COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144150, 21 July 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT. LONDON, July 17. Silver, 27 l-16d. Share quotations.—Waihi 42s 6d and 43s 9d, Junction 20s and 215., PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON, July 18. The Department of Agriculture -has receive the following cablegram from tho High Commissioner, under date London, July 16:—The, wool sales have closed. The attendance throughout was good. Competition for good quality was animated, but hesitating for inferior sorts. American buyers are holding back on account of tariff uncertainties. They have taken 200 bales, out of 43,000 sold for export. In consideration of all tho circumstances previously referred to, the sale was generally regarded as satisfactory. Estimated values are: Superior merinos Is Id to Is 2Jd, medium lOd to Is, inferior 8d to 10d; fine crossbreds Is to Is 3d, medium 9ld to Hid, coarse SJd.to Hid. There were 40,500'hales of New Zealand wool held over. Provided the general conditions are satisfactory and Dio present cohsumntion is maintained the prospects are favourable. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. DT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. MELBOURNE, July 18. Wheat, 3s Sd to 3s Od per bushel. Flour, £8 15s per ton. Bran and pollard, £5 per ton. Barley.—English malting 3s 9d to 4s, Cape 2s lid to 3s 2d. Oats. —Algerian milling 2s 3jd to 2s sd, feed 2s 2d to 3s. Maize, 4s. Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 15sOnions, £6 to £6 ss. MATTHEWS, BENNETT AND CO. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report a good yarding of cattle in their Inglewood,yards last Wednesday. Bidding for dairy stock was better than at recent sales, and young stock was in good demand. They sold practically everything at the hammer at tho following prices;—Springing heifers £5 to £6 ss, cows (good) £6 to £8 10s, inferior cows £4 to £5 ss, store cows £3 3s to £3 12s 6d, good yearling heifers £2 6s , to £2 17s, mixed woanors 31s to £2 Os 6d. Also, on account of Mr. Dombroski, old and backward cows £3 10s to £5 ss, good forward cows £5 10s to £8 2s 6d. MR. NEWTON KING. Following is Mr. Newton King’s report:— On Monday, 14th inst., at my Uronm Yards, I had a small entry which sold as follows •—Eat cows £6 11s to £7 9s, store cows £3 to £3 ss, forward cows £4 17s, store cows £3 to £3 11s 6d, empty heifers £3 7s to £3 9s, 21-year steers £4 Is 7d, mixed yearlings £1 12s to £2 Bs, 18-month steers (fair line) £3 13.5 6d, mixed fat sheep 18s Id, dairy cows up to £7,55, springing heifers up to £6 15s. ,

On Tuesday, loth inst., at my Eahotu Yards, yearling heifers made from £2 5s to £2 Is 7d, yearling steers £2 2s, small or bad coloured £1 os to £1 10s 6d, store cows £3 10s to £3 17s, dairy cows £7, small 18-month steers £3 10s, weaner bulls £3. Clearing Sales.—On Friday, 11th inst., on the farm at Kaipikiri, Urenui, . for Mr. R. H. Daveny’s sale, owing to (the very boisterous weather there was not a large attendance of the public. TV’.o cows were young ' but were mostly ealvers. Competition for the latter was, not keen, but early ealvers made very satisfactory prices. Early ealvers madk' up to. £lO, later ealvers £6 10s to £7, Ss, poor conditioned or very lato £3 to\ £5 Ss. At the Urenui Yards, on Monday, 14th ins t., 1 offered Mrs. Ellon Perrottm dairy hind. These cows were low in condition,, no dates were available, and there worv several aged cows in the line, consequent b they did not make a high average. Vest young cows sold at from £8 ICte to £k 11 ss, later ealvers £6 5s to £7 15s, apetC poor or empty £3 os to £-1 ISs. The (herd of 43 (which included 12 that sold tinder £5) averaged £6 5s 3d. , \

. On the sams' day, at Waipukn, for Mr. Jos. Mi!lor\s dairy herd the line of 30 cows average*! £S Bs. Best young cows, good quality, from £lO to £l2 10s, young cows £.7 15s to £9, late calvers aged £5 to JEJiIO ss. At Lepperton, op Tuesday, loth inst., I conducted a sale on account of Mr. W. LoVelL Tho coi were poor condi tioned aud'inclfidcd p good number of 3-year-olds on ■ their st cond calf, mostly small. Best cows soil 1 at from £8 les to £ll 15s, others £4- to £7 15s, aged £2 to £3 12s 6d, the h\ rd of 29 averaging £7,' springing hoilct "s £4 12s 6d to £7 ,12s 6d, bulls £3 15i -., maro in foal £ll 15s, dray £l3 15s, g ’’g £lO, mower £9 15s, oultwator £9 15 3. On Wednesday 16th,i, for Mr! 0. Nash’s sale, at Stratford,l had a good attendance. The herd of o qws was very mixed, anything young she wing quality and in forward condition i elling readily. Best cows brought froi n £9 10s to £ll, fair sorts £5 15s to £ S 15s, aged and backward £2 2s 6d to 1-4 10s, bull £6 ss, weaners £2 10s, lamb s 11s Id to 12s, 7-yc.ar mare £27 10s, gi ’ey gelding £6 10s, dray £lO 10s, chain I mrrows £3 13s, mower £5. *. On the same day, for Mr. 1 P. H. E. Surrey’s pedigree sale, at nrv Waiwakaiho Yards j I had a good at ad representative attendance from alt -parts of the district and Ra-ngitxkei. Tjonipobition opened very slowly, but improved as tho sale progressed, and pricii/3 on the whole wore very- satisfactory, llhe cows, sold a good deal cheaper than tW neifers, which made excellent price f- Thorn any bulls were looking roug (i and. were rather on tho small sido, an d, considering the unfavourable cone. \i tie ns, sold at very satisfactory prices. Tho-; highest prices were for cow ’'Toga’sTiny,” to Mr. E. Long, Manaia., 71 igns.; cow Sheila, to Mr. L. G. At wl trews* Bell Block, 67gns.; heifer, Aiesta’sn Campanile, to Mr. W. It. Butler, Manaia, 62gns.; cow White Carnation i, toMr. H. Stratford, _ Palmerston No rth, 60gns. The 18 pedigree cows averaged 33gns., and the heifers aweraged 4igns., pedigree bulls from 8 .to: 20gns. _ i

At Huiroa, on Thursday, I held a sale l of pedigree and grade cattle on account of Mr. D. Watkin. The stock was all l in good condition, both pedigree and grades showing lots of quality and were considerably above the average. Prices for the were not .quite up to expectati||sf ; and were in favour of buyers. The 16 grade cows, which were a particularly fine lot, made from £9 to £23, with an average of £l4 10s. Prices for the pedigree cattle were as follows:—Marigold 11., to Mr. H. Stratford, 29gns.; Mistletoe, to Mr. A. E. 'Watkins, 60gns.; Palma, to Mr. H. B. Lopper, 22gns.; Park Queen, to Mr. <T. B. Colson, 30gns.; British, to Mr. A. E. Watkins, 37gns. ; RivorWa Lass, to Mr. A. E. Watkins, SOgns.; heifers, Indian Queen, to-Mr. H. J. Ambury, SO

gns.; Signal Queen, to Mr. John Hale, 26gns.; Signal Lass, to Mr. John Hale, 221gus. ; pedigree Berkshire sows, 2 to 61gns.pedigree Berkshire boars, 2 to 21 gns.; store pigs, £1 0s 6d. The 40 cows offered on account of Mr. W. Phillips were a really good line, selling very readily from £5 10s to £ls 10s, this herd averaging jiist £lO.