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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16833, 25 April 1918, Page 5

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AUCKLAND TRAMWAYS. AN INTERIM DIVIDEND. Til ( A !! Ckand a6clric ™«" Company, wmited. has revived cable advico from its bead office in London that an interim dividend of fid per sharo on the ordinary share*, Sroi c n °^P arcd . wi,h 7d lQpt y c « r . !»*« been declared. subiect to a deduction at the rale -ru 5 * «in the £ for English income „tj Ah * .°4> na 7 sh ? ro capital is £150,000. •m in h \ dlvldond ., will be payable on lbs on 'Ma, Bl lo et , a th ° Now 4cal resistor on May 10 nett. SHARP RISE IN TIN. ' Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, April 23. ton" " D ° XCit d mark<rt ' tin reached £313 per

STOCK SALES. AUCKLAND. Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons. Ltd.. report:— .There was a small entry of dairy and ttoro stock at Wcstfield on Thursday. April 18. I and prices were much tho same as those ruling lately. Best dairy cows and heifers made from £13 10s to £15 15s. others. £' to £12. aged mid inferior, £2 10s to io s*. empty cows. £5 to £9 ss: calvos. £1 lis to £3 3»- small and weedy. fig to lis. M " v held * clearinn salo on account of Mr. ft. P. Neilson at Manurewu on Tuesday, April 23. There was a fair at.emlauce and satisfactory prices wero obtained. Cows made from £9 to £15. a few used cows. £2 10« to £7. Yesterday at our Westficld weekly (at stock market we sold fat cattle Io the number of 293 head, comprisini: 101 stivrs. Ho cows and heifers, and 6 bulls. ComPetition was steady throughout, with values unchanged. Choico ox sold to £2 lis prime ox. £2 7a to £2 9s; rouch and plain beef, tl to £i ss; cows and heifers. £2 to £1 7s; steers ranged in prico from £10 10s to £22, • the latter price for a Holstcin steer, tho Property of Miss Sarah Muir. Mangere. Cows and heifers. £8 10s to £18 15s. tin* nguro for a very choice Shorthorn heifer I Iroui Mr. Jos. Gee: The highest a"ertge» {or steers were: 14 from Mr. Bon Held, jJJ aerenca. £19 lis 3d. truck from Mr W. p. Park. To Awamtitu. £18 8s 9d: 13 from Mr. John Muir, sea.. Mangere, £17 13s Ud. 6 from Misses Sarah and Olive Muir. Mangers. £10 13, 9d; B rom Mr. C. J. Storey. Woodstock, Te Awamulu. £17 13s 7d. two trucks from Kaipara. £17 I4t 8d: 17 from Mr. A L. Hunt. To Kuiti. £10 15s 2d. 17 from Mr. Jns. McNicol. To Aroha. £16 14s t>d; 9 from Mr. C. F. Storev. Kio Kio, £16 10s; 9 from Mr. A. L. Hull. Waiukn. £15 tv M; 9 cows and heifers from Messrs. hinton Bros.. Hobsonville. £13 12a fid: 10 heifers from Mr. Thomas BischofJ. lauhoa, £12 IDs; 9 cows from Mr. Wni. Taylor. To Awamutu. £12 2s 2d I tat and young calves came forward in average numbers, and sold freely at prices Slightly under last week's extreme, value*. Kunners nude from £5 12s to £8 17s 6d for an 18-month steer; heavy vcalera, £1 15s to £5 10b; medium £8 5s to £4 10s ; light, *1 15s to £3; small and fresh dropped, 2s to £1 10b 170 sold). We had an average marvel of pigs and prices improved a little. Choppers and heavy baeoners mado from £4 10s to £5 Ss; others. £3 15s to £1 ss, large porkers. £8 to £3 fOs; medium. 11 5s to A3 16s; small, £1 10s to £2 2s; slips, 16s to ciJ S; weane »i 6» 6d to Ms (206 soldi, bheep were again penned in full numbers, and as has been the case lately a big proportion were unfinished. Prima mutton is very arm. Heavy prillla we'.hon made om ii.i, t0 * 2 ? ™ (no ««« heavy prime wethers penned); medium to heavy prime wethers, £1 14s 6d to £1 16s 6d; 'Tight arid unfinished wether*, £1 99 to £1 Ids; small unfinished wethers. £1 3s "1 if. J 3 i. hoav> ; mo ow « 3 . Ji irlM. X 1 . wod P rime PWesto iiVy° & 13s; ? ,hcr '*' WW- £1 58 ISrfJ 9 . 6d; l ? OKDS ,rom Mr. Wm. Main. avera,i m { s ° ld Llimbs Came forward in £585? n # mb *]? Rnd Bold wo » with the exhStT « ' m , all ' sto "B. and heso wero negWted. Best lambs. £ 5 , 5 to £1 »■ Cd nothdsto° X £M pen ? ed i, l»jr«l«r lambs." £1 2s 4 lVStld). l4B, ° 185;em ' 11

a2cj N <£ aDd Loa . n flnd Mercantile a« ftr *^",i jtd - reports: — At Westfield store sales on Thursday we P»« with late sales. Best dairy cows and M% m V £17, others £7 to* £11? bulls. «, «0. »nd £14; store cows, £6 io B to sL)i!i. 7' a ?o Ctt k'' £1 158 t<> « 17s. i«uci *j , 18 ra(mth steers, £5 10a to £7 r\i> -j ■ helfe . r ?; 15s to £6 17s 6d. On Friday at Albert Yards horses sold at late Quotations Heavy draughts, £20 to £35; medium draughts, £15 10s to £26; "S" 1 harness horns and hacks, £8 to £14 68: ,* *> 10 ? upwards; harness, etc., at satisfactory prices. At Wamku on Saturday we hold our monthly sale, and report a satisfactory clearance Dairy cows and heifers, £8 to £13; bulls, £7 to £14; store cows, £5 to cj .V, y fF lmß steers to 18 months. £5 7s M to £7 10»; weaner cdves, £1 10s to £4 2s. Porkers, £2 4s; weantrs, 6s to 15s; slips, 16s to £1 10s. On Saturday at Takapuna wo held a clearing sale of Mr. B. Kissin's dairy herd, inere was a largo attendance of local and town buyers, the bidding being keen. The cows, all August and September calvers, made up to. £11 6&; calves, £2 6s; mare, £i 5; store pigs, £1 to £1 6s; fowls, 2s 3d. Sundries at ruling pr..es At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in nveraso numbers, Prices showed no improvement, quotations remaining about the same. Choice ox sold to £ ?J,7 8 per 1001b, others *3 8 « to £2 10s per 1001b Cow and heifer beef sold at from £ to £2 8s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £12 to £2(Tlss. Cows and heifers so.J at Irora £6 to £15 10s. Soma of the averages were.-—l 6 steers from Mr. Robert Clark, 1 atumahoe, £18 2s ; 8 steers from Mr. B. Whlnrall, Cambridge, £13 8s 9d; 8 steers from Mr. B. Rcid, Waorcnga. £17 2a 6d; 8 steers from Mr. P. Hunt. Karamu £17 8 steers from Mr. F. Bregmen, Waiuku, £16 6s 3d; ? email steers from Mr. Jno. McDonald, Onewhero. £11 17s 6d; 6 small steers from Mr. J. H. Colwill, Henderson. £16 1 6 snail heifers from Mr. J. H. Colwill, Henderson, £10 10a- 6 cows from Mangers, £12. Calves were penned m , larger numbers than the previous week, prices consequently being slightly easier. ' Runners. £5 to £8 17s 6d; heavy vealcrs, £3 12s to £4 10s; medium vealers, £2 9s to £8 j V light veal «' £1 6s to £-' 7b; small and fresh dropped, 6s to £17s. oheep wer© yarded in average numbers, selling at late rates. No heavy-weight wethers or ewes were yarded. Best wethers £1 14s to £1 17s 9d. , i. bo l s & 8 1 to £1 13 » M, inferior £1 2s to £1 7a 9d; best ewes £1 10s to £1 15a 3d, others £1 4s 6d to £1 9s 9d, inferior lis to v Lambs were penned in iargo numbers, selling at high prices. Best, £1 9s to £1 17s for a pert fatted by Mr. F. Mullins, Ardmore; medium £1 2s to £1 8s 9d, others 15s to £1 la 9d; inferior, 8s to lis 6d. 32 lambs from Mr. F. Mullins averaged £1 lis Bd. Pigs were yarded in average numbers, selling at late rates. Choppers nnd heavy baooncrs, £4 7s 6d to £5 7s 6d; smaller baconcrs, £3 10s to £4 6b; largo porkors, £3 Is to £3 10s, medium £2 8s to £3, small £1 Us to £2 7s; slips, 16s to £1 7b, wcaners and suckers 10s to 15s.

The following report is supplied by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, Hamilton, giving the range of prices for the week ended April 20: — Fat hows, prime £12 lea to Mi, medium £10 15s to £11 10s; fat heifers, £11 to £11 os; bullocks, fresh-conditioned, 3j to four-year £13 10s to £14, three-year £12 10s to £13; bullocks, store, 3j to four-year £12 to £12 10s; steers, 24-year £11 6s to £11 10a, twoyear (good colours) £10 10s to £10 15s, twoyear (ordinary) £9 5s to £9 10s, 18-months (good colours) £8 5a to £8 10s, 18 months (ordinary) £6 10s to £7 10s; empty cows, fresh-conditioned £8 to £8 16s, ordinary £7 5? to £7 10s, old and poor £6 to £6 ss; 18-months heifers, good colours and well bred £6 to £7, ordinary £5 10* to £5 15b; steer calves (good) £4 6n to £4 16s. h,*:frr calves (good) £3 Bs to £3 10s. mixed calves £), 16s to £3; three-year heifers in calf, close to profit £9 10s to £10 10s, backward £$ 10 3 to £8 15s; fat wethers, heavy-weights 34a to 35s 6d, medium 31c to !I2s 6d; fat owes, betvy-wcighta 29s to 31a. medium 27s to 28s: empty ewc», fresh-conditioned 21s to 235; ewes in lamb, wall wool led, (our and fixtooth 26s to 28s, f.f.m 20s to 22s 6d, soundmouthed and poor 123 6d to 15s; lambs, be'. woolly 15s to IBs. small woolly 10s 6d to lis, best shorn 12s to 14s 6d, small shorn 8a to 9s; wethers, good two-tooth 28* to 303, small two-tooth 23s to .'os, good four-tooth 31s to 32s 6d, small four-tooM 80s: owes, 'r<-sh fullmouthed 16s to 10s, ' ill-mouthed 13s to 14s, old and poor 8s to 1 >>.

ADDINGTON. [BI TELEGRAPH — PJIKSS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday. At the Adding tun market the yardings of stock, except tat cattle, were somewhat smaller than the week bofore. There was , practically no change in the store sheep market, the quality generally being inferior. Prime fat lambs maintained their vuluo, but medium and inferior sorts were a little easier. Fat sheep met wj.h :;ood ?ale an through, with practically no change in prices. I Fat cattle met with better demand, the quality showing an improvement. Freezing buyers were operating on the ba* ■> 01 i. uu for steer and 38a 6d for cow beef per 100! b. There was a limited demand for More cattle, the quality being poor. Good dairy cotvs sold well, as did fat pigs. Unfinished pigs and 6tores were slow of sale. Store Sheep: Two-tooth ewes brought 22s Id to 33s 6d; four and sis-tooth twea to 32s 6dj four, six. and eight-tooth ewes, 19s to 31s 9d: sound mouth ewes, 18s to 245; two and four-tooth wethers, 21a to 97s 8d; four and six-tooth wethers, 29s 9d:ewe lambs. 21b 7d ; wether lambs. 13s to Ms 4d; mixed sex lambs, lOs 4d to 235; shorn lambs. West Coast. 18s to 21a 7d. Fat Lambs: Extra prime sold at up to 35s IPd: prime, 27s Cd to 32s 2d medm-n, °3s 6d to 275. lighter, 20s to 2:!.-,; tlirrn. West Coast, 20s Gd to 2"s Gc. Fat Sheep: Extra prime wethers realised up to 46s 6d; prime wethers, 80s Gd to lis; lighter wethers, 29s Id to 38s; Merino wethers, 21a 6d to 26s 10d: extra prime ewes, 80s 3d ■ crime ewes, 34s to 37s Gd; medium awes 29a ed to 33a 6d: lighter ewes, 23s to 129 a. '

Fat Cattle: Extra prime steers were sold up to £20 16s; prune steers, £16 to £18 15s i ordinary steers, £11 to £14 10s; prime heifers, £14 to £18 Isaj ordinary heifers, £9 2s 6d to £13 10s; prime cows, up to £10; ordinary cows, £7 10s to £11 6s. , Store Cattle: For 18-roontha £5 12s was paid; dry cows, £3 to £8. ' Pigs: Choppers realised £4 to £8 10»: bacoDors, .CI to £0 6s, equal to 7Jd to 8d a lb; porkers, £2 7a 6d to £3 10s, equal to Bid to 9d a lb; large stores. £2 8s to £212 i, medium. 38s to 40a, smaller 18a to 20a; woaners. lis to 12s. BURNSIDE. [BY TELr.cn.vru.—press association - DDNEDIN, Wednesday. At Burnside to-day 202 fat cattle were penned, including ft good number of prime quality. Competition was not very Keen, and a drop in prices was recorded. Best bullocks brought £17 to £19, extra £24, modium £11 10s to £16: best heifers realised £13 to £15, medium £11 to £12, others £10 upwards. Sheep: A total of 3181 was penned. Competition was keen for prime quality, which was firm at late rates. Medium and inferior were in less demand, prices dropping about 1?. Best wethers nld from 41a to 455, extra 48, i 6d; medium to good 33s to 365, best ewes 3.s to 41s. extra 455; medium to good 30s to 335. others 25s upwards. Lambs The number penned was 1180. Competition was keen and values were firm at late rates. Pic ; There was a medium yarding. Fats were cleared at prices about 10s below hist week s rates. Thoro was a small yarding of stoves but prices were lower than of late, probably owing to a large extent to tho high price of feed.

i HORSE SALES. Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons report: I -At the Haymarket on Friday last we had ,an average yarding of horses. Tho demand 1 was " cl so keen as ,ho previous week. . -Medium draughts brought from £21 to £25; J plough horses, £11 to £22; lieht-hornocs orl i"' • 6 ,„ 10s to £14 10s, m 'W horses and hacks. £10 6s to £18; gig ponies. £3 10s to i il ' ; w ; ,(, a«. need, »nd worn sorts, all prices. I Un Monday we hod a special horse sale at Fapakura There was a small yarding. I l « S0 sold roansed late quotations. A I Un Wednesday, at the Haymarket. we. held 0 solo 0/ Messrs. Pullan and AnnftSeo'a surplus stock. There was a large attend- , ance of buyers, and a good sale resulted. 1 me cab nd buggy horses realised from £11 to £17, gig ponies, £6 to £12. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report having held their weekly ealo of hides, tallow, etc . en Tuesday, when average quantities were offered and prices practically unaltered since last week's report. Quotations ar-> as follows: — . Hides. Ox, light 9d to 9 * lb, medium 9Jd to 101 d, stout l()|d to Hid; cow. light 81d to B}d, heavy B<d to B{d ; second grade and fanners lots, ! d to , 8<1 : yearlings and kip, Bid to 91.1. calf, light 12d to 12jd, medium Hid to lad; damaged hides and calf skins at prices from Id to 6|d, wit'u little or no competition for same. Tallow. Market easier. Best, in casks, 85s to 37s per cwt, fair grades, 80s to 34s- in tins, 30a to 33a per cwi. Bones: £7 to £7 10s per ton. for best dry. Horsehair: Host tail. Is 6d to la 6|d; short and mixed. Is 2d to Is Id; mono, 8d to 9d