IMPORTED STOCK.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20314, 13 August 1931, Page 10

IMPORTED STOCK.

FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITY "The sporadic outbreaks of foot-and mouth disease in Great Britain continn to be a source of grave anxiety, am the executive has again given care j ful consideration to the question of thi _ importation of stock from countries af r fected with the disease," states th' 3 annual report of the Canterbury Sheep 1 owners' Union. "With the wild ani j mal life in New Zealand it is felt tha j stock-owners cannot afford to take th j slightest risk which can be prevente< j in connexion with this matter, and dur i ing the year the executive has consist - ently supported conclusions reached a successive annual meetings of the fede i ration. ' "It is felt by the committee that i: i the Government Veterinary Departmem > is fully satisfied that there is no risl in properly controlled shipments ol stock from Great Britain, then il should take the. responsibility of re moval of the embargo, and should noi endeavour to place that responsibility on the shoulders of stockowners of th< Dominion. If an outbreak occurred after sheepowners had agreed to the removal of the embargo, the Govern went would at once say that the sheep owners requested the removal of the em bargo. "The continuance of outbreaks ii ( Great Britain, in spite of the drastic methods adopted there for its preven tion, should be sufficient to justify the attitude of stockowners throughout Netv Zealand regarding this matter. "No one, so far, is prepared to guar antce that no risk is taken if restric i tions are removed, opinions only being given. The residence clause in Austra lia is an additional safeguard which th< committee feels should be retained un til at least a reasonable period of im munity from - the disease in Great Britain has elapsed. The committee sug gests that no relaxation of the restrio tions should be agreed to by sheepowners in the interests of the safety of the industry.'' MEAT BOARD. MR LYSNAR'S AMENDMENT CRITICISED. Criticism of the amending Bill regarding the election of the Meat Export Control Board, which Mr W. D. Lysnar, M.P., has now before the House, was expressed in the following resolution, carried at last night's annual meeting of the Canterbury Sheepowners' Union: — "That this meeting is of the opinion that the Meat Export Control Amendment Bill, introduced by Mr W. -!->■ Lysnar, M.P., is unnecessary, and would be harmful in its effect upon the sheepowning industry in New Zealand, and is of the opinion that the present method of election is preferable to that proposed in Mr Lysnar's Amendment Bill; also that the safeguards provided under the existing Act are satisfactorj aud. adequate." BURNSIDE MARKET. • (PESS3 ASSOCIATION - TEUMB JIM,) PUNEDIN, August 12. There was a keen demand for most classes of fat stock at Burnside to-day, and price« generally were firm. Prime cattle were sold at prices on a par With those obtained at the previous sale, bat unfinished sorts were easier' to the extent of 10s to 15s per head. In the opening sales for sheep prices showed a decline of about Is and Is 6d per head for all classes. The sale was irregular, but wethers firmed before the close. Store cattle met with a slow sale. There was more activity in the' pig market, and baconers were oold at an advance of 7s 6d, and baconers of 5s per bead. Store pigs were also in good demand, and higher prices were realised. The entry of 241 fat cattle was of mixed quality. It included several, pens of prime bullocks and heifers, and a fair proportion of unfinished cattle. Heavy bullocks sold to £l9 17s 6d, medium to £l6, light to £ll ss, heavy heifers to £l3, medium to £lO, light to £B, heavy cows to £ll, medium to £9, and light to £6 ISs. The fat sheep entry consisted of 2500 head of good mixed quality. The yarding included sotae extra good open and closewoolled wethers, a fair proportion of ewes, and about 600 medium to very fair hoggets. Extra heavy wethers sold to 32s 9d, heavy to 275, medium to 32s 3d, heavy ewes to 19s, medium to 17s 3d, light to 15s, medium hoggets to 17s 6d, and unfinished to lis 9d. About 100 head of store cattle were offered . The yarding included 30 head of medium steers and medium cows. The latter sold to £3 ss. Medium three-year-old steers sold at £6 10s, and two and a half-year-old steers to £4. The pig entry consisted of 88 fats and 80 stores. Prime porkers sold on the basis of 6d and prime baconers sjd per lb. TEMUKA STOCK SALE. Prices at the Temuka stock sale on Tuesday did not show the easing tendency that they usually do in National Week. Owing to a smaller yarding of fat/ cattle, and because of graziers operating in the fat sheep section, a total clearance was effected at slightly better prices than those that ruled at the last sale in the district. About 30 head of fat cattle were yarded, and practically all were sold at auction. The range of prices was:—Fat steers £7 to £lO 7s 6d, fat heifers £6 to £ll ss, fat cows, medium £4 to £7, fat cows, extra good to £lO 7s 6d. A few pens ol store. cattle sold at late rates, some sales being: Empty cows 24s to 556, Jersey bull £2 10s, springing heifers £5 to £B, springing cows, medium quality, £3 7s 6d to £7 2s 6d. Two races were filled wtih fat sheep, this being a large entry for the time of year, and with one or two outside buyers operating, a splendid sale resulted. The range of prices was:—Fat hoggets to 15s 3d, beßt fat wethers to 23s 4d, good fat wethers 17s to 225, medium fat wethers 12s 9d to 15s lOd. The best price for fat ewes was 18s, good ewes fetching 13s 4d to 16s 3d, and inferior 1 6s 9d to 10s. Pigs again sold well, but the high prices realiGed at the last sale were not reached. Weaners made from 15s to 255, medium stores to 32s 6d, and some porkers sold to £2 ss. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (BRITISH OmCUL WIEELESB) (Received August 32th, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, August 11. The following are the current rates of exchange compared with those of August 6th and par: Par. Aug. 6. Aug. 11. Paris, fr. to £1 .. 124.21 123.90 123.95 Brussels, belgas to £1 33 34.82$ 84.87J Cslo, kr. to £1 .. 19.159 18.16 i 18.16J Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.159 18.16J 18.16 i Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.159 18.15J 18.151 Amsterdam, fl. to £1 12.107 12.04 12.05 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 .. .. 20.43 204 Ml New York, dol. to £1 4.866 4.BS| 4.85 13-16 Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 4.86 11-16 4.87 13-32 Prague, ko. to £1 .. 164.25 164 163J Genova, fr. to £1 •• 25.226 24.85J 24.9 Milan, lire to £1 93.43 52.60 92.85 Vienna, schgs. to £1 34.585 34.55 34.55 Helsingfors marks to £1 .. .. 193.25 193 193 Madrid, pesetas to £1 ~ .. 25.223 56J 55.45 Lisbon, oscudoa to to £1 .. 4.50 110J HOi Alliens, drack to £1 375 .1"o 375 Bucharest, lei to £1 818.6 817 817 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreia .. 4.988 3$ S 5-33 Buenos Ayres, pence to dol. .. •• 47.577 31| 321 Montevideo, pence to dol. .. ..61 Bombay, pence to rupee .. ..16 17J 17J Shanghai, pence to tae! .. .. 24J 14J 14| Hong-Kong, pence to dol. .. -• 31 UJ Hi Y,kjb.m* to