COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 16, 29 October 1938, Page 11

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE. THE ASHBURTON MARKET. Prices at the Ashburton fruit and produce market yesterday were steady, and there was little change from the previous week. Prices at the Ashburton fruit and produce market yesterday were: — "Walnuts —7d and 8d lb. Cauliflowers —6s to 8s a dozen. Swedes—ls 6d sugar bag. Carrots —Is 6d and 2s a sugar-hag. Pickling Onions —-2id to 3d a lb. - Parsnips—2s a sugar-bag. Cabbages—Bs to 9s a dozen. Sturmer Apples—ss 6d to 6s a case. Chaff—2s 6d to 3s a sack. Potatoes —2s to 2s 6d a sugar-bag or 5s to 6s a sack. Wheat —20s to 2ls a sack. Honey—Bd and 9d a lb. Onions—2id and 3d lb. Bacon—lOd to Is a lb. Hams—ls to Is 2d a lb. Leeks—3d to 4d a bundle. Seed Potatoes —Early, lid and 2d a lb. 'Lettuces —3s a dozen. Rhubarb —4d and 5d a bundle. LONDON MEAT MARKET. PRODUCERS’ BOARD’S REPORT. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board advises that the following »re the ruling prices of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of frozen meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods, sqld on Thursday, ♦October 27. Chilled beef prices are averages of the week on which this list is issued. All prices, are on the basis of delivered to Southfield market. Frozen beef is meeting with a good demand, but chilled beef is a shade easier, owing to competition with homekilled. New Zealand porker pigs are a shade easier, owing to increased supplies of home-killed. New Zealand bpconer pigs are unchanged, hut the tendency is

easier. Boneless bobby veal is selling slowly at unchanged prices Quotations: — Mutton. New Zealand—Crossbred wethers and/or maiden ewes: 49-561 b 4|d, 57641 b 4fd, 65-721 b 4fd. Ewes: 481 b and under 3|d, 49-561 b 2fd, 57-6ilb 2|d, 65-721 b 2}d. Lambs. Canterbury: 361 b and under 7Jd, 37421 b 72d, 43-501‘b 7£d. Second quality: Average about 311 b 6|d. Other South Island: 361 b and under 7|d, 37-421 b 72d, 43-501 b 7£d. North Island: First quality: 361 b and under 7|d, 37-423 b 7§d; second quality: Average about 311 b 6|d. Argentine—First quality (new season’s): 361 b and under 7jd, 37-421 b 7d. Chilled Beef. Australian—Ox hinds, 145-21Glb sfd,, ox crops weights corresponding 45 d. Union of South Africa: Ox hinds, 1452101 b 6id, ox fores 145-2101 b 4d. South Rjiodesiau :Ox hinds', 145-3101 b sfd, ox fores, 145-2101 b 3|d. Uruguayan— Ox hinds, 145-2101 b 6|d, ox fores, 1452101 b 3fd. Frozen Beef. New Zealand (second quality) Ox hinds, 4£d, ox fores Australian (second quality)—Ox hinds 4|d, qx orops 31 d. Pigs. New Zealand porker: First quality: 61-801 b 7id,’ 81-1001 b 7d, 101-1201 b 6|d. New Z ealand baconcr: 121-180 lb 6|d. 1 Veal. Boneless Bobby • (new season’s), ex store, in parcels, 44d. The Bank of New Zealand is in receipt of the following advice from its London office as at the close of business this wieekr — Wethers—Weaker values are ruling owing to lack of demand. { Ewes —The market is depressed. Lambs —There is only a poor demand. , The market is affected by heavy supplies of home-killed meat. Wethers— 4fd, to 4Jd; heavy, Sid to 4jfd. Ewes: 2£d to 3£d. Lambs. 2’s, 7|d to 7Jd;.B’s, 7fd to 7|d; 4’s, 7fd to 7£d; seconds, 6|d to 6|d.

grain and produce. THE DUNEDIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, October 28. Little business is passing in milling wheat. Millers continue to work on their stocks of both New Zealand and Aus-tralian-grown wheat, and there is now very little, if any, old season’s milling quality to come on the market. Stocks of fowl wheat held locally are on tnc short side. Dunedin merchants are obtaining most of their requirements f' om South Canterbury and the North Island. The market is firm at 6s 9d a bushel, sacks extra, ex store. Millers have ample stocks of oats to meet their requirements. There a,re no oats available for shipment for this port, and North Island merchants are drawing their small requirements from Canterbury and Bluff. The ruling shipping quotation is 3s 3d f.0.b.5.i., foi A Gartons and 3s f.o.b.s.i. for Bs. In the absence of supplies in the countiy quotations on trucks are nominal at 2s 9d a bushel for A Gartons and 2s 6d for B’s. . . Small lots only of chaff are inquired for. Values remain unaltered, with good, sound quality worth £6 LOs a ton, sacks'extra, ex store: The potato market continues doll,

and sales are difficult to make. Stores are holding sufficient to meet the demand until the new potatoes are in full supply, and sales are being recorded at £2' to £2 10s a ton, sacks included, ex store. Substantial quantities are still held in the country and merchants are advising growers that it is useless sending them to the market. THE SHARE MARKET. The following sales were made on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yesterday:— LISTED 1 STOCKS.

BRADFORD TOPS MARKET, LONDON, October 27. Bradford prices have been, maintained, though slack conditions prevail. Quotations are: Merinos: 70’s 27Jd, 64’s 265, 60’s 25d. Crossbreds: 58’s 22d, 56’s 19*d, 50’s 17(1, 46’s and 44’s (nominal) 16Jd.

Sales on ’Change. £ s. d. 100 Com. Bank of Amt. 0 16 9 50 Natl. Bank of N.Z. ... 2 in 3 100 Wool worths (N.Z.) 0 10 0 100 Woolwortlis « (South Africa) 0 14 10 300 N.Z. Refrig. (£1 pel) (2) 0 17 0 Sales Reported. 50 El., S., and A. Bank . 5 8 6 10 Bank of N.S.W. 31 15 0 250 South British Ins'ur-' ' ance (ex div.) (2) 2 2 6 100 N.Z. Breweries 2 6 6

100 Broken Hill Propty. 200 National Insurance 2 17 10 (cum div.), late sale Thursday 100 National Insurance (cum div.), late sale Thursday ... o ir, 0 0 15 6 UNLISTED STOCKS. Sales on ’Change. 100 Woohvorths Properties 0 14 G