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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 207, 29 August 1912, Page 9

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Auckland Star Office, Tbursdav, August 20, Wl2i An improvement, all round In the tone ol gens:.i!'business must be recorded. Quite 3 healthy briskness seems to have taken the piece of the slackness that has prevailed with few exceptions for some months past, bat eves notv ir is doubtful is trade is as Ijood ot money so plentiful as In the cor-t-espo.iding .period of last year. A brighter outlook for a great improvement on the ■■nst naif-year is certainly In evidence at the p.efent time. With grain nnd produce merchants trade has been ou the dull side, hut the arrival of shipments — particularly L'aiifornian onions—to fulfil orders for forward sales has livened matters up somewhat. In the same line spot trade is sloiv, due no doubt to the almost unpie-:edented values, and la forward business there is practice I v bothirc to offer barring potatoes Cor imtoertnic satpaient from the South. WholeGale crocery mercbauts advise trade as r-teady Ln ion- a_d slightly busier in the count,-. Eoftgopds warehousemen are stM buss with summer goods, but operations have been somewhat retarded by the uou-arrival of cargo steamers due to the dockers' strike in Eu eland. riurtiware merchants and ironmongers report trade as brisk in" the large lines 'handled for building and construction purposes, but in the retail departments, where saiailur orders are received, business is on the ouiet side. . - . .. The large city retailers have been finding trade rather slow up till now, but the smaller suburban retailer's report that trade has been fairly steady with them through fcae winter. °. tejlon Tea.-Ad by mail from toiombo state that the principal feature of the last sale was the demand for common teas of ull descriptions, which showed from one to two cents advance. (Jood liquoring aud tippy brokens were well competed tor and ciav be quoted fractionally dealer. Medium kinds gejierallv were firm Common dusts and farmings were much In evidence, and showed a "further advance Quality all round might b? termed d.s-n----pointing. The London market is ad vis-d as flrn, and active, medium Tekoes being in strong demand. i Sain.oii.-rn spite of the high values rulng for ui_s line-Higher tb.au has ever been £/ D °f£ > , IVi* f llno . '"de—a fair amount of fdrnard business has been done for new season _ delivery here from November opwards. A striking feature this year is the largo tales of pink, or humpback, "grades 1. is anticipated tUat mis grade will become a more popular seller as it is more esten •slvely distributed: it is mainly a prejudice JOIV'T,- ' >f , ml fl ' h rhat tMs iiae has been eomp.T.-ativcl.v neglected. linseed fill. -Quotations for immediate shipment from England represent an »_! vancsiM one halfpenny per gallon, and the -arte;, remains fairly firm. Dates I'SeW Seasou'sl.-O.wlng to the high rate.s qtiot.nl, and the disastrous aßn _ last R^;/ P r , 'v ti, ;f, b " sl "-«'ha« been small! S r VL^IT s i,a - Ui prioes are nnt lusty io decline. /•Haricot Beans-Advices from r .^^ supplies becoming rapidly exhausted Tr taS '" m3rfc rts continue rising, jMUhc line remain, at the same firm Satisfactory conditions prevail __ _,« HNS ~-'-ed e tleif^ totlsl lSnce Sa ilr~ e s!nr U e at l e ° f *"* UP to W and tho- c laSt re POft. tS/fi V 7 tn- ? c * re 6ti buyers at S& & &g* *] «"* §«ffiL__ i i 6hares fi ™ed this week _*%? _?'_,-- Yest erday afternoon a t 41" S__iwM v^' 01 " 1 Station was Pl-ced «Wi *hd liM then ? S oal ' ch4n '-S 'hands 'Lihares hal"?norsl-r raupi s .-» 23 3 £1 i_m a.?Ji n a ' f Tmni laq-irv. but -Palate c=' Ckland3 , as lo *a 8 64/ at "fttr'rta C sLL ye ? teraas "' *** «/ "»» offered btactJtfi.'T A tramsa-tion took for ,? Crn ?l cam shares at iSAI, and K'Swt? Fi was offeretL Timber ' _sSJ?, C JV* * ad macn -"entiou since ' wf_ r??ohol' f a 9a, 1 rtf 'contributing Kauri 55.L ted - yester day at 17/. Auckland -&tro Se - f almoSt *»*i *** b <^S 6ik-f"™-^ r v l, ? ,? -' feronce and --V ft "- ordl ° _ffi_n.'K^.* % ? U * te sh * res have eaFed t0 SMKI -t>. bet no buyers quoted latter£_T V !S_ Ut shares have an upward ten-fe'.R-fe s vvaeJi - Wil ? oi Preference sold «'L»* & for xz - dement 27/0 is now ¥&"__ There have bs__-»l__dy buyers r j.' rt ? rt ?* r , a P oot ftt IS- and Tonsou t _rtJMtr-_. Ltd., liave been asked"'for at 20. an upward Wflvf. took place in Turkish Bath Mares since last report, 50/ being offered without holders tjuollng. rW™f <M T ks h:, nnt ' 5D,Tn "u much cnange In values this week. Waihi-Paero.i saarea were placed at. 36/ and 3p/6, wiilo mis offered for Waihis. A few hoursEtrlke In tne ralisman mine this week did not sensibly affect those shares, sales being fflade in 40/6 and ii/. Crowns still rule M_J? f ' ! ' , ''' "'-minion shares have been S fWi-Otly at 3d. Kuranui-Cale-flcuiian shares have bad several sales at Iffi tawLki tn ? cro6s P'J' at 1,000 feet, is approachinj that mine. Saxons have had Bnmeroiis snlcs at. 1/ and 1,1, and Sylvias tßangcd hands at 1/1 and I._,'*___. figure h«L J* 0 , ' ald tn - °>'-i'ldentals and WaiTSPis rJns fl,e wcsk - Witchmans firmed «nVS 1- t0 V 4. K,, s» Goldiflelds had fair - ir. S? i'^'"' nnrl Success Dredging sold n*. 22/.Q yesterday down to .1/. - Mrflaf^-TI* 111 ? lr^e ' j - s excepUonally Kroag in I,P ' lresp - nt ihnctnre. as A'us- &,'"'!"''>' "-mlnues at extreme rates. n.m * OUJ ,^ "theju centres, particularly M ♦?,„" , Titnani. indicate that the bulk Wi-St availab.c supplies have' now been ESS™ e -hausted, and that tie steamer now "rating at Oamaru for Australia ""wilt not &rSSP lDore ior e xv°- H a<l '•« Sot fttrt for f rWilI "v purchases made by Auck£r?k" !f ', ,tl " prlce 'Poally fr POtaSSn" 'a v?l ~een than it now' is. SH 9 , l!U l er6 c°" w turning their ire offeSln the _erbury dlstrl?t. and fee l„ e l n f Tery iish P as His too $alifo?ni^ c I?","" - to < * n,,v applies from fornia. Stocks in Auckland at the preRrf? _iw_r Il, ' v mc,l,>rat <-- ™ tbe TintSntt 7'P mf '» t • "' Va - a small one. It Is rale fni. k '' p ,'" v •" Jla, • P ricea ™ a y yet | Stall? *$ rf * P n - Cll _•*» the end of potatbi ex sto r rk D £^ln/ q T' a ! ,on ""j I reall* ™Ii , eJs *" 10 1 0 /- which is u»t tten, y |n q al al^ U ./°. ,That ca " be got for' stw-fIS. * c .■c J', lst n»w. as the latest IS SS^r l "" ai'm-b-t i_si the b " SIUPSS itb WW I R ~f le w to t»e bnslnesn with Sydney. " '<iS' f «', seem as if the whole Sew 7p,iS ,h , Va,es ** dependent upon ieweron nr d ± S n noi J' fnr P"t a t«es. the ' *act Is 1«L, r tatop " ln fhe Auckland dls- | Sfcu v fortnn «tely. not so far ahead as Stt the a , the . Dt! " f A^£t - ™« fette.ee? M 6 "°«3"? lij ' coin wearier «- hive ho SMDP plfi ' >es ,hp CRr| 5" Planted -Seifl P^ ? out n,r h -f f ro*-ts. havf flrmert SXatnrill 's"- seerl I"* 1 "' » tab?vnr n m 31n P ar 1 wf the market the lnr-er sii l& -- nld -. nn flr, " b t. 'ome of ParnosM -r°h» i"•*_ be "? s Ko '" for ea, ras &ta__".rS'i T 8?1 WlCes ll;1Ve reSulteu aid 'for thf*? hel ?f P |antf,fl w «th potatoes, hcan h»,?«f n n \r days ,I,e **e a "ier has ttei oK* D,je for f - r t°ias operatoto in ,-S, ekeepers ? D '', "'' >-> Stars are A?l»T?' nucl tbo f°™er are now H_f»fl Sl ' pplj '' with every prospect PlanSnc " ho before toe end of tne »oV/noto/. rl lo RoKe ' Northern Stars are iO/p?r toh at £ ' aEd Ga *"&* « £0 _i_? e<1 ?;* =G _ aDfl c] oTer seeds still rule we?th. pre ; Particularly the latter. havl>,eLi tio: ? B 1n Producing countries wiieh h£ t aad i -" ar<? ' very unfavourable, Si ten<le<l __ f,rm holders. Algerian elelaen V S »in meot ,rirt stl ' n3c la iulry. '' p ' «Sen t„.» or,h 4/ ' From the ou t" ,o,i shorten- ™S? see , ms eTery Prospect of a closes 0 Eooa seed oats berore the season >WSet~this *™, tpae e " a ''es the oat In fl reSnlt ° tfle -Wd Pfosneoi, „r £f ' ,nd Berlonsl y affecting the ■a n ae_«nrt g Jol U^ rpS ,' Tl,is has resulted addLi ?? w „ J ? "? oats f "P shipment Home for shlnne-i S «f tter facil!tl os are offering fe 'expected he,^. attei ' of freights. It Ho?e ? _ro_ t£ ipment3 »* ■» sent w «l fM_sr tend t !tl ' f nPXt month ' wnl^' rt'tte oat %- S -^ U -S^e n the tone local t>"-lnli>a. Already iSfttlOMffi.S'f U di . flic " ,t to secure *?.0.t2 __!_ ° . the Soutih on tne only Sod»^ S . lt l,' A i!- lc,and « Present inn- t.„ , mt °. an<l a o price la tan toa/7e™hin! tS are oflered ft 2/6 |&Jl c ', 1 bta e° n * demantl, and stocks r e .. SOmeWhat ll__t mtJlttS

Milling Wheat—A firmer tone exist- In the wheat market, in sympathy wit_ the •position of the "market in England. The wheat market has also firmed hi Xew South wales, as t-at'State is now' drawing supplies from Victoria. ' Onions;— t-&'e local market is fairly well P-Plilled with ealifornian onions this weejt, - gS.'.stopHs. arc 'likely to be bare before tsßj j next shlpmebt arrives. Prices at present , rule from 20/ to 22/ per cwt, ex store, acI cording to buyers' ideas of values. The major portion of the shipment on the way i fr " _fornin has heen sold In Australia, which necessarily means shorter supplies ; for t_ e Aucklaud market. The CfUlforn'an ■ onions now being,'sola here "required "re- ; Picking after arrtvAl; w_ic_ is a ' serious matter at the higli' prices ruling. Maize.— The local new.' maize Is being , sent in more freely; hut ir is still in some cases on the soft side, and has to be sold quickly. Supplies of South African old , maize continue to come to hand. The quo- , tation stands this week at 4/10 for whole- . sale lines on t_« wharf.' Bran and"«Jrarps are meeting with a little better demand.' Supplies of both are ample tor present requirements. Chaff.— improved weather has resulted in i, uttle better demand for chaff. but store stocks arc still heavy. Very little has been done lately in the way of buvlug rarge lines of chaff, as merchants are still "SfflS 2°. piirccas.es made earlier in the winter. Large quantities of chaff are still available In the South. Manures.— slag is now very scarce, and no shipments are -ear nand. having been all delayed hy the strike' in London. Merchants are put to it at present to keep pace with the demand for Blag. Bonedust is also in somewhat short supply, and Is meeting with keen demand. Supplies of superphosphates are ample at present for local requirements. CURRENT PRICES. Farm and Dairy Froduce.-,-Butter, factory ii per lb: f res _ eggS) M per ,_ oz ' e _| wholesale; cheese, farmers' from ad to 6d Per lb, factory "(yd to 7d; bacon, sides 9d; hams, o_d. Flour, fip 15/ (less discounts): wheatmeal, £io 15/ per ton (less discounts); sharps, £6; bran, £1 15/ per ton; oatmeal, £15 per ton for 25's wholesale. "jrainOats, 2'lo, ex store: Algerian ■seed oats, 4/; Tartar seed, 3/9; milling wheat, 3/9 to 3.10, f.0.b.; fowl wheat, 4/5. ex store, sacks iv: maize, 4/10, wholesale lines, on the wharf. I „Cka^—Southern, i 6ex store; local, £4 12.P. country stations. Onions.-20/ to 22/ per cwt. Potatoes.— 'lo/ per ton. Timber.—Ordinary building tl_rt>er, __■ dressed, up to 2itt long, jin to lln or more in thickness, and from 3in to 12in wide, urst-class 25/, medium 19/6, secoud-class 12/ per 100 ft; rough heart, 19/ per 100 ft superucial; surface p'-uuiug, 1/ per 100 ft extra; planed both sides, 1/6 per 100 ft extra; three or four sides, 2/ do. Flooring boards: 1 laved, tonu « u aud grooved, 27/6, 227, 14/0. Lining boards: Planed, tongued, grooved, beaded or V-jointed, 27/, 21/6, 14/. Rusticated and special weather boarding, -/6, 22/, 14/6. Ordinary building totara, scantling, 15/, boards, 4 Jin to 12in, 16/; second-class totara, scantling, 12/; clean heart of totara for Joiuery. scantling, 23/; rough heart of totara, scantling, 16/; rough heart of totara, scantling, 6 _ _ and under, it)/; rough heart matai, scantling, 13/6; w-dinary building rimu, boards, 15/6; heart rimu scantling. 4/6; heart rimu (franiiu. and bridge qualityi, scantling 17/. clean -0/; second-class rimn boards. 12/. MARKET REPORT. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited and Reduced, report as follows;— * Oats—Demand steady, 2/10, 2/11 ex store. Wheat.—Finn at 4/6, 4/" ex store. Bran.—Market easy. Sales light at £5 5.' ex store. " ■' Pollard.—in good demand; £6 5/ ex store. Chaff.—Local supplies plentiful and prices have eased as a consequence. Southern still at late rates. Butter.—Market firm, and sales readily made all grades. Choice lL_d, first grade lttjd, second grade 10Jd; poor qualities for milling. 9}d to lOd. I Fungus.—Ready sales at 4_d for parcels arriving of good quality. HIDES, SKINS, A_>D TALLOW. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited and Reduced, report as 1 ollowif:-We' submitted and sold eartra large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being keen for all lines. ; ' " - Hides.—Market brisk, with good Inquiry. We quote: Extra stout ox 7}d to SW, stout id to iid, medium 6_d to 6_d, light 6W to 6_d; cows, best lilies 6_d to 6Jd, good 6id to t>id. Inferior s_d to sjd: stags, 5d to'sid; calfskins, best to o_d. good 7_d to B_'d, cut and damaged 4rl to 6_d. Sheepskins.—Market easier. Best butchers' skins, large to, 7/3, good, lines 5/10 to 6/6. medium" f/6 to 5/3, small 3/3 to '4/; country dry and woolly skins, large to 8/. medium 3/6 to 5/6. small 1/ to 2/6. ' Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed to 287, good 23/6 to 26/6, Inferior 21/6 to 23/9; rough -fat, Ijd'to 2d per'lb. ' Bones, £5. I C'owtails, 1/8 per dozen. Horsehair, 1/2 to 1/9 J. ; i ~ Messrs. Dalgety and Company,'" Limited, report having held their usual weekly sale ot hides, skins, tallOTjr. etc., on "Tuesday, 27th inst., wheu a large catalogue was cleared. Hides.—Market firm. We quote: Extra stout ox to 814, 6tout'7_d to Bd, medium 7d to 7}d, light' GJd to TJd: cow, well-flayed 'and conditioned lines to 6_d. wot 6d to 6_d; dirty, scored, or sloppy 5Jd to sjd, damaged and cut 4Jd to s_d; stags, 4a to s£d; Kip, lojd to 6._ d: calf, Best to 9d. good 7d to B_d, cut. damaged, and meaty 5d to 6.d. • Sheepskins,—Djy, woolly skins, extra large. 5/ to 6/6, medium 3/ to 4/6, small 1/6 to 2/6; torn pelts, weyll eaten and weatherstained, at ldwer rates; salted skins. large, 5/ to 6/9, medium 3/6 to 4/6, small 2/ to 3/. Tallow.—Market easier. Best, in shipment casks, to 27/6."' tn 4cwt casks 25/ to 26/6, Inferior 20/ to 24/6; tins, IS? to 26/, accordIng to quality. ' • Rough fat. 11(1 to 2d. Cnwtalls, 1/8 per dozen. Hotsehalr.— 1/6 to 1/10 per dozen; mixed. 1/3 to. T/5: mane. 9d to 1/. Bones.—Good dry, £4 17/6 to £5 per ton. Wool selling freely. Crossbred, in bags and dumps, s_d to 7d; lambs', 6d to 6_d; crutch, clean and ln bales, 5d to 6d, In bags 4_'d to s_d; daggy and stained, 4d to 4_d. Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons' reporl: Hides.— 6gd to 6_d: cow, Sid to 6Jd: kip. 6?d to 6fd; stags, 5d to s_d; calf, 6_d to P.d. Tallow, £1 to £1 6/; bones, £5. Horsehair, 1/6. Skins.—-Best butchers', large 7/ to 8/3; others, 4/10 to 6/4; small. 3/6 to 4/3; dry nnd country, large 5/T to 6/6, medium 4/ to 4.11, small and damaged 1/2 to 3/5.' Messrs G. W. Binney and Sons, report:— On Tuesday we offered aud cleared extra large catalogues of hides, slsins, and tallow, under brisk competition. Hides.—Market firni, with good competition, buyers operating freely. Extra stout ox 7}d to B}d. stout 7d to 7sd, medium 6£d to 6_d, light Uid to Bjjd; cows', extra good 6_d to tigd, good 6jd to G_d; seconds, s_d to Cd; stags, 4Jd to 51d; kips, s_d to (i_d; yearlings, s_d to 6id; calfskins, best b_d to 9id. good 7d"to fjd, meaty 6d to 6_d; cut and damaged hides, SJd to 4Jd per lb.' Skins.— firm, with good competition. Butchers' picked skins 6/4 to 7/3, large 5/4 to 6/, medium 4/6 to 4-T.o, small 3/0 to 4/3; lamb pelts, 27 to 2/6; country best skins 4/9 to 5/3, giediuni 4/3 to 4/6. small 3/ to 3/6; lamb pelts, 1/6 to. 1/0; dry skiDS, large double fleeces 7/ to 8/3, good 4/3 to 5/9. medium 3/3 to 4/. small 2/ to 3/; best pelts'; 1/6 to 2/, small 1/ to 1/8; best lambskins 1/6 to 2/, small 1/ to 1/3; lamb pelts. 9d to 1/ each. Tallow.— firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks. 27/6 to 28/6, good 23/ to 25/6, medinm 20/ to 22/6, inferior 18/ to. 19/6 per cwt. Rough fat, lsd to ljd per lb. Cow tails, 1/3 per dozen. P.ones, pood, dry, £4 17/6 to £5 per ton. Wool.—Fleece, 6_d to 7fd: mixed, 5Jd to 6d: crutcblngs, '4_d to sid; extra clean. s_d to s}d per lb. MARTOX STOCK SALE. Dalgety and Co. report: We held a very successful sale of sheep at MaxUm on Thursday, wlien wa offered some 6,000 hoggets on account of Messrs R. _. Gibson, Alex. Stuart and 3. McLean. There were a large number of buyers present from -he coast and Main* Trunk line, and prices realised were as follows:— mixed hoggets, 11/11; small ewe hoggets, 11/8; medium e.we hoggets, 14/6; small wether hoggets, IV?.; wether hoggets. 13/4 to 14/6; fair owe hoggets, 10/4 to 15/7: good ewe hoggets, lfi/3 to 10/6. A Hue of 134 Romney ewe hoggets of Mr Qlbeoa's owtt breediae realised in/S. '

STOCK •SALE-' Aue____S_». T_s Xew Zealand Loaa> 4114 Mftct-tilj A«e.ncy Cor_p_uy, Lamtted and -tednced. r'SPfjrt as fyyqsys:— " ' - •' * ** ~ At Wesfctteld Tards on Thursday last aairy and store cattle came forward in good numbers, and sold at late rates. Best o,r,^ "*' s and heifers sold at from £0 to inr* 10 '_$_*>}&9 - ' £S w - es 10/ " W<. £S • iXV *?. f„ *X* Ptr cows and heifeM. £3 ■ ii.' * V 4/: calves, 20/ to £3: Hoisteln heifers. £4 10/ to £5 5/. "' "** At the? Albert Yards on Frldas we held our usual norse sale. There was an aye*. age yarding, -which sold at late rates, Heavy draught horses sold at from £40 to £49: medium draught, £21 to £32: hacks and light harness horses, £5 to £17 10/. At Whitford Yards on Monday there was a full yard___t A 'of. stock, which' 4t'*J_ling prices. Dairy cows and aerfers'soW. from £4 10/ to £12 12/6; empty cows, £2 15/ to _ 4 = ralves,'_o/. to 39/. Sheep: Ewes in lamb, 10/:" .*~t< At Tuakan on Tuesday we held onr nsnai sale. Tbcre was a fair yarding of stock, which sold at 19te. rates, ' At Pukekobe On Tuesday we held a dear's_f '*_t 3*r. H. Bogers.' live and dead stock. There was a good attendance, and ruling prices were realised. Dairy cows; sold at from £5 10/ to. £13-15/; Jielfers, £5 _?, £8; yearling Jersey heifers, £4 12/6 to S. 2-, ,"!?, rse3t <-'*«*. lost dropped. £1 10/ to __: io/; sow and Utter, £7 10/ to £8 15/; sow. £8 10/: boar, £3; drill, £2J;' turkeys. 8/6 to 0/ each. Other, sundries sold at satisfactory prices. .'' * " ' Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' report:-— ' At the Haymarket on Friday last we had an average - vardin Pt horses, I'oung heavy ? k! s realls c<l t ' rom -*> to £41; aged draughts, £is to £20: express cart class. 5,-Ss JiJ 02 10/: h fr p±s ' * a * grocers* !__?' v £l ? 10/ to £23 5/;' baggy horses and f?/* 1 h ?<*s. *£*. t0 £21 15/: light harness wJLl dl °ary riding sorts, £6 10/ to £12 5/; weeds, an prices. ' M? U T„I? ul i? d, - T . * _ neld a clearance sale at j fair «?r_„?' of Bombay. There was a tory «^; c i> f bnrers . and a satisfactory sale resulted. The row., were in poor, condition, and made from £4 7/6 to £7yearling to two-year-old steers, £2 6' to **_,V? Ives Bnd lambs. 16/0 to 17/9; hoggets, 10/: rams, 10/ to 15/; farm geldings. *J.< 0/ to £20 10/; implements and sundries at late rates. Wore than the usual number of dairy and store | tock _ oamp .forward at Westfleld ou Thursday, August .- ''St quality dairy cows at profit made from £10 10/ to £13: others, £■ 10/ to £0 13 ; more aged and backward. £4 to £6 10. The advertised springing Holsteln helfere sold at from £10 10/ to £12 15/: empty cows, £3 15/ to £i 10/; j-earling heifers. £3 10/ to £6. according to Breed and quality; ealvee, £2 1/ to £2 12/: smaller. £1 3/ to £1 16/. The clearing sale held on account of Mr J. Aston. at Papakura Valley. ou Friday. August 23 was well attended, and" satisfactory prices -ct obtained. The cows sold at from £6 to £10 10,'. Implements and sundries brought full values. We held a special sale of dairy rams and heifers in the rtikckohe Yards on Sa-tiir-'lay. August 2-i. nnd yarded -".IS head. Buyers were present, and cows and' heifers at profit sold' freely, especially .invthinc •with n strain of Jersey. Best cows brought from £11 to £14: choice heifers. £3 tn £11 2/0; ordinary cc-;«. ■'£6 In' £S: backward sorts, £5 in/ to <_S: fnulty and aged cows. £3 10/ to £.') .". ; Mnall heifers, £5 0/ to £6 10/. At our usual min—tly I'liHekobo sale on Monday, August _fl, all classes of stiicfe I were well represented There was .- large attendance, and ,i sironc 'leraaud for nil .descriptions of cattle. Three and a-half to [■four-year-old steers, ln fresh condition. £7 </C to £S 10'; three-year-olds, £5 10' to £6 15.': two to three-venr-olds £4 1.1/ to £5 10/: IS-months to two-year-olds £3 IS.' to £4 12/6: yearlings, £2 16/ to' £3 6': strong calves. £2 3/ to £2 10/; smaller. £1 10/ to £2: empty .voting cows £4 to £4 15 store cows. £3 tn £3 15.'; 18-month heifers, £4 to £5 12/. Beef met with a brisk sale. Steers. £9 to £11 15/: cows. £5 10/ to £S 10/; dairy cows and heifers, £5 to £12: hoggets, 11/6 to 1.V6. On Tuesday. August 27, at Panrnnre. we held a clearance sale on behalf of Mrs Jos. Dunn. There was a large attendance of •buyers, and spirited competition throachout, and prices ruled "high. Cows m milk. £15 to £18 10/. for «estfdr'her*;"£Jo 10/'bv£l3 10/: springers. £9 to £13 15/: old cows. £6 to £8 10/; 32 of the «ows averaged £12 0/6: horses. £10 10/ to £34: mowing machine. £6 a/: disc barrows. £S a/; hay rake, £3 5/; S.F. ploagh, £3 12/6. FAT STOCK SALE? T_e Loan and Mercantile Agency Go. report:— At Westfleld Yards on Wednesday fat cattle came forward In larger numbers than usual, and prices were very Irregular, showing a decline In prices from 1/ to 2/ per IOCKb, best 'oxen selling to 30/ per 1001b i others, 20/ to 28/;' cows and heifers. 24/ to 27/ per 1001b: steers sold at from £7 10/ to £13 10/. A three-year-old Hereford steer, bred by Mr. G. M. Currie,' Kal'lwl, ' realised £18. and was bought br Mr. Thos. Baster. Ponsonby. Hereford cows from the same breeder sold at from £10 12/8 to £11 10/. Cows and heifers sold at from £5' to £12 K»/. The veal peas were well filled, and sold at late quotations. Heavy vealers sold at from £4 4/ to £5 1/: m'edlmn-wciglit. £3 £0 £3 IS/; others.. 20/ to 33/; smaller and fresh dropped, 3/ to 12/. Sheep wore penned In full numbers,' sold at last week's quotations. Best wethers sold at from 25/ to 29/3; others. 21/ to 24/0: Inferior fatted wethers, 16/» 10/: hcavv ewes sold to 21.': others, 13/6 to 18/; hoggets were yarded in average numbers, and sold at late rates, 10/6 to 15/9. I'lgs were yarded In usual numbers, and sold at late rates. Baeoners. £3 to £4 11/: large porkers, £'2 10/ to £3; porkers. £1 15/ to £2: slips £1 5/ to £1 10/f weaners. 12/6 to 18/. ' ' Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report haiing held, their usual fat stock sale at Westfleld on Wednesday, Auugst 28. us under:— Heef.—A large yarding, and prices were about 20/ per head cheaper. Choice, pens of extra heavy prime ox sold at equal to 30/ per 10o;b; prime ox, 27/ to 28/: ordinary 25/ to 27/ per 1001b; cow and heifer beef, 24/ to 25/ per lOOjh. Veal.— large yarding, and prices were on a par with last _vote. Heavy runners sold at £3 15/ tp £o 3/; choice suckers at 38/ to 50/; others, 'li/ to 25/. Mutton. —A ' fair yarding, and prices dropped about 1/ per head on last quote. Extra heavy wethers, to 26/, an extra pen or two to 29/; medium weights, 21/ to 23/; light and "unfinished. 17/ to 20,': heavy ewes, to 20/; medium el_h_=, np to 17/. Lamb.—A fair yarding, "and prices were on a par with last week's quote. Pork.— fair yarding, wbich sold agaiu at late current rates. ' Alfred Buckland and Sons report:— On Wednesday, August 28, ut our weekly Weatfield fat stock market, our entry of beef totalled "157 head. The demand was irregular, aiid 'generally values were from £1 to £1 3/ per head below last week's figures. C-hoice ox sold to £1 9/: prime, £1 6/ to £1 8/; cow and aeifer, £1 to £1 5/; steers ranged in price from £7 10 £15 12/6; cows aud heifers, £4 10/ to £11 12/6. Tliere was an average supply of fat and young calves, which, sold freely at improved rates. Heavy suckers, £3 10/ to £4 6/: choice medium suckers, £2 10/ to £3 s'; light, £1 8/ to £2 5/; small and fresh dropped, '3/ to _1 1/ (18 sold). Fat sheep rame forward- in average numbers, and witb tie exception of an odd pen, there was little alteration in values from last report. Extra heavy wethers, £1 7/ to £1 8/3 (a pen of show wethers brought £1 13/); heavy prime, £1 3/ to £1 5/6; medium to heavy. - 19/ to £1 2/6; unfinished, 17/ to 18/6; best ewes. 17/6 to 10/6: good, 15/ to 1"/; others, 13/ to 14/6; hoggets. 15/ to 18/6; unfinished, 12/ to 14/ (1.568 sold); spring lambs from ~ Mr. R. Henwood. Mangere, £1 1/ to £1 2/9, . and Mr. Geo. Niccol, Papatoetoe, 18/6 to £1 (9 sold). The 107 pigß penned were far below requirements, and prices for all classes are extreme. Baeoners £3 15/ to £4 5/; lighter, £3 3/ to £3 13/: large porkers. £2 10/ to £3 1/: smaller, £1 17/ to £2 9/. There was but a limited number of weaners and slips offered, which brought from £1 8/ to £1 11/ for slips; weaners, £1 2/ to £1 6/6. JOHXSGXVIL_E SALE. (By Te.egri.Bi.r!--Preas Association.) JQHNSONVILLE-. this day. H Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on B their Jo.hi.sqiiville sale as, follows:—A good [i entry of bullocks and sheep came forward, W Cattle sold readily, but sheep met a rather gj dragging sale. Extra prime heavy bullocks Hj £12 15/, £12, and £11 12/6; prime bullocks, H flO 2/8 to £16 12/6; light, £9; prime cows _f and heifers. £8 to- £S 17/6; lighter, £7 to 9 £7 11/; vealers, S3/ to 34/; "extra prime | H -itst_-ra, 25/.; wine wfttat, 23/ to! 23/; iff pr_tn ewa, _y*T_yß to it/. '"."' 1^

ADDINGTON MARKET. • (By Telegraph. Association.) C_RISTC_njRCH. Wednesday. At the A-dtngton 11-e.s_q_k market there ere fair cntflej of stock and a good at- . tendance. Prices for fat cattle were eae.er a.nd fat sheep basely majata mad. lasit week's values. Store sheep were la good demand, especially ewe ioggeto. Bacon pigs were j rather easier, and porkers firmer. I Store Sheep.— Hoggets, good wethers 14/8 , to." 15/6, "mixed ew;es.'l4/ to 15/6, half-me'd,': •Wtes (small) 17/B,' o_ie> ewe hoggets 10/6, to ' 19/7, 'cull® 8/3; -R-etheTs. two-tootha'tii*.. low condltlpn) ' 14/5: " ewes, sonnd-m&nth , sorts IS/'\6, '20/, four, and six-tooth (goody, I 24/9, full snd failing-mouth 14/6 to 177. \ aged sorts IS/ to 14/; dry ewes (aged) 21/4, j ewes with lambs (all counted) 9/ -to 0/0. j " Fat Sheep.The range of prices was:— | E_;tra prime to 20/, prime 20/6 to 24/6, ] flitters 18/ to 20/: extra prime c _e» to, 24-/(1, ! prime 17/6 to _T3', others 14/2 'to 17/; hog- | ge.tg 15/10 to 22/3, prime merjho wethers 18/9 to 24/3, others 12/ to 18/.'' "Fat Cattle.—All descriptions were represented, and, generally speaking, the quality was satisfactory, and Included 'some animals of extra prime quality. '"'The nigh rangp of prices reported a week earlier' was scarcely, maintained- Compared with the. rates ruling on that occasion, the price of beef suffered to the extent of 1/6 per 1001b, the range, ot prices being. 25/ to sty per lOOib. Steers realised £8 7/6 to £I_. extra to £25; heifers, £7 7/<$ to £12 5/; and cows, £6 to £11 12/6. ' ••--"• 1 Store Cattle.—Fifteen to 18-month sorts I realised £2 11/ to £3 11/; two-year steets I £5 10/: two-year heifers £4 10/, three-year I steers £6 \j, three-year heifers £5 7/; and ! cows £3 to £4' 5/. __Jjj <jows made £4 10/ to £10 10/. ' •■■»■*. Pifs.—Choppers made £3 2/6 to £5 10', one extra realising £8. Heavy baconerj, 70/ to 77/6, and lighter phrs 50/ to 6V. or equal to 5d to s_d per lb. The best porkers realised 47/ to 52/, and lighter sorts 40/ to 45/, equivalent to s_d per lb. " Thejre w.4« i fair entry of stores, and a good demand. Large sorts made 40/ to 45..', nnd smaller pigs 28/ tn 35/, a line of medium quality realising 32/6. A line of young Fort's Brought to £3 .*>/. Small rough weaners brought 20/8. nnd good, sorts. 17/ to 21/.

— ' ill - ■""'I £ X.Z. FARMERS' 00-OEEB_.TIVE IN.Z. FATtMHBS' 00-OEEEATIVE A_sbic-_-rios. At a meeting «jf the; directors of the Xew Zealand -Fannera' Cordperative Association of Canterbury, Limited, he'd.'on Saturday tie ba__ce__*et for .the year «jH±_g 31st July, last, -fj_s considered.' The, profits amorot. to SSIXeS 6/3; -'which. wlr_ £2,168 18/2 orooght forward from last year gives £33,15)6 4/5 to deal with. It was resolved Ito recoornjeird the following allocation iTo pay .per cent interest on preference I *_«, capital' a_4 'per Cent on "oitfjLmiEy , share capital; to pay a' bonus, of 5 per cent oi». shareholders' purchases of general tnerI <*iandlse; 'to rebate, an, perc ent _n"ca___lsi .sions; to, carry £9,23 10/ to reserve fund. j-rhicn with £3,500 now at credit of special j reserve account -will stand at £100,000: to I write the usual 10 per cent off nrartrijiery I and plant, and carry the .balartce forward. i The profit and lpes acconnt shows earnings lon merchandise am—anftng tq ~74,60§; 13/Mh | cdn__rteaio'i)s, £26.533, 12/4; dlsqonh.t6, exchsngei; and interest "£14,862 &/; grata (ftore eajpi|nge, £987 15/10." . - * ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY. (By Telegraph.Press Association.) DUNEDIN", Wednesday. The directors of Kemptborne, Prosser and Company, the New Zealand Dniß cdmpanv, have declared an interim dividend at the j rate of seven per cent per annum. r =______===-_=

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