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Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14348, 28 October 1910, Page 8

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LONDON MARKETS. By Electric Teleuraph.—Copyright. LONDON, Oct. 27. Copper, forward, £SB Is; electrolytic, £59 2s 6d. Tin.—Spot £163 17s Cd, throe montlis £164. Wheat. —An Australian cargo sold at 355. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, Oct. 27. The wheat market is lifeless. Shippers are not operating, owing to the London market being easier, and are not offering more than 3s Bd. Holders are mostly asking 3s 9d. Flour.—Dull, without movement; £9. Oats,—Algerian feeding ing 2s‘ 7d, Tasmanian 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Barley.—Cape feeding 3s, seed 3s 2d. Maize, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Rota toes—Local new £lO 10s, Tasmanian £9. Onions, £6'los. Butter, 102 s. Cheese, G)d. Bacon, 7Jd to 71d. MELBOURNE, Oct. 27. Hides.—Supplies are moderate, ■ and competition is animated, with prices in favour of sellers. Wheat, 3s 8d; buyers scarce. Elour, £9. Oats.—Algerian feeding Is ll|d, millings 2s IJd. Barley.—English malting 4s 3d, Capo 2s (3d, feed Is lid. Maize, 2s sd. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. Onions, £.5 5s to £5 15s. Potatoes, £7 7s to £lO. ADELAIDE, Oct. 27. Wheat, inactive, 3s 8d to 3s B£d. Flour.—For export £8 5s to £8 10s, local, £9 to £9 ss. Bran, Is URL Pollard, Is HJd. Oats, Algerian 2s. FROZEN MEAT. Per Press Association NAPIER, Oct. 27. The C.C. and D. Company, of London, to-day cabled the following report on the frozen meat market:—To-day’s prices are: Mutton, Canterbury 4pi; Napier, Wellington and North Island, 4d. Beef, hindi 3Jd, fores 23d. ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. (Special to Herald.) PALMERSTON N,, Oct. 27. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report;— At onr Palmerston North sale on Thursday, the 27th inst., we had a good entry of cattle. Competition was keen throughout for all classes, and all lines were sold. Sheep came forward in limited numbers, and realised the following quotations:—Shorn, fat ewes 14s la, shorn fat and forward ewes 12s 2d, good hoggets 15s fid, medium hoggets I 3d to 12s lOd, ewes and lambs 18s 3iJ, forward bullocks £7 3s, 15-months Polled Angus steers £4 4s 6d, yearling steers £3 os, wcaner steers 33s Cd to £2 15s, mixed wcaners 32s to 37s fid, fat and forward cows, £4 3s to £4 9s, empty store cows £2 10s to £3 16s, 2-year empty heifers £3 10s to £3 18s, cows and calves £3 to £3 10s, yearling heifers £2 11s to £3, hulls £3 to £5. NEWTON KING. Following is Mr. Newton King’s weekly report; At the Haymarkot on Saturd'ay the pqns were filled with pigs, and good prices were realised. Slips made 3s to os, weaners 6s 6d to 9s, stores 14s 6d to 17s, small do. 11s to 13s, baconers 33s to 395; a 2-vear unbroken hack brought £lO 7s 6d. On Monday, the 24th inst., I held a clearing sale at Awatuna on account of Mr. W. Kehely. The cows were a nice lot though not in too good condition; notwithstanding, good prices were realised. Young cows ranged from £7 5s to £ll Ss, aged do. £3 15s to £6 10s, mare. £l4 10s, gig £7 os; sundries sold at usual rates.

At Rahotu on Tuesday there was a good yarding. Bidding was brisk throughout, and practically everything sold at the, hammer at full market rates. Yearling steers made £2 8s to £3 6s, yearling heifers £2 14s to £3 9s, 15-nionths steers £3 12s Cd, empty heifers £3 15s to £4 4s, store cows £3 15s to £4 4s, forward do. £4 7s to £5 4s, fat cows £5 19s to £0 Bs, springing heifers £5 5s to £5 10s, soring cows £O, hulls £2 10s to £5 10s. At Stratford on the same day there was a good yarding of springing heifers and dairy cows. Heifers close up made £6 10 to £8 15s, later do. £4 10s to £5 iSs, heifers at profit £5 10s to £8 os, dairy cows close up £7 15s to £lO os, later do. £5 5s to £7 os, cows at profit £5 15s to £lO 10s. At Waiwakaiho_ on Thursday, owing to the verv wet' weather, there was only a small yarding of store cattle, though a number of weaners were offered and realised fair prices. Yearling steers made £2 16s Cd, yearling heifers £2 14s Cd, empty heifers £3 16s forward cows £4 6s to £4 19s 6d, fat’do. £6 13s, springing heifers £6 17s 6d to £7 17s Gd;“ tla'ry cows £0 to £8 10s, store cows £3.185. hulls £2 los to £5 13s, do. pedigree £8 15s to £lO 7s Od.

Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. arc in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, dated September 9, 1910; , . During the oast week we have experienced fairly ‘dry weather, with cool north-easterly winds; in fact, it is very cold for thertime of year, but this is in favour of llie consumption of butter, which should now ho good. ■ Danish. —Market unchanged, with a slightly firmer tone on best grades. Onr of the reasons for the market being so quiet on Danish butter for the last low weeks is that a quantity of cold-stored June made butter has been placed on the market lately, but this is now fairly well cleared, and wo may therefore look for better markets shortly. Siberian. —Arrivals arc slowly decreasing, this week’s amounting to a little under 10,000 casks, while still less is expected for next week. Trade continues very quiet, as most of the butter is of a secondary character. French. —Last week’s advance has not checked the demand, which has been good, and as the quality is now showing lip rather bettor, the trade is satisfactory. Market firm, and a further advance,expected. Australian.—A few, butters from Queensland and South Australia arrived this week per s.s. Orsova and turned out In fairly good order, although there is only a very small proportion of best quality, and this is what is most wanted at the present time. _ The trade generally are using up their stocks of secondary sorts srt as to he ready for the new season’s butters when they arrive in any quantity, and for the moment the demand for anything under finest is on the quiet side, although with the cooler weather that is now prevailing we have no doubt that secondary will soon clear up. New Zealand. —The position is un-

changed. There seem to bo very few butters held in store, and sales therefore are only small. CHEESE. New Zealand. —There is a small arrival now duo per s.s. Ruapehu. Canadian.—No fresh feature to report. Trade continues steady and prices unchanged. RETAIL PRICES. NEW PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 28. Butchers' Meat—Beef : Sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, sd; rump steak, 8d; beef, from 3d to 4d; corned beef, from 4d and 5d lb. Mutton: Legs 6d, chops Cd, loin 6d, shoulders sd, necks 3d lb. Po-k; Fresh Cd lb. Veal 3d to 5d lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork Bd. Fowls, 6s per pair. These prices are for cosh only; id per lb for booking over ono week. Groceries, Grain, etc.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers: —Flour, 100’s, 11s 6d, 50’s 6s, 25’s 3s 3d. Sugars: No. 1A 9s Gd; No. 2,9 s 3d. Kerosene, 9s 9d case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s 3d 25 lb. bag; sharps, 13s Cd 2UO lb bag; fowls’ wheat. Is 3d bushel; maize, 4s. Daily Produce, etc. —Butter: Factory, Is 2d; dairy, lOd, best separator butter, Is; choose, 9d per lb; eggs, Is doz.; lard, 9d lb; bacon, 7id lb; hams, 9Jd lb; rashers, 10d; milk 4d quart. Fruit.—Bananas, 4d per lb.; lemons, Is and Is Cd per doz.; apples Cd lb; oranges, Is Cd to 2s Cd dozen; walnuts, 0d per lb; dried figs, Pd per box; pineapples, Cd to Is. Vegetables.— Cabbages, 3d to 4d; carrots, 2d per bunch: turnips. 2d lb. kumcras, 5 lbs for Is; parsnips 2a bunch; onions, Id f>er lb; rhubarb, fad bunch. BUYING PRICES. Factory butter rolled Is Old lb; best separator butter lOd, seconds 9d, dairy 8d; eggs, lOd dozen; bacon, 6id per lb; hams, BRI per lb; lard, (Jd; fungus, 4d per lb