COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 September 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MORE BANKING CAPITAL.; London, Sept. 22. The Treasury lias sanctionad the National Bank of Australasia raising new capital in Britain in connection with, the amalgamation scheme. LONDON MARKETS. Loudon, Sept. 22. Rubber.—Para,. 3« fid; plantation, 2s 2 1 -Sd; smoked, 2s 1 7-Sd. Hemp.—Quiet.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable As■jociation. AUCKLAND. Die New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd,, reports:— Westfield.—Best dairy cows .£l4 to £l7 os, others £8 10s to- £l3 10»; best heifers to £l3 10s, others £9 5s to £l2 10s, poor and backward £5 5s to £O. The advertised Croat Barrier cattle elicited keen bidding. Kinptj cows, £8 to £J.2 7s (id (tor cow nearly beef I; good 2J-year steers, £9 to £lO 15s; two-year steers', £7; yearling steers, £4 13s (id to £5 17s; calves, £1 £!s (id to £4 8s; empty heifers, £8 6s; cow and calf, £9 ss. Warkworth.—grown steers made from £ll Ss to £l3 12s Cd; two-year-old steers, £7 us to £S 19s; yearling steers. £4 103 to £5 12s (id; two-year-old heifers, £li 2s Od to £7 17s Cd'; calves and yearlings, mixed, £2 17s Cd to £4 17s Gd; dairy cows, £lO to £l4 10s: heifers, £8 7s Cd to £ll 15s; fat cows, £lO 10s to £l3 7s Cd; store cows, £5 17s Cd to £8 15s; ewes and lambs, £1 to £1 17s Cd; hoggets, £1 to £1 7s Cd; wethers, £1 15s; horses, useful I farm sorts, to £24; hacks, £9 to £l2. | Henderson.—Dairy cows sold from £l2 to £ls 15s; backward sorts, £S 10s to £ll 10s; fat cows, £lO 10% to £l3 15s; four-year-old steers, £l2 to £ls 7s Cd; tliree-year-old sters, £9 17s Cd to £l2; two-year-old 'heifers, £ti to £8; two-year-old steers, £0 15s to £S 7? Cd; yearlings, to £5 10s; Jersey calves, 10s to 37s Cd; bulls, £lO 15s to £l3 SsJersey bulls, £0 17s Gd to £lO. YVcitiield.—Choice ox sold up to £2 18s per 1001b, other £2 13s to £2 17s; cow and heifer beef, £2 Gs to £2 IDs per 1001b. Steers sold at from £l7 2s f,<i to £23 7s Cd, cows from £9 10s to £l7 ss, heifers from £lO 10s to £l9 17s Cd; local cows and heifers, £l3 7s 6d; 11 cows from East Coast, £l3 Ss 3d. Young calves advanced 2s per head. No runners. Heavy vealers £5 to £G 2s Cd, medium £3 12s Cd to £4 17s (id, light £2 2a Cd to £3 10s, small and fresh-dropped 7s to 355. Pigs: A small yarding, which sold at high prices. Large choppers and heavy baconers sold from £5 17s Gd to £0 10s, large porkers £3 10s to £4 15s, medium £2 las to £3 Bs, small £2 7s Od to £2 14s; slips and weaners (selling well), 35s to £2 3s. Sheep: Extra heavy prime wethers £2 5s to £2 7s, heavy prime £2 Is Cd to £2 4s 9d, medium to heavy prime £1 IBs to £2 Is; extra prime, ewes, £1 18s to £2; good fat ewes, £1 15s to £1 17s 9d; others, £1 12s to £1 1-1 s 9d; extra heavy prime hoggets sold from £1 17s to £2 0s 3d, good fat hoggets, £1 0s to £1 14s Cd; fat rams, £1 10s to £1 18s Gd. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Hawera branch) report as follows: Kakaramea.—Store pigs "£1 15s to ; £2, forward cows £9 to £lO 10s, lighter sorts £7 to £S 14s, small cows £5 to £B ss, yearling steers £C 4s Gd to £7 19s, others £3 12s Cd to £5, heifers £3 10s to £4 10s. Dairy heifers realised good prices throughout, selling lip to £ls 10s. Eltham—Forward cows '£9 7s to £lO Is, yearling heifers £4 18s to £5, best dairy heifers £l3 5a to £l4 15s, backward and smaller sorts ;CG 12s (id to £9 las, store pigs £3 Is, slips 21s to 30s Cd, sow and litter £9 10s. Hawera.—Hoggets fetched from lGs to 28s, wethers 30s, ewes and lambs 295, empty ewes ISa, forward cows £S 15s to £lO 2s, small sorts £G 5s to £S (is, yearling steers (good) £5 2s Gd to £0 ss, heifers, according to quality, £2 lis to £4 19s Gd. FARMERS' CO-OP Opuuake.—Fat cows £l2 15s to £ls 17s Cd, fresli conditioned cows £ll to £l2, forward and store cows £7 to £lO, good yearling steers £5 2s to £5 17s. others ;C.'i io £4 10s, yearling heifers £2 12s Cd to £3 Us, yearling bulls £5 to £B. On account of Mr McNeil dairy cows sold at from £lO to £l9 10s, other vendors' cows £lO to £ls, springing heil'ers £S 10s lo £l4. Manaia.—Forward cows £lO to £ll 10s. store cows £G to £9 10s, empty heifers £5 10s to £7, yearling steers £4 4s to i'li 10s, yearling heifers ,£S to £5 ."s, springing heifers £lO to £ls. store pigs £2 IDs to £3, weirner pigt 22s to 30s. Stratford. —Forward and store cow* £0 los to £lO, empty heifers £5 12? Cd to £7, yearling steers £3 .ISs Cd to £(i, yearling heifers £3 lis to i'A IGs, spring'iig heifers £7 iOs to £l3 15s. liiklswihxl. —F«{ an.! forward weilii-f cd, !.ioi- iuiv.'M'is 23s fid to ::.-,s sd. lYe--h coiiuii irm-'L enws £'■! to £ll ss. forward • ows and stow cows £« Ills to £9, empty heifers £5 5s to ;C(i lis, yearling steers £3 10s to £6 18s, yearling heifers £3 17s (id lo £4 14s, dairy cows £0 His to £l3 15s, springing heifers £7 to £l4, Anroa.--Vur.vanl and fresh conditioned cows £lO to £l2. store cows £7 10s to £9 .V, empty heifers £5 5s to £7. veariing heifers £3 to £4 14s, yearling steers CS lo £4 as, springing heifers £7 10s to £l3.