COMMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 14, 17 January 1925, Page 11

COMMERCIAL

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

tßy Telegraph.—rress Association.) CHRISTCHUUCH, Friday. Heavy offerings of Algerian oats a r e already being made 10 merchants, aud tue market is naturally slipping back. A week ago quotations to farmers were in t"e reglou of .;. v bushel; to-day from -.<$ to 2 s is named, sales having taken place at 2 Sl. A Inw Cartons have been ottered to merchants, and they arc also casing in price. To-day quotations for best are do«'n to 2 til f.0.b., sacks iv. or from j '.• to 2 1" "v trucks. Althoush lac yields o£ wiiiteoats are likely to' be high, it is not so certain that the area is large. The deluge of Algerians is due to the flue spring, feeding oft' being unnecessary, while Uartous at seed time were a costly proposition. Merchants are being offered substantial quantities of Italian ryegrass. To-da.v's quotation is 20 to :t/. There is little perennial ryegrass being offered so far, and ihe market is firmer than the Italian. For W estern Widths from ::/ lo .'! -i on truck is being quoted. Co kstoot growers report thai the crop is on the dirty side, and that ihe yields will lie Hint. Quotations are 0.1 a 13 on trucks, or l-'fd f.0.b.. s.i.. for dressed. The pea crops look particularly well, but the area is small this year. Up to 7/ a •bushel f.0.b., s.i.. ..11 trucks is offered. At present there Is no export inquiry. "Free" barley is bringing, the same price as contract. .V a bushel on trucks. The potato crop over the whole of the province is looking well. F.0.b.. s.i. prices for main crop delivery are from £3 3' to £3 in . No business is doing. The downpour of rain at the beginning of the week did a good deal of damage to the .Marshland onion crop, and the prospects of six weeks ajjo will not be realised. There is no quotation yet. for wheat.

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

rilll.lilN.:, Friday. At the KoUdiii-r sale tu-dav there was a large yarding of lambs, sheep and cattle. Siuiie very good rape lauus .sold very well. Ihe top price being 2(1/ for a line of good woolly black-fares. Medium lambs were irregular, but small and cull lambs made very good prices. Medium quality growii sheep were neglected, but a few pens of -'o.kl sheep were keenly eoini'ctcd for. A full yarding of fat cattle sold under keen competition. There was a demand for all store cattle. Fat ewes, js 1 t „ :ti'M ; ijjij, fat wethers, "■"' to :w : fat black-faces, 2:1 :i to Ml ; shorn white-fun! wether lambs, e..,0d. s.'./V. medium. 17 I 10 Is 0; small mixed sex lambs, 13/ ii t., Hi.:; culls, in 1; to IH/7; shorn black-face rape lambs. ±:\ '.) to ii ti; medium, lb 3; small. 17:1; .-utl-.'i:: : blackface woolly rape lambs. '_'st; to uli ; medium, 211 ti to 2.1 7: small, in In to Id -I: small. very seedy. ]7 1; very seedy small woolly white-face lambs, M-.",; medium, in :;. a line ~f very fair Homue.v two-toorhe.l eves made 10/. Small twotooths. 2S 1 to Lis. >.i: small two-tooth wethers. 211/:t to 2 , .»"0; 11 lii.c of 300 good Koniney two-tooth wet Hers, ;-". 0: medium four-tooth ewes, ;; ,s, ; st o r e ewes. 14 •". lo 21 fi. In breeding ewes fair sheep were passed in at .11 10. <;.io.l fin heifers, if): prime cows. iS 3' (o tr. 13 ; light, ii 1.-,,' In i' 7: light fat bullocks. t7 in to £11; IS-month steers, £11 n ; mixed e.iloiired two-year steers. £3 7 ri; tJiree-year Hereford steers, in rair condition, i, ;: ; mixed coloured, in good condition. i' 7 13.'. Three-year Polled Angus Meets wore p.isse,i in a; fs, and a line of mixed coloured hi; bullocks iv fair condition sold at £7 17/.

OTAGO FRUIT PRICES.

i'P..r Telegraph.-Own Correspondent.) DUNEDIN", Thursday. The fruit market has firmed tip appreciably. Central (Jingo peaches were selling in the marts at from 2/ a case upwards a few days ac,,; ,|, is u ,orninc the ranee was from -1/ t,, t; . A , , llos( . , )rioPS growers will get something. Apricots were also in demand at higher prices than were ruling In the early part of the week.

PROPERTY SALES.

Ai ihe rooms of Mr. C. F. Bennett yesterday a house of five rooms iv Slimmer Street. Ponsonby, was sold for iC.s.".. and a bouse of six rooms in Ponsonby Terrace for £ss.-,. *

LONDON MARKETS.

The New /.calami and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.. have received the following cablosrain from their Ix.ndun house under date 14th inst. :— Tallow.—We quote present spot- values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton. 31! fi per ewt : good beef. .V 2 .'il per ewt : mixed. -17 ti per cwi. Market firm. New Zealand Dairy Produce.—RutterChoicest sailed: Momentarily small supplies; 166/ to 170/ per ewt.' Cheese: 90/ per cwi ; market quiet.

" THE WAGER.

" I'll walk you a mile, Donald, and put a Over on It.'' "You will, will you? What's making you so • rresh ' these days?" " Maltc.vo, lionald, my boy. Been taking it Tor a week now. and feel like a two-year-old. The monkey-gland business hasn't a look: in with Maltexo (Wilson's Malt Extract I."—(Ad.)