COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 225, 20 September 1913, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

FKUIT AND PKODCOE HAUKET. ' Business ia tie fruit and produce market' j> daring the week Has 'Deed fairly good. * Sydney fruit lias been m good supply, wit& : ■« a much better demand owing to die tiare- • ness of the market. Shipments of apples, ji from • Tasmania met a good, demand, pat- • ! tieularly where the fruit- was o£. prime { I quality. Hobart gears,; also, "sold well. ■ Southern and Nelson consignments of-epploe are falling off in. quantity, and well-coloured 1 fruit, ij letehing. extreme-prices. - '•■•1 The., flret .shipment, of 'Frisco friilt of I Jthe season was' offered yesterday ex- Tahiti, when upwards of 1,600 caies of apples antt : "J 3GO boxes ofr-pears- were marketed. The: , } ■general - condition or appled CGrsfyenstouS. * and Bed: Pea'raialns) was good, and "being" s showy apples of dessert variety a" strove '• demand' existed;! The B. Clairgeau.and B. '*, Hardy, pears were lauded in poor condition ] owing to an additional detention in. Wei- -' lington of a week, but in-spite of this , satisfactory prices were obtained. . " ' The sNlagara,. direct from Vancouver, Jβ . due •on Tuesday with consignments of i Canadian apples -and pears, and we' look ] forward to landing these in' excellent con- > dition and to a, strong market- '.' ~ • ' Very little local' fruit is/ offering, and. : tomatoes, passione, and oranges sell. w.eli. ] The demand for prime local lemons has im- , provedslightly.. . ■.. ••' •! The Taiuue, from Barotonga, is due on Saturday with.the oenal monthly shipment " ( ot oranges and bananas. A. good demand awaits both lines, particularly bananas, as they ore reported to be short by this boai. The Navna Is due on Tuesday with the regnlar monthly cargo of bananas, and' a ' very eager inquiry, has already set in. ' Aβ indicated. last;'.week, potatoes have ' improved in price owing to local 'supplies- ■■' running short, and an advance- of 5/ to 10/: ' has taken place. Difficulty has been ex- * perieneed in securing space by the usual ' coastal steamers, from the' South.' There is only a nominal demand for seed varieties An increased supply 'of new potatoes has been, and satisfactory prices have been obtained. - ' ■ Transhipments of. 'Frisco., onions from '; Wellington were landed to-day ex aggregating 3,280 cases, and a. further-sap- ' ply is due by the Niagara, on Tuesday. This ' will have the effect of fully, satiefxing" all i requirements at price* lately "maintained. Fresh vegetables are evil selling' well. ' • Eggs (free'a) are in good supply at last week's rates. " " ' I The demaDd for all kinds of poultry; is : very keen. .. .' ;, . • ;... • '■-- si Field Produce. — Potatoes: Prims : Southern, £4; new, beet,. 2d to 2id; medium, lid to- ljd ger lb. Onions: Imported, £l 4 .per ton. . . : ~ : : Daiiy Prodncn. -Butter: Faxmers', in . : prints, lid to 1/; pdme farmers'," bulk, 1-/. Kgge: 1/1. "uit—Apples: Local, coloured, extra superior, case, 14/; medium, 9/ to 9/6; ' Hobart, prime, 12/6?- good> 9/6 to- 10/6; : 'Frisco Grav.ensteins, 14/6; coqklng, "prime, 11/. Pears: 'Frisco, B. Clairgeau, »/; B. ! Hardy, 9/- per ■ box; Hobartei 6/8 to Tf ' per bos. '.Tomatoes: Hothouse, per lb, lid ' to 1/. Oranges:' Poorman's, prime, 6/; St ' Michael's, la/; Sydney, "case, '8/ to 9/" Mandarins: Sydney, caee, prime, 11/ : to. 12/: good, 9/6; small, 3/6 to , 5/. Lemons; Local, prime, case, 10/ to 11/;. good, 7/ to 7/6; local, rcrngh, and coarse, case.* 4/6 tt> 5/. 'Passron' fraiti permease:* Sydney, I 7/6. Walnuts, per H>. 3d. Peannre, per lb, i 2id. Pines, crate, 12/6.' Cocoanut's,- sack, ' 12/. ' " Poultry.—Hens, each: For table, 2/9 to -3/6; special breeds, from 3/6 to 674. "Table rooslers, each, 3/ to 5/8; cockerels, 2/ to 2/9. Bucks, each,. 2/6 to Special, 3/10 - ; ta 6/6. Geese,-each,'; 3/" *04/3» cai!clS; ; ■■ each, -4d to 1/. Duckllnge, each, 64 to 1/8. . Tnrkey-gebblers, each, .&/, to 13/6. Turkey hene, each, 5/ to 8/3. Hens, with broods " of chicks, 8/ to-12/. Hens, with broods of ducklings, 10/ to 22/. Young pigs, ea'uhV ; 9/ to-. 15/, with strong demand." " 'i LOXDOX MATtKTO BEPOBT.' "' '~ MONEY AMD PBODCCE BATES. LOXDOX, September 1». ; Silver.—Bar sliver ia quoted- at 2/4 3-16 per standard ounce. .. ■■■■-. Money Marketj—Bank rate, 4i per cent. ■Short loans, 2J' per cent. Three months" : bills,. 3 15-16 per cent. Paris rate, 3J pec. , cent.' Berlin rate,' 5$ perc ent. Consols and Colonial Stocks.—Consols, £74.' New South Wales 31 per cents, fSS. Otter stocks are unchanged. ' ' ' ' Wieat—^The wheat market -te-Tery quiet . and steady. An Australian cargo sold* at 36/3. AustraUan, on spot, nominally nn- - changed. New Zealand/,'. on. spot, 37/. I ' flour.—The flour market is quiet. Ana-' ■ ■traUan, in store, 27/. Oats.—Tie oats, market is quiet. LaPlata, JanuaryjFebruary shipment, 15/9" ~ Beans and Peas.—Beans and -peas ' are quiet and steady. ™ Butter.—Batter leflrm. Danish, 132/ to 134/. There ie a strong demand for all the ] choicest sorts. Practically no Australian is jvailable. except stored, some of which is being sold at full prices. ' Finn - - XCW •' sof/a 0 "^/^ 0 ™!? 4rm - Awh^ar^W^ Metals—Copper, £73 T/e=to £73 1/S Electeolytic. £785/ £191.15/ .to W 5/ Woot-The Braitfdrt wool market la cheerful, but unchanged. "»»»« « Messrs. Dalgety and Company Ltd ar» ' {Vf C H Pt * Ot %* fo eaWe advtce"front : their _head office, London, nnder datl ! unctan^d. 31 fim - prices HUNTEBVILLE STOCK SALE. d a r^ sS ea V e . Da^ an( L Cd - r<s t»« oh Tues^i h f ale aged wetfters,. 18?-; very : hoggets, 9/; ezapty two-ycir• . .JS*!?™; Da lgety and, Company. Lt<l reber, when an extra' large Si ' »rirl, Was ° ffered - a?d <= leare d at satlsfactofV ' Hides.—Market very firm. Butcher*' 1 hides, well flayed ah'd conditioned ' tonL' 1 8 M : COW ' W?I1 flayed Sd coaS- ! wet conditioned 7}d to ' dirty., scored, or-sloppv hides -at'low*'?- ; Itfl : %F; *V* *« **&> *« 'SS ' meatv S °6d to^d.' 9 "* ! ■**« ™* \ Sheepskins.—Market Bmj at late rates ' Dry woolly skins 8/3 to 7/6, mediu-m 3/6 to ' according to length of wool; tom pelt<T ' weevil-eaten and weather-stained, at lower < rates: salted sfcine, -best butchere' to 7/6 ! good lines 6/ t 0 6/9, to 3/8, sma?i il o/ tO 4/. - . ( Tallow—Market firrji. Best In shipment '' casks, 28/6; 4cwt casks. 25/9 to 27/e- sec- < ! t?&@? 2Ve: *•"* JVvt*.2«/. -| Rough fat, lid to 2d. - ■ ■• t Cowtaile. 1/8 per <lozen. i tav^ne^f'to l^. 10 1/10; miled - 1/3 -l dry,. JES pee ton. ..... , - I -J^ L — Best crntchlßgß, in bales, 6Jd to « (id: heavy or short, 6d -to 'CSdvdany 6d ■* to. 6W. In bags, about 1* per lb -less than; '

A well-known Maori chieftaineea of .theNgariwiainaJribs.die*. Afc:Eewiti 1 übi6 week, namely, Hoana Waata. She s was well-advanced in years,, and had been s residing- at Waifcakerc. OnTSundny ehe J sunounced that she wae- about to die, and left for her old home at Rewiti. Arriving there, she addressed her people in tie ueaal etyle, teHing what she wanted, done,, and. having tW'aet her affairs ya. order, palmlv lay bxSa and ' her spirit passed to her anceetoie.- ■-" - - Actuated by the thought of- Christ* mas and holidays, the Yftupg Women-'s -' Christian Association fat Dunedjn has a organised; _a holiday. s&Ongs (club rid. i all the large business firms. The scheme t has. evidently- favoar,tor S' 1 ready between 150 and.2oo bare joined, \ and more have expressed their desire I to jom. The ideal of this club is say- ° ing m small instalments. Any- sum is accepted from Id 'up to. £10." When any girl's acgftnni. reaches ;.tbjs_:a;nioiiei she must draw it. ont. and deposit it in Her ~t own name. All the money is paid out i ( woek before-- CHristmas,-to be 'used lo» :, hohdays-or to be trana.f€Trcd..directly : =f |o.. the -girls j>jn . .banking aooomitx \ Nearly TTfcs . the, united -of ' small araotmts banked as. the result of _1 m week's §SoxL jj