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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 45, 5 February 1920, Page 7

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ENGLISH METAL MARKET. London, February 2. Copper, £ll9 12s 6d to £l2l 8e 4d; electrol lytic ingots £123; wire bars £125. Lead. , £47 10s. to £4B. Spelter, £59 17s fid to £6l 17s d. Tin, £383 17s 6d to 383 7s 6d. Silver, * 54 3-8 d per ounce. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. I — The foreign exchange rates are as fol

. Berlin mk. 20 3.5JJ Owing to the India Council’s decision, the : Calcutta rale is nominally quoted at anything between 30 and 36 pence. A cable on ’ February Ist, stated the Indian Currency ’ Committee recommended that the rupee bo established al 2s. and that the prohibition ' of the import and export of silver and ■ gold be removed. SHARES. j (Received 4, 9.15 a.m.) I London. February 2. Shares: Witihi Junction, buyers Ila fid, sellers 12» id.—(A. and N.Z.) STOCK AND CLEARING SALES. WAIPUKURAU. The lienal weekly sale at Waipukurau brought forward a good yarding of both cattle and stock. The public being in good attendance, both lines were cleared at fair prices. A good line of 128 2i-year steers brought £lO 12«. Prices ranged as fol- i lows. —Fat and forward bullocks £l3 5s to ■ £l6 10s. 18-months steers £3 17s 6d to £6, | yearling Steers £2 7s fid. Sheep: Fat weth-1 era 30s 3d, fat ewes 24s 3d to 28s id. 4-tooth . ewes and wethers 25a 3d. 2-tooth ewes 20s to 245. lambs 8s to 12s 7d. The brokers report:— Murray. Roberts and Co.. Ltd.: 11 3-year steers £lO 15s, 3 18-months steers £3 17s 6d, 6 2-ycar steers £5 8s 6d. Tlie Hawke's Bay Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd.: 88 2, 4 and a few 6-tooth wethers 30s 3d, 200 m.s lambs Bs. 255 at 12a 7d; 107 m.a. ewes 5a 4d. 76 at Z3s 3d; 58 2 and 4-tooth wethers 265. 209 4-tooth ewes 25a 3d. 25 lambs 12s 6d( 8 steers £6, 20 2- 1 year heifers £6 15a, 5 calves £2 7s 6d, 3 j steers £6 10s. 8 bullocks £l2 Bs, 3 cqws £B.l 1 Hereford bull £l5 10a. 8 weuner pigs 18s, 6d. j Williams and Kettle, Ltd.: 128 2j-year steers £l9 125., 47 3-year steers £l2, 29 at £l3 ss; 15 bullocks £l2 ss, 4 steers £2 10s, i 2 cows £6 15e, 1 at £7: 3 steers £7, 9 at £7; 12 15-montha steers and heifers £4 14s, 7 steers £5 12s, 11 at £6. I New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.: 1 fat cow and calf £ll 12s 6d. 1 fat heifer £ll 15s, 2 fat steers £l4; 3 cows and calves £3 9s. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. 1 bull £l5 15s, 1 at £l3 10s. 2 cows £8 2s id, 2 at £5, 124 m.B. lambs 9s 4d, 19t 2-tooth wethers 245. 20 ewes 9a. 77 m.s. liunbs 8s 3d. 146 ewes 7s 7<i. De Pelichht. McLeod and Co.. Ltd.: 23 fat and forward bullocks £t6 life. 13 at £l3 Ids; 5 empty cows £S 18s id. 26 m.s. yearlings £3 17s 64. 1 heifer £5. 31 fat ewes 24s 3d. 42 pt £9a, 41 fat wethers 235, 493 5-fear ewe: 21s 9d, f 56 maiden 4-tooth ewes and wethers 25s 3d. 555 2-tocth ewes and wethers 18s. 428 m.s. lambs 12s. 211 2 to 4-year ewes Ids 9<l. 172 mixed aged ewes 9s 3d, 152 4-tooth to f.f.m. ewes 16s 3d; 150 aged ewes 12a Id. 95 m.s. lambs Ila 3d. 54 mixed aged ewes 12a 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report having held a clearing Sale of horses, imnlemerts, etc.. on behalf of Mr. F. B. Luctde. at the close of the stock sale at Waipukurau yesterday. Horses ranged in price from £34 to £ll. and implements and sundries sold well Dogs, which were a feature of the sale, were sold as follows:—2 at £l4, 1 at £l2, 1 at £B, 1 at £7. « CLIVE I Mr. J. A. Miller reports haying held his fortnightly Clive stock sale in the Orwell saleyards yesterday, when skies resulted as follow:—22 f.f. ewes 21s. 82 limbs 3s 2d. 10 fat ewes 22s 6d, 3 ewes 19s 9d, 2 lambs 20s. 9 steers £5. 3 at £4 15s; 2 yearling steers £1 3s id. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having held a very successful clearing sale of dairy stock, on account of Mr. W. J. McKeown, on the farm. Clive Grange. Competition was keen throughput. The dairy' herd, comprising 53 cows, including 13 djy cows coming into profit next season, averaged well over £l4. which, considering .the lateness in 'the milking mason; is a record. Several cows realised over £2O, top prices being £25 10s. £24 10s, and £23 10s. Thirty 15 tp 18-months heifers realised £8 2s. Pigs brought high prices, baconers realising £ll *iflht porkers £Z 15s. sows in farrow £lO, sow and litter £l5 2s 6d, and one boar £6. and sundries found a ready market at satisfactory prices. FRUIT AND P&ODVCE. WELLINGTiIN MARKETS. (Special to “ Tribune. ”1 Wellington. February 3. ■ Messrs. Laery and Co.. Ltd., report on the Wellington market:—Owing to the shortage of sugar prices have fallen considerably Consumers complain that they are unable to obtain sugar for making jam and preserving purposes. This is having a serious elect on prices at the a-ction sales. The following are the rates ruling at auction to-day—Apples, choice Red Astrachan 6s to 7a. firsts 4s fo ss. Gravensteins (choice) 8s to 9s, medium 5s ♦o 5s 6d. .Alfredstofis 5s 6d to 65.. Munroes 5s 6d. cooking 4s 6d to 5s per case: tomatoes. choice round red 13e to 15s 6d. red coloured IDs .to Us 6d, coloured 3s to 9s; apricots, choice firm 6s 6d Io 7s 6d. medium 4s to 6s: peaches, Hales 7s 6d to 8s fid, Wiggins 5s 6d to 6s fid. Mountain Rose fig to 7s. Foster 5s to 6s. Parmen 6s 6d to 7s 6d; plums. Diamond 2s fid to 3s. October Purnle 2s 9<l to 39 fid. Victoria 3s to 4s. Ogans 2s to 2s 6<l. I-urbanks, choice-large 3s 6d to 4s 6d, medium 2s fid to 3s. Satsumas 3s fid to 4s fid: Greengages 7s to 8s fid: yellow. "•ages "s lo 2s fid; nectarines, extra choice. 1 6s to 7s 3d. choice 4s to ss. all per halfcase : pears. Williams 4s 6d to 6s 6d. Duchess 4s to 4s 6<l. Jergonellea 3s 6d to 4s per case: raspberries °n to 10s per bucket; freeh egg® Is fid ..to 2s 7d. per dozen.

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