COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16502, 1 August 1919, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. SYDNEY, July 31. Oats.—Algerian feeding 5s 6d and 5s 7d. milling 5s 9d; Tasmanian, 6s to 6s 3d. Barley.—Cape, 5s to 5s 3d. Marie, 7s 3d to 7s 6d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian) £lB. Onions, £l9 10s to £2O. ADELAIDE, July 31. Oats, 4s Bd. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Received August 1, 11.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August I.' Barley.—English, malting 5s 6d to 5s 9d; Cape, 4s to 4s Id. Oats.—Algerians, milling 4s lid to ss, feed 4s 9d to 4s Kiel. Potatoes, £l3 to £l3 10s. Onions, £l7 to £lB. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. QUOTATIONS. BPKCIAL TO HEItALD, AUCKLAND, August 1. Messrs. Hendry and Hay (E. P. Webster, local agent) report the following Stock Exchange quotations and sales: — Waihi, 45s 3d and 455; Junction, 13s 6d and 12s 9d; Talisman, 7s 9d (seller); National Bank, £6 11s and £6 8s 6d'; Bank of Now Zealand, £l4 7s 6d (buyer); National Insurance, £4 (buyer); New Zealand Insurance, 31s and 30s; South British Insurance, £8 2s 6d and £8 Is; Tanpiri Coal, 18s 9d and 18s; Northern Steam, 10s (buyer); Auckland Trams, 22s 6d and 22s 3d; Wilson’s Qement, 16s 3d and 16s Id. DAIRY PRODUCE. The local market prices this week are as follows; Buying. Selling. Eggs 1 9 2 0 Dairy Butte) - (pats) 18 14 Registered Dairy Butter 14 15 NEWTON KING. Mr. Newton King reports, at Waiwakailio on. 2otn inst. t nad a good yarding of store cattle, every pea of which changed hands at the hammer, at advanced prices,' tu Hie dairy section 1 ottered dairy®herds on account ot 'Messrs. E. J. Cowling, 0. Colson, and J. Robinson. Buyers attended in big numbers, bidding being very Ifeeu throughout with the exception of tho registered Shorthorns, which were harder ot sale, but every tiling else sold well. Yearling hellers £t 18s to £3 11s, yearling steers £2 6s to i'3, mixed yearlings £3 Is, 20-month steers, mostly coloured, £4 6s to £5 15s, 20-montlr empty heifers, small, £4 to £5 14s, store cows £5 5s to £7 12s 6d, bulls £7 to £lO 10s.

Mr. Cowling’s herd, which comprised mostly registered Shorthorn cattle, sold from 10 to 18 guineas, 2 and 3-year-old heifers 9 to 18 guineas. Grade Shorthorn cows £ll 10s to £2O 10s. Mr. Colson’s herd contained some nice grade Jerseys, all milking sorts, these selling Iron. £2o‘ to £2V, other sorts made from £l4 10s to £l9 10s, late calvers £9 to £l2. On account of tho same vendor, sows made from £4 to £lO, farm horses £8 to £26. Tlio cows in Mr. Jlobinson’s herd were on the aged side, and realised from £l4 to £2O, backward sorts £ll to £l2 10s. Dairy cows on account of other vendors' made £lO to £lB, 2-ycar-old in-calf heifers, backward, £9 10s to £lO ss. At Douglas on 28th nit. I,had a full yarding of cattle, sheep also coming forward in big numbers. All classes were in 1 cecii demand, practically tne wliole of the yarding being cleared at the hammer. Prices were; Yearling heifers £3 10s, yearling stocrs£2 10s to £3 11s, mixed yearlings £2 7s lo £3 4s 6d, 2- empty heifers £5 to £6 IJs, 20-month steers £4 10. s to £6 4s, 2 and 3- do. £6 15-s to £8 10s, store cows £5 12s Gd to £7 3s, dairy cows £l3 to £l9, 2-ycar-old in-calf heifers £8 15s to £lO, smaller and backward sorts £6 10s to £B. Mixcl sex hoggets 22s 9d to 25s sd, 4-tooth wethers 32s 4d, mixed a"cd do., 31s 3d. 4-tooth ewes (in lamb), 24s Id, 6-tooth do. 26s 6d to 28s 3d. mixed aged do. 18s to 22s 3d, cull lambs 10s 6d.

At Stratford on 29th inst. I report a full yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a marked inquiry for_ all classes, a good clearance resulting. Mixed yearlings £2 Its to £4 Izs, yearling steers £2 5s to £2 10s, yearling heife* £3 2s 6;l to £4 9s, yearling Jersey heifers (choice) £6 10s, 2-year-old empty heifers £5 Is to £6 14s, 20-month steers (small) £4 10s to £l2 11s,' forward conditioned do. £8 10s to £lO, store do. £-5 10s to £7 10s, mixed soxed hoggets 22s 9d to 29-s, 4-tooth wethers 30s 7d, 4 and 6-tooth ewes (in lamb) 27s 6d to 35s lOd, f.m. do 13s 9cl, empty ewes 16s 4d, fat tin, 245. _ In tho dairv section best cows realised from £ls to £2O, poorer conditioned and backward sorts £lO to £l3, cows in milk £l4 to £l6 10s, 3-ycar-old dairv heifers £l2 10s to £lB, 2-year-old do. £9 10s to £l3. At To Popo on 24th inst. I conducted a dispersal sale of a dairy herd on account of Mr. 11. fiance, junr. Tho cows wore a nice oven line, in good condition and mostly early calvers. and a. good sale resulted. Cows sold from £l3 to £2o, 20-month empty heifers £6 6s. At Doll Block on 28th inst. I conducted a clearing sale on account of the estate of the'late James Haniblyn. Buyers all ended in big numbers, a most satisfactory clearance of everything resulting. "Best cows realised from £l4 to £2O 10s, late calvers £lO 10s to £l2 10s, 2-voar-old in-calf heifers £ll, yearling heifers £o ss. store pigs 32s od, sows £7 and £8 10s, farm horses £l4 10s to £lB 10s.

At Waihi on 29th hist. I conducted a clearing sale on account of the estate of the late (!. Fetch. The herd of 20 cows contained some very line cattle, all in the pink of condition and mostly early culvers. 'There was a big attendance of buyers, bidding being brisk throughout, the herd averaging £2O 6s. Best 1 cows realised from £2O to £29, others £l4 upwards: 3-yoar-old Shorthorn heifers (springing) £l9 to £2O, Shorthorn hull £lO, yearling huTs £l, mixed yearlings £4 2s. store pigs 37s 6d to £2, farm horses £l2 to £37. At Omata on 30th ult. I conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr. Win. Loveridgo. A most satisfactory clearance of everything was made. The herd of |2 cows realised from £l2 to £lB, backward and poorer conditioned sorts £9 10s to £ll, mixed yearlings £3 os. , ADDINGTON MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. At Addington market to-day there were fairly large entries of fat cattle and sheep and moderate or small yardings in other; departments. Chief in^

tercst was centred in the fat sheep sale ( in which a further rise of several shillings per bond was shown, and fat cattle also sold at advanced rates, and values wore above export level. There was a little improvement in store sheep. Pigs-of all sorts sold better. The store cattle and dairy cows wore a moderate lot, but there was a better demand for the former, and veal calves also sold well. Store sheep—Four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 29s Id to 29s 4d; sound and failing-mouth ewes, 7s 9d to 235; two and four-tooth wethers, 28s to 32s 3d; four,, six, and eight-tooth wethers, 29s to 33s 8d; four and sixtcoth wethers, 29s 4d to 31s; ewe hoggets, 28s 9d to 3t)s 9d; wether hoggets, 29s 6d; mixed sex hoggets, 12s 7d to 24s 9d. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers, to 77s 6d; prime wethers, 50s to 60s; medium wethers, 40s to 495; lighter; wethers, 30s to 39s 6d; extra prime ewes, COs; prime ewes, 45s to 555; medium ewes, 37s 6d to 445; lighter ewes, 30s to 375.,- low-conditioned ewes, 21a 3d to 29s 6d; hoggets 21s 3d to 31s 3d. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers, < to £32 10s; prime steers, £l9 5s to £23 10s; ordinary steers, £l3 to £lB 12s 6d; prime heifers, £l4 15s to £l9; ordinary heifers, £8 15s to £l2 15s; prime cows, £l2 to £l7 12s 6d; ordinary cows, £9 15s to £l9 2s 6d; vealera - —runners, £5 2s to £8 5s ; good vealers, £3 to £5 ; fair vealers, £2 3s to £2 13s; small and inferior, 4s to 86s. Store cattle Eighteen-month heifers, £3 17s 6d to £4 2s; dry cows, £5 to £8 10s; bulls, £8 to £l7 15s. Pigs—Extra heavy baconers, £8 6s; heavy baconers, £S 15s to £7 10s; medium baconers, £5 5s to £6 os (equal to 9fd per lb.); heavy porkers, £4 15s to £5; medium porkers, £3 9s to £3 15s (equal to lid to per lb.); choppers, £5 to , £9; best stores, to £3 Xs 6d; medium stores, 48s to 545; small stores, 25s to 325; wcaners, 18s to 275; sows in pig, £5 to £B.