COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

i LONDUN UARKLTS. Australhui-N.Z. Cable Association London, April 2li. Better is plentiful, Tin-. Controller U'iil distribute 25 per cent, of the trade's applications for May on WednesdayW'lieat is quiet. A '"fair- quantity of Indian cargoes offering. No Australian ottering. ' ' , '■-, Kiour, unchanged. ;t ' Uuts, peas, olid beaiii, 'fain at full mitii. ' : ! ; Sugar lias advanced, 1 granulated to 57s !)d per ewt, owing to the 'additional duty. ''" '••". :i '" Tin, £360."' Silver, 49V 4 d. Other metals mi\mv,&\,„~. Shares: Wailii, buyers 843 4d. sellers 35a 7cl; Talisman, lis 3d and 13s 3d, ex dividend. l NEWTON KING REPORTS At Douglas on Monday, 22nd, 2, 4, 0-tooth and f.f.m. ewes made 22s 3d, 2 and 4- tooth wethers 235, mixed-age wethers 27s 3d, aged wethers 12s i)d, lambs lbs'to lis"3d, empty 2J-y'ear heifers ~£7 10s, empty 20-month heifers £3 19s to-£5 13s, Inills £7. to £7 12s-Gel, forward bullocks £l3 7s 6d, forward cows £8 10s to £9 17s, score cows £tj 7s fid to £7 10s, store cows £4, 15 to 18-month steers £5 17s. At. Stratford ou Tuesday, 23rd, there was a good yarding, with fair inquiry for cows and weaners, but other classes were dull. Fat cows made £lO to £lO 17*'6d, forward cows up to £9 2s 6d, store cows £5 15s to £7 10s, small cows £4, weaner steers ££ 3s to £2 l!)s 6d, weaner heifers up to £2 8s fid, mixed weaners up to £2 12s (id, empty 20month heifers £4 7s fid t» £4 IBs, email IS-mouth steers £5 Ids, springing heifers £lO to £ll ss, forward sheep 3.9s 3d, cull wethers 17s 3d, cull ewes O's. . At Inglewood on Wednesday, 24th, there was a smaller entry than usual, but with a good demand for cattle, sheep were, dull of sale. Weaner steers sold from- £3 7s (id to £3 i«s 0d ; .small up to £2 18s, Jerseys up to 335, weaner heifers £2 10s, small 23s to 345, fat cows up to £lO lis, forward cows up to £9 12s, store cows £6 10s to £7 9s, small cows £4 2s, Holstein b.ill £lO, empty heifers £4 17s fid, ewes in lamb 13s Gd to 235, f.m. ewes 12s. On Friday, at Kahotu, a fine line of 50 shorthorn Holstein steers realised £5 4s, smaller sorts 39? to £2 10s, weaner heifers 39s fld to £-2 (is. empty shorthorn heifers £7 (is, IS-month steers £7 (is, forward cows £8 to £9, store cows £4 2s to £7 6s. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. WEEKLY REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Hawera branch, report as follows: Opunai.-* sal» was held on Monday, April 22. There was a l»ir varding, comprising mostly store cows and .weaners. Prices were: Forward cows £8 15s to £9 16a, two-years steers £B, weaner steers £2 ]fl s to £2 18b, i weaner heifers £2 to £2 ss, lambs~7s Gd to 13s fid. Manaia—Fat cows £lO to £l3 Bs, medium sorts £7 15s to £9, weaner steers £2 to £3 5s Od, weaner heifers 30s to £2 ss, lambs 10s to ICs, empty 19month heifers £8 Bs. Palmer road.—Fat cows made from £ll to £l2 10s, forward cows £9 15s to £lO 17s 6d, store cows £6 10s to £B, 20-month steers £6 ss, weaner steers £1 Ms to £3 4s, heifers £2 5s to £2 173 6d, mixed cattle £1 15s to £2. Waverley.—-Four and six-tooth wethers 22s (Id. to 295, backward sorts los to -o=, four and five-year ewes los fid to 10s, cows (forward condition) £9 10s to £ll 10s, store cows £5 10s to £7 bulls £6 17s fid to £7, weaners (mixed sTtoio^ed 28 Mto £2 15s ' pigs (slipsJ _, XT Auckland, April 25. fhe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— Westfield.— Best dairy cows and lieif«B £l2 to £l7, others £7 to £ll rI,J % £l °' Md £14 ' Stora C °™ £6 10s to £S las, weaner calves £1 15s to £3 17s, yearling to 18-month steers £o 10s to £7 12s 6d, do. heifers £4 15s to £0 17s Od. Albert Yards.—Heavy draughts £2O to £35, medium draughts. £ls lOs to £26, light harness'horses and hacks' £8 to £l4 ss, weeds 40s upwards, harness o:c, at satisfactory prices ' At Waiuku on Saturday we held our monthly sale, and report a satisfactory clearance. Dairy cows and heifers £8 to £l3, bulls £7 to £W, store cows £3 to £8 ss, yearling streers to 18 months ta 7s 6d to £7 10s, weaner calves £1 10s to £4 2s, porkers £2 4s, weaners 6s to los, slips ICs to £1 10s. At Westfield stock market on Wednesday choice ox sold to £2 lis per 100 ft, others £2 5s to £2 10s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 to £2 8s per IflOlb; steers sold at from £l2 to £2O 15s, cows and heifers sold at from £8 to £ls 10s. CalvesRunners £5 to £8 17s fld, heavy vealers £3 12s to £4 10s, medium vealers £2 Ss to £3 7s, light vealers £1 6s to £2 7s. small and fresh dropped 5s to £1 7s. Sheep: Best wethers £1 14 s to £1 lf 3 fid, others £l Ss to £1 ]3s 3d, inferior £1 2s (id to £1 7s 9d, best ewes £1 Ms to.£l 15s 3d, others £1 4s 6d to £1 Os 9d, inferior lis to £1 3s- Lambs were penned in large numbers, selling at high prices. Best £1 9s to £1 17s° medium" £1 2s to £1 Ss 9d, others 15s to £1 Is fld, inferior, 8s to lis fid. Pigs: Choppers and heavy baconers £4 7s fid to £5 7s (id, smaller baconers £3 10s to £4 (is, large porkers £3 Is to £3 10s, medium £2 Ss to £3, small £1 Us to £2 7s, slips ICs to £1 7s, weaners and suck~ers 10s to' 15a.