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Taranaki Daily News, 15 December 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, Dec. IS. Oats.—Algerian feeding *3 3 to 3s 3d, milling 3s fid; Tasmanian 3s Sd to 4s. Maize.—os 2d to os 3d. Potatoes—New £3 to £O, old £4 to £4 If* Onions, £5 to £0 10s. Adelaide, Dec. 13. Oats, 2s Gd to 2s 7d. Melbourne, Dec. 1,1. Barley.—Chevalier malting, 4s Cd to 4s 9d ; Cape, 3s to 3s 3d. Oats.—Algerian milling, 2s Cd to 2s Old: feed, 2s 3d to 2s s>/,d. Maize, 4s GJd. Potatoes, to £fl. Onions; £7 10s to £B. ADDINGTON. At the Addington market there were medium entries of stock in several departments, but large entries of fat cattle and fat lambs. There was a good sale for steer and heifer beef, but cows, of which there was a considerable number on offer, were easier. Fat lambs showed a little further decline, the quality not being quite so good as last week. Store sheep were firmer, the rain having improved the demand. The bulk of the fat sheep were ewes, and the market was irregular, at last week's average rates. The store cattle offered were small, irreguyir lots. Fat pigs were a little easier, and stores were unchanged. Store sheep.—Two-tooth ewes 24s 3d to 2Ss Od, 4-tooth ewes to 28s 7d, soundmouth ewes 22s to 28s, sound-mouth Woolly ewes ,and lambs 18s to 21s (all counted), 2-tooth wethers 21s Od to ifls od, 4-tooth wethers 23s lOd to 2Ss 7d. 4-toofch and 'C-tooth wethers 27s Cd to 20s 7d, sound-mouth wethers 25s to 32s lOd.

Fat lambs.—Extra prime to ,18s, prime 26s to 295, medium 24s to 25s Gd, lighter 20s to ( 23s Od. _ Fat sheep.—Prime wethers 30s to ,335, light wethers 27s 5d to 30s, primp ewes 303 to 34s 3d, medium ewes 2Gs Cd to 29s Gd, lighter ewes 23s Gd to 265. Fat cattle.—Extra prime steers to £22 ss, prime steers £lB to .£2l, ordinary steers £lO to £l7 13s. extra prime heifers £ll 15s, prime heifers £l3 to £IG 15s, ordinary heifers £9 10s to £l2. extra prime cows £l7 12s Gd, prime cows £9 12s Gd to £l2. Pigs.—Choppers £3 10s to £G, liaconcrs £3 12s to £3 12s (equal to "Ad to 7 l-4d per lb), porkers 30s to 68s (equal to Od to Old per lb), large stores 55s to 58s, medium 4Ss to 525, smaller 2Ss to 40s, weaners 20s to 235, NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Rahotu, on the 7th inst., 15-month 'i-r'fen made £5 2s Gd to £5 12s Gd, 15-month steers £6 10s, fat cows £l3 Is, forward cows £!) 3s to £lO lis. store cows £fi 10s to £S. 15-month shorthorn bull £l3, other bulls £7 to £lO IDs, Weaner pigs 20s fid. At T'l-cnui, on the 10th Inst., there was a good entry, all classes meeting with competition at prices in advance of recent sales. Jersey 13-month steers made £li. empty 2-year heifers £fi Is to £7, yearling and 15-monTh heifers £4 to .£-{ 10s, 2J-ycar steers £lO ss. 3A-year steers £l3 fis, fat and forward tmiloeks £lO fis. bulls £S 15s to £ll, stags £ll lie, fat cows £l2 to £ls, forward cows £9 -" Gd to £ 10 ss, cows and calves £9 fis to £ll 15s, ">i,are cows £6 3s to £7 18s. springing wws £8 15s. springing heifers .£7 10s : r.'npOy ewes 20s 6d. At Stony River, on the 11th lost., year-

I ling and 15-month heifers brought £4 ji's (id to X'.'i, -2-year heifers £(i 7s fid lo j £fi 12s, small 2-year steers £0 3s (id, I springing heifers ,i'(i l-2 5 Cd, fat and forward cows up to £l2 fis, store cows £0 18s to £8 10:3, small .store cows £;> 2s,bulls'£9 2s fid to CJS, 2-tooth wethers 255, mixed wcancr* :!(>s lid. At Kohuratahi, on 12th inst., 1.1-iuontli heifers made .CI lo £~4" IDs, 13-mouth steers £7 Ids, steers £lO 5s to £ll, dairy cows £M) ; store cows £O, ewes and lambs :i2s.