THE MILLING COMBINE.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 45, 10 June 1903, Page 6

THE MILLING COMBINE.

The following ia reported to be the full list of millers who had signed the agreement forming the Millers' Trust, to have come into force on June 1 for a term of five years : R. Alleu, Anderson and Co. (two mills), Aspinall and Co., D. H. Brown and Sons, G. Bruce and Co., Belford Mills Company, Chamberlain Bros., F. R. Chamberlain, D. L. Christie, Canterbury Roller Flour Mills Company, Crown Milling Company, Clark Bros., A. Curragh, W. and R. Dickie (two mills), Evans and Co., R. Evans, Fleming and Co. (three mills), Fleming and Henderson, Gardner and Co., J. C. Gow, H. Harraway (two mills), W. Harrison, Henderson Bros., G Hislop, Hudson and Ca., Ireland and Co., Little and Co., J. E. Mather, Jand T. Meek, Milligan and Bond, Moir and Co., Manawatu Mills Company, J. Moffat, W. H. Martyn, P. M'Gill, A. M'Callum, Niehol and Sons, Redwood Bros, (two mills), T. Rowlitt, Utautau Roller Milling Company, Steven and Co., Timaru Milling Company, Wilkie Scott and Co., Wood Bros., and W, Withell. It ia understood that there is very little prospect of the breach in the Millers' Association being healed. At their meeeing in Timaru the Asaociatison exhausted every means of patching up the Dunedin difficulty, even to the extent it is said, of forming a syndicate to purchase the Phajuix Mill, which was said to be the cause of the trouble. At one time on Friday a satisfactory arrangement seemed probable, but a hitch arose, aud all negotiations were declared off We learn from a lepre-sentative mill-owner that there is now little likelihood of the mill- owners who had previously signed the agreement mentioned above being brought together again 1 : — Evening Star.

Farmera' 4001b Fair-bank's Soalea £5 10a. Berger'a red and black sheep branding oil la gallon.. Crown sheep dip — 3a per gallon in casks, 3s 6d in drams. Oar graes flted maohlaery is up-to-date, and a Crasher and Kibbler have been ad* ded and we axe now prepared to arush grain Unseed, and kibble peas, and beanß. We invite all farmers interested in this important industry to oome and inspect the ' machinery any time they are in town. . i Storing Grain— We are prepared to store. ' receive, deliver, and insure, with three ' months free storage, at 3d per saok. Oar atores are connected with the railway by private siding. Grass Seed. Cleaning— Oar machinery is up-to-date, We have just added, a clover polisher, and as we have a machine of the latest type for each kind of seed, we give from 5 to 10 per oent. better cleaning results'thau a machine which cleans all seeds. We also store seed free of charge until pleaned, and keep same insured. Saoks— We oan quote 44-inoh corn sacks 6s second- hand grain aaoks 4s 9d, good fl>ur daoks 43 6d doz. There is a ooußiderable saving to the farmer) in taking second-hand flour sack", as new saoka would cosC 6s delivered, and yon only get 5s for them io sending in grain. FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Butter : Prime Bait from 7d to Bd, separator (in lib pats) 9i lb. jßggg—EVeah In 7i ta Is 8d ; preserved, Ib. Caoese— Factory 5Jd to 6d, Akaroa 5d 6 » ; HoDey — Demand ia not very strong. Prices are ruling from 4d for good quality. In small tins 4? i, Walnata— Scarce at 4£d to s£d per lb. Beeswax — Is 4d — wanted. Onions— Prime, j ast landed, £6. Bacon— dolls, 8a to 91 ; hams 83d to 9J. pig 8 — For sizes up to l6olta, ni-at-olasa dairy fed quality 4£d to 4§l wanted, heavy weights 3Jd to 4d. Batter Boxes, with p&rahment liniDga, we can sapply at 18a per doz. j Vickery's Egg Preservative — 20a per oaee of eight galls. Fruit — We receive consignments by every steamer from Australia, the Islands, and om own Colony, and hold saleß daily on arrival , of consignments. POULTRY Poultry (local).— Ghese 4s 6d to su. Poultry (axport).— We havo an ualimite 1 demand for boiling fowls, chickens and ducks. I/vrge quantities required /or the next S >nth African steamer. Please consign all ooultry to A. Moritz-oo and C • , Danedin, Gjvernment Poultry D pot, aud advise ua and write for particulars.

Messrs Waters, Ritchie and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, grain, produce, and commission agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations : — Wheat. — The market is quiet and prices are without alteration. Best velvet and Tuscan 2s l id to 3s id, red chaff 2s I id to 3s, fowl wheat 2s 3d to 2s 4d (sacks extra). Oats. — There is a fair demand for best descriptions, but inferior sorts are hard to sell. Milling is sd, bright short feed Is 3^d to Is d, inferior lid to is 3d. Barley. — We have a good demand for prime malting samples from 3s to 3s 3d on trucks. Potatoes. — Derwents 40s to 455. Rabbitskins. — Auction sales every Monday. We offered a large catalogue this week. Suckers and runnels 3d to 4^d, summers s^d to Bd, autumns o.d to I2d, early winters I2^d to Isd. Sheepskin 5 ". — We hold sales every Tuesday. We quote : Pelts Sd to 2s 3d, crossbred 2s 6d to 4s, extra 4s 3d to ss, merino 2s 6d to 4s. Hides. — We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox up to yd, heavy do sj^d to 6>£d, medium do 4 to S/4^, light do 3#d to 4^, calfskins is o,d to 2s 3d, yearlings 2s 6d to 3s 6d, horse hides 6s 6d to 9s 6d each. Tallow. — Rough fat 13s to 16s 6d, tallow in tins 1 6s 6d to 20s, casks 20s 6d to 225. Horsehair. —is l><d to Is 2I A&We are now ready to store aud dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience. GENERAL PRODUCE REPORT. Butter. — Best salt 7j^d to 8d per lb, dairy butter (in pats) 7d to 8d per lb. Eggs. — In good demand, is Sd to is gd. Honey. — 3d to 3>£cl per lb, Cheese. — 5d to s)£d per lb. Onions. — 5s per cwt. Bacon. — Rolls Bd, hams o.d. Pigs, — In good demand, 4^d, heavy weights 3_^d to 4d. Poultry. —(Local), roosters 3s 3d per pair, hens 2s 6d to 3s per pair, ducks 3s gd per pair. (Export), we are giving top prices for South African orders, hens and young roosters 3s 3d per pair, ducks 4s 3d. Full particulars on application. Note. — All export poultry is carried railage ree if consigned to the Department of Agriculure. We supply crates on loan.