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Taranaki Daily News, 22 June 1928, Page 3

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NEW PLYMOUTH MARKETS. PRICKS FOR DAIRY FARM PRODUCE ( Local markets prices this week were as follow (spot cash' ■■

SHAREMARKET SALES. Wellington, June 21.—Reported sale: 4 J per cent, bonds (1930), £9B ss. Christchurch, June 21.—-E. S. and A. Bank, £8 12s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £l9 12s 6d; British Tobacco (cum div.), 43s 9d; Mahakipawa, 3s 9d (three parcels). Reported sale: Uffiion Bank of Australia, £l4 19s. Dunedin, June 21.—Reported sale: — National Insurance, 15s Bd. Salo on 'Change: New Zealand Refrigerating Co., 8s 7d. TARANAKI STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales reported on the Taranaki Stock Exchange yesterday were: National Bank of Australia ( £5 paid), £9 Is; Holden’s Motor Bodies (ord.), 32s 101 d; Rosella Preserving Co. (£1 paid), 44s 6d. NATIONAL BANK DIVIDEND. Qy Telegrai.li.—Press Association. Wellington, June 21. The National Bank of New Zealand has received cable advice from its London office that the directors recommend a final dividend of 12 per cent, per annum for the half-year ended March 31 and a bonus of 2 per cent., both free of tax. This dividend and bonus are the same as last year. ADDINGTON SALE. j FAT SHEEP IN KEEN DEMAND. Christchurch, June 20. Recent bad weather affected the appearance of the stock offered at the Addington market to-day, but in most departments there were good entries. Fat lambs were small in numbers, and lower in quality, but sold* firmly. There was a very keen demand for fat sheep, and late values were fully realised, the yarding being smaller than the previous week. There was a very mixed entry of fat cattle. For prime quality the market was very keen and prices were firm. Store sheep were in much shorter supply and lower in quality. Store Sheep.—The wethers offered were better than the ewes, and attracted good attention from buyers, prices being very satisfactory. Values were: Good four, six and eight-toothed threequarterbred wethers to 335; good four, six and eight-toothed halfbred wethers 31s to 33s Id; ordinary- four, six and eight-toothed halfbred wethers, 2Ss to 29s 3d; backward four, six and eighttoothed half bred wethers, 25s 6d to 275; inferior four, six and eight-toothed halfbred ewes, 22s to 245; aged half bred ewes, 19s 6d to 21s; backward threequarterbred ewes, to 26s Id. Fat Lambs. —There was a further decline in the number penned, the total being only 1150, as compared with 1920 the previous week. The sale was a very keen one, and full schedule rates were again maintained. Extra prime lambs made to 38s lOd; prime lambs, 34s 6d to 38s; medium lambs, 31s to 345; light lambs, 27s to 30s; unfinished lambs, 24s to 26s 6d. Fat Sheep.—The entry was somewhat larger than the previous week, Prices were fully up to late rates. Freezing sheep were exceptionally firm. The top price line of wethers made 41s Id to 49s Id, a pen of 14 realising the latter figure. Extra prime heavy wethers made 49s Id; prime heavy wethers, 37s 6d to 41s; medium wethers, 33s to 375; light wethers, 29s 10d to 32s 6d; extra prime heavy ewes, to 41s 7d; prime ewes, 31s to 35s 6d; medium ewes, 27s to 30s; light ewes, 22s to 265; low-conditioned ewes, 15s 4d to 21s. Fat Cattle. —The yarding was again a fairly large one, the total being 435, as compared with 500 the previous week. The market opened very firm and prices were generally up to those of the week before. Extra prime steer beef may be quoted at 42s per 1001 b., and in odd cases a little over; prime, 38s 6d to 41s; medium, 35s Gd to 38s; plain heavy steers, 34s to 36s Gd; prime heifers and cow beef, 34s to 38s; secondary, 30s to 32s Gd; and rough eow beef, down to 25s per 1001 b. Extra prime heavy steers made to £2l 2s Gd; prime heavy steers, £l7 to £l9 10s; medium-weight prime ■ steers, £l5 to £l6 15s; ordinary quali ity steers. £lO 5s to £l4 10s; light steers, £8 12s Gd to £10; extra prime heifers, to £l6 12s Gd; prime heifers, £lO 5s to £l2 10s; medium heifers, £8 5s to £10; light heifers, £5 ITs Gd to £8: extra prime cows, to £l4 12s lid: prime cows, £lO to £l2 10s; medium cows. £7 10s to £9 15s; aged and light cows, £4 17s Cd to £7. Vealers.—There was a small yarding, the supply being short of requirements, and there was a marked advance in prices. Yearlings to 18-months sorts sold to £lO Is; good vealers, £6 to £7; medium, £4 to £5 15s; inferior, £3 to £3 3s Id; small calves, 15s to 255. c Store Cattle.—Eighteen months to 2year steers made £4 to £6 13s; good cows, £4 5s to £5 8s Gd; medium cows, £3 to £4; inferior cows, 35s to £2 10s; 18-months to two-year heifers, £4 to £•> Gs. Dairy Cattle.— Best second, third and fourth calvers brought to £l7; good cows, £7 10s to £9; inferior cows, £•> 10s to £7; heifers, £7 to £ll ss; . aged cows in profit, £3 to £5. l-’at Pigs.—Choppers made 40s to £•> 12s; light porkers, 30s to 355; medium porkers, 37s to 44s Gd; heavy porkers, to GOs (average price per lb., G? I to 7d); light baconers, £3 4s to £3 12s 6d; medium baconers, £3 15s to £4 ss; heavy baconers, £4 10s to £4 18s Gd; extra heavy baconers to £5 Is Gd (average price per lb., 5Jd to Gld). Store Pigs.—Weaners made 7s to 10s; small stores, Ils to 15s Gd; medium stores, 16s to 21s; large stores, to 275. WOOL SALE REPORT. , Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd... Wellington, report:— The first of the winter sales of woo) took place on Tuesday in the conference hall of the Dominion Farmers.’ Institute, when about 300 bales were catalogued, to which our own catalogue

contributed 539 bales. The offering consisted principally of crutchings, but there was also a fair quantity of crossbred fleece, besides odd lots of lambs' wool and pieces. Some very nice lots of crutchings were shown, and realised exceedingly good figures. Superior lots of crossbred crutchings made up to 16|d to IGJd for extra qualitv lots, while many lines sold from 15|d Io lOd; good average crutchiugs reached 15d to 15Jd for the better sorts. In this grade low and seedy lots were in very good demand and realised quite satisfactory prices. Fleece wool was keenly competed for, some of the finer quality lots reaching to 19d and over. There was a very large attendance of buyers and competition was keen and well sustained to the end of the sale; very few lots were passed in. The range of prices is as below: Merino crutchings, 15d to half bred crutchings, 11U to 16d; Crossbred crutchings, superior, 15d to IGAd; Crossbred crutchings, medium/good, 13Jd to 15Jd; crutchings, seedy and inferior, 5d to 13Jd; Crossbred pieces and bellies, B|d to 17id; locks and stained pieces, 4fd to 9Jd.

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