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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 193, 23 January 1915, Page 2

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AUCKLAND SHAKE MARKET. . ' l (Special to Daily News.) 1 Auckland, Last Niglit. ' W. B. Colbcck (Mr W. Bewley, local agent), reports thfc following share market quotations:— Bank of New Zealand, £l6 15s, £l6 ss; National ißank (bnj'ers), £5 4s. New Zealand Insurance, £0 Is, £5 ISs; ■Talisman, 28s 9d, 28s; Wailii, 40s 9d, 40s; Junctions, ?4s 3d, 245; Sylvia, 9d, 6d; Ross, Is 2d, 6d.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Associations-Copyright. London, January 21. Butter. —The market is a shade easier, owing to a weaker tone for Danish; there is pood irniu'ry for colonial at late rates; delivery is slow. Cheese.—Very firm; the slow dis<liaiffc is causing a difficulty in filling Gov- < eminent contracts; New Zealand, 82s to 83s. Bacon.—Firm. Wool.—Unchanged; there was strong competition at opening rates. New Zealand: Bullockhead, top 23 M, average 20Jd; Akitio, 16jd and 16gd. At Bradford competition was strong for all sorts; prices are advancing; 26d, 25Jd, 25d, 27(1, 25d, 22Jd, 20d. Wheat. —Firm, at slight advance; Northern Manitoba February-March shipment, 58s. Flour. —Steady, at late rates. Beans, peas and barley firm. Oats.—Very firm; Bahiblanca deck January shipment, 29s 9d. j AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, January 21. The week's wool sales closed strong. The improved prices were firmly mainI tained and showed an advancing tenI dency, especially for crossbreds. There I'was brisk competition, and the buyers included representatives from America, Japan and France. Merinos touched 14d and crossbreds 13.id, which are records for the season. Oats. —Tasmanian 4s 2d to 4s 6d, New Zealand A Gartons, 4s, B 4s 2d. Barley.—Cape 4s, English 4s 3d. Maize, 5s to 5s Id. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £3 6s to £5 10s, Victorian £ll.

Butter.—Prices advanced by 4s; selected 120s, second 112s to 116s. Cheese, CJd to 7d. Bacon, 9d to lOd. Adelaide, January 21. Wheat. —Sellers ask 7s 3d for large lots, but buyers offer 7s. Flour, £ls 10s. Bran, 2s. Pollard, 2s 4d. Oats.—Algerian 4s 3d. Melbourne, January 21.

Hides. —There were small supplies and keen competition; prices are Jd dearer. Wheat, 7s 3d to 7s fid. Flour, £ls 10s. Barley.—English 5s 9d to 6s lid, Cape 4s fid to 4s 7d. * Oats. —Algerian 4s 6d. Maize, 5s 2Jd. Potatoes, £3 to £4. Onions, £7 to £B.

HAWKESS BAY RAM FAIR. By TeLirrapb.—Per Press Association. Hastings, Last, Night. There Was a good attendance at the Hawke's Bay ram fair held to-day, bus a slight falling off in the number of entries, itUiere [being 2498 as against CS3S last year. Stud rams showed an increase of 10 on the 1914 figures. A ].en of Lincoln stud rams, on account of W. 11. Gaisford, realised 52, 53 and CO guineas each each. There was a slight falling off in the prices compared with last year in flock sheep. One ram was sold twenty-six. times foi the Belgian Fund, and realised 53 1 /, guineas

LONDON WOOL MARKET. | New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 19th instant: — Tone of the market is better. Greasy merino 5 per cent., greasy crossbred 7V» per cent higher. American operators are buying. NEWTOWN KING'S STRATFORD j REPORT. At my Haymarket sale on Saturday list, I had a full yarding of pigs; in fact, the pens were over-taxed. There 1 was a large attendance of buyers, tlii inquiry for all classes being keen, every pen being cleared under the hammer at prices on a par with my last sale, witli the exception of weaners. T quote as follows.—Slips and weaners 12a to £l, 'small stores £1 3s 6d to £1 9s 6d, medium ditto fl lis to fl 19s, light porkers £2 Is to £2 3s 6d, pedigree boars £ 2s to £2 17s 6d, lambs (light) 7s Cd.

ADDINGTON. At the Addington live stock market there was again fairly large entries of stock and good attendance. Fat cattle sold at about last week's rates. Store sheep were in keen demand, and fat lambs and fat ewes were firmer. Store sheep.—Best lambs 16s; fairly good lambs, 12s 7d to 13s 9d; medium to inferior lambs, 9s 6d to lis 9d; cull lambs, 8s 9d; 2-tooth ewes, 15s 2d to 15s lid; very forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers to 19s Id; good 4 and 6-tootli wethers, 15s to 16s 9d; medium 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 13s 6d to 15s 8d; good 2-tooth wethers 16s Id; other 2-tooth wethers, 9s 2d to 14s; extra prime heavy lambs, to 25s Id; tegs, 20s 6d to 23s 6d; average weights, 17s to 20s; light and unfinished, 15s to 16s 6d. Fat sheep.—Prime wethers, 22s 6d to 26s Id; others, 17s fid to 225; merino wethers, 17s 3d to 18s; prime ewes, 20s to 24s lOd; others, 16s to 19s 6d; merino ewes, 14s lid, hoggets, 17s 3d to 21s 9d. Fat Cattle. —Ordinary steers, £8 to £l2; extra good steers, to £2l ss; ordinary heifers, £7 10s to £9 10s; extra heifers, to £l2 ss; ordinary cows, £5 17s 6d to £7; extra good cows, to £l4 ss; price of beef per 1001b., 32s Gd to 42s 6d; extra, to 455. Store Cattle.—Yearlings, 24s to 355, 15 and 18-month sorts, £3 to £3 17s fid; 2-year steers, £4 8s (passed); 2year heifers, £4 to £4 10s; 2y 2 -year heifers, £4 18s to £4 19s; 3-year steers £8 Is; 3-year heifers. £5 ss; dry cows, £2 4s to £6 ss. Dairy Cows, £3 10s to £ll. Pigs.—Choppers, 50s to 80s; light baconers, 4(is to 525; heavy baeoners, 54s to 05s; extra heavy baeoners, to 725; price per lb., 5%d; light porkers, 28s to 335; heavy porkers, 34s to 40s; price iper lb., 5%d to 5%d. Store Pigs.—Best stores, (no large offering) 20s to 28s; small stores, 16s to 19s; weaners, 6s to lis 6d.