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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 29 May 1915, Page 2

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: JOHXSONVILLE. Abraham and William^ Ltd., report: At Johnsoßville'a fair entry of cattle and sheep Game forward, arid sold at late raies. PrimeS bullocks made £11 !7s 6d, prim* light bullocks £12 2s 6d to £12 17s' 6d y fight cows £5 6s to £5 16s, prime heavy wethers 27» 9d, prime wethers 26s Bd. lighter 24b 7d, extra prime heavy ewes 27s 9d, prime heavy ewes 268. prime .ewes'24s-10d, piain ewes 18s to 20s/prime woolly laiq,bs 18s Id to 18s sd, lighter 15s 6d to 16s 3d. ADDINGTON. At Addingtori fat cattle, except prime heavy steers, were easier. There was an | improvement in fat lamba and f at snefip and there wa? a fair demand for store sheep, of which there was a better class offering. , Fat Lambs: Prime lambs 16s to 20s lOd, others 10s €d to 15s 6d. Fat Sheeip: Prime wethers 20s to 24s 4d, others 15s 5d to 19s 6d, merino wethers. 12s 6d to 15s, extra prime ewes to 25s 6d, prime ewes 16s 6d to 20s, medium ewes 32s 6d to 16s, inferior • ewes 10s to 13s. Fat Cattle: Steers extra up to £20 15s, prime steers £7 15s to £10, heifers £5 5s to £10 17s 6d, cows £4 7s 6d to £10. Beef prices were 235.t0 37s 6d per 1001b. extra prime to 40s per 1001b. Pigs: Choppers and baconers equal +o s£d to s^d per lb, porkers equal to 53d to s|d per lb. WESTFIELD. At Ifasstfield choice prime cattle advanced ' lUs -Tier. head. Choice ox brought 4o £2; Is,; prime to £1 19s, ordiqairy to £1 *15sj and cows and heifers to £1 4s per 1001b. Steers brought to £16 17s 6d, cows and heifers to £14 ss, and. fat young calves sold at last week's figures. Heavy suckers brought £3 14s, medium to £2 12s, lighter to £1 15s. Extra heavy prime wethers brought to £1 lie 9d, heavy vtq : £1 8s od; extra heayy prime ewes brought to £1* 6s 6d, good ta £1 2s; Pigs.—Prices were easier. Baconers brought to £3 lls, heavy workers to £2 135., medium to £2. MEAT. Gilbert Anderson and Co., reporting from London 30th March, state that:— "The slowness of the discharge of steamers continues, and the demand for lambs«is so good that it is difficult to obtain a representative line of New Zealand lambs actually in store, and prices hare reached as high as Bjd to the retailer. Mutton has been neglected recently, and the tendency is somewhat weaker. Moreover, the stocks of Australian sheep are con-, sidered heavy. There is practically no Canterbury mutton, or, lamb available, but: wfry high prices are anticipated for the first lambs on the.market." " DAIRY PRODUCE. The- sudden fall of values of butter for Australia to 16£d and 16|d per pound f.o.b. Wellington has led to the partial suspension of "future" business in that quarter (says the Post). Fairly Heavy shipments of Californian butter at 153" to 15£d c.i.f.e. have left their mark; upofc the market. American butter is, it is understood, also finding its way into this country on the same terms- as that for Australia. London valiies are well maintained at 144s per cwt. for salted, and 145s for unsalted, with a firm cheese market at 94&> tb 96s per cwt. Within* seven to ten days at the end ! of March there had 1 arrived in London some 200,000 boxes of Australian and New Zealand butter, which the market at once ab- • eorßed. The glut was caused by the great- delay in discharging the ships. Exports from the Commonwealth show a great shortage, and the comparison discloses that this season the quantity despatched to the United Kingdom was about 5484$ tens less than that consigned1 in the corresponding portion of . last preceding season. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, May 27. Oats r Tasmanian 5s 6d, New Zealand A Gartens 5s od to 5s 6d; barley, Capa-feeding 5s 9d 3 English 6s; maize, 5s 7dl to 5s 9d; potatoes, Tasmanian £6; 10s to £8,. New Zealand Up-to-dates £7 10s; onions, Victorian £8, New Zealand globes £5 to £5 10s; cheese. 9£d to 10d: bacon, Bid to 9d. ADELAIDE, May 27. Wlreat, 8s 4d to 8s sd; flour, £17 15>;-. Iran, 2s to 2s (tyd; pollard, 2s 6d ;. oats, 5s 9d. MELBOURNE, May 28. Wheat, nbminal, 8s l£d; flourj £17; qatsj, nominal, 5s l^A; maize, 5s s^d; branv £10 ss; pollard, £11 15s; potatoes,. £5 to £5 10s; onions, £6 to £6 I^ss;.