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Taranaki Daily News, 26 March 1918, Page 2

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METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. London, March 22. Tin. £.'ilS. Silver, 3s,Md. Other metals unchanged. Load—lmports, 17,989 tons, exports 2SI) tons. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Tim X.X. Loan and Mercantile Agoncv Co.. T.td. (Stratford) report as follows: On Wednesday, March 13. wc held a sheep fair at Tahora. Wc had Mr. MeCutehan's yards fully taxed with sheep, mostly of a useful class. The fontiiiv of the sale a lino of -100 2-tootli wethers from Mmitmpapa Valley, which realised .'iOs fid. Best quality nearly maintained recent values, but poor stuff and culls showed a marked droo. AgeiV ewes (is 6d to 10s Sd, f.m. ewe* 14s 7d, 14s 9d, f.f.m. ewes 24s 6d, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 27s Id to 20s. 2-tootli wethers 27s to 30s fid, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 25s Id to 2Ss Oil, ranis I,'m to 2Ss, lambs lis Gd. On Thursday, March 14, we held oieusual monthly sale til our Te VVera yards. We had a good yarding, mostly sheep. Although prices were lowr most lines Were q./.ttod at satisfactory rates, weaners £1 lis to £2 2s (id, 16-month heifers £G 2s (id, yearling, steers £0 3s (id, heifer £9 7s fid, 21-year steers £9 'los, store cows £i) 12s, lambs 5s 9d. fia, aged ewes 7s to 9s, f.m. ewes 13s -Id to 21s, -I and 0-tooth ewes 23s 10d to 24s Id, wethers 255, dog £1 10s. Next salo April 19. On Friday/ March 15, we held a very successful clearing sale of furniture and c-ffeets on aconnt of Mr. A. W. Blenncrhassett, commencing at 11.30 a.m. (T,v rata sale, day). The ladies and settler* of the surrounding district turned up in force. Keen competition resulted in a really good sale. The following are some of the prices obtained: Batli £4, li-ual. copper £1 ss, -wash-tub £1 12s Gd, clock £1 10s, chairs 17s, duchess pair £5 ss, linoleum £3 12s fid, Japanese carpet £l. carpet runner £2, carpet square £l, sewing machine £2 10s, S-drawer chest £3 lis, wire mattresses £1 12s fid, £2 2s fid, £2 17s fid, Morris chairs £3, opposuin rug £fi, oak dining chairs 30a, about five-ton lot lime and super. £5 12s fid, gig harness £7. OnFriday, March 15, we also held our usual mvithlv sale at our Tarata yaroS. We had a full yarding of cattle and sheep. Bidding was dragging, but most lines were sold at (he hammer or immediately afterwards, at prices in conformity with present ruling values. Store cows £5 2s to £(! las (id to £9 18s, weaners £2 10s, £2 13s, yearling steers £5 15s to £fi 7s, yearling heifers £4 IGs, 2-ycar heifers £6 15s to £7 10s, 3year fat heifers £9 10s to £9 17s fid, 24-year steers £7 15s, £3, bulls £4 Ins to £8 ss, rams £1 to £3 3s, Bull lambs 3s, lambs lis, woolly lambs 17s, aged ewes 3s to 12s, f.m. ewes 15s' 3d to 18s, 4 and (i-tooth ewes 255, 2-toot.h. wethers 30s. Next sale Friday, April 12.

Wo held our usual Stratford sale on Tnpsd.iv, Mareh»l9, in our Stratford yards, hut owing to the extremely boisterous weather there was very attic stock yarded, and Tory few buyers prosont. Mixed ewes ami l wethers sold at 14s 3d. fat and forward cows,, £9 ss. Next sale Tuesday, April 2, at 1 p.m.. On Wednesday, April 20, we held our Hniroa Supplementary Sheep Fair and cattle sole in Mr, Samuel Bellamy's yards, bv his kind permission,- but owing to the day previous to the sale being wet and boisterous, there were only a few cattle yarded. Store cows £8 10s to £7 7s 6d, i.e. heifers £8 10s. The new Whnngnmomoni sale yards, which wero erected bv the farmers of the district and subsidised by Mr, Newton Kim; and the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, were, opened by a sale in conjunction with Mr. Kin« and the company on Friday. March 22, The settlers in the district brought forward a creditable yarding of sheep of excellent quality. Wethers and b/d ewes wero favorably commented on by outside Buyers whose competition with local buyers resulted in a really good sale, everything being sold at sntisfacforv values. The settlers supported each firm in a generous manner, the two lirms assisting each other to the advantage of buyers and sellers. Thefollowing arc some of the prices realised: Small lambs 10s, cull ewes Ss -Id, os, mixed aged ewes 15s to lfis (id, 4-tooth ewes 21s, 225, mixed 2-tooth ewes and wethers 225. 2-tooth wethers 25s to 2(ls lid, rams (aged) 10s, 2-tooth Rouinov £4 Ms fid, cow (in milk) £O, 20-month steers £(! to £7 os. In cattle we wire favored with a few lines of young cattle, which were sold at prices in favor of piiH'hasers. Of the .'jooo sheep yarded 11000 were purchased by clients of ilai.au, Douglas, Toko and Tariki districts.

Since last reporiing we have sold the following lines privately, at the following prices. Our sheep fairs throughout the district have supplied most of the demand. Fat sheep 2!ls to 20s fid, lambs 14s (id, (l-tooth and f.m. ewes £1 Os Od. to £1 3g, 2-tooth ewes £1 ins, 2-tooth wethers 255, weaners £3 ss, choice early weaner steers £4 10s (tops) 31-year dairv lwifers £8 12s, 20-month empty heifers £5 ,1s Od, .Cambridge roller £22. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. Manaia: Fat cows sold to £l4 Ms, fresh and forward conditioned cows £lO to £ll 10s, store cows £7 to £0 ss, bulls £lO 10s, store lamhs Bs, store pigs 22s to 30a, porkers £2 10s. weaners 10s.

At Stratford on Tuesday there was only a small entry and prices were on it par with late sales. ; At Inglcwood yards on Wednesday at our usual fortnightly sale (here was a full yarding of both cattle and slice]). Sheep sold at late rates, so did'the store cattle," weaner calves for good color and quality showed improvement in price , other weaners sold at late rates! Fat cows :iold at from £ll to ,U1 15s, jresh conditioned cows £lO to £ll, forward cows £8 15s to £0 12s lid, store cows £K 10s to £0 12s od. boners £3 to £5 15s, bulls ,£S to £lO Ins, 20month steers £7 to £8 ss, in-calf heifers £4 0s Od to £O. nood weaner steel'!' £4 2s to £4 10s, others £2 to £3 lis, good weaner heifers £2 to £2 15.;, small weaners £1 to 355, springing heifers £7 to ,CS 10s, cows £0 to £7 15s, store wethers 25s Od to 27s Cd,' fat wethers 31s fid, fat and forward ewes 24s to 255. cull ewes 8 S to lis, good lambs His Od to 18s fid, others Ss to 12s Oil,. Lincoln rams 3gns to 4.}gns. Auroa: Fat cows £l2 10s to £l3 10s, fresh conditioned cows £lO 10s to £l2, forward cows £9 15s to £lO Ss, store cows £7 15s to £0 10s, boners £5 to £7 12s rd, bulls £lO 5s to £l7, sprinsing lieifn.i £8 10s to £O, weaners 20s to £2 ss, cows £lO 10s to £ll 10s, store lambs 0s to 4s.