TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22003, 9 January 1935, Page 5

TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA

DOMINION'S NEGOTIATIONS

FAILURE DEPLORED

[BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] WELLINGTON, Tuesday

"If seems almost incomprehensible to me, as a man in the street, that two British countries so closely related and next door to each other should not be able to make a trade arrangement to their mutual advantage," said .Mr. Edward E. Hirst, chairman and managing director of the British General Electric Company, Limited, in an interview, on his arrival the Monowai from Sydney on a business visit to New Zealand.

Mr. Hirst has been an annual visitor to New Zealand for the past 20 years, and he said that, although not knowing perhaps the inner secrets and whys and wherefores of the position, he did feel sorry that a trade arrangement between Australia, and New Zealand had not been negotiated. If such countries could not make a trade arrangement, how, he asked, could they expect to establish advantageous trading relationships with foreign countries? "I do hope, and, in fact, anticipate," he said, "that when the two Governments come together again (as I understand they fcre to do in the near future) a satisfactory trade agreement will be reached without further delay."

COUNTRY STOCK SALES HEAVY FRANKTON ENTRY RECORD NUMBER OF PIGS [BT TELEGRAPH —OW.\ CORRESPONDENT] HAMILTON, Tuesday There was a record yarding of about 2000 fat pigs at-the Frankton saleyards to-day. As accommodation in the pens was insufficient many of the animals had to wait for several • hours in the lorries by which they had arrived at the sale. At one stage over 30 lorries were lined up waiting to deliver stock. The reason for the very heavy yarding was the shortage of feed caused by the dry weather and the fact that no sale has been held at Frankton for three weeks. The auctioneers continued selling until five o'clock. In spite of the heavy eupply, baconers met with a splendid sale and values increased. A eteady demand f<y porkers was experienced, but prices declined. There was little demand for the medium yarding of stores.

The entry of both wether and ewe mutton was heavy. Fat wethers 6old on a quieter market than that ruling before Christmas, while fat ewes sold at prices equal to ruling rates. A heavy entry of fat lambs realised schedule values. Ox beef came forward in good numbers with a god proportion of well-finished cattle. The market showved a firming tendency. Cow and heifer beef wag yarded in exceptionally heavy numbers with only a Email proportion of good, quality cattle. These hardly maintained late rates. Second auality boner cow and bull beef experienced a sharp drop on late prices. A heavy yarding of vealers showed decline on late sales. The auctioneers' quotations are as follows

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited Hamilton.—Cattle: Fat bullocks sold at £7 19s to £8 8s; medium. £6 18s to £7 ss; light, £4 15s to £5 17s Cd; heavy fat cows. £3 15s to £4 10s; light. £2 15s to £3 10s; killable cows, £1 15s to £2 56; boners, 10s to £1; vealers, £1 5e to £1 15s. Sheep; Medium fat wethers, £1 2s 6d to £1 4s; plain, £1 0s 3d to £1 2s: good fat ewes, 15s *o 16s; medium quality. 12s 6d to 14b 6d; heavy lambs, 18s to- £1: others, 16s' to 17a Cd. Pigs: Bfst heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 14s; good, £3 5s to £3 9s; medium, £2 18s to £3 ss; light. £2 12s to £2 17s; heavy porkers, £2 4s to £2 9s: medium, £1 16s to £2 2s; light, £1 4s to £1 12s; others, £1 to £1 4s; best stores. £1 to £1 3s; others, 17s to 19s 6d; slips. 9s to 13s; weaners, 5s to 7s 6d. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime heavy_ fat wethers sold at 23s 9d to 24s 6d; medium, 22s 3d to 235; light, 20s to 21s 9d; heav.v fat ewes, 14s 6d to 15s 9d: medium, 13s Gd to 14s 3d; light, 12s to 13s; heavy woolly lambs, 21s 6d to 22s 3d: medium, 20s to 20s 9d; prime shorn lambs, 17s 6d to 19s; medium, 15s to 16s 6d. Cattle: Prime medium fat steers, £8 18s to £9 4s; light prime eteers, £7 15s to £8 lis; killable, £5 19e to £6 15s; heavy fat cows, £5 to £5 10s; medium, £3 15s to £4 ss; light. £2 ss-to £2 16a: killable cows, 30s to 355: boner cows, 10s to 18s; runners, £3 5s to £4; good vealers, 25s to 30s;' smaller, 5s to 10s, Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 lis to £3 14s; prime baconers, £3 6s to £3 10s; medium, £3 to £3 ss; light, £2 14s to £2 19s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 7s; medium. 36s to £2 Is; light, 30s to 355; choppers. 33s to £3; stores. 17s to 20s; slips, lis to 14s; weaners. 5s to 10s Cd. Dalgety and Company. Limited.—r at sheep: Best wethers, medium-weight, to 21s 3d; light, 21s to 22s Cd; heavy fat ewes, to 15s; medium. 13s Gd to 14s 3d: light and unfinished, lis to 12s 3d. Fat lambs: Best butchers', to 21s 6d; medium-weight, 18s 9d to 20s 9d; light. 16s 3d to 17s Cd. Fat cattle: Best quality fat cows, £4 to £4 12s 6d: Jersey fat cows. £2 5s to £3 7s 6d; inferior fat cows, 32s to 425: good heavy vealers 18s to 265: small vealers. 7s to 15s. Fat pigs: Best baconers. £3 13s for top weights: medium-weight. £2 lis to £3.55: light. 38s to £2 3s; best porkers. 34s to 375; small and light. 29s to 335; choppers, to 435. Store pigs: Good sows, in pig, 26s to 435: good store's, 20s to 255: light stores, 14s to 18s: good weaners, 7s to 10s Gd; small. 5s to CS G. \v. Yercoe and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat wethers sold at 23s 3d to 24s Gd: medium-weights, 22s 6d to 23s 6d: light and unfinished. 21s to 22s 3d; heavy fat ewes. 15s to 16s Gd; medium-weights. 13s to 14s 3d; light, 12s to 12s 9d: heavy fat hoggets, 22s to 235; medium-weight, 20s to 21s Gd- light, ISs to 19s Gd; heavy fat lambs. 21s to 22s 6d: lighter. 18s Gd to 20s; light. 15s to 17s 9d. Cattle: Mediumweight fat bullocks, £7 15s to £8 7s 6d; lighter, £7 to £7 12s Gd: light, £5 7s_to £6 15s: prime heavy fat cows. £5 to. £5 19s: heavy. £4 to £4 15s; medium-weights. £2 15s to £3 10s; light, £1 15s to £2 10s: heavy fat heifers. £4 15s to £5 10s; mediumweights, £3 5s to £4 2s Gd: light, £1 5s to £2 10s.'Heavy baconers, £3 8s to £3 13s: medium-weights, £2 16s to £3 ss; light, £2 12s to £2 15s; heavy porkers. £'i-2s to £2 8s; medium-weights. 35s to £2; light, 2t>s to 325; heavy choppers. £2 5s to £2 lis; others, £1 10s to £2; good stores, 18a to 2Gs; slips, 10s to lGs; good weaners. 7s to 9s; others, 3s to 6s.

LARGE YARDING OF PIGS Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, report nn extra largo yarding of pigs at Waiuku on Monday. There was still a good demand for prime bnconers and these sold very readily at high rates. Porkers and stores were not in such good request and lower values ruled. Choppers realised £1 to £2 ss; heavy bnconers, ±'3 9s to £3 13s: medium, £3 to £3 ss; light. £2 12s to £2 18s; heavy porkers. .£2 to £2 4s; medium, £1 IGs to £1 18s; light and unfinished. £1 Gs to £1 14s; stores, 18s to £1 2s; slips. 12s to 14s; good weantrs. 8s to 10s; small 5s to 7s; pedigree Tamworth boars. £3 3s. BACONERS KEENLY SOUGHT [from OUR OWN* CORRKSPOXnENT] TAUPIRI, Tuesday The New Zealand Loan and Mercantilo ■Agency Company, Limited, held its throeweekly pig sale at Taupiri yesterday, when there was heavy yarding of good quality fat pigs. There was a good showing of first quality porkers and a small entry of stores and weaners. Competition was keen on heavy baconers. Porkers were not so much in demand. Store and weaner pigs were on a par with recent quotations. Heavy baconers made £3 5s to £3 lis: medium, £2 18s to £3 4s; light, £2 12s to £2 lGs; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 ss: medium, ±1 15s to £1 3.85: light, 28s to 335; best stores. 17s Gd to 20s; others, 15s to His Cd; weaners. Cs to Bs.

STORE COWS FREELY OFFEREL, [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE. Tuesday Th© Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Cambridge stock sale on .Monday, when a heavy yarding of cattle, comprising mostly storo cows, came forward. A number ot medium Quality fat and forward cattle also came forward, but these were du*l of sale. Cattle: Fat cows and heifers made £2 10s to £3 58: killable cows. £1 15s to £2 ss; heavy boners. 25s to 30s: boners, 12b to £1 2s; bulls. £1 10s to £2 10s. Sheep: A small pen of early shorn fat wethers realised £2O lis. Pigs:. A luige entry of both fat and store pigs cn.me forward. Owing to the dry weather the latter were dull of sale and porkers also showed a decline on recent quotations. Medium porkers made 23s to 3-ls; light, 20s to 295: good stores, 15s to 19s 6d: slips. 10s to 14s Gd: weuners, 3s 6d to 8s fid; choppers. £2; sow, Berkshire, in pig, £2.