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Taranaki Daily News, 8 September 1920, Page 3

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EXCHANGE PATES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.~-' , ODyri£fot ( I Received Sept. 7, 8.5 p.m. London, Sept. G. Foreign exchange rates are: Paris 51 50 frana; Stockholm, 17.57 kroner; Christtonia, 24.53 kroner; Calcutta, 22 3-164; Yokohama, 33%; M0ntrea1,,3.92 dollars; New York, 3.55% dollars. Tin.—Stoclrs, 20,152; spot 1844, nte deliveries 1614. Bradford Is quiet, and values insufficiently tested; quotations arc nominal-Aus.-N,Z. Cable Assn. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. LU. repwi having received the following cablegram from their Lotion, office under, dale of 3rd hist.: "Wool sale.? closed, fairly maintained, !>-1.45l bales wera offered and about Tfl.sno sold. English spinners and Continental buyers have been active, hut. the price Is too hluli Tor Bradford to>:mnkers. As compared with last sale's clMln.i rates, Merino flns greasy wools were 7',4 per cent, to 10 per cent, higher, fine scoured Merino wools 1% per cent, to 10 per cent. higher, also good fIQ-C4's Merino woo>,_ of other descriptions, unchanged, --!v",'--v;cr crossbred wools, fine quality, greasy % P 2r ocnt Mdher. AreVaro crossbred wool's, mio ftuallty, grensy, par to r, per cent, higher. t.'OKbrcsl wools, medium quality, greasy, unCijiuve'l. Crossbred wools, coarse, greasy, v,x ' ! ' ' neglected, slipe and scoured crossbred VTD-.1-3, flue quality, unchanged. Crossbred wools, n'.etHum quality, scoured, 5 per cent, lower, ami crossbred wools, coarse, scoured, jrere neglected. The September series have been fted to open on the 21st with n limit of l.id.Od!) bales" The N.Z, Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. have received the following cablegram troni tiieir London house under date 3rd lust : VVool sales have closed. Superfine Merino is per cent. and.fine crossbred 5 per cent, higher. There is a small demand. Oth«l----descriptions nominally unchanged. 1 NEWTON KING, LTD., REPORTS. At Uremii oil the 30th ult., as at recent 1 ' rtrtea, an m and out market prevailed . for sheep. Fair tb good conditioned ewes and wn.iers, and also good hoggets, were easily disposed oi, whilst ewes in lamb and witii lamb at foot afforded little liKiuhy. Store cattle, oi which there was a good yardiO" changed little in values since last sale. Hoggets 27s Cd to 2Ss 2d, B-tooth empty eivcs 28s 2-toott wethers 33s Cd, fat ewes 33s 3d store pigs £2 17s to £3, store cows £4 5s -t«- l",' SS I? s M >' earli nK hulls, 275, 6d, £- las to £3 12s Cd; inlxcd yearlina' heifers, £4; mixed yearling steers, £3 3s • L.-yoar steers, £5 l-is; 3-year steers, £S 8s , ... " s ' empty heifers, £6 ss; springing heifers, £9 Ids, £lO, £l2 15s, £ls 10s £24 to £2O 10s; dairy coivs, £9 10s, £l2' 10s, £ls to £1!). The market for dairy' stock had a decided Improvement. Heifers of verv ,goofl quality miade the sale. An inferior lot of cows was ottered. The demand was local _ At Stony itlver on the 31et ult. .the yarding was small, and enquiry dull. The springer market was exceedingly dull, 110 doubt due to the shortage of feed, although the heifers, taken on the whole, were mostly an undersized lot. Hoggets 225, wethers 32s 3d, store cows £G £9 12s Cd to £7; fat cows, £10; bulls, £2O; mixed yearling heifers, £4 igs to £5 14s; mixed yearling steers, £2, £2 2s Od; oinpty heifers, £5 17s 611 to £7 7s fidspringing heifers, £9 10s, £lO, £ll. 10» to £l2; dairy <;ows, £9 10s, £lO 10s to £l3

At Waiwakniho on the 3rd! Inst., both store and. dairy cattle pens were fully taxed. Store mile sold at late rate?, a moderate demand clearing Almost everything. The dairv market had a strengthening tendency, both cows and heifers qlose to profit finding readv pT'Sr ?,°**%. 33s s?i 23s 1(1 : cows, £4, £.» 16s, £G, to £0 2s 6d; mixed voapliHg steers, 2.->s, 535, £2 2s Gd to £2 !>s 6dmixed yearling heifers, £;■!, £4 io s to £"? 8s; yearling Jersey bull, £3: iyear steers, i.,s to £8 12s 0d; empty nelfers, £4 17s to £7 3.25; springing heifers £l3, £l3 53, £l4, £l4 15s; choice classes £1!) £■>(> £2O 10s; dairy cows, fir, ios. £1(1'l0s,"£17 Ills; choicer classes, £25 to £3l ]os. N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. " The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co,, Limited, report:— At the Wcstfteld store sale oil Thursday, dairy cattle penned in average numbers said at late Quotations. Best dairy cows close to profit, £lB to £2l), for a calved Jersey cow sold on account of Mr. Jas Dreadon Papnto.!"nC"! :^ ol i ler lialry c ™ s antl heifers close to profit «l u to £l7 15s, backward cows and heifers £S to £l4. Store cattle In average numbers sold readily. Empty cows and heifers, £5 to £9 12s 6d; hulls, £0 to £lO Ids; yearling to )8-nionlhs steers, £3 5b to £."> IDs: ditto heifers, £3 ills to £6. On .Friday, at Tuakau, we had a small yardjnir and report a good sale. Dairy cows and heifers, £8 to £l9 15s. store cattle sold at late quotations. At Westflold fat stock market, on Wednesday, heef was penned in average numbers, selling under keen competition, choice prime Quality advancing in prices, others about same as late quotations. Choice oxen sold to £3 2s per lOOib. Prime oxen arid at from £2 IBs to £3 lii per 10011), rough and inferior qualify oxen £1 tils to £2 12s por loom. (low and heifer heef sold at from £2 0-, to £2 14s per 10011). Steers sold at -free.! for best £2O to £24 15s; no extra, heavy weightß were yarded; others £ls 10s to £lO 17s Cd; smaller and unfinished cattle, £lO 17s Gd to £ls fin. Cows and heifers sold at £8 15s to £l7 7s 6d for a cow fatted bv Mr. E E. Vaile, "Brnadtands," Waiotapu. Some of'the averages were:—Twelve steers from Mr. K. Fiiiln.vsoii, M.inurewfl, £22 2s Cd; 8 do. from Walkatn, £2O 12s; 9 do. from Mr. John Matheson. Papakura, £lB 17s Od; 12 do. from Mr. W. Oollan, Punmure, £18; !) do. from Hnfton Estate, Kaukapnltana, £lO Is; 8 do. from ,llv .1. J, liiddell, Waerenga. £l6; 35 cows and heifers from Mr. S. Potrle. Te Puke, £l2 10s 3d; 12 cows from Mr. E. E. Vaile, Brondlauds, Waiotapu, £l2 4,i; 9 cows from Mr .las. Taylor, 'Cambridge, £lK2s; 6 heifers from Mr. Alex Orr, Papatoctoe? £l3 IDs; 15 cows and heifers from Waikato, £ll Is. Calves wore penned in large numbers, and sold under keen competition at improved prices. Runners sold nt frcun £7 to £l2 7s; heavy_vealers £5 to £6 19s. medium vealers £3 17s Oil to. £4 18s, light vealers £2 ]ss to £3 15s, smaller £1 5s to £2 14s; small fresh-dropped calves, 0s to £1 4s. Sheep' were penned in average numbers, competition not being so keen as in the previous week, and there was a slight decline In prices. No extra .heavy weight wethers or owes were penned. Heavy prime wethers £2 4s to j £2 8s Od, medium do. £2 0s Od to £2 3s 9d, light prime and unfinished £l Ids fid to £1 J'Js 9d; heavy prime ewes £1 17s 6d to £2 2s; medium do £1 15s to £1 17s 3d, light prime und unfinished ewes £1 10"s Od to £1 Hs 3d. Hoggets were again penned in small numbers and sold under keen competition at !ate quotations. Heavy prime hoggets £1 18s to £2 Ss, medium prime £1 14s to £1 17b 9(1. light prime hoggets £1 10s to £1 ISs 9d, small unfinished lioggels £1 7s Od to, £1 (Is 9d. Pigs were penned In average numbers, and. sold under keen competition nt late quotations. Choppers, £8 to £8 18s; i heavy baconers £7 lis to £7 19s, medium do. £7 2s to £7 10s, light bucpners and heavy porkers £0 10s to £7 Is; 1 medium porkers £5 i 10s/to £6'9s, light porkers £4 5s to £8 ! Bs> slips £1 19s to £2 10s; weaners, £1 to