COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 204, 10 June 1933, Page 7

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

THE’ASHBURTON MARKET. •\ A lot of -apples are coming forward on to the Ashburton fruit and produce market at the present time, and prices show a slight drop, compared with those ruling last week. There is a scarcity of winter vegetables and not a great deal of business has been passing' this week. Prices generally show no alteration. Prices realised at the fruit and vegetable sales yesterday were as follow : ♦ Potatoes —New, 7s to 8s a sack. 1 Cabbages—3s to, 4s a dozen. Bacon—7d and 8d a lb. .Wheat—Seconds 7s 6d to 10s 6d a sack. Marrows—Bs to 4s a dozen. New Season’s Apples—Dessert 4s 6d to 6s; cooking, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Pears—2s and 2s 6d a case. Honey-—6Jd to 7d a lb. Chaff—2s 3d a bag. Pumpkins Id a lb. Onions—ld a lb. Quinces —l£d to 2d a lb. Ham—9d a lb. Walnuts—sd a lb. Garlic—4d a lb. Parsnips—2s 6d a sugar-bag Carrots—2s 6d a sugar-bag. Oats l —6s to 6s 6d a. sack. Swedes—2s a sugar-bag.

PICS AND POULTRY.

THE ASHBURTON MARKET. The following prices were realised for pigs and poultry at the weekly sale conducted by the Farmers’ Co-op-erative Assn.,, Ltd., in Ashburton yesterday : Poultry—Hens Is 4d to 4s Id, roosters Is 8d to 4s 7d, ducks 3s to 4s 7d, geese 4s 6d. Pigs—Weaners -6s to 9s, stores 13s to 17s 6d, porkers 20s to 245. - t FARMERS’ HORSE FAIR. Prices were fairly good at the horse fair held by the Ashburton branch of the Farmers’ Co-operative Association, The top price was £43 ids, obtained for a fine 4-year-old mare. The principal sales were: Geldings, Syrs £2B 10s, oyrs £34 and £36 10s, Byrs £l3, lOyrs £2B; mares, 3yrs £32 10s, 4yrs £26 10s and £43 10s, Syrs £l6. GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS (Special to the “ Guardian.” > CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. , The grain and produce markets have been steady throughout the week, and there have been only very small movements in any" section. Although there is a fair amount of inquiry for fowl wheat, most of the purchasers appear to be local, and will give only restricted prices. A> few more inquiries have been coming from the North Island for potatoes, but the market is still dull. Dakotas have been in fair demand, and as the supply appears to be limited, the price has risen half-a-crown. Very few whites are offered from the country, and an impression is gaining strength that there are not a great many potatoes left. Trade in agricultural seeds is steady. The following are prices quoted to be paid to farmers, on trucks at country stations, sacks included, unless otherwise mentioned: — Wheat (initial payment)—Tuscan 3s 7d, Hunters 3s 9d, Pearl 3s lid f.o.b. for June. Fowl wheat—lOd to 3s Id for prompt. Ryegrass-—Perennial Is 6d to 2s, Italian and Western Wolths Is 6d to Is 10d.. Cocksfoot—Akaroa 3-Jd to 4d, Plains 2Jd to 3di Glovers—White 8d to lOd, cowgrass 6d to 7s. Oats —Is 4d to 2s. Cartridge Peas —3s 3d to 4s. Barley—F°r feed, Is 6d to Is 10d. Potatoes —Whites £3, Dakotas £3 2s 6d. « Onions—£3 10s. Chaff—£2 to £2 os. Bran—£4 a ton for shipping, £4 10s a ton local. 1 ' Pollard—£4 10s a ton for shipping, £5 a ton local. Flour—£l3 12s a ton local, £l2 17s a ton for shipment to the North Island, with the usual increments for smaller packings. DUNEDIN MARKETS, DUNEDIN, June 9. Wheat.—Fowl wheat remains firm, and local merchants are finding a little difficulty in. securing stocks. Local values range round 3s 3d per bushel, sacks extra, ex truck, the price being based on 'quantity and quality required. Oats.—The shipping demand for A and B grade Cartons is practically nil. It would appear as if regular consumers in the North Island purchased their requirements when values were possibly at a lower level tlian they are to-day, and the greater proportion of the offerings at the present time are being taken by millers. Nominal value of A grade Cartons for shipment is 2s 6d per bushel, f.0.b., s.i., but the quotations from Bluff are 2d per bushel below this figxrre. B grade is quoted at 2s 2d, f.0.b., s.i., Dunedin. These prices are equivalent to Is 8d and Is 4d respectively on trucks, country sidings, sacks extra.

Chaff.—A steady demand exists for

chaff for this time of year, but most of the sales are for small lots ex store. Supplies continue to be largely drawn from Canterbury. Best quality is worth £4 per ion, sacks extra, ex truck, and up to £4 10s per ton ex store. Potatoes.—The market has a weak tone. There is not much shipping demand, but, on the other hand, consignments to the local market are not heavy, due to the recent broken weather preventing digging. Only sound lines, well graded, are inquired for, and these are worth' £3 10s per ton, sacks in, ex truck, Dunedin. Lines not of best quality are very hard to place, and have to be taken into store in the meantime.

Seeds.—All seech markets remain firm, notwithstanding that the demand from the North Island is very restricted. There is an outlet overseas for chewing’s fescue, crested dogstail, white clover and cocksfoot. -It is also expected that there will be a fairly large sowing down during the spring, and it does not seem likely that there will be a carry-over of any of these pasture seeds at the end of the year. Crested dogstail has advanced to 7|d f.o.b. per lb for really choice export quality showing minimum parity of 99 and germination of 90. This price is a considerable advance on opening quotations, for dogstail. which were on the basis of 3£d per lb f.o.b. about three months ago.

MELBOURNE MARKETS. MELBOURNE, June 9. Flour—£B 7s 6d per ton. Wheat—Easier at 3s 1-Jd per bushel. Bran and Pollard—£4 15s. Oats—2s 3d per bushel. Barley—English 2s 5d to 2s 6d. Maize—ss. Onions—Steady. Brown (Spanish £3 15s, Globes £2 15s per ton. AMERICAN WHEAT QUOTATIONS. ' ! NEW YORK, June 8. Quotations for wheat are as follow: Chicago—July 73£ cents per bushel, September 75, December 77£. New York—Cash, 844 cents a bushel. MARKETS INI BRITAIN. \ LONDON:, June 8. Wheat—Cargoes are dull and parcels are 3d down. Spot trade is quiet. Australian, ex ship, 26s 9d to 275. Futures are quoted:—London: June/ 21s 3d per quarter, September 21s Bd, December 22s sd. Liverpool: July 5s 0 5-Bd, October 5s 2|d, December 5s 4Jd. Flour Market steady. Australian, ex store, 20s to 20s 6d’ per sack. Oats—Dull of sale. Australian Algerians 15s to 15s 6d; A Gartons 18s to 19.5. Peas—Blues neglected. Tasmanian 340 sto 3605. Maples steady. New crop, Tasmanian 53s to s'ss, New Zealand 50s to 525.

Beans—New Zealand. 28s to 29s

DAIRY PRODUCE. i LONDON QUOTATIONS. LONDON, June 8. Butter—Market firm. Danish: 92s to 94s per cwt. Choicest salted: New Zealand 82s to 83s, Australian 80s to 82s. Unsalted: Is to 2s premium. Cheese—Market steady. New Zealand: White 49s cwt, coloured 54s 6d. Australian: 47s to 51s 6d. GRADING FIGURES. WELLINGTON, June 9. The grading figures of the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture for the ten months ended May 31, 1933, show an increase for butter of 22.33 per cent at 123,660 tons (101,088) and for cheese an increase of 14.80 per cent at 97,838 tons (85,227), compared with the corresponding period of last year. Reduced to terms of butter-fat equivalent there is to date an increase of 20.218 per cent, oyer last year. BRADFORD WOOL TRADE. LONDON, June 8. At Bradford the market is very firm with a hardening tendency. Quotations are: 70’s 27d, 645 s 26d, 60’s 24|d, 56’s 19 jd, 50’s 13Jd, 46’s lOd, 40’s 9d, TIMARU SHEEPSKIN SALE. ' TIMARU, June 9. An all-round increase in prices, ranging from Id to 2d per lb compared wtih the last sale in Afril, was a feature of the sheepskin sale at Timaru to-day. The offering totalled approximately 10,000 skins and it was cleared under animated competition from the full bench of buyers. The top price for full-wool half-bred skins was 7lu today, compared with 5Jd last sale. Hairbreds advanced 2d to 2£d; three-quar-ter-breds, lid to 2d : cross-breds, Id to lid; hoggets, ljdj lambs, lid. Halfbred dead-skins appreciated from ljd to 2d, while of .the killed offerings. Merino full-wool rose lid and half and quarter increased by 2d; dead Merino skins, full-wool, brought 2£d more, and half and quarter skins were Id up. Fine black, killed, advanced ljd. The range of prices is as follows: Half-brcds—Full-wool 7f d ; three-quarter-wool, 6Jd, lialf-wool sld, quar-ter-wool 4d. Three-quarter-bred—Full 5Jd, threequarter od, half 4ld, quarter 4d. Cross-breds—Full 31 d. three-quarter 3ld, bail 3fd, quarter 3d. Hoggets— Half-bred. 6d, three-quar-terbred sid, cross-bred 4|d. Lambs—Half-bred 6*d, three-quar-ter-bred 51 d, cross-bred sd. Dead and damaged wool realised from did 1 to 3d.