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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 287, 26 April 1913, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. | By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. 2 London, April 24. Wool. —The sales are spirited, and prices firm. Silver, 27%il per ounce. Share Quotations —Waihi 29s Cd and 30s (Id, Junction 10s Gd and 17s Gd. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 24. Wheat, 3s !)y 4 d. Flour, £8 15s. Osits.-Algerian feeding, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; milling, 2s lid to 3s; Giants, 3s Id. Barley.—Cape, 3s lOd to 4s. Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, £5 ss. Potatoes.—Tasmanians, £7 5s to £B. Onions.—Victorians, £7; Now Zealand, £6 10s. Butter—Selected, 945. Cheese, 7%d to 7%d. Bacon, 7y s d to Bd., Adelaide, April 24. Wheat, 3s 8»/ 3 d to 3s Cd. Flour, £8 ss. Bran and pollard, Is 2d. Melbourne, April 24. Hides.—Fair supplies moderate competition; prices y g d lower. Melbourne, April 25. AYheat. 3s &y 4 d to 3s 9>/ 2 d. Flour, £8 15s. Bran and pollard, £5 10s. \ Barley.—English malting 3s 9d to 4s, Cape 2s' Sd to 3s. Oats.—Algerian milling 2s 3d, feed Is lid to 2s. Maize,' 4s 4d. Potatoes, £4 15s to £5 15s. Onions, £5 10s.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. : On Friday, 18th inst., at Kaponga, I i offered a big yarding of stock to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was good for all lines. Jersey weaner heifers made from £2 3s to £2 13s fid, weaner heifers £1 13s to £1 10s 6d, small £1 2s fid to £1 8s fid, mixed 17s to 23s fid, fat cows £5 5s to £6 2s, forward cows £4 to £-1 15s, Store cows £2 12s to £3 lis Od, aged cows £1 4s 6d to £1 12s Od, stags £1 17s Od to £3 15s, bulls £2 10s to £O. At I'renui on Monday, 21st inst., I had a good entry of cattle and 950 sheep. Buyers were present in good numbers from all parts, making fair competition for most lines. Jersey-Ilolstein weaner heifers made from £2 9s to £2 15s, grade heifers £1 15s to £1 10s, weaner steers up to £2 Is, small mixed weaners £1 6s, 2 and 2y 2 -year in-calf heifers (colored) £5 to £O, empty 20-month heifers £3 lis (3d, 20-month steers (colored) £2 3s to J£2 17s. Od, 2%-ycar steers £4 10s to £4 19s, fat 2y s -year bullocks £0 lis, fat cows £5 3s to £5 13s, store cows £2 i to £3 16s, bulls £4 to £5 2s fid, fat "heifers £4 los, lambs 8s to 10s Od, culls 4s to 5s 4d,' forward and fat ewes 13s fid, fat ewes 14s, fat wethers 16s 7d, 2-tooth ewes 13s 2d, 4-tooth ewes 14s 4d, small'2-tooth wethers 10s Bd, good wethers 14s Id, 6-tooth ewes 10s 9d, cull ewes 3s. ■ ' I . On, Tuesday, 22nd inst., at Rahotu, there was a fair yarding and attendance. Weaner heifers made from £1 fis to £2 3s. colored £2 15s, weaner steevs up to £2 0s Od, store cows £2 17s Od to £4 12s 6d, bulls £4 10s to £lO 2s fid, weaner bulls £2 4s. Clearing sale.—On Friday, 18th inst., I conducted a sale at Kahui road, Rahotu, on account of Mr. Charles Crisp. ■Dairy cows sold at from £0 15s to £ll ss, aged £3 15s to £4 15s, fat cows £5 15s, pedigree Ayrshire bull 10 guineas, weaner heifers £1 10s, weaner Ayrshire steers £1 Bs. Private sales for the week.— Weaner heifers £2 ss, weaner Ste'ers £1 18s 6d, graded weaner heifers /£1 15s to £-1 165,Jersey in-calf 2-year heifers (very choice lines) £7 5s to £8 10s, bulls £5 os, fat cow's £5 15s, nice line of 2y>-yeav heifers in calf £6 10s, f.f.m. ewes lis Od to 12s, f.m. ewes 7s fid, 4 and fi-tooth wethers 16s, 4-tooth ewes :; l4s'4d, lambs 7s 9d to 10s, culls 3s, rains 15s.

MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Beunett and Co. report that there \ was a fail" yarding of cattle in their j Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. ' Calves made from £1 5s to £1 14s, colored heifer calves £2 12s to £3 ss, in-calf heifers £3 12s (id to £4 15s, store «ows- £2; 4s to £3 17s, bulls £2 15s to £4 10s; f.m. ewes 5s Bd, . ' i i ■ ■ ~■:( SOUTHERN MARKETS. •<!T BURNSIDE. At Thirnside 180 fat cattle were yarded, consisting chiefly of cows and heifers, wi'fii a, few-pens of medium good-quality bullocks. Butchers' stocks wore heavy, ami pjiees all-round were considerably below last weeks' rates. Gooij bullocks £lO 10s to £ll 10s, extra to £l2 155,-medium £9 to £lO, light £7 10s to £9, good heifers £7 10s t<y'£B Fat sheep—3Bs7 penned. A good proportion of the entry consisted of aged and inferior ewes. ..Prime ewes and wethers sold at prices-on a par with last week's (rates, but light and inferior sheep were Is (id to 2s easier, prime wethers 22s (id to 245. extra to '27s 3d', medium 20s to 21s fldrlight 18s to 10s fid, prime ewes 20s to tels-'iSd, 'extra to'iflß. medium to 'goou-'lss to' 19s Od. Fat lambs-t2fioo.penned. The quality of yarding was 'not good r as that of last week,' owing to large" consignments coming,, forward. ■•' As a result of private transactions, there was a prospect of to- . da.f'Sf'purchases not being killed for some (lays','*consequently exporters were not operatipg as freely as usual. Prime 17s to 18s |od, small pen of extra heavy 25s '3d, medium 15s to l(is (id, light and inferior 13s o'd':tcf 14s-.<><V:

| ■■■■ joiinsonville. k ; ■■■■ —' At Jqhnsonvillfl there was a good entry of prime .bullocks .and medium sheep, which bold at late rates, extra prime heavy jbullocks making £l2 ss, prime heavv bullocks £ll to £ll 7s Cd. lighter £9 17s! (3d'to:'£lo 10s. vomers 21s (id to 295. light wethers' 16s lOd to 17s 7d. small light l(is ld. : pr4m<*.-«wes- His 4d, medium ewes 14s (3d to 15s, ]>lain 14s, prime woolly lambs 14s (id. prime shorn lambs 13s 2d. I ~ j [_/ | ' 'ADDLNGTON.

At Aldington there were again heavy yardings of she'ep of all classes and a good entry "of flit cattle. Stove sheep sold up to the level of last week's sales. Fat lambs sold well but irregularly, and fat pigs were easier. ' Fat wethers sold at about last' week's rates, and ewes were easier. Prices: Store sheep—"Ewes, two-tooth (average lines 17s to 18s, small and inferior twotooth's (culls) 12s lOd, two, four and sixtooth 14s to 15s, two, four, six and eighttooth 12s to. 14s (id, four, six and eighttooth 14s to las Gd, extra to lfis 2d, four and six-tooth to 15s lOd, six and eighttooth 14s 3d to lfis 3d, four and fiveyear sorts 15s 7d, fresh sound-mouth sheep (good) 14s fid to 15s lid. medium 13s to 13s fid, inferior 12s to 12s fid, full and failing-mouth !)s !)d to lis Gd, aged fls to lis. culls 4s (Id to 7s 3d. Lambs —Forward rape sorts 13s Od to 14s' ; ffd, extra to 15s Ud, medium rape

lambs 12s 3d to 13s 3d, average stores lis to lis !)d, medium 10s to 10s 9d, small 9s M to 10s, half-bred wethers 7s lid, for small sorts, to lis for good lines, ewe lambs to 10s 6d for the best, others 13s 3d to 14s Gd, wethers four and six-tooth (forward) 10s to 10s 9d, medium' to 15s 6d, two and four-tooth (medium) 13s Od to 13s lOd, two-tooth (good) 15s 4d to 16s Od, small and inferior lis Od, fourtooth (average) 15s, merinos 10s 3d. Lat lambs—The fluctuation was equal to about Is Od per head, prices per pound ranging from 5%d to 5%d. A few show lambs on behalf of Mr. James Little sold up to 20s fid; tegs made 18s Od to 22s 9d, ordinary freezers 10s to 18s, lighter 14s to 15s Gd.

Fat sheep—Extra prime to 37s 6d, prime 10s Cd to 23s 10(1, lighter 14s 3d to 19s, merino wethers 10s 5d to 23s 3d, extra prime ewes to 235, prime 16s 6d to 2ls !)d, medium 15s to 16s, aged and light 12s M to 13s 3d. Fat cattle—Steers realised £8 5s to £l2, extra to £ls ss, heifers £6 5s to £0 ss, cows £5 12s fid to £0 15s. Store cattle—Fifteen to eighteenmonths sorts realised £3 5s to £4, two and a-half year steers £5, cows £2 to £3 15s, dairy cows £3 10s to £ll. Fat pigs—Choppers £3 to £5 7s 6d. heavv baconers 60s to 71s, lighter sorts 50s to 57s Cd (equivalent to 4 3 / 4 d to s '/id per lb, according to quality), heavy porkers 38s to 445, lighter 33s to 37s (equal to sVj.d per lb), large stored 30s to 465, medium, sorts 22s to 295, small stores 13s to 21s, weaners 8s to 12s.