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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1919, Page 8

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METAL MARKET. Received Sept. 19, 10.5 p.m. London, Sept. 18. Copper, £lOl 2s 6d and £lOl 32s 6d. Lead. £25 17s 6d. Spelter, £42 7s 6d. Tin, £289 ss. Sliver, 01% d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. London, Sept. 17. At the wool sales there was a good attendance and good competition for all sorts at yesterday's full rates Fine crossbreds were very Brni . The Clarence clip made up to 66d, aierage 64% d. It is officially announced that the British Government is selling by auction 50,000 bales of Australasian wool at Boston at the end of November. It is believed that further such auctions will Iw held monthly In America. It is understood the congestion In the ports, the difficulties with wool-corabers, and the question of settling the exchange partially explains the decision. —Reuter. Sydney, Sept. 18. Ots—Algerian 6s; Tasmanian 6s and 6s 3d; New Zealand Gortons, 6s 6d\ Barley.—Cape, 5s 3d. Maize, 8s to 8s 6d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, 17s to 18s. Onions, 15s to 16s. Adelaide, Sept. 18. Oats, 5s 3d. Melbourne, Sept. 19. Barley—English malting 5s 9d to 6s, Cape 4s 8d to 4s 10d. Oats.—Algerian milling 5s 6d to 5s 7d, feed 5s 3d to 5s 4d. Potatoes, £l4 10s to £ls. Onions. £l2 to £l2 10s. Heavy hides in good condition a farthing dearer; kips unchanged. IMPROVED POSSIBILITIES FOB RABBIT SKINS. New York, Sept. 16. Discoveries of new dyeing processes, and new machinery., for shearing and handling rabbit skins, hate greatly increased the possibilities of marketing Australian and New Zealand aklns at St. Louis.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Urenul, on the 15th. Inst., cattle of all classes came forward In big numbers, both store and dairy pens being well filled. Frlceß' on the whole for store cattle did not show any movement with the exception of two-year-old steers,, these showing an advance. Inquiry for yearling to 15-month cattle proved rather dull, but nevertheless most pens changed hands The sheep yarding was small: Mlied yearlings £3 Bs, yearling to 15-month steers £4 Bs, sir Her ditto £3 2s to £3 10s, yearling heifers £2 17s to £4 3s, 4-year-old bullocks £ll 17s 6d, 2 to 3-year-old steev £6 16s to £B, 20-month ditto £5 to £6 2s 6d, 2-year-old empty heifers, £7 to £8 Is. smaller ditto £5 5s to £0 12s 6d. forward cows'£lo to £ll 2s 6,1, store ditto £6 10s to £9 10s, cows and calves £6 10s to £B, bulls £6 to £-10, hoggets 22s 6d to 23s 6d, ewes and lambs 335, fat sheep 355. In the dairy pens I offered a full yarding, mostly heifers. The quality on the whole was good. Heifers from Awakino and Tongaporutu were looking well considering their rough drive over Mt. Messenger, and met with a ready sale. Some very nice quality 2-year-old heifers, on account of Mr. J W. H. Martin, of I'ukcaruhc, realised from £l4 10s to £lB 10s, other S-year-old made £ll 10s to £l7, younger heifers £lO to £ls 10s, backward sorts £S to £9 10s, dairy cows £l7 to £2O, calved £l2. At Stony' River, on lath, inst., I had a full yarding of cattle, younger sorts belns in the majority. The quality of these was good and price, showed an advance. Other classes sold at recent rates. Yearling steers £4 to £4 13s. 15-mouth ditto £5 to £5 15s, yearling heifers £4 6s, smaller ditto £3 17s, 2-year-old empty heifers £7 to £7 "s, smaller ditto £5 10s to £6, forward cows £ll, store cows £6 10s to £9, cows and calves £6 10s, 4-year-old bullocks £l3 ss, 2 to 3-year-old steers £7 7s Gd to £8 7s 6d. Forward sheep 31s, fat sheep £2 ss. In the dairy pens I offered a small herd on account of the Estate of the late Charles Pearson. Notwithstanding the low condition of some of the cattle, mostly those having calved, a good sale resulted, prices rrnglng from £lO to £lB. A few fine quality ciws (late of Collins Bros' herd), offered on account of Mr. Major realised from £l9 to £3O; cows (calved), on account of other vendors made £l4 to £lB, springing £ls 10s (o £l7 10s, dairy heifers £ll to £ls, smaller and backward sorts £7 10s to £9 15s. At Pukenruhe, on 11th. Inst., I held a digt persal sale on account of Mr. H. Greig, who has iccently subdivided and sold the whole of the Whltecliffs Estate. There was a record attendance including representatives from all parts of Taranaki, also from Hawke's Bay. The vendor had the order of sale arranged in first-class order, consequently bidding never slackened and a most satisfactory clearance of everything resulted. Fat bullocks £2l 17s fld, forward ditto £l7, store ditto £l2 15s, breeding cows (in calf) £lO, 2-year empty Jersey heifers £lO 15s, other sorts £7 Is to £8 10s. 2-year Shorthorn bulls £l3, yearling ditto £8 10s, yearling Shorthorn heifers £6 ss, heifers and calves £6 15s to £7 10s, dairy cews £l3 10s and £l7, springing heifer* £l2 10s to £'.4. backward sorts £7 5s to £9 53. Tat and forward 4-tooth wethers 39s 2d, fat ditto £2 3s 6d, fat hoggets 31a The pedigree lioef Shorthorns realised from 13 to 30 auincas. Heavy farm horses (broken) £l7 to £35. pedigree draught mares £4O and £47 10-.. hack mare £4O A big list of farm Implements and sundries sold at satisfactory prices. In my Rahotn Yards, on 17th. inst, for convenience of sale, I held a dispersale salo of pedigree Frelsians on account of the Estate of the late Richard Morrow. The catalogue contained some very well bred cattle, attracting the attention of fanciers from all parts of Taranaki and also Wanganui A most satisfactory sale was made, fci'ldlng proving brisk throughout, 'an all round average of 42 guineas being obtained. Cows realised up to 175 guineas, 2-year-old heifers up to 60 guineas, heifer calves 21 to 51 guineas, heifer calves (up to one month old) 19 to 25 guineas, 2-year-old bulls 16 to 51 guineas, yearling bulls 21 to 41 guineas, bull calves 23 to 35 guineas. / ADDIXGTON. Clirlstchurch, Sept. 17. At Addington yards, except in beef and mutton, the entries were about on a par with last week's. Store sheep sold very well, and there was a decided advance in general values. Two-tooth ewes 24s 9d, four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 35s 9d to 40s 4d, a.m. ewes 27s 9d to 31s, four and six-tooth wethers. B3s to 36s 3d, ewe hoggets 24s 2d to 35s Bd, mixed sex hoggets 23s Id to 23s Bd, wether hoggets 24s 5d to 28s Bd. Of fat cattle there was a smaller entry. There was keen competition, and a sharp rise In price. Extra prime steers to £3B, prime £l9 to £26, ordinary £l2 10s to 313, extra prime heifers '£2B 10s. prime £l6 to £2O. ordinary £l3 17s 6d to £ls, prime cows £l3 to £lB, ordinary £7 15s to £l2. Of fat sheep there was a small entry, of much better quality than last week. Bidding was brisk, and prices r.ise Is Gd to 2s pei head. Extra prime wethers to 80s, prlne 44s 6d to 59s (Id, n.edlura 40s to 42s !><i, lighter 34s 3d to 375, extra prime ewes to 54s Id, prime 44s to 50s, medium 3!<s 3d to 41s. hoggets' 29s 9d to 48s. The yarding of store can's was a fair one of raised quality and a few iood straight lines The demand was moderate. Two-year steers £4 10s, calves, poor, 13s to £1 8s 6d, heifers (forward) to £8 ss, dry cows to £8 2s Od. Of vealers there was a good entry, though (he proportion of prime veal was small. Runners brougltt £6 7s to £8 10s, good vealers £3 to £4, fair £2 Is to £2 12s, small and inferior 5s to £1 12s. The entry of dairy enws was a moderate one, some nico quality being yarded. The demand showed Improvement, and values firmed. Second and third calvers to £l7 10s, milch cows £l2 10s, aged to £lO, heifers £4 17s 6d to £ls. There ras a good entry of fat pigs, and brisk Inquiry. Extra heavy baconers to £9, prime £7 5s to £B, medium £5 10s to £6 15s (equal to 10% d per lb), heavy porkers 75s to 90s, medium 60s to 70s (equal to lid per lb), choppers £5 to £lO. Store pigs were in excess of requirements and prices eased considerably, except for weaners. Large stores 603 to 70s, medium 42s to 525, small 28s to 38s weaners 21s to 28s, sows in pig £5 to £B. BUBN9IDE. Diincdln, Sept. 17. A; Burnside -to-day 165 fat cattle were yarded The entry included several pens of oxtra heavy bullocks. Last' week's hlgn prices were maintained. Extra prime heavy bullocks £3B to £46, prime £2B to £32, medium £l9 to £23, light and-unfinished £l4 uowards, prime heifers to £25, medium £ls to £l9, light and unfinished £ll unwards. Sheep (1609 penned). The quality was medium.. Prices all round declined by 2s 6d compared with lost week. Extra prime heavy wethers to 58s, prime 50s to 535, medium 45s to 475, light and unfinished 32s to 355, extra prime heavy ewes to SOs. prime 45s to 475, medium 38s 6d to 435, light and unfinished 18s to 255. There was a nfedlum yarding and prices were about 7s 6d higher than last week.