COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 30, 29 July 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. 'London, July 27. Share Quotations. —Talisman, 47s Gd to 52s Gd. Silver, 23 15-N3d. WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association. London, July 27. At the wool sales slipes declined 5 to 7% per cent. Wellington, Friday. The Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated London, July 27: ' The wool sales have closed with good demand from Home and Continental! buyers' for all grades of greasy wool, and prospects axe favorable, although a considerable quantity ws not offered. Twenty-nine thousand bales of New Zea- | land wool were held over. The estimated . values were: Superior merino, Is to Is ' 2d; medium merinos, lOd to ll'/l-d; in-: fprior merinos, 8d to Od; fine erasshreds, ', ll>/ 2 d to Is 2d: medium erossbreds, SKI to lid 1 ; coarse crossbreds, 8d to lOd." I NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. , At Palmer Road on Thursday, July 20, I held a clearing sale on account of Mr.j J. Preece, when the cows, which were a good lot and forward, realised satisfac-| tory prices. Early calvers made £7 to £l2 15s, later £4 10s to £6 15s, empty, £3 17s (id to £5 15s, springing heifers' £6 10s, bull 355, sows £2 15s to £5 ss, ' stores 10s to 20s, heavy gelding £34 10s, ■ milk-cart horses £lO 15s to £l4, waggon £35, drays £8 to £lO, mower £6 ss, rake £5 15s, roller £-5 15s, disc £5 15s, plough £4 ss, jack £2 2s Gd. I At a clearing sale on Friday, 2lst, at my Stony River yard, on account of the estate of Rangi Hemata, there was a good attendance. The cows offered were. on the whole a good lot, but there were several very old and with faulty quarters amongst them. All good cows sold well. The horses were a good lot and met with keen competition. Early calv- j ers £5 15s to £9 lOs'late and poor-1 conditioned £2 15s to £5, working bul- ■ locks £l2 per pair, light' draught horses £l9 10s to £26 10s. hacks £7 to £!),| .dray £lO ss, d.f, plough £l7 10s. s.f. ' plough £4 ss, mower £lO ss, rake £4, 15s, bullock dray £5 10s. On the same day at a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. Hagenbuck, on Stanle•• road, there was a fair attendance. The cattle sold well and sundries realised usual prices. Early calvers £0 10s to £9, empty £3 7s to £4 17s Gd. springing heifers £4 10s to £6 10s. weaner heitVvo 32s Gd, hull £3 2s Gd, dr.iv £ls. harness £7. At Uremii on Monday. 24th. there was | a good yarding, with'a good attendance of buyers. MixedjWcaiiers 3G» Gd. weaner heifers 32sBd to 36s 6d, yearling to

18-months .tcrsev heifers £-2 14s (id to £2 19s Od, 2 to'2y 2 -year heifers £2 IDs 6d to £3 Wte fid, springing heifers £4 to £G 10s, ingulf heifers £3 to £3 ISa, store eows £2 to £3 3s. forward £3 lis to £4, fat eows £5 19s. springing cows £4 to £(is Gs, bulls £3; mixed ewes 9s lid. lambs 8s sd. On the same day I held a sale on account of Mr. D. Murphy on the Lower Palmer road, when there was a fair attendance, and the cows sold at full i market rates. Early calvers £6 103,t0] £ll 15s, later £4 10s to £5 15s, empty] cows £2 His to £4, heifers £5 15s to | £6 ss, draught mare £3O, draught filly. £2l 10s. 3-year (illy £l4, trap horse £lO ss, Shetland pony £7, waggon £3B, dray £O. gig £6 15s. Sundries sold at usual rates. | On Tuesday, 25th, at my usual fortnightly cattle sale at Stratford, there was a big yarding, but bidding dragged for all classes, good strong yearlings being the exception, and this class sold readily. Mixed 6d to £2, yearling heifers £2 Gs, yearling steers £2 4s fid, 2-year do. £2 15s to £3 15s, 2-year heifers £3 5s to £3 18s, springing heifers £.5 7s (id, store cows £2 as to £2 18s, forward cows £3 Gs to £4. springing cows £4 15s to £9. bulls £2 Gs to £5.

On the samo <lay I held a clearing sale on account of Messrs Bregnan Bros., on Robson road, wjien early calvers made £0 10s to .€lO l«ss, later £4 to £6, heifers £2 14s to £5 12s 6d, yearling heifers £2 7s <kl! yearliiif; steers £2 6s 6d, gig £5 10s, dray £l4 13s. gig ponv £lO, trap mare £l7 )os, sow £4 10s, porkers 28s. On the same day [ sold Mr. W. Newman's herd at my Stratford yards, but the cows were in low condition and mostly late calvers. Bidding was consequently dull and prices on the low side. Early calvers made £G 10s to £O, later £4 to £(i, very late and empty £2 15s to £3 10s. heifers £4 to £li 10s. bull £,' l ss. On account of other vendors cows made £4 Los to £S as, heifers £5 to £8 ss.

At Stony River on Wednesday. 26th, there was a small yarding, hut the bidding Was good, especially for young cattle, which all sold at satisfactory prices. Other lines were not so saleable, but most lines were cither quitted at the hammer or privately. Mixed weaners 24s to Ms Od, yearling steers 31s Gd to £2 Gs Gd, yearling heifers £2 5s to £2 JOs, 2 to 2'/ 2 -year heifers £3 4s 6d to £3 10s Gd. 2y 3 -year steers £3 10s, springing heifers £4 to £5 ss, springing cows £8 15s. °

MAATIIEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT.

Matthews and Bennett report that there was a good entry 0 f cattle in their Ingle wood yards on Wednesday last, and most lots changed hands at the following prices:—Calves 32s Bd to 375, yearlings £2 to £2 Os fid, empty heifers £3 7s Cd to £3 9s Gd, springers £5 to £7 Bs. At Mr. Hughes' sale there was a fair attendance of buyers, and everything sold well. The cows made from £3 to £l2 7s 6d, springing heifers £4 2s fid to £4 15s, weaners 33s Cd to £2 lis.

SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At Addington live stock market there were very small entries of stock owing to the wet weather and the interruption of railway traffic on the northern line. In consequence of the short supplies of fat stock there was a sharp rise in prices. Store ewes and hoggets were in good demand. Fat lambs and sheep advanced several shillings per head, and there was little change in fat cattle, excep'that cows sold rather better. Pigs met with an irregular sale. Store sheep—An' extra good line of six-tooth ewes made 17s Id, medium six and eight-tooth ewes 12s lid. soundmouth halflfreds lis 2d. aged and .toothless 4s to Os Bd, best hoggets Ms Gd to 12s Id. average lines JOs 3d to 10s fid, fair wether hoggets 133,3(1, medium lfls 10d to lis fld, small and.inferior i)s Id, faiv-comlitoned wethers 12s lid to 13s 3d, small, low-conditioned halfbreds 10s 3d. The yarding of fat lambs was almost) entirely made up of one line, only a few more small lots being penned." There was a good demand and a considerable

rise in prices, which ranged from 13s 7A to 19s Id.

Fat sheep—Prime wethers 21s to 275, extra to 38s, others 15s 3d to 20s, prime ewes 18s to 255, extra to 335, medium 15s to 17s, wethers 12s Gd to 14s 9d.

Fat cattle—Prime beef made 27» Gd to 325, extra to 355, medium 25s to 275, and cow and inferior 23s Od to 24s Od per 1001b. A small yarding of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 555.

Store cattle—Fifteen to eighteenmonths sorts made £2 15s, 3-year steers £5 12s Bd, dry cows 16s to £3 ss. There were only three pens of dairy cows offered, and there was a keen demand for all useful sorts, prices ranging from £3 10a to £9 10s, the general run making £7 10s to £9. Pigs—Choppers made 50s to 80s, heavy baconcrs 50s to 00s, lighter 40s to 47s <id (equal to 4'/ 4 d to 4 1 / ad per lb); large porkers 32s fld to 38s Gd, lighter 25s to 30s (equal to 4</ 2 d to 4%d per lb). Stores made fro:n 12s to IG, wenners fts to lis 6d. \ JOIIXSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: We offered a heavy yarding of cattle and sheep to a large attendance of buyers. The bullocks were of medium weight, but of good quality. The sheep were mo'tly of extra prime quality, and all pens found a ready sale.

Cattle—Best bullocks realised £9 10s to £9 los, lighter £9 to £9 ss, light £8 10s to £8 16s, prime vealcrs 37s to 425, small 235. ■".

Sheep—Extra prime wethers realisj#l 22s 3d, prime wethers 19s to 20s 4d, extra prime heavy ewes 23s 3d to 24b, heavy maiden ewes 21s 4d, extra.' pVinie ewes IBs 2d, prime ewes 16s 2d to lfis 3d, medium ewes 14s 4d to 14s lOd. MASTERTON. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their weekly sale at Masterton that there was practically a' total clearance of all stock yarded. A feature of the entry was the stud Border' Leicester flock offered on account of Mr. Geo. Seivers, of Clareville, which brought satisfactory prices, with the exception of the stud rams. Purebred Border Leicester rams realised 2gns to 2Vigns, do. ewe hoggets l 3 do. ram hoggets 2gns. Other quotations are: ! Two-tooth wethers to 12s 6d, woolly hoggets 8s Gd to 9s 2d, ewes in lamb 93 3d :to 10s lOd. Cattle—Store cows realised ■ £2 15s to £3 ss, 15-month steers 35s to 42s 6d.