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Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

DALCETY AND CO. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. _ London, Nov. 8. Dalgety and Co. after paying Interim and preference dividends show a profit, exclusive of the amount brought forward, of £200,929. A final dividend of us and a bonus of 4s was declared both free of tax; £50,000 .was carried to tho reserve fund; £30,000 was voted for writing down of premises; £IO,OOO to the etafl and benevolent fund; ami £120,928 was carried forward.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS. London, Nov. 8. The rates for both tlireo and blx months' Treasury bills have been raised to 5% per cent. .-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUCKLAND MARKETS. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report:— At Westfleld, on Thursday, best dairy cows brought £ls to £lB ss, good sound cows £ll to £l4 15s, others £5 10s to £0 10s, best heifers £l2 5s to £l4 10s, others £5 to £ll 15s, yearling to 18-month steers £4 to £6 7s 6d, ditto heifers £3 12s 6d to £8 ss, 18raonth to 2-year heifers £G 10s to £7 15s, heifer calves best £2 103 to £3 18#,,. best steer calves £2 5s to £3 lis, poorer calves £1 lis to £2, empty cows and heifers £5 12s Gd to £9 2s Od, bulls 0% to 12 guineas, ewes with lambs £2 2s Gd. At Tapakura, on Friday, best dairy cows sold from £l6 to £2B 10s, good sound cows £l2 5s to £ls 15s, best heifers £l4 to £22, second grade heifers £lo.los to £l3 15s, other cows and heifers £6 5s upwards, bulls, two and three-year-old, 12 to 25gns, yearling Shorthorn, bulls 7gns to 20gns. At. Westfleld fat stock market best oxen sold to £3 4s per 1001b, others £2 10s to £S 2s por 1001b, rough and inferior £2 10s to £2 15s per 1001b, cow and heifer beef £2 10s to £2 19s per 1001b, steers sold at from £l3 15s to £22 17s Gd. Calves: Runners from £8 to £lO 17s Gd; heavy vealers £3 15s to £5 15s; medium £2 5s to £3 i2s Od, lighter £1 10s to £2s 4d; smaller fat calves 14s to £1 8s; fresh dropped 8s to 14s. Sheep; Heavy prime woolly wethers £2 10s to £2 17s Od; medium prime woolly wethers £2 5s to £2 9s 9d; light prime woolly wethers £2 Is to £2 4s 9d; unfinished woolly wethers, £1 15s to £1 19s 9d; best shorn wethers £1 17s to £2 3s 3d, others £1 12s Gd to £1 10s 9d; unfinished £1 8s to £1 123 3d; heavy prime woolly ewes, £2 4s to £2 10s; medium prime woolly ewes, £1 193 Cd to'£2 3s 9d; light prime woolly ewes £1 13s to £1 19s 3d; unfinished, £1 8s to £1 12s 9d; best shorn ewes £1 15s to £1 19s 3d, others £1 10s to £1 14s 9d; unfinished £1 2s 6(1 to £1 8s; Woolly hoggets, £1 13s to £1 19s Gd; shorn hoggets, £1 14s to £1 10s 9d . Spring lambs: Best £1 9s to £1 14s, medium £1 5s to £1 8s 9d, small, £1 Is to £1 4s 9d, unfinished 17s to £1 09 lid. Pigs: Heavy baeonors £6 9s to £7 10s, light to medium £5 14s to £G 8s; heavy porkers, £4 6s to £5 13s,' medium £3 18s to £4 ss, light £3 to £3 7s; Weaners £1 7s to £2 2s; slips £2.