; smpiy cows aid heifers,. £7 10s to £0 15s; 18-montii heifers, £6 15b to £8 10s, ditto,steers, £7 10s to £9 7s Cd; calves £4 to' £5 15s. Albert Street: Heavy draughts, '£32 to.-£B3, medium £l7 to £25 10s; hacks, £7 to £18; light Larness sorts, £9 to £l7; ponies, £4 "to £S. On Monday st P&pakura we held a special dairy cow and bull sale. Best dairy cows. and heifers £l3 to £lB, others £8 to £l2 15a J bulls, 7gns to 22igns. Competition wits Keen, practically all being sold. At Papadtura on Tuesday: Three to four-.ypar steers, £l3 8s "to £.16 2s; tw« to 2J -year steers, £lO to : £12"12s 0d; yearling ~tb IS'-mbnth v steers, £0 104 to £9 17s. 3d.;, ditto, 'heifers,...4s 10s to £8 2s Od; empty cows and heifers, £7 IBs to £lO 12s 0(1; ..good calves, £4 10s to '■ £5 17s Gd, others <&3 to £4 ss; bulls, |7gns to 18}gns; beef at WestHuUl -rates. | On Wednesday,, at the "\Vestfield fat stock market, fi'Mf was penned ih Scarcely average numbers, and sotd at-' last week's, rates, ' Best oKen iold to-£2 Ids per 1001b, others £2 9s to £2 J4s 6d per 1001b; steers sold at fro'm £ls t<s £23; cows and hejfers, .£!> to £l6. Calves \vere yarded in average hlif&b'eft. • RiVrtii«rs were easier, whilst gso3, bbfoje'd, strong fresh dropped sold at high sates. Runners spld from £7 2s 0d to £9 Ss t heavy vealers '£s'los to £6 l9'S; medium -£4 5s to '£s 9A, light '£& 5s to £-4 4s, fresh dropped :(gOoid colors) 17s fid to £2 4s, weak and bad colors Gs to 15s. Pigs WSrfe pdtffffid 'lu Smaller numbers than last week, and maintained late rates. Qhoppers sold fr'oiji l* s. (id to £0 10s; heavy b'aconers, i } 4 12s'Gd to £5 15s; others, £:MOM to £4 10s; large porkers, £3 2s Cd to £3 jts; others £!i 10s to £4 lQs; large porkers, £3 2s Gd to £3 9s; -meditein, £2 !)s to £2 17s Gd; small, 35s to £2 ss; 23s to 32s Gd; weaners, 13s to 255; suckers 5s to 12s Gd. 'Sheep: Best Voolly wethers sold at from £2 5s to £2 lis :ld, others £2 Is 9d to £2 4« 9d; best shorn wethers (nothing extra heavy yarded), £1 15s to £1 I7s fid, others £1 10s 3d to £]. 14s 9d; best woolly ewes, fL2 Gs to £2 I2s Gd: othsrs' £2 to £2 6s; shorn ewes, £1 Gs to £1 10s; woolly "hoggets, £1 15s to £2; shorn hoggets, from £1 Is to £1 Bs.' Lambs were penned in large ,nu"mbors, and sold at improved prices. Best sold at from £1 4s Gd to £1 9g, others 19s to £1 4s. ?.'en lambs from >lr. John' Droadon, Papiitoetoe, averaged £1 Ss lOd; 28 lambs from Mr. E. Roose, Pukekohe, averaged £1 4s.