COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17457, 29 April 1920, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

ADDLNGTON.

STOCK SALES.

PRICES OF "METALS,,

FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Australian and K.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 9.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 2S. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current to-day, as compared with the cabled quotations on April 22 and the rates ruling on July 3, 1914: —

LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. At the wool gales Merinos and fine cro3sbreda were unchanged. Lower crossbreds were largely withdrawn. Fine stipes wero very firm. There were some withdrawals of lower slipes. New Zealand CMC realised 6id.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27 Copper: On spot. £105 Is 3d; forward, £107 12s 6d. Electrolytic: Bar, £112; ingots, £115. Best selected copper, £110 10s. Lead: On spot, £41 10s; forward, £42 15a. Specter: Jon spot. £49 ss; forward, £51. Tin: On spot, £347 17s 6d; forward, £347 2? 6d. Silver: 5b 5d per ounce standard. The decline in silver is due to Chinese and Indian selling.

AUCKLAND.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report:— On Thursday last, at Westfield. we had an average yarding of dairy cows, which sold under keen competition at high values. Best cows sold from £18 to £25 10a. sound young cows £15 to £17 15s, others £8 to £12 15s; dairy heifers, best £14 to £18 10s, others £8 10s to £15 10s; yearling to 18-months steers, £3 to £4 15s; calves. 15s to £1 17s 6d; empty cows, £5 to £7 ss.

At Waiuku on Friday we had an average yarding, and report a good sale. Steers, grown £12 10s to £14 7s 6d. three to 3j year £9 to £12, 2t to three year £6 123 8d to £3 17s 6d, yearling to two-year £3 15s to £6 ss; calves, £1 5s to £210 a; yearling to 18-months heifers, £2 17s 6d to £4 10s; empty cows and heifers, £5 to £7 10s; heiferß (been running with bull), £6 to £9 15s; best dairy cows and heifers £13 10s to £18 15s, others £7 10s to £13 6s; fat cows, £9 to £13 10s; fat steers, £14 to £16 15s. Pigs were penned in large numbers, and sold at late rates. Porkers. £2 5s to £3 ss: slips, £1 10s to £2 2s; weaners, 17b to £1 9s.

Wo had a full yarding at Whitford on Tuesday, and report practioally a total clearance. Dairy cows made from £13 to £17 10s for beat, others! £8 153 to £12 17s 6d; the advertised 18-months Jersey heifers, £13 to £19 15s (the lot averaged £15 15s); other heifers. £9 to £12; three-year steers, £8 12s 6d; empty cows, £4 10s to £5 6s; yearling to 18-months steers, £3 15s to £4 15s: yearling to 18-months heifers, £3 10s to £3 15s; calves, 19s to £2 13s for extra good; lambs, 17 (id to 19s; pigs, wean era Ms to £1 10s, slips £2 10s. At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers. Competition wae keen for all prime cattle, these being firmer-than last report. Plain, unfinished were* again dull of sale. Choice ox sold to £2 15s per 1001b, prime £2 lis to £2 14s, rough and ordinary £2 4s to £2 10s: cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 2s to £2 lis per 1001b; steers sold at from for best £18 10s to £25 for a pen of steers fatted by Mr. C. G. Robertson. Otaua. Waiuku; other steers. £13 to £17 15s: cows and haifors Bold at from £8 to £20 10s for a cow fatted by Mr. Jas. Douglas, Pukekohe, Some of the averages were: 7 steers from Mr. C. G Robertson, Waiuku, £24; steers from Mr. Jas. Douglas, Pukekohe, £22 2s fid; 2 cows from same client. £20 ss; 12 steers from Mr. A. E. Watkins, Takanini, £19 la 3d; 24 steers from Waikato. £18 17s 6d; ' 5 steers from Mr. P. Tobin. Pukekohe. £17 17s 6d: 16 small steers from Mr. J. B. Jor-! dan, jun., Kaukapakapa, £16 13s 4d; 2 smalt steers from Mr. H". Brown. Panmure. £16 ss; cows from same'client, £17; 8 small steers from Mr. C. H. Hope, Ohura, £15 10s 3d: 16 steers from Mr. Wm. Gollan. Panmure, £1? 2s 6d Calves came forward in short supply and improved "in value, especially for prime quality. Runners sold from £5 to £9 2s for the top of a line of quality runners, averaging £7 23; heavy vealers, £3 103 to £4 l°h 6d. medium £3 to £3 9s. hsht £1 5s to £2 193. fresh-dropped 10s 10 £1 4s. Sheep were penned in average rumbets. Competition wa« extra, keen, and we report a sharp rise of 4s to 6s per head, ell classes. No extra heavy prime wether?, cr ewes were penned. Heavy prime wet lers £1 19s 6d to £2 4s, medium £1 16s ec to £1 19s 3d, light £1 13s 9d to £1 16s 3d; unfinished wethers 17s to £1 13s 6d; heavy prime ewes £1 15s to £1 19s. medium £1 lis to £1 Its 9d, light £1 9s to £1 10s 9d, unfinished ewes £1 6s to £1 8s 9d. An average yarding of pigs were dull of sale, few buyers operating, all classes being easier in price on last week: Bat-oners to £5 ss, porkers, £3 to £4 ss. Lambs were penned in very small numbers and. as with sheep, prices were considerably better: Heavy prime lambs £1 13s to £1 17s, medium £1 10s to £1 12s 6d. light £1 6s to £1 9s 9d; email unfinished lambs. £1 2s to £1 5s 9d; 106 wethers from Mr. J. G. Wilson. Mrtitai. averaged £2 3s; 75 ewes from Mr. H. S. Strawbridge, Hairini. averaged £l'l7s; 82 ewes from Messrs. Deeble Bros., Cabbage Bay, averaged £1 17b 6d; 47 wethers from Mr. H. Hay, Panmure, averaged £2: 175 ewes from Mr John Orr, Waimatenui averaged £1 16s 3d; 122 ew.es from' Messrs. Orr-Cummins, Kaihu, £1 ,15s: 66 ewes from Mr. J. B. Jordan, jun., Kaukapakapa. averaged £1 16s 3d, 123 ewes from Messrs. MiLn Bros.. Waitomo Caves, averaged £1 17s 4d; 5 lambs from Mr. R. Willie. Papakura, averaged £1 17s; 21 lambs from Mr. H. Roberts. Pakuranga, £1 12s: 21 lambs from Mr. H. Haig. Ps-nmure, £1 lOs 3d.

Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:— There were full entries of both dairy and store cattle at Westfield on Thursday. Dairy stock continue to be in strong demand, best cows selling at from £18 to £24, second frade cows £12 to £16, others £5 5s to 10 10s; bet springing heifers, £14 to £20; others £10 to £13: small heifers, £5 to £8 10s; two to three year old steers, £6 to £8 10s; yearlings to eighteen month steers. £3 10s to £5 ss; 18-month to two-year-old dairy heifers, £5 10s to £9; empty cows, £4 to £8 10s; calves 15s to £2 Bs. The advertised ewes, on account of Mr. Geo. fieald, made £1 15s 9d: old ewes, 17s. In the Pukekohe Yards on Friday we sold dairy herds on account of Messrs. Stuart. Walters, and McNally. Buyers were in attendance and most satisfactory prices ruled. The best of the cows made from £21 to £29, others £13 to £18; aged cows, £7 to £12; heifers to calve in the spring, £8 10s. to £15 10s. We held our monthly sale at Pukekohe on Tuesday, April 27, and had heavy entries in ail classes, grown cattle being strongly represented, and prices for these were lower than at the previous month's sale. Dairy .cows i and heifers made from £8 10s to £20 os, according to quality; grown steers in forward condition, £13 15s to £15 2s 6d; less coni dition, same age steers, £12 to £13 10s; forward three to three-and-a-half-year-oid steers, I £10 10s to £11 15s; two and a-half to three-year-old .steers, £7 10s to £10; yearling to cigntecn-nionthi steers, £3 10s to £5 sseighteen months to two-and-a-half-year-Old in-calf heifers, £5 to £9 10s; empty cows and heifers, £3 10s, to £7 10s; good calve*, £2 2s to ftj 15s; smaller calve*, £1 5s to *1 15s; small anJ weedy calves, 123 to £1 as; fat cows and. heifers, £9 to £14 15s; fat steers, £12 10s to £17 53: heavy bulk, £9 to £15ether bulls, £3 to £8 10s. On Thursday we held a clearance sale of Mr. E.-G Mabey's. Maramarua Buyers were wi full attendance, and made a free sale at satisfactory prices. At our monthly Waitakaruru sale on Friday, we yarded fully our usual number, and a text cearance was effected at present values. . Yesterday, at our weekly Westfield fat stock market, beef came lorward 10 the number 01 -?- 3 hea<i. comprising 409 steers, 125 cows and heifers, and 4 bulls, and included many lines of choice and prime beef; choice quality heavy ox maintained iate values; light-weight and plain cattie were easier, as also was cow beef. Choice ox sold to £2 lis per lOOlb, prune £2 10s to £2 12s, ordinary ana Plain £2 6fl to £2 8s; rough beef £1 lbs iSnuT 'Si COWS auJ , heifers. r £2 to £2 7s per } »i. S >tee^ 8 ranged m price from £19 los s*id « *,<?* io * heavy cattle, lighter prime £16 to £19, pain and light £9-10 to £15cows and heilers. £12 to £15 5s for heavy prime cows, others £8 to £11 10s. The highest averages lor steers were: 14 from vi SfJ 661 !' Wacrenga. -£22 4s 2d; 8 from Mr. W. bright, Otaua £21 16s 3d; 17 from 7¥i £>" ~ fat ?o re ?' Woodstock T« Awamutu. ±Al l'« 2d; 16 from Kaiawaka, £21 7s 6da from Mrs. Scott. Mangere, £20 10s: 24 fram Mr. D. McCracken, Te Puke, £19 16s 8d: 17 lroni Mr Abe Hull, Waiuku, £19 9s 8d; la from Mr. Geo. Hull. Otaua, £16 19s 10d--8 from Mr. \V H. Piercy, Hairini, £19 ss! Jo from „ Mr. Vv. T. Cox, Waitaka-ruru. £17 ■% o ; ? 6 rom Mr 3olxn Pellow. Onewhero. £i 7 8s 2d; 47 from Messrs. Perham, Lawn, and Co., Ltd., Rangataua. £16 193 6d 37 on account client. £16 10s; 91 from ths North £13 12s 2d: 7 cows from Mr. John Leonard" Wailuro,, £J« Is; 9 .rom Mr. Wm. Taylor, ureen Hill, Te Awamutu. £12 12s 6d; 20 from Mr. Harbutt, Cambridge, £12 3s sheep were penned in considerably less than average numbers, and in consequence values were decidedly firmer. Heavy prime wethers £1 19s 6d to £2 4s (no extra heavy wethers offered;, medium to heavy prime wethests i\ 17s 6d to £1 19s. light prime wethers £1 13s to £1 16s, unfinished wethers £1 10s to £1 lis; extra heavy prime ewes £1 16s to £1 IPs 9d. a small lot of extra special made £2 10s 6d. heavy fat ewes £1 13s to £1 15s 6d, lighter fat ewes £1 9s to £1 I2s, other ewes £1 9d to £1 Bs. (896 sold.) As in the case of mutton, lambs were yarded in small numbers, and sold at higher rates. Than 1 was nothing prion Denned. Ordinary fat 1 lambs £1 la 6d bo £1 60 9d» others 13s to.

f,L?i* - ** rt ' l yaun*-\«lvw were raided in amaUor cumbe M -tn*r. usual. Ute»l£»lS **& TaJu6S »«w»wd on last ««& torf ■ Banners maze from £8 to £7 10s, heavy vealers £4 10s to *s i-iZ medium £3. 3d to £4, light £210s to £3 i£ small fat calves £1 « to S If fr&h d*f£iS 10s to £1 18. (76 »I*l. Pigs a average numbers, but buyers were not fully represented. Competition was dull, and values were easier, store pigs being neziect«i £7°sf £ £ •£** *t liti*? / 8 1 5,- heav ? baooners £6 2a 6d to */, light to medium baconers £5 to £5 is.. Heavy porkers £3 IDs to £4 Ss, medium Porkers £3 15s to £3 ss, light porkers £2to £2 lis; good weaners 12s to 19s, small and weedy 6s to 103. (232 Bold.) *i, r ! ale ! s '^ an Co., Ltd. report as follows on their tat stock sales at Westfie.ld — Beef: A largo yarding. Prime 02 beet waa J.rmer than last, week; beef cow was hardly is good. Unfinished sorts were hard to selT■ «xtra prime, £2 16s; prim©, £2 12s to £•"> 9s : others, £2 4s to 38s. Prime cow, £2 is to £2 35; ordinary. £2 to 85s. Sheep: A medium yarding; prices beitePrune wethers, £2 to 38s; good, 37s to 33 3 ' Prime ewes. tfSs to '335; others, 30s to ">ss Calves: Small yarding; good calves sold well, others were neglected. Banners £8 to *4; veaiers. £3 10 3 to £2 10s; fresh-dropped, Pigs: Good yarding-, bat bidding was not brisk. Baconers, £8 to £6 ICs; choppers £6 to £4 10s; porkers, £3 10a to £1 10sstores neglected. Lambs: Small yarding; not many coc-i lambs yarded; all classes met with a readv sale. Prime, 31s; good, 28s to 255; shorn 20s to 16s.

[BT XELEGSAFH.PBES3 AS6OCIATIO.V.] CHBISTCH U RCH. Wednesday. At the Addington market there was an average yarding of fat stock, and a reduced one of store sheep. Values were well main-tainr-d _in all classes of fat stock, particularly in sheep and cattle. .The store sheep yarding comprised a considerable consignment of Southern sheep which were in backward condition. The market opened sluggishly, and at a considerable decrease on tie preceding week's rates. Vendors were prepared to accept the market and there were few passings. The tone and values improved as the sale progressed, forward lambs, 19s to 21s lOd; ordinary lambs. 14a 9d to 18s 6d: cull lambs. 10s to 128 9d: good two-tooth ewes to 29s 9d: two, four. six. and eight tooth ewes, aSa to 28s 6d; inferior four, six, and eight tooth ewes, 193 to 23s 6d; four asicl five-year eves, 20s to 24s 6d; sound-mouthed ewes. 21s 6d to 28s; good four and six tooth wethers, 30s to 34sinferior four, six, and eight tooth wethers' 25s to 28s; good twe-tooth wethers to 295»; ordinary and inferior two-tooth wethers, 22a to 27s 6d. Fat Lambs.—27so yarded, of moderate quality. Considering the lack of weight the market was Rood, freezing buyers securing the bulk. Extra prime lambs to 34s 6d; prime lambs, 27s 6d to 335: medium lambs,' 25s to 27s 3d; light and unfinished, 22s 7d to 24s 9d. The fat sheep market opened somewhat weakly, but quickly strengthened, and & good sale resulted. Extra prime wethers. 45s 3d to 54s Id: prime wethers. 37s to 44s 9d: medium wethers, 31s to 375: lighter wethers, 26s 3d to 30s 9d: extra prime ewes, 35s 6d to 43s 9d; medium ewoa, 31s to 355; lighter ewes, 21s 3d to 303 6d. Fat Cattle.— prime steers, £24 5s to £26 10a; prime steers. £18 5s to £24; .medium steers. £14 5s to £17 ss; lighter steers £10 17s 6d to £13 10s; prime heifers, £12 10s to £15 2s 6d; ordinary heifers, £7 10s to £11 10a; prime cows, £13 6s to £19; ordinary cows. £9 to £12 ss. Store Cattle.— to 3-year bullocks, to £9 la; cows. £4 10s to £6 10s; 18-months' cattle, £3 10s to £5. Dairy Cattle.— and second calves. £10 10s to £14 10s: second and third calversi £10 10s to £19; cows calved and in milk. £9 to £13. . Fat Pigs.—Choppers. £6 10a to £10; extra heavy baoonera, £8 to £8 13b ; heavy baconers, £7 to £7 15s; others, £5 15s to £6 10s. The average price per lb was lOd to 10id. Heavy porkers, £4 lils to £5 7s; others, £3 15s to £4 6s. The average price per lb was lid to 11! d.

1914. April 26. April 22. July 3. Paris .. ». 65tr 45c 64.72 24.14! Stockholm .. lSkr Ofioro 17.88 18.24j Chnstiania . . 19kr 73ora 19.81 18.24} Calcutta '.. 28 31d 2a 3Jd Is 4d Montreal . . 4dol 26c 4.2S 4.87$ iScw York . . 3dol 85»o 3.91 4.874