COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1918, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

BRITISH TRADE. London, June 18. British imports for the month of May Increased £38,237,868. exports increased £ LrrM,Siffi, and re-exports decreased £2,930,161). —Aus.-N-Z. Caible AssocLONDON MIAMCET& London, June 16. RaWtskins.—Firm and unchanged. Hides.—Australian, nominally unchanged; 21,SM New Zealand were auctioned, and all sold at a slight decline compared with March. Prices: First heavy (butchers lGd to >l<»%d, light 14% d to 15% d, first bulls 14 5-Bd, second 14d. Leather.—{Basils, nominally unchanged; expecting Australian arrivals. Cotton.-—July 2ld. Rubiher.—Para 3s o%d, plantation 2s 2d, smoked 2s Id. Lead.—lmports 13,681 tons, exports 32G tons—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assoc. AUCOiLAiNiD STOCK MARKET. Auckland, June 13. The 'New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report:— On Thursday last, at our store sale at Westfield, and at our monthly Coromandel sale on Friday, best dairy cows and heifers brought £l7 10s to £l9 5», second grade £ilß as to £l6 17s 6d, others £lO to £.12 15s, aged and inferior and small heifers £4 to £9 10s, empty cows and leifers £4 to £8 12s 6d, calves £1 10s to £3 16b; ewes (in lamb) 7s to 16s, wethers 273. Clevedon.—Cattle sold at late rates. JVe quote sheep: Fat and forward wethers £1 8s to £1 14s 3d, poorer sorts £1 4s to £1 7s fid, ewes (in lamb) 13s 6d to 10s, poorer sorts and broken-mouthed down to 6s 6d; lambs 5s 9d to 9s 3d; child's pony, £7: j, Pnkekohe.—Best dairy cows £iW to £lO 16s, second grade £l4 to £l6 15s, good sorts £lO 5s to £l3 103, poorer and backward sorts £8 10s to £lO. There were some extra quality three to three-and-a-half-year heifers yarded, the best making £l6 to 18 15s, second grade £l-2 10s to £ls and backward heifers £.7 to £.ld, according to quality. Westfield fat stock market.—Prime ox £2 8s to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 Bs, cow and heifer beef £2 Is to £2 7s per 1001b; steers sold at froau £:10 17b 6d to £Bl, cows and heifers £7 10a to £2O. Runners made from £5 5s to £7 17s fid, heavy vealers £3 18s to £6s, medium £2 17s fid to 1 £3 15s, light £1 5s to £2 12s 6d, small and fresh dropped 3s to £1 12b 6d. ■ jSlieep were yarded in average numbers, and sold up to last week's rates. Best heavy, prime weathers £1 17s to £2 Is 1 3d, medium £1 14s 6d to £ l 16s 9d, in* ' ferior fatted £1 12s to £1 14s, others £'l 9s to £1 Ills 6d, ewes (heavy ! weights) £1 10s to £1 14s, good fat ewes £1 7s 2d to £1 9s 9d, lighter £1 to £1 6s fid; fat rams £il lis. Lambs came forward in average numbers, good fat lambs making £il 3s to £1 7s, lighter 15s <td to £1 2s. Pigs were yarded in full numibers, prices being firm at last week's improved values. Choppers and heavy ibaconers, £5 to £6 15s, [ others £3 15s to £4 17s 6d, large porters £3 to £3 128 6d, medium £2 10s ' to £2 10s, small £1 12s to £2 Bs. No ■ slips or weaners yarded. FARMERS CO-OP. REPORT. At Opunake yards on Monday last i there was a good yarding of cattle, and prices were the same as late sales. We I quote: Dairy cows £lO 10s to £l2, • forward cows £9 10s to £ll, store i cofrs £7 to £8 15s, boners £3 10s to i £3 16s, heifers £1 10s to £2 15s, ■ weaners (mixed sexes) 15s to 30s. i On Monday we held a clearing sale i for Mr. Jas, Hodge at Glover road, Ha» . wera. The best dairy cows sold at from £ls to £l9 10s, others £9 to £l4 10s, bulls £l4, weaners £1 18s, horses to i £ls, sundries at ruling rates. Manaia.—Fat and forward cows £ll 10s to £l2, store cows £7 to £8 10s, boners £3 to £6 15s, weaner heifers £1 13s, store pigs £1 16s. At Inglewood yards on Wednesday there was a very large yarding of both cattle and sheep, and prices all round were better than the previous sale. Fat and forward wethers 29s 6d, forward ewes 21s to 235. in lamib ewes 18s Cd to 26s Gd, good forward lambs 24s to 26s 6d, store lambs 13s 6d to 18s, forward eowa £9 10s to £lO 4s, store cows £B, 20-month steers £6 5s to £7 2s, heifers £4 15s to £5 3s, good weaner sters £4 12s io £5 7s, others £2 10s to £3 IT'S, weaner 'heifers £2 to £4 9s, mixed weaners ' 20s to 375, dairy cows and 'heifers £8 to £l3 10s. On Thursday we held a clearing Bale of Mr K. Jones' dairy cows at OtaMio. The dairy cows sold at from £8 to £2l (averaging £l3 15s), horses £4 10s to £1!) 10s, pigs £1 15s, sows £2 10s to £5 10s. Auroa—Forward cows £9 to £lO, (.tore cows £0 to £8 10s, boners £3 10s to £5 12s. weaners £2 to £3 19s, •lairy heifers £ll 10s.