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Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1922, Page 2

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NELSON BROS. DIVIDEND. * By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, April 20. Nelson Bros, interim dividend is 4 per cent, free o£ income-tax. LONDON MARKETS. London, April 20. I The Bradford wool market, is very active and has a cheerful tone. Sixty fours, 52d |»to 53d; sixties, 47d; fifty-sixes, 29d; fifties, ! 22d; forty-sixes, 12%d. The Anmagh apples are discharging In excellent condition. Despite strong American closing buyers do not follow the advance, having fulfilled requirements. Cargoes advanced sixpence to ninepence, while parcels are slow and unchanged at sixpence decline. A parcel by the Port Lincoln, brought 56s to 58s 3d. The spot trade is firmer and more active. Australian ex quay 60s 3d. Flour. —Slow; Australian ex store, 44s to 455. Barley.—Better inquiry, firm. Oats. —’Hardening. Peas.—Oulet and unchanged. Beans. —steady. Sugar.—Unchanged, AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, April 21. Oats.—3s 3d. Barley.—English 4s, Cape 2s lOd, 2s lid. Potatoes.—£4, £4 10s. Onions.—£s ss, £5 10s. POULTRY PRICES. Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co. report the following ramge of prices for poultry at tteir mart yeaterday : Pullets 7s, Gs 6d; hens 3s 9d, 2s sd; ducks 3s, cockerels 3s 9d. 2s. Messrs. Webster Bros, report as follows: Hens 2s 6d, 3s 6d; cockerels Is 9d, 2s. NEW PLYMOUTH HAYMARKET. There were no pfgs yarded at Newton King, Ltd.,’s haymarket yesterday, probably owing to the bad weather. A harness gelding sold for £2O. ADDINGTON MARKET. FREE SALE OF STOCK. Christchurch, April 19. At Addington market the yardings generally were lighter, particularly of store sheep. All the principal sections of stock met with a free sale.. Store Sheep.—The yarding was about GO per cent, of recent sales. There was a keen sale throughout, particularly for lambs and ewes, and practically a complete clearance was effected. Forward rape lambs made from 15s to 17b Bd, good lambs 14s to 15s 3d, unedium Ils 6d to 13s 9d, small 8s 9d to Us, culls 4s 9d to 8s 3d, ordinary 2-tooth ewes IBs to 19s Gd, good 4, G, and 8-tootb ewes 19s Gd to 13s 9d, ordinary 16s to 19s, inferior 12s to 15s 6d, full and) failing-mouth-ed ewes 12s to 17s Gd, rape ewes 9s to 12s 3d, culls 4s to 7s 9d, forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers, ordinary 17s Gd, rape ewes 9s to 12s 3d, culls 4s to 7s 9d, forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers 17s Gd to 19s 6d, ordinary 14s 3d to 17s, two-tooth 14s to IBs 9d. Fat Lambs. —6180 were penned, compared with 7166 last week. There was a spirited sale, with a slight advance in. prices, which ranged about B%d per lb. Extra prime lambs made from 17s 6d to 32s Gd, prime 24s 6d to 127 s 3d, medium 22s to 24s 3d, light and unfinished 17s to 21s 3d. Fat Sheep.—Big mutton, particularly ewes.

showed a slight improvement, but freezers’ sorts were practically unaltered. Extra prime wethers made from 27s Gd to 335, prime 23s to 26s 6d, meditwn 20s to 22s 9d, light 17s to 19s 6d, extra prime ew’es 22s 6d, prime 19s to 21s Gd, medium 15s to 18s Gd, light Ils to 14s Gd. Fat Cattle.—29o head were penned, compared with 368 last week. The market recovered for better beef, which was in short supply. Primest made up to 30s (average about 25s per 1001 b), extra prime steers £l4 to £l6 2s 6d, prime £9 15s to £l3, medium £7 10s to £9 12s 6d, inferior £5 to £7 ss, extra prime heifers £ll ss, prime £6 to £8 sa. ordinary £3 12s 6d to £5 15s, prime cows £5 15s to £8 10s, ordinary cows £2 10s to £5 10s. Vealers.—Calves fit for butchers were in over-supply, but best calves sold at late rates. Runners sold at £5 ss, good veaiers £3 15s to £4 10s, medium £1 10s to £2. Store Cattle.—A large entry. Eighteen-montb-old heifers and steers were in demand. Three-year-old steers made from £4 to £4 ss, two-year-old £2 15s to £3 2s 6d, yearlings £1 2s Gd to £1 10s, eigbteen-months-old heifers £3 to £3 10s, medium £1 5s to £1 15s, inferior cows 15s to 20s. Dairy Cattle.—The demand was not as good as last week. Second and third calvers, springing, made from £9 10s to £l4, springing heifers £7 10s to £l2, cows in milk £3 to £7. Fat Pigs.—A good demand, and late rates were fully maintained. Choppers realis'ui £3 10s to £5, light baconers £3 15s to £4 10s, heavy £4 12s Gd to £5 (average price per lb 6d to 6%d), light porkers 50s to 555, heavy 57s 6d to 70s (average price per lb 9d to 9%d). Store Pigs.—Medium stores brought from 24s to 28b, small 15s to 22s 6d, weaners 4s to 10b Gd.

BURNSIDE PRICES. LAMBS IN SHORT SUPPLY. Dunedin. April 19. There were good yardings of fat stock in each department at Burnside sales to-day with the exception of lauubs. These were in short, supply and keen competition, by butchers and export buyers, resulted in an advance in prices. Sheep, fat cattle and pigs were also In good demand and sold at higher rates.

Fat Cattle.— A. large yarding, numbering 232 head. The majority penned were of medium quality. Competition was a shade keener than was the case at last week's sale, and prices were firmer to the extent of 15a per head. Prime ox beef was worth from 25s to 27s Gd and oow beef 19s to 22s per 1601 b, extra prime heavyweight bullocks realised up to £ll 12s Gd, prime from £lO to £ll, unedium £8 to £9, light and unfinished sorts from £6 to £6 15s, prime heifers realised from £6 10s to £7 10s, medium £4 I’Sb to £5 10s, light and aged from £4 upwards. Sheep.—A medium yarding numbering 2377 head. A number of these pens contained good extra heavyweight wethers, but the bulk of the yarding was of medium quality. Competition at the commencement of the sale was keen, but eased off towards the close. Sheep, however, were up all round from Is to Is Gd per head. Prime wether mutton sold at up to 4%d per lb, a fraction higher in some cases, and ewe mutton in the vicinity of 3%d per lb. Extra prime heavyweight wethers realised up to 35s 6d, prime 2Gs to 28s. medium 21s to 235, light and unfinished sorts from 19s to 20s, extra prime heavyweight ewes realised up to 30s, prime from 18s to 19s, medium 15s 6d to 16s, light and unfinished sorts from 13s to 14s. Lambs.—A small yarding numbering 726 bead of fair quality. Competition was very keen, freezing buyers being eager to secure supplies at increased limits. The yarding was not sufficient for requirements and as the result of spirited compelltioji prices advanced about 2s per head. Prime launb was equal to B%d per lb and was firm at that price. Extra prime lambs realised up to 335. prime from 26s to 28s, medium 22s to 235, inferior sorts from 20s to 21s. Store Cattle.—A large yarding was offered, which included a line of good forward three and four-year-old bullocks. Bidding was very slack and the line was passed in unsold. Fat and forward cows sold at prices about equal to those realised at last week’s sale. Competition for young cattle was also very slack and these were hard to quit. Pi gS- — a large yarding was offered and all were disposed of under good competition. Fat pigs realised prices fully 5s in advance of late rates, while stores also sold at high-r values. Baconers brought up to 7%d per lb and porkers In the vicinity of S’/id uex lb.