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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 251, 22 October 1919, Page 5

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LONDON" MARKETS. (Received 12.40 p.m.) N LONDON, October 20.* Copper, spot £107 7/0, three mcmtht £100 7/fi; eleutrolyUe, £119. Lead, spot £20. three moii-ths £28 10/. sSpelter, spot £46. three months. £43 10/. Tin. spot £2SI 15/, three- month*.---— 10. Silver 5/4 J. —(A. and K.Z. Cablfe) CANTRRBVuY PRODUCE MARKETS. (By Telegrnph.—Press Association.) < cnuISTCHURCH, Tuesday. There ls little movement In the gralm market. A few small lines of vrtieat ar* coming forwurd, and as the backwardness of the spring prevented sowing In a number of cases, probably tbe seed will be disposed of for milling. The supply from this sonre* of course will be small. Tbe demand for outs is firmer, but offer, lags are very limited. Good oaten-sheaf chaff is Inquired for, with little offerlnffThere is a demand for seed potatoes, with a very short supply. Table potatoes are not being offered to a great extent, and quotations are about £S 13/. HIDES, SKINS, ETC. The New Zealand Loan and Merranttßk jjAgen.-y report":—We submitted an average t catalogue of bides on Tuesday. We quote: IHides, e-stra stout ox 13d to 14d. stout 12d 'to 12Jd. medium UJd lo Itjri. light lO+d ;to 11 jd; cows, lost lines lOjd. good 10Jd I >ro loid. inferior »}d to lOd: kips, 10id tp 1 12(1: stairs. (>}d to Ud: horse hides. 5/ to i 12/0; damaged hides. 3Jil to fid; calfs_ns, j best to _d. (rood lSd to 20d. Inferior 12d to I4d. cut and damaged OJd to IOJd. Tallow.—M-arket firm. Best ox 00/, gootS (SO/ to 50/, Inferior 30/ to 35/: rough fat '3d lb: bones. £8 5/: cowtalls, 1/ per dozen; j horsehair. 1/ to I/O. | PALMER'STON SALE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reportithat at Palmerston North ou the lfith Inst, >w» '_d a good yarding of both and | cattle. There was a good Inquiry tot sheep. (Practically the whole of the yanking changed hands at the following Sheep.—Fat ewes. £2 4/1 to £2 11/3; fat and forward empty ewes, £2 1/ to £2 B/d, Cattle.—Fat cows, £17 7-/« to _2 r./; fi* heifers, £11 5,': forward cows, £tt 52/6 to £J 10 : store cows, £3 10/. £4 15/ to £5 10.': tw*- : year steers, to £8 17/0; three-year steers, fJ ' 15/ to £0 15/; coloured steens, £2, _ IT/6 to j-£4 6/; yearling and two-year empty hellers, I£3 17/6, ffi 15/. £7 5/. £7 15/ to £8 10/; yearling bulls, £5 or. pedigree Jersey bull, « years, 13frgs. MORRINRVI-LL'E STOCK SALES. . . „ ! There was a large yarding at the _o» . riusville bull sale yesterday, and a soo4 |at tendance of buyers. Shorthorns wer» I most numerous, and there was a good doi» I mand. The qualify, as a whole, was not !up to last year's standard, but there TTOf Ino railing off in prices for good animalsi I .Mr. .1. XI. Fitness, of Patctonga, toppe* Ii he market with 27 guineas for a threw-Near-old bull. 'Mr. 11. Greville got 26 gn_e*i i for a two-year-old animal. Mr. B. C. "Wilt* ! church, of Tahuna. had entered 27 y_rl_J ! and two-year animals, which made from 39 ■' guineas to lfi guineas. Other prices w_» I from 14 guineas to 23 guineas. Thongh only a few were yarded there was bxtaK bidding for Jerseys. Cyril Flower, a |ra_Ibred bull, bred by Mr. G. Lewis, of Ofc* ! rolre. and entered by Mr. H. Grevllle, wa» j bought by Mr. W. Darrell. of TEarrairni. ! for (TO guineas. Two yearlings bred by Mr. I Dernier, of Motumaobo. .brought. 31 guinea* and "0 guineas. Other animals sold to IT guineas. .Holstelns were not In fanurr, and made from 8 guineas to 13$ guinea*. There was practically no demand for Heiefcrds. i wo two-year- hulls penned 'by Mr. A. Orr being sold nt 12 guineas each. j FEILDING. ■; - " I _—— i Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., r report on FeUdlng cattle fair held Friday, t October 17. 3010: —Our share of the yarding .'amounted to 1030 head, comprising some 'nice lines of bullocks and a few pens of 1 ' good young cattle, but the bulk of the ytfrd•jing was of Inferior quality and prices anf- ! fered accordingly. Some of our principal I sales -were: —On account Bruce Estate, 14 two and three-year steers, £11 12/: on account 11. P. 'Clare. 22 three-year steers. £13 3/: on n'ceount D. Fraser. 9 forward toollocks. £10 5/: account A. BlLtet. 11 threeyear steers. FlO fl/: on account Richard Port. 2.1 steers. £10 _': on account A. Barlow. 63 two-year' steers £7 10/, 11 two-year herfeT* £S 2. 15 Jersey heifers £7 10/, 27 do. £7 10/. 4 small Pteers £4, S do. £4: on account J. 3. Casey. 24 steers. £4 18/ B. 7 lii-month steers £4 W/. 34 P.A. heifers £T> 17/6. IS small twoI year steers f(i 10/: .on av-eount M<rl«nn»n ' tßros . 14 steeVs £4 17/: on account Smith I and Splfert. IS IS-month . steers £5 10/, 25 ! 'two-rear steers £7. 3R do. f7 8/6, 13 do. £4 .'!,' ihsd colours!: on account R. Taylor. 18 I yearling steers £4 1/: on ncconnt R. Gall hraith 13 20-month -steers #>. 8 small do. « "/«• on account G. Wheeler. 13 yeartlflj? steers £4 16/: account L. Marshall. 18 yearI ling heifers. £4 18/ S.