CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 15 October 1924, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

I (BT 0". CGyilEßf-lAI. ZDITOS.) ; Tv.e?d:iv Evening. | The ioi-.n: : i;.'! produee marker j i= r,.-ry deiid. V .::-:-k"-s oven have failed !to sustain interes'. Th» season seems I to i>p a; -jn end. Th : Navua is leaving | Lytr,ir..a i.-nmrr-w whh a small con- : for At.-!-:i:'.'.d. Farai-Ts api oiV.'.iaTinns'r.-. the'-, are from £" to £o ■ r,< on rrueks. Pi« rep-rred _Tlmt the j ;.-..*■ i.-.r <^ir»i»i.->>s; rii" Kawaf.n i.-rougat : from Vir-t-.ria 0;,.-n-l v.\< i-adiy. A eor.sidrranie t,r...r.. J rt;..u w::= * u ' rk '-'\ y}™ ; waiist i"'ai.T.t'..urys were Ci! a ton i^ l "-- I ,-uf o-;r r.f '}:•■ -.--heilule of Tirices at- ; tr,.-i;ed." :'• r :V reason that it _is aiiI f ;;rd t., !,.• ~,:,"eri:i"; farmers ~s 7d for I milling widWr are prepared | f „ p, y .; s .5.1 b>r fowl -V,d. Growers | who have h,-id o: are no v.- reaping t l!,- , l.eaear , 1 file fowl T>J t :,} price. The j ii--;re, are indisputable, r,. r the Minisi tar siat-d i-O'-eativ rh.-ir. imported fowl I wheat was beinir" released at o' s fi.i ;i i iiu.-liei. The pi.sition points more emI r>!iuf i'.-nllv than ever to the wisdom of j tt.e r iovi-rnnu-at out of the I wh \ar business oa-.-e and for all. i All I'las.-es of steeds are firm, 'out there ; Th.e foilowir.cr are the quotations to I be paul to farmers at country stations. ! free of commission, saeks extra, except, i v. here otherwise stated:— I Fowl Wheat, 'nominal; —Us (id. ! Cliarr—L7 12s Cd, • I <tats—l> Gartons 5s 6d. ! White Hover—ls 4d to Is Gd. I C'owL'rass—lid. j Partridge Peas—6s to 6s 6d. ; Italian Hyegrass—6s. l'erenniai Ryegrass —6s. Cocksfoot —Sd to 9d. Linseed—£l7 15s. Barley—os. Potatoes —£o os for whites, to £'-5 for DnKotas. Flour— £ls ](h a ton. Pollard—£G 10? f.o.b. "main ports: ]os extra for smaller packing. Bran —£■"> Ids per ton f.o.b. main ports; 10s ext.-fi for smaller packing. RANGIORA MARKET. Thern was ■;: considctab'e improvement in the number of sheep yarded at the -Kangicra Market yesterday, the entry consisting of 143 fain, and 1136 store eheen and lambs. TII3 whole entry was cleared, hat prices were about or. a par with las-, week's quotations. Tlie fat sheep were in 27 lots ranging in number from 1 to t7. The principal sales were:—ls wetlier." at 47-? sd, 17 at 425, 17 at oOj lOd, 6- at -los S<l, 3 at 54s fid, 4 ewe 3 at 435, 5 at 36s Cd. 15 at. 39s 3d, 4 at 29s 9d, 5 at 435, 10 at s (is, 10 at 463, 6 at Sos, 5 at 31s. 3 at 3"a Sd, and 3 hoggets at 335. In the utore pern?, practically all the owe 3 were and the sales mad.- were: —30 ev.-o.s- and 31 lambs at, 21s lid, all ccunirxl, 40 ewes and 13 lambs 17s 7d. 13 ewea and 9 lambs at 20s, 3f> ewes and 42 lambs at 23s lOd, 66 ewes ;ind 63 lambs at 17e 6d, 3i ev.T« and 33 lambs at 18s, 21 ewes and 21 lambs at 25s fid, 20 ewes and 20 lambs at 25s Id, 54 ewes and 54 lambs at 19s, 40 ewes and 43 lambs at 19s 9d, 27 ewes and 34 lambs at 223 7d, 25 ewes and 33 lambs at 22.s 3d, 27 swes and 34 lambs at 21s lid, 53 ewes and lambs at 23s 6d, and 80 wethers at 48s. Cattle —Twenty-two head were yarded. Prices for dairy cows showed an upward tendency. J-jrsey springers sold at £5 7s 6d to £'<> 10s, cows in profit £2 to £3, forward steer ±5, forward heifers at £3 2s 6d, yearlings 25s to 30s, and bulls £o to £6 ss. Pigs—There was a total entry of about 180, thirty of which were bacoiters. The prices were: Best baconers to £5 ss, others £2 5s to £i 17s 6d, porkers £2 10b to £3 lis, good 3teer3 £2 5s to £2 12s, best weanera to 348. and small weanera 25a to 30s. Poultry—Roostcra made os 3d to 6a a couple, hens 5s Id to 7a 7d, and pullets 2s IOrV to 6s 3d. Produce; —Chickwheat 24a a sack, barley 235, pigmeal 15s to IPs, oatsheaf chaff 7s to Bs, straw chr.2 3s, table potatoes 10s to 12s, seed potatoes 8s to 10s, onions 3d a lb, apples 7s a case, rhubarb 4s Ed. to 6s a dozen bundles. Sheepskins—Halfbreds to 255, crossbreds 10 20s. hoggets to 15?: calf skins 4s: bag -wool Is 3d lb; crutchings, Is Id; hides, Is 6d; fat, Ijd; horse hair Is 6d. ASHEURTON MARKET. There was a fairly good attendance at the Ashburton yards yesterday, when the entry consisted of 159 fat ewes, 133 fat wethers, 3 fat hoggets, end 1314 stores, and 23 head of cattle. The sale of fat sheep was a somewhat dragging one, and theTe was a decline. in values of Is Gd per head as compared with the prices realised at the Tinwald yards laßt week. Prime ewes brought 40s to 48s; second quality, 27s 6d to 355; prime wethers, 44s 9d to b4s; second quality, 38s to 42a 9d. The principal sales were: Ewes—7 at 40s, 4 at 33s 6d, S at 413 6d, 3 at 46s 3d, 4 at 355, 4 at 27s 6d, a at 41s 3d, 11 at 345, 6 at 30s 9d, 8 at 3Cs 3d, 6 at 3Ss 7d, 3 at 43s 9d, 2 at 335, 2 at 425, 2 at 423, 6 at 345, 9 at 365, 8 at 38s 6d, 3 at 42s 9d, 2 at 40s, 5 at 41a 7d, 5 at 40s. Wethers—lo at 53s 6d, lat 49s 6d, Bat 56s 9d, 8 at 57s Gd, 6 at 44s (kl t G at 435, 4 at 51s 3d, 11 at 423 9d, 11 at 42s 3d, 2 at 61s, 11 at 565, 6 at 46s 3d, 11 at 44s 9d. Stores^—The stores were all ewes, with lainba at foot, and out of the 1314 offered. 587 were passed at auction. The 6ales were-i 35 failing-mouth crossbred ewes andi 48 lambs (all counted in each case), at 14s lid; 7 crossbred ewes and 6 lambs, at 17s; 55 sound-mouth halfbred ewes and 55 lambs at 235, 54 failing-mouth tliree-quarterbred and halfbred- ewes and 54 kmbg at 19s lid, 24 sound-month halfbred ewes and 24 lambs at 28s 6d, 68 sound-mouth three-quarterbred ewe 3 and 84 lambs at 23a 7d, 121 sound and failing-mouth mixed halfbred; threequarterbred and crossbred ewes and 141 lambs at 20s 9d. Cattle—Fat ewc3 and heifers brought from £7 53 to £8 2s 6d, cow in profit, £7 15s; a springer, £9 10s, and an aged cow, £1 15 8 . PREFERENCE. INTER-DOMINION SYSTEM. (by cabue—press association—coptm3*r) (rbuteb's mlkqbams.) (Received October 14th. 10.15 p.m.) OTTAWA, October 13. Mr R. B. Orchard, of Australia, addressing the Export Club at Montreal, said that • sir.ee Britain had resr>;cted the plans o: the Dominions for Imperial Preference, th© Dominions must plan for themselves a system of such preferences, of which the Can-adian-Australian agreement was the beginning. The acting Minister of Finance (Mr Robb) said Canada started the idea of preferential trade within the Empire. "We have waited 25 years for the other Dominions to join with us, and I am glad that" after many efforts, Australia has come though the arrangement 13 not perhaps as wide as J might have hoped." METALS. (BY CABLE—PUESS ASSOCIATION—COPTSIGHT) (AUSTRAIJA.V AMD N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received October 14th, 9.45 p.m.) LONDON, October 13. —Copper—Spot, £62 8a 9d; forward -c-63 8s 9d a ton. ' ~ Lead—Spot, £34 12s 6d: forward, £33 10s a ton. Spelter—Spot, £33 6s 3d; forward, £33 2s 6d a ton. Tin—Spot, £245 7s 6d; forward, £247 7s £d a ton. Silver—Standard, 35gd; fine, 3S 3-16 d aa ounce.