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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16039, 25 January 1918, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph —Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. SYDNEY, Jan. 24. Oats.— Algerian feeding, 2s lOd to 3s; milling, 3s Id to 3s 3d; Tasmanian, 3s lOd to 4s 2d. Maize, 5s 6d. _ Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £7 to £7 10s. Onions, £lO to £J2. ADELAIDE, Jan. 24. Oats, 2s 7d. . ) (Received Jan. 25, 10.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Jan. 25. Barley.—Chevalier malting, 4s lid to >6s 2d; Cape, 3s 4d’tft.3s sd. Oats. —Milling Algerian, 2a iid to 2s 8d; feed, 2s 6Jd to 2p 7d. Potatoes, £4 to £6 ss. Onions, £6 to £8 10s. DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. CZB PRIES ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, Jan. 24. Sales on change.—Huddart Parker (ordinary)) 34s 9cl; South. British Inlurance, £6 19s. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. SPECIAL TO BEBALtK AUCKLAND, Jan. 25. Messrs Hendry and Hay (E. P. WsbstW local agent) report the followExchange quotations and * Sale.—Talisman, 10s 9d._ Quotations. —Bank of New* Zealand, buyer £l2 4s; National Bank, buyer £5 3s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, buyer £8 4s; National Insurance, sellers :61s, buyers 60s; Taupiri Coal, 18s and 17s 6d;‘ Auckland Gas, 28s 3d and 27s 3d; Huddart Parker and Co., buyer 34s 6d; Northern Steam, sellers 15s fid; Auckland Trams, buyer 16s fid, ordinary 21s 6d and 20s fid; Waihi, 88s 3d and 37s 6d; Talisman, 11s and 10s 8d; Junction, buyer 15s 6d; Rising Sun, 2s lid and 2s 7d. NEWTON KING. Newton King reports:—At Waiwkkaiho on Friday, 12th inst., theXe was a fair entry, for which I had good competition. Cows and calves made from £6 10s to £lO 3s. fat cows £lO 13s 6d, store cows £4 ISs for small to £8 15s for good sorts, bulls up to £ls, empty 2-year heifers £7 Is, small 15-18-month heifers £3 16s, yearling Jersey steers £3 Ss, springing heifers £6 10s to £9 6s, dairy cows £l3 10s. At Douglas, on Monday 14th, fat cows made £ll 16s to £l2 9s, store and forward cows £7 7s to £lO 2s 6d. bulls £7 2s 6d to £l3 12s 6d, small store cows £6 4s 6d to £6 17s 6d, fat heifers £9 17s 6d to £l2 13s, 18-month eteers £6 11s to- £8 14s, 2 steers £lO 2s 6d, yearling heifers £4, f J.m. ewes 21s. At Stratford, on Tuesday 15th. yearling to 15-month heifers mads £4, 18month empty heifers £5 7s 6d, small cows and calves £6 12s fid, fat cows £lO 13s to £ll 16s, fat-heifers £lO 18s, forward cows np’to-£9 18s, store cows £5 13s to £8 ss, halls £6 15s to £l3 12s fid, f.f.m. ewes 18s fid to 22s'2d, shorn lambs II s to 11s Id, small 6s fid to 8s 3d. At Inglewood, on Wednesday 16th, 16-18-month empty heifers made from £4 18s to £5 fis, smaller sorts £S.l3s fid to £3 17s 6d, 2-yeav empty heifers £7 3s to £7 6s, 15-month steers £5 14s fid to £6 10s, fat working bullocks £l7 10s to £l3 15s. cows and calves £6 11s to £8 17s fid, fat and forward cows £lO Is to £lO 15s, fat cowls up to £l2 6s fid, forward cows £9 to £lO Is fid, empty store cowe from £6 for small to £8 J2s fid for good-framed sorts, forward ewes and wethers 27s 3d, lambs 13s, forward ewes 26s fid, 4-tooth‘ to f.f.m. ewes 26s fid. mixed weaners 21s, bulls £9 2s fid to £ls. At Ohura, on Thursday. 17th, 'there was a full yarding, with good competition throughout, practically everything yarded being cleared at the hammer at the following prices; Fat bullocks £l6 10s, 3-year steers £l3 os, 2}-year steers £9 10s to £lO 19s, 18-month steers £6 18s fid to £B, fat cows £lO 5s to £l2 ss, forward cows £8 15s to £9 16s, store cows £6 12s 6d to £8 15s, cows and calves £8 12s 6d, stags i£9, bulls £6 to £l2, 16-18-month empty heifers £5 Is to £6 los, fat heifers £9 16s, fat and forward ewes 28s, wethers 23s 4d to 28s, f.f.m.’breeding ewes 21s lOd, small 2-tooth ewes 22s 9d, small lambs 9s Bd. At Kaponga, on Friday 18th, fat cows made £ll 16s, forward cows £lO to £ll 6s, store cows £7 7s to £9 6s, bulls £l2 10s, small 15-month heifers £3 17s. On the same day at Rahotu small 15month heifers made £3 14s, small 15month steers £6 7s fid. fat cows £lO 14s to £ll 15a fid, forward cows up to £lO Is, store cows £B 18s to £8 16s fid, bulls up to £l3 1.55. stag £7 7s fid, 19month steers £6 7s fid. At Urenui, on Monday 21st, there was a small entry, which sold as fol-

lows: 10-18-month heifers made from £3 16s 6d to £4 14s, 15-month steers \ £5 13s, forward cows up to £lO 6s, store 7s 6d to £8 12s 6d, empty heifers £7 15s. bulls £8 10s to £l2 ss, shorn lambs 15s Id, 2tooth wothers 26s 6d, 18>month in-oalf Jersey heifers £5 Os to £5 10s. On Tuesday 22nd, at Stony ftiycr, 18montb steers made £7 3s 6d, Waller nattle £6 16s to £o 10s, 10-month heifers £4 18s 6d to £5 Is, springing heifers £B, springing cows £0 16s to £l2, fat bullock £lB 19s, fat cows and heifers £ll 15s to £ll 16s, good forward cows £lO 10s. store cows £5 5s to £8 17s. cows and calves (good) £9 13s to £lO 10s„ bulls £ls. fat ewes 28s, small fat 2-tooths 25s 6d.