COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 281, 25 November 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

TRADE IX AUCKLAND. WHOLESALERS A LITTLE BUSIER, "Auckland Star" Office, Jfovember -JWholesale business this week has been a little busier od account of the 25th falling to-day, and orders accordingly booked to the new month. Generally speaking the business shows very careful selection and an absence of any speculative tendency, though the country orders show a Uttle better volume than is the case in the city and suburban trade, due, no doubt, to the. final effort of the Queen Carniral campaign. •Shipping has been fairly steady, but an increase in imports can be expected during tire week, as the Mamari, from Montreal, Star of India and Kia Ora, from London, will have arrived, and are bringing cargo that is at present in short supply. The Bangatira, due here from southern ports and Whangarei on Saturday, will take a very large cargo of butter and cheese, and will leave Auckland for London direct about Tuesday next. The recent increase in freights is going to eerlonsly affect the price of imported goods, and in many instances will affect locally manufactured goods, inasmuch as the raw material that is imported must pay increased charges. Bayers would do well to closely watch their stocks, and cover themselves as in the tace of the extra freights; prices must advance In a large number of lines. The outbreaks of fire on the Indian Monarch and Biouw have caused serious inconvenience and loss to many Importers. The Waimarino. due about December 3, from 'Frisco, will bring the new season's raisins and various other dried and canned fruits, and her arrival is anxionsly awaited, as the exact amount and assortment of the various kinds is not yet known. Prepared raisins, euch a s "seeded" and "bleached" varieties, may be only in small quantity. However, there should be sufficient, -with the stocks now in store, for Christmas trade. Prunes are unobtainable at present Currants are very firm, and supplies will probably be short before Xew Year. Bicarbonate of soda, borax, alum, and boracle acid are in short supply, and forward market exceedingly strong. Canstlc soda is practically unobtainable from Home at present. New season's dates may T>e here about December 6,' or the Sydney boat following that date. Starch a nd candles are very arm. Arrow, root also has advanced. Tea (Colombo report. October 20). The a-h.ilf million ponnds. There was a fair selection, ajthoa-h no Improvement in quality was noticeable. The tone throuzhout •β-as very tm—ular. Taln-liqnorin-teas of all grades were in good demand and were generally lower, hut there was stronRussiaa. buying of an strong, thick-lionort '™ th6Se SeDera "y ab °"t the Hie was the demanY'trom broken grades. Australian boyers were in rather more evideni*e for th x "qnoring broken*. Clean lea/ Oran^ IT T77 We " C ° mpeted for ' but th ™ was little demand for "stalky" sorts. POTATOES EASIER IN PRICE M '"' larger supplies on er iH£i£9£3 7h ; ?J , t *° stc *™ers. It now transpires ™t ~r nfT fr ° m tae has. tol started. the drought Lid ONIONS COMING DOWN veTv mi- J"""!" 11 market now very weal, prices here are mneh Easier This week s rates are 3/ to- 10/U per cwt The new onions are coming to hand in border j S!S?ft« WISS re e xpe°e f « u^gVn^^Ve'^S^wl MAIZE. WHEAT MARKET FIRMER ovtr & plus wheat Iα the Dominion, and the fact of j the wheat in Australia being secured by the Government means that it will not be offered to the same advantage to Xew Zea"STpS ££ « Fowl wheat is now quoted 3/6 to 5/8. The demand is now much, better for wheat for fowl feed, as the weather is warmer. OATS STILL WEAK. The Wanaka Is due to arrive next week with shipments of oat?. The quotations for ?!" i O TJr ar *,? /W t0 Vl- bw tb « se rates the lines by the succeeding boat. The market In the South is very weak now for oats. The growing crop of oats In the Auckland district is not so badly affected by rnst as it was at first feared to be. It would seem as if it was not so much rust that affected oats as a kind of blight from which the crops seem to he recovering. Ik some districts the oats are now so far advanced that it will be necessary to start cutting two weeks earlier this season. BRA.V AND SHARPS. Sharps firmed 10/ per ton in price this week, being now quoted at £7 13/. This is due to the fact that owing to the stocks of flour held in the Sooth, less sharps are being made at the present time. Bran shows no change this week. CHAJ-F. (The local market keeps steady for chaff, although supplies coming forward are ample for all requirements. The Southern market is reported to be a little easier than it was, and it is expected slightly lower rates will rule from now on, until the growing crop Js harvested. Latest reports from the South are to the effect that the- recent showery weather has helped the growing erope very much in the Marlborough. district, where a good yield is expected this season. GRASS. SEED. Farmers are already booking heavy orders for grass seed for the autumn requirements. It Is expected that the cocksfoot and ryecrass seed crops will both be short this season Iα tie South. The present nigh, figures for those two seeds are likely to be maintained. The high prices are also likely to be maintained for imported seeds, as outside markets coutinue firm, added to which there is an increase in freight rates to be faced, and it is difficult to obtain space for , shipments. It is therefore by no means improbable that the local market for grass and clover seeds may improve before next autumn. WHOLESALE CU-RREXT iPRICES. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Factory butter, 1/i per 13>; fanners* teeter, KM.; farmers' cheese, Sd per lb; factory cheese, Ori to 9id per lb; hams, nn per lb; bacon, IOJd per B>; .eggs, lid per doz. Flonr. fl.i 10/. less 2} per rent, disconnt.

net; bran, £5 10/ per ton net; oatmeal (2Sal, c £21 per ton. 1 Grain.—Oata 3/10 to 4/ per bnshel; fowl I -wheat, 5/S to 5/8; maize, 4/, wholesale lines < on the -wharf. * Chaff.—Southern. £9 to fa 10/ per ton. ' Onions.—Xew Australians. 9/ to 10/6; : Califoraian, re-picked, 16/ per cwt. 1 Potatoes.—Old, £12 to £13 per ton. j -UAMOKES. { Farmers are now getting in the turnips t j and swedes tor summer feed lor stork. This . lias caused a fair demand for fertilisers. ON" XHAXGE. \ i Hilling shares are almost quite neglected ; on the Exchange at the present time, only c quoted. ( Talismans firmed in price this week, but , so far no reason h*< transpired for the ad- 1 vance. It may, however, be due to indica- s tions in the drive from the Woodstock i shaft. Waihi Grand Junctions, on the other hand, eased down, sellers at 20/6 with buyers offering a shilling less. Here also no , reason nas transpired for the alteration in s price. For Waihi shares there have been t steady bnyers at 36/0. but no sellers qnoted under 37/6. The position with regard to in- , vestment stocks is much, better than for , shares in mining companies, there being .] buyers for 31 distinct lines, with selle.-s < quoting only 21 stocks. It may therefore be £ fairly argued that there is money awaiting a investment. Bank of Xew Zealand, old . issue, are wanted at 20+/, and fully-paid at . 328/, while for Nationals there is a steady j Inquiry at 100/. All insurance shares are wanted, but the only »le reported, this £ week was in Xew Zealands at 124/. Coal : shares are neglected,'the only inquiry beins c local shipping snares, and a sale took place of contributing Northern s steam at 6/7. A transaction also took place i in Union Oil shares at 21/6. '

MARKET. REPORTS. 2 __ a

The New Zealand 'Loan and Mercantile d Agency Co., Ltd., report:— Oats—ln good demand: 4/1 es store. Wheat.—Firm at 5/3 es store for good quality -fowl wheat. Bran.—Steady. 35 ex store. „__,_ Pollard.—£T ex store: in short supply.,. Chaff.—Southern, steady sale at Wo, . good local. £8 10/, ex store. Maize.—Martet easier, fairly good stocks n'oTeomin; to hand in fair quantities. Good samples, £li i"/. j ordinary at lower rates. 3 Fungus—ln short supply, .d lb readily obtainable for good samples. Manure* —In good demand. Basic Slag, j £3 13/ ton: Calcutta bonedust, £S 3/; super. 1 high grade, S 5/. | i

STORE AXD DAIRY STOCK, ETC.

Tile Sen- Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, limited, report:— At Westneld store sale lasCi'aursday we had a full yarding, which sold under teen competition at the late high prices. B«« dairy cows and heifers sola at from £3 10/ to £12, others £5 to £6 17/6, aged and inferior cows £2 10/ to £4 3/, empty cows £6 to £7 17/, bulls £3 5/ to £10 10/, yearlin- to IS-months steers £3 10/ to ££ 1/, yearling to IS-months heifers £"- 10/ iW ~At Albert Yards on Friday horses were yarded in average numbers, and sold at late rates. H*ivy draughts made £2+ to ' £35 10/ medium £17 to i2T 10/, light haJ> : ness horses £10 to £16 10/, hacks £0 to £18 10/, ponies £4 10/ to £S, weeds £1 10/ to £3 lO\ quantity harness and prodace at late ruling prices. At Walpipi on friday we held a clearing • sale in the estate of the late D. Ashwin. ', There was a large attendance, and a good ' sale resulted. . ' Ac Papakura on Saturday we held a - special horse sale. There was a large . yarding of horses, but the demand was not up to late sales. Heavy draughts made ; £-T to £49. medium £17 10/ to £2a. light • harness horses £11 to £20, hacks £10 to » £13 13/, ponies £4 to £9, weeds 10/ upwards. On Saturday, at Waiuku, we had a very ! large yarding, practically everything . being sold under keen competition. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £0 to £14 10/. others £3 to £S 5/. aged and inferior cows £1 10/ to £4. three to four-year-old steers from £11 1/ to £12 17/6, two to three-year steers £7 11/ to £9 10/, yearling to IS-months steers £4 8/ to £6 10/. empty cows and heifers £6 1/ to £8 4/, ye.irllnj; to IS-months' heifers £2 15/ to £4 17/, bulls £6 6/ to £13 13/, quantity beef at fully Westfield prices. Stock sold on account of the Southern Queen realised £4SO 6/, one calf, which was resold 73 times, making £S2 10/ for the fund. On Monday, at Henderson, we had a large yarding. Prices, as at all late sales, ruled high. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at £7 10/ to £10 5/, others £3 to £6 17/6. aged and inferior cows £1 13/ to £4, empty cows and heifers £55/ to £7 4/. bulls £5 to £10. The advertised working bullocks realised £13 10/. Yearling to lsmonths steers made £4 3/ to £5 14/, year- ■ ling to IS-months heifers £2 12/ to £4 10/. On Tuesday, at Tuakau, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. McGahan, sen., and report a most successful sale. The dairy cows sold at from £7 to £13, horses ' £3 to £27. this year's calves £1 10/. tine harrows £4 15/. cart £2 13/. mower £3 15/ quantity sundries at late rates. At Xgatea on Tuesday we had a record yarding of stock of all descriptions, practically everything changing hands at high prices. Grown steers sold up to £12 2/6fat cows. £8 3/ to £12; store cows, £5 3/ to £S: IS-months to 2-year-old steers, £5 to V d m 0, neifers - ■£* »/ to £3 14/: C P °- W ? '"i-P"*- £6 to r 5 10/: s P rin S betters, £o to £ i 10/; pony. £6 3/. Messrs. Alfred Buckiand and Sons report:— There ivas a email yarding of dairy and store stock at .Westfield- on Thursday, November IS, which sold at ruling rates. We held our monthly sale at VVaitakarnru, Hauraki Plains, on Friday, November 10, and penned the advertised -number Buyers were in attendance, and practically I everything sold. Grown bullocks in for- ' ward condition made from £12 10/ to «>l3 | •IS/: two to three-year-olds, £6 15/ to £S j v Jo two-year-olds, £4 14/ to caivf^n^oj^ 0 £3 3 - Sma "« WESTFIELD FAT STOCK MARKET. Messrs. Alfred Buckiand and Sons report:— Yesterday, at onr weekly Westneld fat totalled 420 head, comprising 252 steers. 100 cows and heifers, and 9 bulls. There was- a strong demand throughout, values being firm at late quotations. Choice ox sold, to £2 6/; prime, £2 3/ to £2 5/'; ordinary £2 to £2 2/: cows a nd heifers. £ £~V 4/: steers ran in Price from £11 i.v to £20 5/: cows and hellers £7 10/ to £16. The highest averages for steers were:—Twenty-four from Mr George Booth's Tnrua property, £17 IS'4. The whole of this line was purchased by the Auckland Meat Company, Limited. Twentyfour from Mr. R. Doweli, Paengaroa £17 ; 7/S; 24 from Mr. T. A. McGhie, Paengaroa, £16 16/11; 13 from the Coast, £19 2/- ---!) from Mr. W. Taylor, Te Awamutu, £10 j 6/4: D from Mr. C. .1. Storey, Te Awamutu £17 2/2; 5 from Mr. A. X. Dingle. Tamahere, £1S 12/6; 8 from Mr. James McNieol, I • Waiorongomai, £16 0/11; a prime cow*. , from Mr. W. Taylor, Te Awamutu, made i £15 17/6 each, and 0 from Mr. Isaac Gray. I Papatoetoe, averaged £13 7/9. Sheep , came forward in full numbers, and mes [ with a fair sale. Prime mutton was inclined to be easier. Unfinished sheep were in strong demand. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8/ to £1 9/9; heavy , prime, £1 6/ to £1 T/6; medium to heavy, . £1 3/6 to £1 5/6; unfinished, £1 2/ to - £1 4/; best heavy prime ewes, £1 3/9 to ( £1 6/9; good ewes, 19/6 to £1 3/; others, 1 13/ to 18/. There were no woolly sheep i offered. (1,669 sold.) A full supply of l lambs were lower in price. Best heavy, , 17/ to 19/6; good, 15/ to 16/0; lighter, 13/3 t to 14/0. (215 sold;) There was scarcely an , average yarding of fat and young calves. Runners were in demand, and sold at increased values. Suckers and young calves sold at late valnes. Runners, up to i £9: heavy suckers, £4 to £4 15/; medium suckers, £3 14/ to £3 IS/; lighter, £2 12/ 1 to £3 S/; light, £1 IS/ to £2 10/; small 5 and fresh dropped, 4/ to £1 6/. (56 sold.) t The 204 pig 9 penned met with a steady , sale throughout. There were no heavy '. baconers or choppers yarded, bnt medinm baconers and porkers were keenly competed ' for. Medium baconers, £3 15/ to £4- light • baconers, £3 S/ to £3 13/; heavy porkers ; £2 17/ to £3 5/: medium porkers, £2 10/ 1 to £2 16/; lighter, £2 to £2 S/; light and : unfinished, £1 14/ to £1 18/; stores and J slips. 17/ to £1 8/, according to quality; ' weaners, 12/ to £1 5/. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— At Westfield fat. stock market, on Wednesday, beef was penned in average rnun--1 bera, ami sold at last week's rates. Oxen • sold to £2 6/ per lflOlb; cows and hetfers •£1 14/ to £2 4/; steers sold at from £12 7/6 • to SIS 37/fi: rows and hp|fer=. £7 r,/ tn ■' " \ ■■■■■• • . . ■ • .

of IMr. A. Hall, Fapatoetoe, for the War •Fund, realised £12 15/, and was bought _ by Mr. C. F. Shraft, Richmond Boad. Calves were penned in full nnmbers, and again declined in prices. Kramers sold, at from £6 12/6 to £9 2/6: heavy suckers, £2 19/ to £4 IT/, medinm £1 17/ to £2 14/, light 16/ to £1 14/, small and fresh-dropped ,3/ to 12/. Pigs were penned in average I numbers, and sold at slightly improved prices. No choppers were yarded. Heavy baconers £4 to £5 5/. medinm £3 10/ to £3 IS/, light £3 to £3 9/: heavy porters, £3 5/ to £3 IS/, medium £2 13/ to £3 o/. light £2 1/ to £2 11/; slips, £1 of to £1 12/- weaners, none yarded, and are wanted. Sheep were yarded in full numbers, and showed no improvement in price. Best wethers «old at from £1 S/ to £1 11/3 ishomi, others £1 1/ to £1 6/6; ewes best £1 3/6 to £1 5/, others 10/9 to £1 -/6; hoggets. 18/ to £1 3/. Lambs in full supply sold at lower rates, best selling at ! from 18/9 to £1 1/0, others 12,3 to 16/9. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, reDort having held their usual weekly fat Sort sale at Westneld yesterday, aa Un sllt— A fairly large yardinjr. Prices were on a par with late rates. Choice pens of extra prime ox sold at up to 46/ per 1001b On account of Messrs. R. and \v. GoOan, Panmure, we sold 20 bullocks at an average of £17 14/ per head, and on account of a Waikato client cows at up to |f 2/ . "^Veal—An average yarding, which sold at late rates. Heavy runnera made up to £6 16/; ordinary runners. £3 to -*-'■ choice suckers. £2 10/ to £3 4/; moderate qD^ur?on :11 -I m mo1 i e 3 r / ate 3 which I made up to £3 15/; porkers, 36/ to 40/, I stores, 22/ to 28/.

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(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) \ D CBRI-STOHCRCH. Wednesday. c At the Aldington stock markets grtoe t lambs brought IS/ to 22/9; others, 10/ to 17/9 Store Sheep.—Small two-tooth ewes 13/1. cuU two-tooth 9/. good two-toonii 16/11 to ; 18/ (passed), two-tooth, wechers 10/. g°° a I four and six-tcoth 21/0 to 22/5. other fourtooth IS/2 to 10/3, four and six-tooth, ewes . 14/0, aged woolly ewes and lambs 11/4 (ail counted) fair-mouthed ewes and lambs IV. woolly ewe hoggets 19/; woolly wether iog°Fat e Sheep.—Woolly wethers 28/ to 37/. extra prime shorn to 41/. prime 23/ to 3»/, others 17/ to 22/6, woolly merino wetners 23/ woolly ewes 24/6 to 33/. shorn merino ewes IS/, "extra prime to 43/6, prime shorn ewes 12/ to 37/6. others 13/9 to 21/8, shorn hoggets 20/ to 21/7. Fat Cattle.—Estra prime steers £22 to £26, ordinary steers £7 17/6 to £12 15/. extra prime heifers to £15 12/6. ordinary heifers" £6 to £11, extra, prime cows to £1S 3/ ordinary cows £6 10/ to £9 15/; beef, per 1001b, 30/ to 53/: extra, to 59/6. Dairy Cows. —Ordinary £3 to £9 W, extra £13 5/. Store Cattle.—Yearlings 20/, 15 to 18----months £2 10/ to £3, two-year steers —3 17/0. two-year heifers £3 7/6, two and a half year steers £4 10/, two and a half year, feeifers £4, cows £2 to £7 10/; vealers, S/ to £3 2/6. Pigs.—Choppers 60/ to 130/. extra heavy baconers to 100/. heavy 72/ to 80/. ligtit 55/ to 67/6, price per lb 6id; heavy porkers 37/ to 44/. light 3L>/ to 35/, price per Ib 6d to 6id: store pigs, medium 22/ to 26/, email .14/ to 20/. extra good weaners 12/«. ordinary suckers and weaners 3/ to 10/, sows ■with litters to 80/. I

JOHXSONVILLE STOCK SALE.

(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) JOHXSOXVILLE, this day. Messrs Abraham and Williama, Ltd., report on their Johusonvtlle sale as follows:—"A fair yarding of prime bollocks and sheep came forward, and sold at the following prices:—Prime bullocks. £16 10/ to £17 7/6: prime lighter, £15 15/ to £16 3/; prime lieifers, £10 2/6; prime heavy wethers, 27/1; prime wethers, 23/6 to 23/; prime heavy ewes, 23/; prime ewes, 21/5 to 22/; good lambs, 13/6 to 16/1; light, 14/ to 14/6.

TALHAPE.

The nsnai monthly stock sale 'Was held' here to-day. There -was an excellent' yarding the bidding- spirited, and the stock sold at very satisfactory prices to vendors. Prices are keeping good, and quite on a par to last sales. Good hoggets, from 17/6 to 25/5: fonr-tooth wethers, 30/ to 34/; ewes and lambs, i>/ to 33/6; 12----month steers. £3 14/ to £5 3/6: 15-month Hereford heifers, £3 19/; two-year-old steers. £7 to £7 10/6; three to fonr-year-old bollocks, iO to £14 0/6: fat cows, £10 to £12 10/; dairy cows averaged £S 10/,