COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 27, 13 November 1935, Page 11

COMMERCIAL NEWS

GOOD PRICES FOR HORSES.

FOUR DRAUGHTS BRING £204. A feature of the clearing sale conducted by the Ashburton branch: of the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association on behalf of Mr J. T. White, Racecourse Road, on Monday, was the high price realised for four draught horses, which made £204. The best of the four was a grey gelding (seven years), which was knocked down at £55. There' was a good attendance of buyers, and the whole sale was a satisfactory one. Prices for the livestock were as follow:

Horses—Grey gelding (7yrs) £55, bay mare (9yrs) £sl, black gelding (Byrs) £SO, black mare (Byrs) £4B. Cows —Jersey cow £6 15s, black and white cow £6 15s. Sheep Seventy-seven two-tooth wethers at 17s, 100 at 18s 3d, 30 at 15s, 105 four, six and eight-tooth ewes and lambs at 8s lOd, 85 at 189 lOd, 154 ewes and lambs at 16s Id, 203 at 15s 9d, 27 s.m. ewes at 21s 6d, 19 fat steers at 21s lid, 5 at 14s 6d. Pigs—Three stores at 345.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

AUCKLAND' MARKETS. (Special to the “Guardian.”) AUCKLAND, November 12. Southern potatoes are almost finished with for the present season, though small quantities are still being dealt in on the basis of £ll a ton. The Pukekohe crop is coming out in capital order, the quotation being 16s pei’ cwt on rucks. Californian and Canadian onions still supply the local market at 1/s per 1001 b bag. A shortage of southern _ feed oats resulted in consignments being brought from Australia. Samples have opened up only moderately well. The quality y is irregular, and it would appear that grading has not been given sufficient attention. The local'price is the same as for B Cartons, namely, 4s lOd a bushel, ex store. Chaff is unaltered at £8 a ton. The demand is slack. Canterbury fowl wheat is now practically off the local market, which is being wholly supplied from Australia through the Wheat Board. There is a good demand at 5s 7d a bushel. Maize supplies are still hard to obtain, and the market is firm at 5s lOd a bushel.

WHEAT PRICES IN BRITAIN. LONDON, Nov. 11. Wheat cargoes are lower and inactive. Parcels are dull and easier. Futures: London, February 24s 9*d per quarter, April 24s' 8d; Liverpool, December 6s o|d per cental, March 5s Bfd, May 5s Bd.

THE BRADFORD WOOL MARKET.

(Received This Day, 12.50 p.m.) f LONDON,- Nov. 11. The Bradford wool market is firm, with a fair amount of business. SYDNEY WOOL SALE. RECORD FOR GREASY MERINO. (United Press Association- -Copyright). SYDNEY, Nov. 12. At the wool sale 9 12,194 bales were offered, 11,606 sold and 1786 disposed of privately. Competition was again animated and excellent clearances weie ' effected. The market was very firm. Greasy merino made a fresh record to 26Jd.