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Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1916, Page 2

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HOME MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Received Feb. 13, 5.5 p.m. London, Feb. 12. Hemp—February-April £47. Cotton.—February-March, 7.813. •lute. —Fcbruary-fllarch .-£3 l ss. Rubber.—Para 3s 2Jd, plantation 3s 5Jd, smoked 3s 43d. Copra.--January-February .CM 10s. Wheat is linn. Chicago-May options, 12S cents; July 121J, Butter.—Danish 158s to 182s. Babbits art dull and unchanged. Meats. —New Zealand ewes 71-lfld; Canterbury lambs, second quality, 7'/ud; all others M; North Island 7%d, selected Sd. Australian sheep, light, heavy 7 1-lfid; ewes, 7d; lambs, inferior, 7%d. Argentine chilled beef.—Fores hinds 7Jd. Other meats are unchanged. Hides are very firm. Australian 10% d to ll%d. Leather is in good demand. BestSydney )7d to 19id. Basils are in better request owing to short supplies, and there is some inquiry for Government work. First Sydncys 14d to 15 Jd, New Zealand lCd to 17d. Silver, 26 15-16 d.

AUCKLAND MARKET 3. Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency co., Ltd., report as follows: On Thursday last at Westfield dairy cattle were penned in small numbers and sold at late prices. Best dairy cows and heifers £7 bos to £ll, others £5 10s to £7 10s, aged and inferior cows £1 15s to £4, bulls £5 to £7, empty cows and heifers £5 to £6 7s Od. At Albert yards on Friday horses were yarded in average numbers and sold at late rates. Heavy draughts £27 to £37 10s, medium £lB 10s to £29, light harness horses £7 to £l6 15s, hacks £9 to £l7, ponies £4 to £8 His. weeds 10s to £3. At the Westfield fat stock market beef was yarded in smaller numbers than usual and sold at late rates, oxen selling at £2 3s per 1001b, cows and heifers £1 15s to £2 2s; steers £ll to £l(i ;Ts, cows £5 15s to . £l3 15s. Calves were penned in average numbers and sold at improved rates. Runners £5 to £8 10s, heavy suckers £3 10s to £4 10s, medium suckers £2 17s to £3 13s, light suckers £1 7s to £2 12s, small and fresh-dropped 4b to 235. Sheep were penned in full numbers and advanced in price from 2s to 3s per head. Best wethers sold at from £1 7s Od to £1 lis Od, others £1 Is to 20s Od, heavy ewes £1 4s to £1 8s 3d, others 18s Gd to 235, hoggets £1 2s to £1 0s fid. Lambs, in average supply, sold well. Best 20s to 24s Od, others 15s fid to 19s ftd. Pigs were penned in average numbers and advanced in price. No choppers were yarded. Heavy baconers £3 lis to £4 ss, medium £3 Is to £3 ss, light £2 15s to £3, heavy porkers £3 to £3 10s, medium porkers £2 10s to £3, light porkers £l 18s to £2 os, slips £1 2s to £1 10s; no wcaners yarded.