COMMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

FxtUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. Business on the local fruit and produce markets has been rather quiet during the past week, and prices generally have shown little alteration. A large consignment of new potatoes came to hand and showed a drop in values. A lew old potatoes were also marketed. A fairly good shipment ot Fiji bananas arrived by the Navua and sold at high rates. A few gooseberrla! were sent to the markets and realises extreme figures. Strawberries were quitted from 1/ to 1/2 per box. Poultry was penned in small numbers apd good values were obtained. Following were the ruling at the auction sales yesterday:— Field Produce.—Potatoes : Southern, I prime, 5/6; new, 3d to lid lb. Chaff: Southern, prime, 4/3 to 4/6 cwt. Dairy Produce.—Butter : Farmers', in prints, prime, 10d to lOJd; farmers' bulk, prime, SJd; Inferior, 7d; milled, In bulk,' I for export, 9id. Eggs: Fresh, IOJd to lid dozen. I Fruit.—Apples: Hobart, dessert, 14/ to 16/ case. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 9id to 1/1 lb. Oranges: Local, 8/6 to 10/ case: Island, 16/; Sydney, 4/6 to 11/- Mandarine : Sydney, 7/6 to 19/8 case. Lemons: Local, prime, 6/9 to 7/6 case; local, rough and coarse, 3/ to 4/; Sydney, 5/6 to 6/9. Paselon-fruit, 11/6 to 12/1 case. Gooseberries, 4/6 per box for small, 7/9 to 10/ for large. Walnuts, 7d lb. Peanuts. 2id lb. Bananas, 4/6 to 5/ bunch, 2d lb. Pines, 8/ to 14/ crate. Cocoanuts, 8/ sack. Poultry.—Hens, 2/ to 2/6 each; table roosters, 3/6 to 4/; ducks. 2/ to 2/6; geese, 4/6 to 5/; turkeys, gobblers 7/6 to 10/, hens 3/9 to 4/. Miscellaneous.—Young pigs, 8/ to 12/ each. Mr. J. Jones reports: Poultry came forward in large supplies to a slightly weaker market. Pigs sole well. New potatoes came forwara In large supplies to a falling market, and prices ruled lower than Inst week's quotations. We quote: Poultry, roosters 3/1 to 3/11, cockerels 1/1 to 1/8, hens 1/8 to 2/4 ; ducks, 1/9 to 2/8; turkey gobblers, 8/ to 12/; hens, 4/ to 3/2: pigs, 9/ to 15/9; new potatoes, prime Id to ltd per lb, others Id to 3d put lb: poor at per bag old potatoes, 5/ to 8/; onions, 16/; pumpkins, 9/ to 52/; kumaras, 6/ to 7/; butter, bulk TJd to BJd, pate 8d to BJd : eggs, 10d to lOid; cheese, od to sid; bacon, sides, 6d to 7d; hams, 7d to 7Jd; lemons, 5/ to 5/6; maize, 3/7; wheat, 4/8: oats, 2/5: barley, 2/9; bran, £4 10/: sharps, £5 10/; barley meal, £4 5/: chaff, £4 ex stora WELLINGTON WOOL SALE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. "The best sale ever held In Wellington" sums up accurately to-day's wool sale, the first of the Wellington series for the 1909----10 season. The splendid range of values set at Napifr was fully maintained. Bales to the number of 2800 were offered, and prices on the whole were Id to Id better than they were at the opening sale of last s«ason. The extreme prices up to l?.»id were for very light conditioned half-breds. Good bright crosebreds went from 10id to 1/, according to condition; ordinary to medium, from SJd to Did; coarse crossbreds. 7 3-8 dto BJd. The sale was remnrkable for the very few lots passed in. I layers were present in stronger force ' than ever before. When the prices soared i above Bradford limits ond rami wlthl* the ■American ranee the bidding was left te : the several operators for American housei, ■ and if the the desired ligiii- ! n?es In condition th» limit price was given. I The ntavler-coiidltloned and light-cohdi- ! tioned bin non-skirted parcels were left to the Bradford and local buyers, and here the competition was strong enough to secure prices en a full parity with London values.

Prices averaged as follows (the figures for the last November sale appearing fl rs t) : —Merinos, unrepresented. Old to 10d; half-breds, 7d to Bd, 9Jd to 131<J; superfine crossbreds, 7Jd to Sd, 10d to 13d; medium crossb-eds, 6id to 7Jd, 8d to 10d; coarse crosebreds, 6d to 623, Id to OJd; inferior. croßsbreda, 4id to 6d, 7d to 8d; pieces and bellies,-2d to 3Jd. 4d to 6Jd; locks. Id to 2Jd. Id to 4J. LOXDON CABLE. (Received 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, November 12. Bank of England Returns: Gold coin. £31,940,000; reserve, £22,844,000; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 50.T1; circulation, £28,809,000: public deposits. £3,854.000; other deposits, £39.175,000 : Government securities, £16,158,000; other securities, £28,730,000. Money Market: Three months* bills, 4i : short loans, 43; bank rate, 5Consols and Stocks: Consols, 82 5-8; New South Wales fours, 1071; three-halfs, 08J ; threes 85& : Victorian fours 103 ; three halfs, 973*; threes, 86; Queensland threes, SCi; New Zealand fours. 105; three-halfs, 9Si; threes, Sβ; Tasmanian three-halfs, 97&; Westralla tnree-halfs, 9"i. The new South Australian half-million loan Is still uncleared, though offered as low as 99J. and buyers are asked to bid. Wheat: Tne markets are firm upon stronger American advices, end rumours of frost in the Argentine, but they arc inactive. Australian landed is quoted at 42/6 to 43/8; sailers, October,. 41/; new crop, December-January, 38/; January-February, 37/9 : : February-March, 37/2. Parcals of December-January, 38/.

Flour: Steady" and quiet. AustralianLondon, 31/, ex store; Glasgow, no sales; new crop old, 83/.

Oats: Slow. La Plata January-February, 14/11. strong demand. Butter : Beet salted. 112/ to 114/: occasional, 116/: unsalted, 116/ to 118/; secondaries, 106/ to 110/; Paoaroa's landing, IIS/: Danish, 130/ to 182 A A conference of leading butter and rabbit Importers and agents expressed anxiety a's to the result o£ the strike, and the possibility of lessened supplies, followed by the marketing of accumulated stocks. Though moat C.I.F. contracts contain a strike clause, the results of delaying shipments wll be disastrous. Copper: Spot. 58 3-16; three months, 59 15-16. Lead: Imports, 15,750 tons; Australian, 2857 ; exports, 3377. Iron: 50/11&. , Sugar: A firm, speculative market In less favourable crop reports from France, but German first marks, 13/9. Wool: The Bradford vcool market Is dulL Top makers have advanced present and future quotations a farthing, but business Is limited. Kanrl Gum.— Stocta of kauri gam total Sll tons. Uβ are requested to draw attention of Investors and others to an Important lanil and property sale at the auction rooms of Messrs. Paul Hansen and Co., Mutual Life Buildings, Queen-street, on Wednesday next, the 19th inst, nt 2.30 p.m. - The properties comprise the well-known Federal Hall, at the corner of Wellesley-street and Federalstreet, an excellent farm at OkuTa, nine miles north of Takapuna; 6 acres and cottage at 'Penrose: eoH.ige in Grafton-road, and section at Mt Albert. Full particulars ♦•nn be h«d from the above firm, or ilr. Lotrts Lewis, auctioneer.

I Judgment will Tje delivered on Monday ■morning toy Mr. Justice Edwards in the J motion for a new trial in the case of Horsnell v. the Auckland IJlectric Tram(ways Company, Ltd., which, as will be > remembered, was a claim for £1000 damages arising out of the Onehunga tram-way fatality, whereby Mr». Horsnell lost her life. Mr. M. O. McGregor ia counsel far .the plaintiff) and Mr. J. R. : OEtoed •.pptMure for <the defondairij convi JPSJIV '>■■■ r^fj'jiaL.».iii. , . -■■ ' T-i - .irlrtiiii