TIMARU.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13876, 29 October 1910, Page 11

TIMARU.

{btecial to "the press.") TIMARU, October 2S. 7hero is an absence ot' any actnriiy ..i tin. grain busineft.. and farmers -till S-cm very chary about selling at iho

present prices. There is practically no enquiry for milling wheat, and very little is doing in sprouted grain, which is worth 2s 8d to 2s lid at country stations. These quotations are made by merchants -ivith a view to shipping by the Kaikoura, which is expected to lift 10,000 sacks at thus port on November 11th, and tvill, so present advices state, be tho last vessel shipping at the cheap rate of freight this sea; son. In good milling lines Tuscan and Hunters are Avorth 3s Od, and Velvet 4s f.0.b., sacks extra. Fowl wheat is quoted at 2s lid to 3s, f.0.b., sacks in. Oats are getting into very* small compass, and there is practically only an enquiry for local requirements. Cartons are quoted at 2s to 2s Id, Duns at 2s Id to 2.s 3d, according to quality. Potatoes arc .steadily rising in price, and are selling at £9* per ton f.o.b , sacks in. There is now a .scarcity of potatoes in .South Canterbury. FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs T. E. .Shiel and Co., Dunedin, report for week ended 27th inst.: — Thero is a bettor market for all lines at present. Hothouse tomatoes, Is 9d per lb: cucumbers. 0s to 8s per dozen; asparagus, 4s Od to 6s per dozen bundles, small up to 3s 6d per dozen ; green peas. Gid per lb; new potatoes, 2J.1 to 3id per lb; cauliflowers, short supplies. 7s to 8s per sack; cabbages, 4s to 5s per sack; lettuces, Is 9<l to 2s 3d per dozen. 6 STOCK EXCHANGE OF CANTERBURY. The following arc the latest market quotations:— £ s. d. BANKS— National o[ N.Z. .. .. 015 9 New Zealaud .. • • ... 10 ti 0 FINANCIAL— National Mortgage .. 3 3 S N.Z. Loan and Mercantile .', 010 0 N.Z. and River Plato Land ..., 2 0 0 Permanent Investment Cant. .. 10 0 0 GAS— Ashburton •• •• ClO 0 Auckland (£1 paid) •• .. 3 6 6 Christchurch (-5 paid) .. .. 916 0 Hokitika .- •• .. 515 0 Wellington (-10 paid) .. .. 19 0 0 Wellington (£6 15s paid) ~ 13 15 0 INS C RAN CivNational of N.Z. .. .. 11l 6 New Zoiland .. .. 4 16 South British of N.Z 3 3 0 Standard o£ N.Z. .. .. 15 9 MEAT PRESERVINGCanterbury Frozen Meat .. 717 G Christchurch Meat Co. (£lO paid) 11 7 G Wellington Meat Export Co. (_■- 12s Gd paid) .. .. .., 3 2 6 SRIPPINGN.Z. Shipping Co. .. .. 10 0 0 Union Steam Ship .. .. 115 G W OOLLEN MANUFACTURING— Kaiapoi Woollen .. .. 5 0 0 Mosgiel Woollen .. .. 3 5 0 Wellington Woollen ... ~' 315 0 COAL— Taupiri .. .. .. 1 0 G Westport .. .. ..686 Westport-Stockton .. .. 0 7 3 MISCELLANEOUS— Booth, Macdonaid and Co. .. 119 Cant. Farmer..' Co-op. Timaru.. 217 G Mason, Struthers (±'l paid) .. 14 0 N.Z. Drug Co. .. .. .. 211 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. .. .. 210 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. (pref.) .. 5 5 0 N.Z. Portland Cement .. 115 G N.Z. Paper Mills .. ..139 "Whitcombe and Tombs .. .. 6 1 G BREWERIES— Crown Brewery .. .. .. IIS 0 Manning and Co. .. ~ 4 2 6 Ward and Co. .. .. .. 5 3 6 The following sales wero reported on 'Change yesterday:—Westport-Stockton, 7s ljd; N.Z. Paper Mills, _1 3s 9d; Taranaki Petroleum, 9s 6d. The quotations were ss follow: — Buyers. Seller*. ' £ _. d. £ a. d. I BANKS— National of N.Z. .. — 5 16 6 ; MEAT PRESERVING— ! Canterbury F.M. ~ 7 17 G COAL— Westport-Stockton .. — 0 7 3 MISCELLANEOUS— Booth, Macdonaid &. Co. 116 — N.Z. Drug Co. .. 211 3 — N.Z. Paper Mill. .. — 13 9 WEST COAST STOCKS— Consolidated Goldfields — 11 9 j Progress .. .. — 0 15 3 I Ross Goldfields .. — 0 3 0 J