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Taranaki Daily News, 13 December 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKET \ By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Dec. 11. ] Oats.—Algerian Cs to 6s Cd, Casmnnlan 6s 2d to 6s 6d. Barley.—Cape 6s 6u. Maize, 9s to 9s 3d. Potatoes.—Tasmnlan £26. Onions, £5 to £l2 10s. Adelaide, Dec. 11. Oats, 5s 3d to 5s id. Melbourne, Dec. 12. Barley.—English malting 6s to 6s Cd, Cape 5s 2d to SB 6d. Oats.—Milling, Algerian 5s lid to 6s, feed 53 6d to 5s 9d. Potatoes, £l7 to £2O. Onions, £lO to £lO 10a. EXCHANGE IN AMERICA. New%ork, Dee. 11. Sterling exchange fell to 369% cents, but recovered to 369% and later to 371%. ........ ADDINGTON MARKET.

Chrlstchurch, Dec. 10. At Aldington market there was a, larger entry of store sheep, and the sale, though weaker at the opening, firmed well to late rates.-. Woolly wether hoggets 23s 2d to 27s lOd, woolly ewe hoggets 31s 3d, ordinary 2-tooth wethers 203 3d to 21s Sd, good 22s to 26s 7d, 2, 4, and 6-tooth wethers 24s lOd to 30s 3d, ordinary 4-tooth WBthers 22s 8d to 24s 9d, good forward 26s to 30s 3d, 4 and Ctooth wethers 27s to 28s Bd, ordinary 2-tootb ewes 25s to 26s 2d, good 2 and 4-tooth ewes 30s Id, good 4-tooth ewes 29s Id to 31s 3d, fairly good 4-tooth woolly eves 34s lid, good, sound, and f.m. owes and lambs, all counted, 19s 6d to 21s, Inferior f.to. eves, with lambs, 14s Bfl to 18s 5d (all counted), good f.m. woolly ewes, with lambs, to 24s Bd, 2, 4, 6 and 8-tootli vroolly ewes to 30s 9d. Pat lambs: 1240 penned, as against 560 last week. Values declined a little. Is to la 6d per head, though not as much as was expected. Extra prime to 35s 6d, prime 28s to 30s, medium 25s 8d to 27s <Sd, lighter 22s 6d to 24s 9d. Fat sheep: Good yarding. Sale opened firm, but weakened towards the end, prices then being appreciably lower. Extra prime wethers 52s 6d, prime 45s to 48s, woolly 55s 6d, medium 35s to 44s 6d, lighter 27s Sd to 335, prime ewes 41s to 455, medium 35s to 40s 9d, lighter 24s to 33s Id, hoggets 26s fid to 335. Fat cattlo: A yarding of over 389 head, the bulk of the entry being prune There was a keen demand for good stuff at the start, but second quality was neglected. The sale weakened badly at the close. Prime steers £24 to £3O, medium steers £lB to £23, lighter steers £l4 to £l6 15», unfinished and inferior steers £6 7s 6d to £l3 10s, prime heifers £l3 10s to £2O 10s lighter helfors £9 10s to £l2 15s, prime cows £l4 10s to £2O 10s, lighter and inferior cows £9 to £l3 10s. The average price per 1001b was £2 15s to £3 ss. Store cattle: A larger entry and serviceable lines of steers made good prices. Two and 2% to 3-year steers £l3 7s, 2%-year steers £8 15s to £l2, 18 months £6 5s to £7, yearlings £2 7s 6d to £5 15s, cows £3 17s Od to £7 15s. Dairy cows: An average yarding, and keen demand. | Good springing heifers £l3, good mlloh cows to £l6 15s. The veal market was glutted, and prices receded. Runners to £7 ss, good vealers 35s to 65a, fair to medium 15s to 303. There was a very large entry of pigs Fats were In good demand Choppers to £7 10s, heavy baconers £8 to £8 18s 6d, medium baconers £6 5s to £7, lighter £5 5s to £5 15s, the average price per lb being lid to ll%d. Heavy porkers £4 10s to £5, lighter £3 10s to £4 ss, the average price being 12d per lb. Demand was Arm for stores In spite of the heavy supply. Large stores £4 to £4 lis, medium £2 10s to £3 «s, small £2 3s to £2 9s, weaners 22s to 38s. BURNSIDE MARKET. „, . Dunedin, Dec. 10. There were larger yardlngs of fat stock at Burnstde to-day. The quality was fair. Prtao sold at last week's rates; medium and" Inferior were easier. Best bullocks £3l 2s 6d, medium £22 to £23 10s, Inferior £l6 to £lB, best heifers £l6 to £lB, medium £l2 10s to £l4, Inferior £lO to £lO 15s. Store cattle: A large yarding, the bulk of which comprised one and two-year.old beasts There was very little demand for this class Better competition resulted, however, in the sale of aDimals in forward condition, but prices were somewhat lower than late ruling rates. Fat sheep: A good yarding, a total of 2134 being penned. The greater portion of the yarding consisted of shorn sheep. The quality showed Improvement on late yardlngs Although demand was good .prices were lower by 2s per head as compared with those lately ruling. Extra prime heavy-weight wethers 65s 3d, shorn m to 425, medium 48s to 525, shorn 37s to 395, Inferior 39s to 41s, shorn 37s to 395, inferior 39s to 41s, shorn 24s to 28s, best ewes ™ ne . on .„ off<ir ' snorn t0 428 9< i' medium ewes 39s to 4Cs, shorn 29s to 335, Inferior 27s to 335, .horn 19s to 22s Fat iambs: 132 penned. The qunfty wits miied Prices for good wero firmer; medium quality sold at good rates Best lambs 34s 6d, medium 30s to 32s inferior 23s to 265. others 19s to 21s Pigs- A full yarding. There was keen demand/ and prices were about equal to last week's rates Prime heavy baconers made up to £9 per head, or from lOd to 10*£ d per lb; prime porkers made from 10% d to ll%d per lb. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. Sales during the last ten days have In many cases beon. small owing to the drop In prices, but In some Instances, notably Ohura, Stony River, Urenul, and Urutl, very good clearances were made, although prices were eaßier At the other sales there was very little business doing. At Inglewood on Wednesday, Dec. 3 yearling to 18-raonth steers mado £'i 15s to £4 15s, 15-ononth heifers £3 10s to £5 10s, fat cows £ll and £ll ss, forward bullocks £l2 2s 6d to £l2 10s, bulls £5 15s to £l3, springing helfors £8 10s to £l2 15s, dairy cows up to £l3, forwnrd ewes 28s 2d to 295, woolly wethers 365, small wetheTs 245. At Ohura, on Thursday, Dec. 4, 18-month steerß tops sold from £5 5s to £5 17s 6d smaller cattle £3 5s to £4 Gs, 18-month helfors up to £6 13s, fat cows £l2 12s 6d store_cows £5 to £7 ss, cows and calves £6 "i,™ V. l Ts „ 6d ' "H-year steers £7 2s to £7 12s 6d, bulls £6 to £9 ss, 4 and 6tooth wethers 30s Id, 2-tooth wethers 27s empty owes 20s 6d. At Urenul, on Monday, Dec. 8, 15-month steers made up to £5 7s 6d. small £4 and £4 ss, Jersey 18-month heifers £8 2s 6d heavy fat bull £lB, springers £8 t» £l2, store cows £7 and £7 6s, forward cows £8 la i 6d, small cowa and calves £6 ss, fat Wethers 38s Cd, fat/ and forward wothers 3-s 9d, store wethers 28s 2d, small stores 21s cull ewes and lambs 275, 2-tooth wethers 275. small 2-too'hs 21s. mixed 2-tooths £1 5s 4d woolly ewes and lambs £2, fat ewes 80s 3d.' The Ford motor car advertised on account of McDonald's Estate made £l3O. At Stony River, on Tuesday, Dec. 9 18month steers made £5 7s 6d. small £3 10s empty yearling heifers £3 lis and £4 )0s 15 to 18-month heifers £5 2s 6d U £5 In b, ~'? £8 2s Cd t0 £ln 10! =, vearling * u J ls .» e 2,„ lss - K, £3 12s M - 9t »« cows *.s to £lO ,s (Id, Tough 2-year steers £4 10s, springing heifers £8 to £ls, springing cows £l3 10s, forward cows £ll, woolly 2tooths 355, hoggets 24s 9d. At Urutl, on Wednesday, Dec, 10, 15 to 18month steers made from £3 13s to £5 3s 6d 15 to 18-month heifoTS £3 10s to £4 17s, store cows, small, £4 10s. dairy cows £l4 springing heifers £lO. 18-month Jersey bull £8 pair working bullocks £3O.

At Knhuratalit, on the same dav, empty ewes 23s 3d, mixed wethers 27s 6d. cows and calves £C 10s, fat ami forward cows £ll and 4-year bullocks £l2 ss, steers £6 15s to £7 10s, 15-month steers £4, bulls £6 15s