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Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1921, Page 8

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, October 29. Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, American, middling upland, November delivery, 12.184 Rubber.—Fine hard para 14d per lb.; plantation, first latex crepe 10 l-8d per lb.; smoked ribbed sheet lOd per lb. Copra.—Market steadier. South Sea bagged, October-December shipment, £27 per tnn. Hemp.—New Zealand weak. September-No-vember shipment, £37 10s per ton. Jute. —Market quiet. New crop, native first marks, October-November shipment, £29. Linseed Oil.— £27 10s per ton, equal to 2s 2%d per gallon. Turpentine.—6Bs 6d per cwt., equal to 5a 2d per gallon.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GOLD IMPORTS TO AMERICA. New York, October 29. The gold imports into the United States since January 1 total nearly 700 million dollars, of which France and Britain each sent 160 million, .Germany 16 million, India 29 million, Australia 11 million, and New Zealand two million. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. By Telegraph—Tress Association. Auckland, Last Night. Sale.—Union Bank’s rights, 40s and 37s 6d. Quotations. —Banks: National, £5 16s and £5 13s; New South Wales, sellers £35 15s; New Zealand, £2 10s and £2 10s Gd; Union, sellers, £l2ss ; Union rights, 355. Insurance : National, £2 19s and £2 18s; New Zealand, £1 8s 3d and £1 7s 3d; South British, £1 15s 3d and £1 15s. River T»late, 18s and 16s 6d: Loan and Mercantile, buyers £BO, preference buyers £5B: Taupiri, sellers 17s

preference buyers £5B: Taupiri, sellers 17s 6d; Auckland Gas, 23s Gd and 22s 9d : contributing, 27s and 26s 3d: Huddart Parker, sellers £2 ss; P. and 0., £345 and £335; Leyland, O’Brien, buyers £ 1 9s Gd; Parker, Lamb, £1 7s and £1 2s 6d. Sugar: Australia, buyers £27 15s; Fiji, sellers £lO 10s. Drug, sellers £2 15s. Paper Mills, £ 1 4s and £1 3s; Wilson’s Cement, 15s 3d and 14s Gd; Walid, £1 2s 6d and £1 Is 6d; Grand Junction, 8s lid and 8s 8d; City Tramway debentures, buyers £B3. War Loans: Buyers, 1930 £B9 10s, 1938 £BB 5s and £B7, 1939 £B7. Soldiers’ bonds, £92; New Zealand inscribed, 1927 £9l, 1938 £B7 15s and £B7, 1939 £B7; Soldiers’ bonds, £92 10s and £9l 15s. WAIKATO STOCK MARKET. The Panniers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report:— At Hamilton on Thursday, October 27, we had a moderate yarding of sheep and a full supply of cattle and pigs. The beef pens were filled and competition throughout was keen and well sustained. Values advanced a little on last week’s rates. Best steers made from £9 10s to £l3 Is, lighter weights £6 15s to £8 15s. Fat cows were in strong demand making from £5 to £G 2s, fresh conditioned cows were also well competed for, realising front £3 to £3 16s, store cows £1 to £1 15s. Store cattle generally showed a considerable briskness and everything with very slight exception was cleared with satisfaction to vendors. 3 to 3%-year steers made to £6 ss, 2-yettr steers, Hereford and Shorthorn cross to £4 Is for the best, others «£2 Iflp to £3 ss. Ti e empty heifers yarded were all of inferior quality, £4 15s being the top figure, others to £5 10s. others £3 10s to £4, small mixed yearlings 25s to 28s, Shorthorn hulls £3 15s to £5 10s. The market /or sheep was much improved and everything submilled met with ready sale, fat wethers (woolly) made from 22s to 24s lOd. shorn ewes 13s to IBs lid. forward ewes 3d. Pigs sold much on the basis of the previous week. Baconers realised up to £2 St. porkers £2 10s to £3 10s, store pigs '2ss to £2 Ils, weaners 6s to 17s Gd. INGLEWOOD MART SALE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) There was a large attendance at Newton King’s (Ltd.) mart sale on Saturday morning, for though the sale was held at 11.30 u-i» » instead of 1 p.m., the public had been prepared for the change by advertisement, and duly rose to the occasion. The baby calves at the mart sold at ironi 5s to 14s for betters. Only one bull calf was offered—a Jersey. It 1 realised 14s. Pigs sold readily. Slips made from 26s to 375, stores 565, purebred White Leghorn chicks Is Id, cocks and hens Is 3d to 2* Gd, ducks Is 9d to 2s 3d. A horse offered made £lO, and the general sundries assembled for competition went off well at good prices. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Hawera branch), report as follows: At Opunake sale and bull fair on the 17th instant store cows realised 13s to 20s; empty heifers, to £4: springing heifers, £5 to £l3: calved heifers, £l7; grade Jersey bulls (best), 18% guineas to 29 guineas; Shorthorn and Holsteins, various ages; £2 to £5 15s. At Kakaramea, on the same day, grade Jersey bulls made £lO 10s to £l2 12s; yearling pedigree Jerseys, £9 9s; Shorthorn and Holstein, various ages, 2% guineas to 5 guineas; springing heifers, £G 10s to £l3; calved heifers, £5 10s to £l4. At Manaia sale and bull fair on the 18th instant grade Jersey maiden bulls made £5 5s to £l6 16s; good conditioned store cows to £2 2s Gd ; Jersey yearling heifers, £8; springing heifers (backward and inferior), to £5. At Palmer Road sale and bull fair, on the 21st instant, yearling pedigree Jersey bulls realised 12% guineas to 25 guineas; grade maiden Jersey bulls, £ll Ils to 20 guineas; Shorthorn and Holstein, various ages, 16s to £4 4s; fat cows, £5 5s to £6 Is; fat and forward cows, £2 3s to £4 13s; stores, 20s to 325; springing heifers, £9 10s to £l6; cows (best), to £25 10s. At Kakaramea, on the 25th instant, springing heifers, to £11; second culvers, to £l5; yearling heifers, 34s to £2 4s; Jersey yearling heifers, £5 15s. At Eltham sale and bull fair, on the 26fh instant, store pigs made £2 8s; small store pigs, 23s 6d: yearling heifers, £2 3s to £4 ss: forward cows, £2 16s to £3; stores, 17s to 325; springing heifers, £7 to £l3 10s; Jersey and Shorthorn and Holstein bulls, various ages. 20s to £B. At Hawera, on the 27th instant, we had a full entry of store and dairy cattle. Dairy cattle were a little easier, but everything sold. We quote: Store pigs.' £2 4s to £2 6s; suckers, Ils to 16s; ewes with lambs, 9s Id; fat cowSr £4 15s to £6 15s; forward cows, £2 12s to £2 16s: stores-, 14s to 27s 6d; Jersey cows, empty and sound, to £6 10s: others, to £3 16s; yearling heifers, 33s to £2 12s: Jersey and Jersey’ cross, £3 17s Gd to £4 16s: empty heifers, £3 Is; bulls (various), 25s to £6 10s; springing heifers, best, to £lB 10s: medium, £lO to £l4: backward and inferior, £2 10s to £7; calved heifers, £6 to £8 ss.