COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

(LONDON MARKETS. Anstralian-N.Z. Cable Association. * London, Dec. 16. Hemp.—Good demand, price unchanged. Copra.—Spot £45. Robber—Para 2s 3d, plantation and smoked 3s 4d. Hides.—Fair demand, price unchanged. ■Leather. —Basils in strong demand at full rates, but little available. Raibbit skins. —Good inquiry for shipments afloat; hardening prices; nothing* available on spot. Meats. —No colonial offering. FARMERS' CO-OP. At Optrnake yards on Monday we 4eldour usual sale. There was a very large yarding of cattle and prices weie the same as late -quotations. Competitions! was good for all class** »' except yearlings which showed no improvement in price. Fat cows £l2 to £l3, fresh conditioned cows £lO 10s to £ll 15s, forward cows £9 16b to £lO 7s 6d, store cows £8 to £9 9s, emptv heifers £6 tee to £7 lfa «d, boners £3 10s to £5 10s, balk £7 10s to £l* 15s, yearling heifers £3 10s to £o 2s, store* pigs £1 2s, porkers £2 7e. Manaia, —Prime fat cows £l4 10s to £l6 10s, fat cows £l3 to £l4, fresh conditioned eows £lO 16s to £K sb, forward cows £9 10s to £lO 10s, store cows £8 8s to '£9 9s, empty heifers £7 to £B, bulls £8 to £l3 18s, fat sheep £1 12s to £ll*, lambs 21s, store pigs £1 15s to £2 10s, weaners 153 to. 235. Stratford yards on Tuesday at our' usual sale there was a good yarding of cattle sold at late rates. Fat and forward cows £lO 10b to £l3 ss, store cows £8 to £9, small store cows, and empty hejfera £6 15s to £7 Mb, yearling heifers £3 15s to £5, woolly hoggets 30s. Inglewood yards on Wednesday wo held onr usual sale. Both cattle and sheep came forward in large numbers, and prices were the same as late quotations, shoru hoggets 22s 6d to 23s 9d, 6-tooth ewes 25s 9d, f.f.m. ewes 25s to 25s 7d, ewes and lambs 32s 3d, fat and forward cows £ll 5s to £l2 18s, fresh conditioned cows £9 10s to £lO 15s, forward cows and store cows £7 10s to £9, empty heifers £5 15s to £7, yearling steers £3 18s to £8 2s, Yearling heifers £3 10s to £0 10s, bulls £5 to £ls, springing heifers £5 Ms to £9 10s, springing cows £7 to £lO7 Auroa: Fat tows £l2 to £l3 lis, fresh conditioiied'co'ws £lO to £ll 15s, forward cows £9 Mte to £lO Bs, store cows £8 5s to £9 ss, boners £3 15s to £6 10s, bulls £8 10s to £l2 10s, dairy cows and heifers. £8 15s to £ll.