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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 47, 13 July 1912, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. , London, July 11. Share Quotations. —Waihi, 33s 9d and 3fe 3d; Junction, 21s Od and 22s iki; Talisman, 40s (id and 42s Cd. Silver, 27 15-10 d per ounce. Competition at the wool sales was fully maintained, and prices were the highest of the series. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 11. Wheat, 4s Id to 4s l'/ 2 d. Flour.—City £lO, country £0 17« Oil. Bran and pollard. £5 10s. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s Od to 3s 9d, secdin? 4-s; New Zealand, whites 3s 5(1 to 3s Od, giants 9s Cd. Maize, 4s lid to ss. Barley.—Nominal. Potatoes. —Tasmanian £l2, Now Zealand £9 9fi to £lO. Onions.—Victorian £l4 5s to £l4 10s. Butter.—Selected 140s, prime 126s to 1345. Cheese, lOd to HHid. Bacon, 5 1 / 3 d to 6'/,d. Adelaide, Julv 11. Wheat, 4s Id to 4s 2d. Flour, £8 17s fid to £9 2s Od. Bran, Is 4d. Pollard, Is Sd. Oats, 3s 6d. Melbourne, July 11. Hides.—Average supplies; prices firm for all classes, but inclined in favor of the buyer. Wheat, 4s Id to 4s 2d. Flour, £9 ss. Bran, £6. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s 44 to 3s fid. seeding 3s 9d to 4s; New Zealand, 3s 3d to 3s 4V ; .d. Pollard. £fi ss. Maize, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Chaff, £4 15s to £5 12s fid. Potatoes, £7 5s to £lO ss. Onions, £l2 to £l2 10s. Butter, Is 3d to Is 4d. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Monday,' July 1, I held a clearing sale on account of Messrs T. Winter and Sons, with a fair attendance and a good demand for the cows, which were mostly Shorthorn, and were in good condition. Best young cows realised from £9 10s to £l3 10s, second grade £6 10s to £8 15s, backward and aged £4 10s to £0 ss. Some nice 2y s -year in-calf heifers sold, after keen competition, at £0 10s and £8 12s Od; 2-year Shorthorn bulls £4 5s to £5 2s Od, mixed weaners to yearlings £2 Is, empty 20-months heifers £3 lis, %-draught gelding £3O, gig mare £ls 10s, long-shafter gig £l7 15s. On Tuesday, 2nd inst., I had a good attendance at the Bird road, Stratford, for Mr. W. E. Aiseh's clearing sale. The cows were not in good condition, and there were a good many aged, but they realised very satisfactory prices, as follows:—Bast cows £8 5s to £lO 10s, sec-ond-grade £5 15s to £7 10s, aged and late £4 to £5 10s, in-calf heifers £5 10s, stack of hay £3O 10s. On the same day, in my Rahotu yards, 1 had a very good entry of cattle and a large and representative attendance of buyers. A nice line of 70 20-months steers were yarded by Mr. P. Willcox, and sold under the hammer after good competition at £3 14s. Other prices were: Mixed weaners 7s to £1 23 Gd, yearling heifers £2 7s to £3 Is, poor £1 6s Gd, yearling steers £1 9s to £2, mixed yearlings £1 9s 0d to £1 13s, empty heifers £3 Gs, 2-year bulls £1 10s to £2 10s, store cows £2 5s to £3 2s Gd, aged store cows £1 2s Od to £1 15s, dairy cows £4 12s Gd to £8 ss, choice in-calf heifers £9, good £4 15s to £5 17s 6d, small £3 15s to £4 ss. On the same day, after the Ra'hotu sale, I offered Mr. F. Chapman's Rahotu properties, which realised, for the I homestead and 25 acres, £3O 10s per acre, to Mr. Vincent Tyrrell. The other 'farm of 49 acres was bought by Mr. P. Willcox at £l9 per acre. Dairy cows on account of the same vendor sold at from £9 to £ll 10s for best, others £6 15s to £7 10s, yearling heifers £2 2s Gd. On Wednesday, 3rd, in conjun«tion with Messrs Gillies and Nalder, of Hawera, I auctioned Mr. F. J. Johnston's pedigree and grade Holstein cows at the Waihi farm. There was a very large attendance, including buyers from Wairarapa and Palmerston North. The cattle were not looking their; best, being in poor condition, but elicited very keen competition. Pedigree cows realised from 24 to 439gn5., pedigree yearling heifers 16y, to 30gns., pedigree heifer calves 17 to lSgns., pedigree bulls 45 to 50gns., pedigree bull calves 11 to 37 gns., grade Holstein cows £l3 to £24 3s, averaging over £ls 10s for the line; grade yearling bulls £4 10s to £ll 10s, grade yearling heifers £G to £l2 12s. On Thursday, the 4th inst., I held a very successful sale on account of Mr. E. Kelliher, on the Toko road. The cows included some nice grade Jerseys and sold well, averaging for the line, including several aged and empty, over £9 ss. Prices realised were: For best quality young cows £lO 10s to £lO 10s, good aged cows £7 10s to £9 10s, second grade £3 10s to £G ss, 2-year bull £3 17s Gd, very choice 2-year in-calf Jersey heifers £9 5s to £ll, small line of well done Jersey yearling heifers £4 6s, Shorthorn yearlings £2 12s, dog cart £25, half-draught mare £lB, dray £lO, 2-year colt £l3 10s, dog cart harness £7. At Waiwakaiho yards on Friday, 6th, there was a good entry of all classeSj with fair competition throughout. Good store cow-s were best in demand. A herd of dairy cows from Messrs Hill and Ritchie, of the Upper .Carrington road, were yarded. These were mostly late calvers and some were carrying a lot of age. Prices realised were from £6 5s to £S 5s for best and £4 12s> 6d to £5 12s Od for others. Very aged cows made £2 2s Gd to £3 12s (id. In the store cattle yards prices obtained were: Yearling heifers 1 15s to £2 15s Gd, yearling steers (bad colored) 10s to £1 9s Gd, empty Jersey 20-month heifers £4 14s to £4 10s, 'grades £3 lis Gd, in-calf 2-year heifers £4 5s to £6 Gs (according I to quality), guaranteed cows £4 7s Od to £<s 15s, others (aged) £2 12s Gd to £3 15s, 2-year steers (very good) £3 16s, bulls £3 Is, aged store c'ows £1 13s Gd to £2 8s Od, store cows £2 14s to £3 I Ms, fat heifers £4 17s Gd, 2, 4 and 0tootli ewes (in lamb) 15s sd. At ToKo yards on Monday I had.only a small yarding which realised as follows:—Mixed yearlings £1 lGs to £1 17s Gd, small £1 Is, 18-months steers £3, yearling bulls £1 17s, 20-month in-calf heifers (good) £5 ss, small £3 19s, dairy cows £lO ss, empty 20-months heifers': £3 12s Gd, good forward cows £4 las, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 16s 3d. At ITrenui yards on the same day I : had a fair entry, with a good demand | throughout at the following rates:— Yearling lieifers (best) £2 17s to £3 7s, others £2 3s to £2 4s 6d, yearling steers £1 IGs to £2 Bs, bad colored 15s to £1 7s, mixed yearlings £1 8s to £2 9s, empty 20-months Jersey heifers £4 to £4 IGs, good grades £3 4s to £3 15s, in-calf 2-year heifers £4 15s, in-calf 3-year heifers £7 2s 6d, dairy cows £6 10s to £8 15s, 2y 3 -year steers (poor) £3 18s, 2-year steers £2 18s 0d to £3 14s Od, bulls from £2 5s to £5 10s, store cows £2 2s Od to £3 lis, forward cows £4 Us, fat heifers £4 10s to £5 10s, fat bullocks £7 lis. 4-tooth wethers IGs hoggets 8s Od to 9s Gd, culls (poor) 4s. At my fortnightly sale in the Stratford

yards on Tuesday, 9th inst., I had a fair entry in my store cattle yards, with a good and representative attendance. Bidding throughout was good for most lines, very few cattle going home. Yearling heifers made from £2 15s to £3 2s for best, others £1 14s to £2 ss, yearling steers £1 14s Od to £2 ( Js (id, mixed yearlings £1 8s to £2 Is, empty 20months heifers (in demand) £3 10s to £3 10s, in-calf 2-year heifers £4 to £4 7s Od, 20-months steers £3 10s to £3 13s, 2 1 / s -,ycar steers £1 12s (sd, hulls £2 lis to £3 18s Od, guaranteed dairy cows £5 17s 6d to £B, store cows £2 16s to £3 6s Od, fat eov.-i £5 Is.

I had a very heavy yarding of dairy cows and heifers in the Stratford dairy yards, and notwithstanding the wretched weather, a very good attendance of buyers. Bidding was very good for best quality cattle, but a good number of second grade and late cows were offered. On account of Mr. C. Keightley, best cows made £!) os to £l4 ss, others £7 to £9, aged £5 10s. On account of Mr. A. E. Stockier, from £6 15s to £9 ss, others £5 10s to £6, poor and aged £3 5s to £3 17s Od. On account'of Mr. T. Bullock, £0 10s to £9 os, others £4 15s to £5 15s, aged and empty £3 2s 6d to £4 ss. On account of Mr. C. S. Gatton, in-calf 2-year Jersey heifers £5 5s to £7 10s, small £3 16s 6d to £4 ss, bulls £4 15s, choice Jersev 9-months heifers J £3 13s Od. On account of Mr. J. W. Harding, choice Jersey-Holstein rising 3year heifers realised from £7 15s to£ll, grade £6 to £7 ss, small £5 10s to £5 17s Gd. On account of other vendors, heifers made from £6 5s to £7 15s, cows £5 7s Od to £9 ss. In my Stony River yards on Wednesday I had a full yarding of all classes j and a good attendance of buyers. Bidj ding was best for dairy cattle and hei- | fers.hut practically everything was clear- J ed during the day at the following rates: ] Yearling heifers from £1 15s to £2 17s j Od, .yearling steers £2 2s to £2 ss, poor , 18s 6d, mixed yearlings £2 2s to £2] ss, empty heifers (small) £2 16s, hulls £2 10s to £6, store cows £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d, aged cows £1 2s 6d to £1) 18s, forward cows £4 to £4 Bs, dairy heifers (best) £5 5s .to £7 10s, smail £4 Os Od to £4 18s, dairy cows (choice) £7 15s to £lO, others £4 2s 6d to £4 15s. Private sales.—Since my last report I have had a very strong enquiry for all classes and have made some very good sales at advanced prices. I quote: Yearling steers (best) £2 7s 6d to £2 12s, | small £1 10s, yearling heifers (Jerseys)!, £3 7s 6d, mixed weaners £1 9s, mixed] yearlings £2 15s, 20-months steers £3-■ 10s, 20-months empty heifers £3 10s to £4, 2% to 3-year steers £4 14s, £4 15s, £5 2s 6d, 2-year in-calf heifers (very I choice line of Jerseys) £lO ss, £8 ss, £B, £7. good £5, 2%-year backward heifers £5 ss, 3-year in-calf grade heifers £0 to £6 12s Od, store cows £2 15s, forward cows £4 12s 6d, fat cows from £5 10s to £6 65,-Holstein grade bulH £ll lis, Jersey hulls £6 to £9, aged dairy cows £5 10s to £«, dairy herds (in demand), choice Holsteins (line of 45), £l3 13s, others £lO 10s, £9 10s, £9 2s 6d, £9, £8 14s, £8 lis, £S 10s, £8 ss, £8 2s Od, £B, fat and forward j ewes 14s, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 15s to 10s,) l mixed ewes and wethers 13s Od, f.fm.'' and f.m. ewes 10s to 12s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 14s Od to 10s 6d, poor, lis, hoggets from 0s 6d to lis Id for good, and a very nice line at 12s 3d. MATTHEWS, BENNETT, AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett, and Co. report that on Wednesday last they held their usual weekly sale, when they had a fair yarding and nearly everything was disposed of at satisfactory prices, as follows:—Dairy cows (inferior), £3 15a to £5 10s; good in-calf two-year heifers, j £5 10s to £5 16s; store cows, £3 to £3 9s; old do., 15s to £2 ss; weaners, 25s to £2; f,m. ewes, 9s 8d to lis' 4d.