FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 4 October 1909, Page 10

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL.

p^iftfc^rthe'te^^^ !;V:p:- :; - h -Co-operative Dairy; Company- orivThursday, the : ;.:ri;;'.:.v;; ; chairniaii James-iPrpuse) said there had fe^ , ;^ s 14s. 2d. Thia I'-W % ■>.-" ■':-':■■■• had : ,beeh:absorbed by/ writing off: tho last year a fcH- , *- v " , --'' ; "--'los^ifl6:l|ifc;Mi : 'a«4:depTedatmg;tb.e'build. fee; :^: v h: ing account to'the extent of ..£492 18s. ,Gd., 'in sT:^Vfv;>v;v<co.n^uence':-prrtie^.ol4- : fabVry;.' J eiJ l ß- put out k'h'; fe l ■ -hbf Vuse. ,'f.The new-.faotory.Kad been, pronounced fi&ii■'■*?■ ■;;-:':by;experts-to : .be',,a: most'oip-to-dato and. por-i7i:.:?»;vv.';:;feotly-«cj;'uipped.'establishment.'; -Many new feafe!»:, introduced" oh tbo recpnjmendation I'f .ve ; l? ':■''■!•; of / also supervised '.tho m-\ i'K't.'V: ■'■"W troduQtion of , -'.these . principles,' so'-' 1 that the. V t ■ ''■■■-k v-conversdpn..of the. milk into vtho,. &-ii.'■;,.,'-,.: vbutter 'eHou'tiVbc'-nssured. They have dcfiTed 'ipS'iy ■ ■ J bdst restilts in; having iprdduced high-CTade I^/S;-;. . ; ff:buttcr,^-'ivh'ioh commanded;;o- ready,market at succe'sfi', of the pombined .churn, P'•!;';V' : '''■S : ■ , ■•■nad■^waTtanfed'.^th , B'■■:'direbtors , '■in'• ordoring '.4n-. feSVft-iV:fotheteof : the.' same , -olass.' '< Durinß , . the past |Sffv.'??feeeason i ;there 'hadVljeen a, very • |; : j;;\-;),."'>:' \ crease, in the 'rjuantity ; of .milk supplied,' -pftryiptt V- : .ticulariy ■ at linton, -where the output 'of cheeso |fv--"•:■;■? r hnd : inoreasod.'jby/ '& tons.frAlthough ithe.. ininie-' p'(':V:-'iV'- : season; were, not pftV''.' ; ';:: ; "v'flßitei' : so-'bnght-;''ns'.last-.year,'''.as far as prices 'concerned, -there ..was every, probability f4r;K' : Highlit the scasbn-would ,bo-a record one. New t'. : .'' : ';i'i'. : - ! . : : ; i;boilers l; ;wbro beidfr, installed ;at Linton' ■ and K'-y^'sr.'S^'Kewrp^ f'j?^:-.;/-' : /!!'!'-]tept',iipito "date; • v:;'■'■■'■':':'■', ! .v '<■ •:'. ''■ "!•.'-,■ ■ '■"' '.' : t^'i''ii ,^V'V.': i^.';:-'.\.V'V.^:>nce'.'to:,pasteutißhtioii,-.bfißkiin' ; :pjilk,':-ahd 'Jtr.; p?:f% ; :*'-V- \Siucon iboved ",Tha't' : &-v ; :'^J:'^-^:: : .'^stefarssatipn: : BoVinstnMid"thft r ßensoii." ''■'""■'.' k^i^. : C-- : f\',\^ii:^\st6alßi6iei/.aa}iai : iaßendmtat, "That (■.'K;' , ':;-'•■J.v-;ln^uiriM v be"vmadei ; m-':yien , v'of-:'p'asteiiriMitisn'-K*ifcif;/>for'il«i?.season." .;.'■' ■<)' : :-:.'^^vi i : lV ; >-V.'.=-:'-x--v";;\-TMs'.f--i|"'ae'-.Bec6n'de'd.'by-'''jrr. .Davics,'.and'car-' tf<Z:;:Sm?d.\ : K:^i>':*'■■;■; ' ■;■: ?.:: ' - •• ■'■ i-!'.K : !.- '■'■.::■■■:''/'A. discussion .took'.place in reference .to the iSfti;^' )■!::-_ ,.r>aying..of ;Mr,■ J." Saxofi moved. fw.;.*.'.'"Tthat 'a.dividend r 'o'f GJpqr'c<?ht. ; ■b'6"'p'aid'dn. I ..ptiid-; y^:f : yi : :^;\ tip; capital. ':■'.;{■■ •■■ ;"..■ y •.-.;.■•■:. |,?} t- 7,;, y-, ; ;i;An ; . ;ampridmeritj;moved' by*: Mr, ■C. Vass, seconded, by .ifr. : J;':EickaTd;.' -That a divi-iV-'SV-;S':':'-Vi'V-'^end'''of3S'',peri :;ceht/'-b.e'.'pfti'd to"non-supplyini; fe^V''eTi >:, .w!iiharehoJilers\'.pn-;'paid-hp' capital, , ' was carried,' tho'mdtioiv lr^lost^ , '".;''■ .\-f- < ' , i . 9:'.^'f 4 ; & : ?i!feV; ; y'-Messrs^G;aex-Xnd : J^prousetwereVelectcd v to $MBO- iTRiALs:; : s ■:;:■■;;;;■ I WW;|f f& ; S;-:;'-.'v '-Jilt wiUijinterest/ji'eircZealond , potot'o'Brbirers.belief. :i: >Sproutingahd)n'changepf ; "s'eedi" and" particuflatlyi"seed".'frorii a colder climate,.'is.confirmed ■■' r i?;~ ;;**'■ by , recentSeiperimentsTeondncteJ-. in England. i, ;.*-!: V' V. the';La'nca-.

Ki-'•'■ : -'. -r-pf!v;->v'j™ n ? 3o i E MP l ft y%rs^Si.f ( > l !%^ £i H} Sceo'.po.ta-.' f:':?ii'~ ■' >-'toe3f:bropgW''from : 4i^'Sort:llorii : '-'to- :j a"SoUtKeril' larger crop than rdo'ithosoj f\l':' Y t-tr/broughtiifwSi :a "southern r.tb a i\ot;iliejt:n rlati-' 1 h t^'fe':^;tude.' (2);iThe;yield-..-from:lrisfrgtown";seed/ |:U'SJ'i'^V B P r outed;,--."ttioHjjh:.highly -satisfactor.yj-jis.won-' r;-\ ;:.,.).;,-. below ■■ thai', from' th'ay S6p£tish-r> ffc' W'.-:"" V-grown 1 Isejiijjsproutea.: ;?! (3)f Heed potatoes',bbjity^A;..;.V.tained, fjonvilocalities,vwiihin'tho fcpuiiity.•;f<i;i l l ( ■ E■43i;* ! Ji'-.'on' tiio i'ayojfage.-- to jjproduce.. crops asjlbfgp. , air. K':',ii'?- : ■-■■•■'.'r'tlidse ; fromfiSconisliVor 't&'S'sW V/;eeetl: ■: potatoes' obtained carlyj'inj'tho;. :■';':'''. ; v'.■:■'■ year, being ■,!: vfe r '■■ ii ;a.: la'rger":ji<sd . tKan '{Tiose'.-'oljtaino'dJ-Hiei nntft %'?,&;■■ '-■' VplantedV'dyj $t(i;e:, i: unspr6uted)' frpsptjiji7;b'a£s'i: :.?■ i;?;; -, t-'V.It-;is-imporfahtrirtoi:»k6ep.i,;;the .vfifs'Kwrftip'd'. l ■%;.■■;■■.-.r -f e P. r( are Rv^;tV;r;:.'above grdfed in :the■ shortest'-.possißl'e-J-rtime,' lei-;^^;I ei-;^^;^thus;allpiMpS: ; a longer j 6etebii of grow^hrii-Tho. , $y'v- .' : ,'j ; :,":oii' an : ayejriig6 ! two ton's .per. aero :morp potatoes'i "i. '* ;"' ■■' -.; • th'6j6iQt!iat ; wore'planted ;witjiout i ? first. 'being 'sprouted. ;:■■:■:-; : -. ■..,:■'." , ■>• v y ,^^^f■: 4'l|^^'?■' o^''.o P?^' on '■ ,α '?' s ■■' BS; K'.'.'Vi'^ p:v : yr : ;'./-..writers\i'ndv'most .-potatp-gicowersi'jrefer that' pySv-j.'^'C , the vseetß-ttJiers/ shall b'eSof ; nMitfinTsize.'-so', fV'vr.rvL 1 ;.ihat'i be'.planted .'whole.' The. conI'i'j , ."■;.;■' V:' at'-the Edinburgh t :i i-\ : t:V ;' Agriculture:, do';,not' l -supjbrt: this; .;/ii'B.:ft : » 'six. tests'with, th'rep {?'•*' ; !'y- V"; ■varietiei::!m)llthe j sets, ;whether > while".-,or' cut; &•:■'■■ ■ ■:•?; .'^/pieces^woreiif-'equal'weight. In every case tho i- >r;'':..-';. ,: '-.- cut' sets Jyieuieil a 'greater proportion : of. mars' .:ketable\tiilS*Knd; in of lHhe £ J:{-J^'^;;'.:--'thby r .yieldea'.a;heavier'total "crop of- markets',!!r> - ,1; able tests .led to! thd.conclnKS i'; : /: 6i6n thafcrwher^ IT? , r >';»-'■--.■ erop, i3 , .pt£ajned»v^Be^qJiffioi:£efs*'aio)i r s l 6!'ec|e'd' &?:, : -:.->- / witli : a If 1 |.;;->:i',y,- , .'-. : )>"J r iiich.v- ~':• -i;':':'-/<-''^; ; ':^ v ■-.'!.- ;.-.;:■-\ : '>>-.- K i ; "S;,i~ir; ■ vAs iolthe'.^best. distance apart , ,;three trials at Ki?A;"V;/'l2, 11,;16, .and; 18 inches apart all.'yielded E7"■f'^;^i•7^■a"' : iβaTlOT^'CTOPrf^o^%Plo^lWilCU , ...p'lot; the-'U,. ( ; ;.f-vv v :':vl6 ) iand > 18-incK r that-ordor.--5;->,s:ivV o: The ireport;.does, not ;.state, .however, whpther. &.'•} ~?0,'--. ;; the trial'was'coMncte'd.withl'WJorous, drcphi-! Ife.7:W;<^K':'p'act-^owing;.TSfietics;';''''- Jv .^ ; - i *?,*'..';"?*> ,r : -i>;'. , :.i'.; : -'^;;.Eiptfiinentßi :^j;ffieV;Heits-'Connty., ::;Conncil "towed;;tKat;'in\the growjng'Vof:. potatoes for &' : v.; T:-';Kvseed'it is best -to'.use large/tubers-rathor 'than I K'vfe'l /f' • jeedv,tubers,> : as : the : proportion ; sizo SiK'v :;'/. in ''the'-resultant; crop Vwas -greater i.'frpra"' tho y¥^ : : : :?:' : '.;'- laTge ; tnbersi The' difference in: the .total, crop. |ij, ! , : - ;V'c»£ ; all sizes■ was:;not great.:. Altbbuglrf," '-: thet'e^ - '■■ ,| ; !6reii:the';.''planting;' of. large. : .■;. , .^ , .■^I'^:1'^: , f growing;'for. : ;.th»" ordinary i;V: : '^',! "j'liarket, it is profitable yrhen.growing especially s?-?2':»?.'■;..- .■•.:;"•;■•.■. ■ o:Pr:2h^'-r'-i/l !: . : l-/'-i : '•..-,;/ .-i; ■:. ;,'i i-'-'fv.'; C'.' NOT ES ' : F R OM' : M jS ; -V" ; ' : ' ; ■■'Onr-i-Masterton ; . correspondent'..writes:—Pro-, Bi;tii'v:.-x':;;!:ißpects;B i ;tii'v : .-x':;; ! :ißpects ; season^in,the,;ltasvi r??- ;: .'AK\-/- v terton "Cows.are;in:ex(:elwhile" grass' |i •-vS- i. : : is' ■ more ;than. -.uspaHjr-,-; plentiful."y^... : , '■;/ ,fv ■ tivv.'i'S ''Dairy; cows ,are,bringing a good price in'.the |;Vf.>.'7i!''-.;'.f'\'4ietnoti : -- : ahd'" i I" : "'nier3"are following-in. the-steps of. Taranaki. t : ; ■ ■ t: J . i ■~.- farmers : arid : saving,- their ; .':Cily«s '.. instead 'of k -fl ; V;■■:;■■' Mling : themi ; ::>// : :iy;;;f.^ r ;-'.X':< Pv.'-:-!.;■ f;X ! v-v'"' : i ■;.;■'■.■ ../-XJie -'Parniers' . Go-operative - Freezing . Com- ;;;:'■.■/''.;.': pany-cpntimics.to '.bo 'well, rsupported, and. ; and.-prospe.ets |:i i^, ; ";Ti(ar().;df the brightest. • -.-Local-' farmers are uow: t',op: '.'■ -.KeupportingiUhe movement jbetfer sinco, it; haj ■:;-■;;; been.;decided tb-crjeot the'works; at Waingawa. £&):£i''~y. :: :-':''r : . : . ; '-:--l \ I'--'' '■''.';■'-!' ', .-C'..!.-- . ftf?> %^;f^jPNJBRAL;"^ARMINQv'KOTES: : ; •. i;'">; ' : '; : ; 'Knight,' of Longbnrn, , -'-.shipped i::;:;- : :,i, : . /forty; hbrses;to Melbourne.by the iCoana on ; y';; : "V^ f ".;.;.-.::..:,; "v ;■.:." v ~- .;';" i;;;;,.,::- ; : r ;.;-; Cheese - for' sliipmen't ;ia coming- forward' 'so (S.- ':'-;>'■; freely, as. to-exceed; the.utmost anticipations of ;■ ?•;';;" : '''■''■ tn ?' Patca \shipping'."people.'" Mr. : Mitchell, of f;-:"-';:.C; r.the Patea .Shipping Company, told a "Press" fi. : j;:v.v:: : "-vi;'.--.' : -TepQrter.that he would net borsurprised.if'lOOO. fe;':^ ; ; v-'i 'cases ;were« added .to ; the* 2700;. itt Bi" ' V ivSfjs .expected,'.l'atea; wonld;(contribrite to-'tho'/ ;i,v*'■;,?:' .'/cargo of.tho;Arawa.-:'The. : Kiripaka > --;whicli l left , |.; : .. r y;:.:-.' ' on Wednesday:night, tookr'aut,looo'cdscs.-'', V '■'''.[; ' -,?Jr.'T.'Gheckley, of. Ilinem&i 'whpAhas/been.' hifrt *■■'''■■, : conductingfcheese-makinsVbperatio'ns; at fflno-!v';iinoa-f6r'several years, proposes to inslal milk-y/-r-:, ;V3 ipg, machines next-'^ear,. having obtained, a '.;; ■:■ ■','•■ -,;;, first'class boilor : : and ! engine. ; By. tapping a :;V;f ; -.'.' ':■■ etream'froman.eieration.of a hundred feet he 5:-;.';>V.;-;.;phas secured'.a' splendid supply .of wator for srf •;-;".;''. " : "washing the milking sheds, otc.' As several of | ; V"':.v-:'. n is, neighbours are, too far awayto supply the fc; ; .'i:;.; v -'-I' Kaitawa cheese "factory, they are sending their f;" : f;,..,- .{milk.to him,' and his cheese output this ,sea-\ I "■ : - /..., 'Bon.wiU.boilargely.augmented. Besides milk- ?!'•■;.; ■■ ■'"■ -.--ing- about'lnfty cows, .ho . carries on'sheep- )'^'.-■''■: ■■.'-.•'farming; [/:'.\ '■:■''<'.] '■}':■ S-~''{<.\ .■■:. i '-\." '■' ': ■' f"., , ,:;- , ." .'■.■.." !l'ha-directors''of'the Tarurutangi Co-operative ?■■■'■;: ;■; ■>.-■: '■ Dairy. Company, , , have sold/their, season's out- ■:'"'-- '■ . : pnt of, bhlSer to-'Messrs.' Collott and Co. at f; ; .Vfi;,-. : lbV.for September;, nnd' October, IOJd. [i. , - V" :. for Novombor and' December, and, IOJd. for.tho |J, "..;:;:■. ":;rest: of. the: season.; ■;-. ••■;,- .'..,.-.. ' .■; D'' :: --'''' : " : r'-"''- , '-".'^ e 'B r roter.;aotivity;in.'the.'grain-'fields->this. k>.: .. ••. ■' ■■: '■'■ Bea'son ought to iniprovo the hemp industry. •1 ;;;;,'■.;-;:")f ing to the greater demand for.-binder-,twine. I-'V; ~, : ': ;-slr. Jaques, late canning expert to the GovY-, ':'■:;■.':- .ernment, is understood to . have. decided . toV B;>,■ '.;;.'• .Btart■■fvuitllpreserYidg at Motueka in tho com- (':•■"■■%' .'ing season, .chiefly ill glass. This enterprise of' it,.,' r r''.'/vMr. Jaques, andtho;fact of. the retired poulfci.St'';■-:■ ":try;-expertV;Mr. starting a poultry farm ('■;' ''\; "'i- -;: : at Paraparaumu,.indicate;that -soma 'at least K-,; : -.: : r of the Government .'experts'.hadv confidence in t'.'\ : :':£/-\' ' ;"ff hat they Mpreached. v;' y. ' ■.'■-''"'- "'';.'.'" : "■"'■' ?;.■';■■;!■;,.";'; In; conversation,with a ;rc- » -Wj" "-■.;".. "■; presentative; of - the;-, "Hawcra . a -.-well- ■ f ;;' ; J-.';- .knownCovcrnmeht vetarinarian said; that stock \?:-&;j': ' -generally, throughout Trarnakij were/airly frea (o. ■■v".- : snjd,-^"this<has : p',;■'.;,''.- '■/::■ to be romemberedjiso 16rig* 'as "we'have. stock i;'--i : -.'':;'■ ep long Will there.; be common ailments." As £:\i? : '.i--':-'.i' : - '(to^blackleg,:''there 1 , were" fewer cases last year j.'. : '"• ; - ::":; thrpughoiiK tho whole of Taranaki than were [?:,■.*::.:'.;; found ,on '-the .couple, of' farms, four or iive '.'■ v;;-;,•'-.:■".'-;.'.years; ago.!,"Blackleg," said-, the . export, "is. ;':: ./ '•'"'• ... practically, out." . Praise '.was-, nc-'''■...-:;;[A-.- ; corded' the»farmers ,for tho.progress : they,had ;!.V • ■;, ;'; .made; in Improving .milking sheds and ; , the '■> :: '-:■■: :■'•"•'. farm equipment'.generally, and regret was ex; v,;;; ..,:..pressed thdt.sconrin'g calves;and..cattle suffer-; ? : : ;.. :'V :■■ ing fro.m other diseases were*hiltjimiuedi'atojy. 'v; '-■'.;'. - segregated '-from the. ■ hefd.U'S "To destroy i-nri i'-'-'Y.-■ ■':••: : ' : .aflected cali' : is generally;- the best, policy.).evon :-.■!'..:.■ ".. • if it gets-well it -will probably, have communi- ..■',;-. cated. the. disease"to other stock." ■'-■'

' NEWS AND NOTES.

.According, to." the''-'"Western;..Star"; (Southland), the Aparima Dairy Factory: has estaV lished a record for. butter-fat this year,-tho total amount paid/suppliers Ibeing Is. 3d;, while' 'I'e Tun' paid 12} d., und Urnniinond Is. ,- ;Mr. : Colin Campbell, of Clareville,! on 'Wed-nesday-sent away his first draft of lambs from Wairarapa this year. They were'in prime con-' dition./; .' ';.-.. :'■ '.-'--.' <.>", ; :.-' . ..■ "The yearly' report'vpresontcdto the" annual' meeting of the Moa (tnglewood) Farmers' Cooperative Dairy Company on Saturday stated: —"The amount of milk received was 17,445,803 Ib.i producing C83,343.031b. of butter-fat, from which was made 781,1001b. : of tons Wcwt. Oqrs. 211b., or about H} tonsinore than last-year.' It took an average of 22.331b. of. milkto make lib. ■of butter and from each, llb.of butter-fat was mnde 1.141b. of butter. The.average test ./was 3.917. .Tho , average price ; received for butter was 11.31 pence. Suppliers .Received- an advance of lOd. per' lb. on butterfat throughout the season, and in addition were' paid; a bonus\ of Id. per. lb. on butter-fat supplied .during the export' season; Octo.ber toMarch*inclusive. Out of the balance'in hand' on; July 31, a bonus of one-third of a penny per lb.' on the twelve months' supply has beenpaid,, absorbing'tho sum of £Ud Is, 6d. Suppliers have thus received. what ■■ is equivalent : to '11.18. ponce per lb. of butter-fat-for. the sea-.-60n.-. Interest; at the rate of: 5 per".centi. oil 'sharp capital; subscribed to; July 31, 1908/ aniouriting to .£273 125., was also .paid, leaving the Vsum of-iES3-125.. 10d: to. be .Carried for v . 'warfl:" •".';,; ■',' > ■■"'.'. ■;' : - '- ; '" '

,'■ Mr. AV , .' Mills, 'of' , Cheltenham^-left with his ; family last week to-take up a"run'of 5700 acres* in tho Hawlie's Bay district. • ifK . Mills took .up, land in the Cheltenham •district..33 yeara nBo,. when the sito of Foildiii*'/was covered "with' standing^bush. '--Ho has since'stated that when ho first passed through Tcjlding.'. it was the loneliest spot ho had-over been; in. ■'-~-■ .„ . ;Kips)Voutdoor. strawberrjes ) .' i h!jv6,, been .niar- ! iketed-at -Napier.'They we're-grown -'b'j/.'Mr.- J. H."Kidd. ' ,-■■ '; :.;-. '.. ■.: /^;, :.■'-";■:■■ ". ■Ji'ive years ago, New Zealand (supplied only about four per cent, of the colonial arid about three per cent., of ,tho total imports of cheeso into Britain.;; : To-day 'the.. Dominion Ssupplies i.twerityiper^cent, of;.tlio''colon'ial,Vnhd"nearly, itfftceiL^M'fotal.;■-/;- : '■;;4\H; : ■■;'-;'/ : ;^:.'\ 'Mrl'.iaing-ileason has, it is been; employed by' privato persons.' to.'prepare a reVe port..-on-, the -Pigeon Bush,' Woodside,,'and ,-,\Vaingawa site forithe freezing. -The imports will- probdbly.be, ready '-on; ,; 'Last ; soas6ri 46,413'biiles of'wool i were-offefed' ■for-sale.in Wellington,' of- which-'41,952 we'rp sold.i'ln. the 1907-8 season 20,200' bales ; were offoAd.r ■■ ;:■ ;' •:; . ; -V:'>.'.\/'"-.':'.,';" ' ;T6 slibw. how easily a big deal,is sometimes-' upset, J '>the-vHori. ,! p: Biiddo told .'rf.'.rtpoiter of,' *t& v \Tjniaful"Herald" that"he'kiiew a case'ih'. which'ono ma.n.sPld.. another ■a-.farih of ;20,0"06: :acfes7 bnt n a''tiucsfibn arose between. l buyer\and,-; ;so'Uer\ whether, a team of. liorses-'on'the -farm •shouldrgo .with it. This was. the.oply point, in: idispute.)' and after quarrelling over; it for three jmonthsi.tho, deal was dccldrcd;ioff. . !;.';!'. •'!' Entry."forms', and prize lists. for.' the '.Mima-" 'watii'and -West Coast AgricultnralShow and Ih- , ■dn'strral'. , Exhibition, and ,the,'Mariawatu Konnel» 'Club's.Show.caii.be"obtained.in. "WeUjngton at' ''any.iof'\,thev/,fojlowifag places:—The ■'■ National Sussex. 12 Panania: !Sl|.cb,fe''prsttiO. , 'Jfevi;;.?icaland 'Exprtss Company;, . ■ •■;_ ; ,: . j';'f, '. a. h'ne.crop nearly lipe. ■is tt'o ? 'b'6t; i seen 'iustViidw "in-Mnsterton'. '," •'>.■./•!■■; !9Mr.'vWilliiinj.''Johns, late.presiclont of the', ,-iiUcklattd lEruitgrdv-ers' Union',; will 'l'epresont: at tho , - Grand -. Na ; ' tional-'-Confcronce'-to bo held 'at (Perth,' West -Australia,' : towards; the end ,6f '{ibxt ; month: The other New'-Zealand delegates are 31r.- ; T..' Horfon, of Hastings, and, Mr.-Witty-j-of iMp'v, tueka, Nelson. Mr. Johns-is a retired "A}'ai : ,-. sato.farinei', and' Mr. (Hor.ton is. a , woll-knbwu" teufseryriian;^.^ - ?;' j ■'■.:'■■)'■(/■: ;; ; '-;.- ; ' : • •;.-;•• :■;.;

The ryegrass market in-tho far south is still; -firm,, and •alarge qgiintityiis'being sent-.oufcfor; ".this" (year's' sowing.'' , . HeavyAveight/seed. is'-'in-f -'quired for, and is selling at. fully up.toflast. week's quotations. ~' ■ : . v '■ . »;■);-.£ /Potatoes'are very.hard to place in Southland.j !and-iß^itflaUte"arevnot , :inclined to- buy. Tllqi average price runs from ,£2 to,JE2;2s. Cd..'on trucks :at country stations tor guaranteed w"ii&r ";?fc' '-Mi '' ' . /: W "A V: i ■#; the .ijWairarapa'v, district?, have. <noenso« i early , .this--'season, .ih'drder. 'that they inay escape the blight, which last '■'year proved ssTeTO'jbn.thb"late.crops'...-"" . :• ";.ln consequence of an .immense' grain harvest jn 'NdbriiskaVand great.scarcity:'of;ijiale : ;labour, hundreds of women,-including school teachers, ';clerks,, and collego- girls, hayo. been ■ ii'worki'hg. in .tho.vharyest ■.iThoy, earn.'l2s. ;.a;day, ;with;bbard and lodgingSi-andv the farmers say■'they.-do tle.worK.asiwell.;as tho^m'e'n. 'Intending,exhibitors.'at the..Jlauawatu Show ,are reminded that entries ."close -next Friday, October 8,;at , 9 p.m;"*The , prize list.comprises .classes for all divisions' of horses, -cattle,''sheep, -pigs'j'. Jlanawatu. Kennel Club's 'dog . show, , art,' and .'industrial classes-for' photography, art,- , technical, and public schools, homo , and art needlework, • and homo ■ industries. .-The';secretary; advises that all sections, of :'the -show- will be *ell represented and .supported from the provinces;- and thorp will' also.be a ( ■Rood' "■ display'-'-'.6rV- agricultural' implements. Those intending"to make exhibits should;send : them/, along, .'at; once, or if-' a /schedule.-is rcquiredTwrite,to, the soerctaryj'Bos: 85,' Palmerston/Hbrth?-;; ;; ',- : "' ,i ;i";.'- ■■-■■;'C::_' .;..;•:" :i Mr. C.';J. -Keakesi Government Veterinarian, has; been-on a; visit to 'and'-has'. iliade arrangements in connection irith the. examination of stallions at the forthcoming A. ,andj">.Show."'• .' . ...'■,, •'■'.-.. •,.'•' THE "MODERN" SEARING MACHINES.; FOR LAMBS.—In use throughout. Australasia. Orders should bo placed'at once to.prevent disappointment. Full, particulars-upon application. Murray, Roberts and; C0.,--Agents; -Wellington;; ';',, ';'.;; ;V-,;: ,„■ - : ) ,^^,

Attention is called to :the advertisement ofMurtoii's Sheep-Dip. This specific established its reputation at. the : Canterbury sheep-dip trials, .1887, and is uow. mofo popular tbali , ever.'-"'- She'eiHfarinerb, should,"rehienjiberythat the' m ariu f acturo* • of' : this' , d ip" , is "a ■■ 'New .Zealand' - ■ industry, and that the preparation has more than held its own against all-comers for hventythrco years. .'.At the May wool sales in London this year the.top prices paid for three-of the clips, from. stations, where, Murton's Dip is used-(and*has-been for years)'were:—Hiku, Is., • 3Jd:;' Bee,;ls.'■, 3d.; and Titi,.ls. ,2Jd. pet lb..] ; for ; grease/crossbred.—Advt. ! ;..' ' :3010, '- : .-.-":-\-~ ■ y- ■ ■'':;■:-j p^'. COMMERCIAL ;ITEMS!':• •:,;;, ;■ j?. "'^S;^'INVESTMENT 7 SHARES.: V^' ■;■ f .";| There were'no' sales of investment shareßon Saturday. National Bank, buyers' £5 18a., sellors £6; Now: Zealand and Kiver Plato, buyers £1,145. 9d.j Wellington Investment, buyers Hβ., aollers ils.'6d.; WcUinston Trust and Loan, sellers £7 25.; Wellington Deposit; sellers Bs. 6d.; Fcilding Gas, buyers. Zls.;- Palmerston North' Gas, sellers SI 15e.; Wellington: Meat Esporti third issue, buyers £2 Ws.,'eoUers £2 18s.; Now Zealand Shipping, buyers £7 ; 2s. '63.; New Zealand Paper Mills, buyers £i:2s:- ; 6d:;Sharlana's. ordinary, sellers 20s. 9d.; preference, buyers 205.. 6d.; Taranaki. Petroleum,, buyers-Bs.. . .'■ >: FEENOH CAPITAL FOE INVESTMENT. \ J[. Paul Leroy Beaulieu, a'French writer ,on economic subjects, is of qpioioa that there is an unemployed annual sum of- about £40,000.000 of French money available for investment in flrstclass foreign securities, \vhich "cannot find an outlet in that direotion, owing, to the' difficulties', with which ibo . State in France > hedges, round the introduition of tho Bhareeof foreign concerns, not being Government securities. He. points oat that Franco does not issue-enough French,,Btock annually., to utilise .more than !»■ proportion of the raorioy in. tho' oountry that Jβ available 'for investment. ,For instance, in 1908 the great. French railway companies issued 15,400,G00< of debenture stock, but they also redeemed debenture itock to the value of £6,840,000. Altosethcr, the amount, of national stock offered to tho'French'investor is totally insuHcient. ' Moreover,. Eccordin;.' to M. Beaulldu, French Governments do nothing to en- ,, inducement ■ to create new French industrial The nuthoritiea are chary.ln erantlnj new mining concessions, especially , collieriei, and. .. the vacillating attitude taken up -by' thoso in power. in connection with .Labour ij not an .iriducementa: to; create ■ new "French interatrial 'eoterpriie?. , i For reasons »ueh'as'..theso, accordinj to , M. , Beanlieu, tho French • investor ia turn Ins his attention more and mors to foreign '■ocuritiet, of whioh thero ie,;ah ' insufllcient number dealt with. in. Franco.' "The introduction of moro foreiiin securitlds. shduld, be facilitated by very moderate taxation, and 'Jf. Loroy Beaulieu would llko to see some ■• arrangement ■whereby a .stock intended for ; issue and nepotiation in another country than that of its origin, is free from paying stamp duty twico ovei—once in its own country and again in the..country,'.-whero-iit is .neßotiatcd.:.. ..- ;..' : :yy ' ■ T ii E ! AnGENTINB BUDGET. '"'■ •■■.-■ In-his Budget message to Consress, tho Argentine Minister of Finance estimates the revenue for the current year, at £22,530,352, and

the expenditure at £22,961.676. ' Tho Itepublio is in. a-very proßperous condition, and itfl finances nro boin'R carefully administered, flic confldonco which is felt'in Argentino credit is well shown by tho quotations of its stocks Jn Europe. ■ This is'owing to tho Government not haying made .undue ,use of .its credit. Tho' late loan for railways and tho increase of thocapi" tal of tho Banco do la'Nacion Argentine was contracted as a means.of scrvinn the increasini* demands of. production. ■ and tho openinK up of ; immense- bread-bearing tracts of territories as yet unopend to commerce and agriculture.

SUBSTITUTION; IN. LIFE ASSURANCE. There is undoubted value in tho novelty introduced by tho British Homes into its "ideal policy," which otherwise* does not' essentially differ from other modern forme of contract. The new thinß is that,- subject .to; medical examination, and any needful adjustment of pro. mium for difference of age, a policy may bo transferred to anothor life, who then steps into tho shoes of the original man: In other words, a policyholder aged," say, 30, can; inako over his. policy to any .other healthy; man of that ago who wishes to buy it. and 'is' willing to pay a doctor's fee' for the privilege of such an entry. Should he be older or younger he would just have to pay the premium which he would have been paying had he entered on the day when his predecessor did. ■ Thcro are many cases where the system will be very, useful, as thero is absolutely no loss, while, an a rule, an actual "surrender" means a loss, of at Icaat 5 and possibly more than. 10 per cent, of tho real cash value of the policy.; ; The process is also a benefit to. the company, as it retains a paying customer, and, not only so;but in room of a man whoso -."superiority through seleo. tion" bad probably' been exhausted they ect a new member, iust, through the doctor's hands. It .is expected that; a similar offer.will soon be made by many.other offices. Whero the general* benefits and. prospects are ecual, tho-new feature, it is contended, would sufflco to turn the scale towardi the. comapny which possessed it. r

SOUTH .BRITISH' INSURANCE.' ■The report of. tho South British 'Insurance Company. for tho year.ondod August 31 stafts that the net revenue amqunted to ■ £341,055 16s. lid., and' after making provision for losses outstanding, there is a surplus in tho revenue account of £59,625 55., 10d., to which has to be added the balance of £19,515 11s. carried; forward from the previous, year, making the amount at credit of profit and'Vloes- account £79440' 16a. ■ iOd., and , this'is appropriated »-j under:— ■' .:■-.'■ '.■ ; .-.- ■ . '.:■■■■£ .e.O. Dividend of 3s, per share ..::.'.. 30,000 0 i Added to reserve fund- 20.CC0 0 0 Sinking, funds-leaseholds ..............'.... .300 0 0 ■Written ,off furniture r . 1,258.14 8 Officers' provident fund 3,053 6 7 Carried forward ■■„...'. * :. 24,528 15 7 ■ '-..''" ..■'■;• ■■'■■■■■■■''. :■ ■''£75,K0 1610 Tihe' report ■ Bays:—"Taking advantage ,of a recent Act'ftftfco Transvaal; legislature) under, •which.tho holders of leaseholds from tho Trap* vaal-Government are, given, the right to, acquire the freehold title of lease properties, your directors have 1 pleasure to' report that the company's leasehold .in , Johannesburg has been converted into a freehold at a cost of £67 155." .

..■' ■■::•>■.■/■•. , GENERAL HOTES. ~ ~ "../". ■In the wcok.ended'July 17, i tho United Stato shipped £1,150,000 in gold - to. 'Argentina,- makinf£7,2oo,ooo shipped to that destination'since the beginniiig ol the year. ■■ The United. States in this way is paying tho'debts of Europe to that : :Tho financial position in the ■-'United States is:mending rapidly. In tho-first six months of this year the building permits in sixty-six cities ■rcpres'entod no -lorn ri sum than''-£79,000,000,: as compared with £46,0C0,000 in the first half of last-year.,., ■ ■ ■'„' ' • Dunne 1908' the llhodesia Cotton Company, Ltd., shipped to Liverpool 253 bales of cotton,-of a total weight of 43,4C91b.i which • sold.: at an average price of S.SOd: per lb. Eight .hundred-, and, , thirty-sii boss of cotton Eecd.pt,a total .weight of 105,9201b. were also shipped to .Liverpool, ■- realising. an average-, 0f..£5->. SO., per. ton. ' ■ '. •' - ■''." '■'..''.. ~" •'■ '." ■ '.* " ■•' Tho ' North . Briti/sli ond Mercantile Insurance Company will .reach its hundredth year .on Movember U, , having; btcri.established ofl;. that-dato • It.has beon arranged that Messrs. Philips and . Pike, of Sydney, Melbourne, and )V'cllington (K.Z.), will act as tho-selling-agentsvlor.the, output of- the Australian match factory;.-which is being established in Melbourne by ' Messr3.' Bryant; and,. May and ,Bell ,and, Co., in asso'elation'.' ' '".MfS f'•■'.'' ;■' '"''■:■ .J-ii' '.••:.•■■ ■Tho final -eStimato;: of •• this, year's jute crop, as stated the other day,' is 7,250,000 bales. Fbe 1907- crop; woe 9,8£0, CM, or with 1.0C0.000 bales from 1906, 10,860.000 bales. ' The consumption for 1907-8 was 8,681,114 balek' which:1eft,2,179,686-bales to be carried forward-' to -.the credit'-of last year, when tho crop was , 6;401,700, ; making' a total ; o f 8,581.386 bales. According to a recent - estimate' of' tho consumption'.'for, 1908-9, the: surplus to be carried, fon'.ard; this ;ypar. must bo very small. If the'consumption thm year is as largo as last, it seems clear that the: supplies will ho cleaned up, , '• ■ ; The- United . States; .contain 24,265,000 children between the ages' of s 'and 18 these 16,890.811) arc enrolled in the common schools, wtiero .the; avcrngo daily , , attendance was 11,925,672 in 1907. Theso schools, have 104,414 male teachers and 376,002 feinaUrtoacbcrs, and'there 1 are' 259,355 school-houses..-, . Tho..salaried paid .in';the-year amounted "fo £41,217,754, and tho total ■ expenditure wan £ 68,727,2£1), being lEs. 7d. per-head of the population, and £5 15s.'3d. per jup'il. ■■'■'■ ; ' "-',''■. . The past fiscal year's ontnut of United Btate» shipbuilding. was the smallest nincp ..,1898, but now contracts vindicate a material iiicroifeo diir-' .ingthu new year. During'the year ended June 30, 1909, ,1362 merchant vcsnol's of 232,816.vgr05s , tons i.were .built:in 'the. United-States.- arid officially numbered by, tho Bureau of Navigation, compared with 15CC of 588,627, gross, tons during the fiscal year 1908, which, was the record year of, American shipbuilding. On tho Great, Lakes."36 steel steamers., of 88,426 gross; ;!tons wero built; including the" Slieanngo, E047- tons,", the largest vessel, ever built on 'the .lakes. Only two, ocean,-steamships wore, built. • eels for foreign trada and' no'.square-rigged vessels wore built during tho year. Of the output, 60,952 tons were bargee and canal boats. 'Messrs. Weddcl, Tumor and - Co. in .their freight ropdrt/da'tediLondoh,'. August -10.' stated that at West- steamer. had beou fixed, for Sunkim. and a sailer' for Paysahdu. At South Australia several , new. sailing shipehad been taken'tip for new ceason's wheat to' the United Kingdom and ■ Continent at 225.' to--235. 6dr Tho freight'market in Tiotoria was quiet, and at. Queensland, -Tasmania, and Now iZealand thcro was/no change.-- -At Newcastle a , stoamer has been fixed for tbroo or four .months' timo charter at.3s. 9d. on id.w; delivery .Newcastle redeliverj Ifanila.-, Sailers had been negotiated for lotiiquo at 14s. 6d., .direct nitrate port 3 at 155., Antofogasta at'lss. 7*d., and Valparaiso :at 16s. 3d. -."... A. definito stop ■is about to' bo taken to repatriate . the United States silver coin which .circulates-in the. Dominion of' Canada and to replace it with Canadian coin. The process is bound-to bo rather a slow ono, but it is not without interest to, the diver market,: for, allowing 40 : por 'cent, of tho silver coin' current in Canada to be alien, and the total amount required ~ for circulation to bo the samo proiportion as.in the Latin Union; it will bo necessary on the basis of tho present price, for tho C f» na il an Government ,to purchase . at least £500,000 , of; silver to , provide tho fresh coins '

./Customs revenue collected at.' Wellington on .Saturday amounted Jo,-£1140.125.- 6d. The total ftm"5 e - WO ?S was;£9M2 0a: Id.,'beer dutv totallin* £169 Is. Figures for tho corresponding - period last year were:. For tho day, £986 16a. 'lid.; the . ;. BANK OF ENGLAND -. , (By '/'■ ■■ * ■■ '| . . 'London, September 30.. ■ ■The Bank/of England return iijsued for tho .week ended .Wednesday, September 29, is as 'under:— ."■•'.-' : •'. ■ ■■■■■.-.'• .■:-..'■<■ ...jjGBOR Depabtment.- ■.- Kotelsstu ... ' £54,314,600 Gov.securitiesili;ols,ooo ■ ■.-, • . ' Other eecuri- ,<■ ~ . : . '■■_ tiw ... . 7,434.06 a • ";■.'', ' .■ . . . R ollj »•• 35,560,00u ■ '.-.' jE54.3U.000 ' «4,314,C00 • BAKK2HO DEPARTMENT, proprietors ' Govt, socuri-"• ■ • .-.' capital- ..£14.553,000. ties • ...-i£13,!32,000 -■' ~.-,, lubllcde-. •.. '•..:•',■ .Other securi- - '.'■' . posits ... ' 8,835,000., ties „. ' 58.640.C00 Other deposits ... 42,721,000 Notes . ... 55,605,000 • Best, 7-diy ..andother Coin .... 371,00] ■' 1/Uis ... 3,739,000. ' £611,848,000 ■ -.'. £60,848,000 Tho leading items of the Bank.of England return afford tho following comparison :— This week. Last week. Last year £ ' £ £ Bnlllon ... ... 35,F65,0C0 38.043,000 36,3(0,000 Bosorve... ■• ... JMI76.UCO 28.091,000 56,M5,000 . Koteclrcalation ' 28.709.WJ 28,968.000 5(i,550,0(!0 Publio Deposits 8.855.C0J . 8.598.0U) 8,001 0-JO . Other Deposits 42,721,000 , 44,710,000 ftiM.OUO Proportion of . reserve ■ to ■ ' . . liabilities ... . £0.36 ■• 52.77 55.15. , : GOVEENMENT SECURITIES. . The following are ; tho latest quotations: for. Government securities, with a comparison of those ruling last week i— ■ ■

8 ■'•': THE MONEY MARKET. 8 The Bunk of England discount is ZJ per cent., i to which it was reduced' on April 1." . Tbc open market diecpunt rate for best three J months' bills is i higher at' 2 3-16 per cent.' The J rate in Paris is unchansed at 2 por cent, ■, Short loans arc } higher at 1 per cent. ? COLONIAL AND OTHER PEODDCE. p Wheat.—Tho wheat markets aro quiet, and buy--3 cr? arc inactive. In view of tho continuanco of . the enormous Russian shipment and araplo bud- - Dlies o£ Homo grown, thero is littlo inquiry for cargoes. Australian sailers afloat are Quotea at 40s. 6d. lo 41s. per guorter; Septcmbcr-Octo-i- ber shipment, 40s. 3d.; new crop, December■l January, 375. to 375. 3d. A parcel of 2000 quarr ters just shipped sold at 30s. 6d. Flour is o.uiot; market steady. Australian, :- on tho spot, 325. to 325. 6d. !• Oats ore dull. Lα Plata,. January-February o shipment, 14s. 7d. to Ms. 71d. a Butter is very dull, with nothing doing in colonial. i. Prices arc nominally unchanged, but i tho ten r dency is downward, except for Danisp, which t the German demand keeps firm. 0 Susar.-Tho sugar market is excited, owing to li "bears" covering the old crop..- Best Septcme teb, 14s.': October, 10s. lid. Granulated is steady e at 13s. lid.; October, 12s. lid. V Kauri Gum.—At the kauri sales 720 cases were t offered' and 130 sold.. Kates were very firm, s Dark brown, three quarters scraped, 955. 1 Bradford Tpps.-Tho 'Bradford top market is 5 very firm, with littlo business doing; Wβ aro B quoted at Is. 4d. 8 • ' '■ ■ ; • : I'.". J . ;,. THE METAL JIAEKETS. . i. Copper.—Spot, unchanged, at £59 2s. 6d. per t ton. i. Tin.-Spot, 275. 6d. higher at £139 155.; three d monthß,- 7s. 6d. higher at £140 17s. (A: per ton.- , 11 Lead, £13 2s. '6d. por ton. Pig-iron, Bd. higher at 525. 7d. per ton. 1 THE- PEOZEN MEAT , MARKET. (Dy Teleer&Dto.-rrcM A«!oclntlmi.-<loiiyrlEht.l . (nee. October '3. 5.5 p.m.) j ' London, October 2. 3 The Frozen IToat Trade Association's - Smith- . field market quotations for the - undermentioned - .classes of frozen meat are based on actual sales of not less'than'ono hundred carcasses of mut* 5 ton or lamb, or twenty-fivo qnartors of beef of - fair average quality. The quotations are not i for selected lines, hut for parcels fairly reprei sentative of the bulk of the shipments now on I tho market. The prices which follow aro on an average a farthing per lb. more than the value . ex ship, this difference representing an average i cost in expenses, handling, convejance, and ) selling the meat.— . ) ' ' Sept. 25. Oct. 2. ! Mutton-. ■'. . (I. d. . '' . Canterbury,', light '. 35 38 ' Canterbury, medium 38 38 ; Canterbury, heavy !-:.:..: ,i •3J •'. ■.3J ,'. D Southland .'.w..\...i-.;... ; - - i North Island, best 3J* 31 North Island, ordinary 35-16 '31 ' Australian, light 3 3 ! Australian, heavy 2J 23 ! :- ; Eiver Plato, light 3} 3i . Kiver Plate, heavy 3 3 Lamb— . , ,■■ Canterbury, light 33 3J Canterbury, medium 33 '31 Canterbury, heavy 33 3J Southland ■. 3j 33 North Island, selected 3J -3g North Island, ordinary 33-16 35-16 Australian, best — — Australian, ■ fair — ■ . — Australian," inferior 1:.;...- -- Eiver- Plato ...■.:.....;,.; '..„-...' 31-16 , v '3l-16 Beef— ■ , -.■'..• '•' New Zealand, ox f0re5.............:. 23. > .'23 ;"'Now.Zealand, ox hinds..... 33-16 33-16 ■Australian, ox fores 29<16' 29-16 ■ Australian, ox hinds l\- 35 Eiver Plate, ox fores ■ .„■ l\ ■ 2j . Kivcr Plate, ox hinds 33-16 33-16 •' ' NEW ZEALAND HKS[P. ;■■ ! , v . '. (By Telcgrnpli - -Press Associiition—Copyright.) '■ /■•'•'.' London, October. 2; Hemp is firm; October-December shipment is quoted at £27 28.V6d/per 1, ton'c.i.f.'.': ''■'." : ■ • .COTTON.' . .;■.' -. ■ ( (By Telegraph—Press ;■ Association—Copyright.) .- !O V . ' '■■ London, October' 2..American cotton.is cuoted 'at Liverpool; , Octo ber-Novomber .shipment-at 7s. Old.- ~.-,J';> -.'■'-•-■ ! .." 1-.".'— ——- 1 — ■: " . ■.;'..' ■' I London ;,';"'" ■■ closed' at full bates. - (By TclcffrauU.-rrMa Asioclaltun. Hi.ujrl-lit.l ' .•' London, October 1. The wool sales closed firm at full late rates. The Hototahi clip realised, 9id. por lb., anc "Kapai" 152 d. ~_'•. ■.';-.;■• '.;'C ';'') -.. ~ :.• ■ '. .-COMPAEISON OF CLOSING BATES. (By. Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright.) ,- ■. ~(Ecc:"October;3. 5.5 p.m.)' . ." ' -.■-' ■'•■■.. ~, London, October .2. Tho.'wo'oi'catalogued during the salo nas-10i,5C0 bales, of : 'wtioh tnerp was:sold to Home buyers 60,000' bales,'to C<Jhtihehtal.buyers''32,ooo/ to the .United Sttttca 6COO bales, andr there'was he:a over 3500 .bales. '■'. ; . .-v ,>.-... . Compared with tho July closing rates, good to-medium greasy merino 3 were 10.per cent, higher; best scoured, 10 per ceut.; faulty, 15 I per cent.; best crossbnrtls, shabbies.' top-making ; sorts, and ■ s'.ipes. Ip per • cent. • to '15-.per' cent. j'.mediuni elipes' showing-the , greatest' advance. iAll lambs' wool was 5 to. 74 per. cent, higher. Yorkshire, .throughout bought all classes eagerly. Germans were keen ion merinos, and the. United Slates bought largely the best crossbreds.'- , ; • -.-. . ■~ : ; -.The Gear, brand brought 10ld. ' . '. \ :,.' ' 'HIGH' COMMISSIONEE'S CABLE. '■ The Department of Industries and Commerce has, received'the following cable from tho : High : Commissioner, dated L6ndon, Octobor. 2:—Wooi sales closed. ■'Animated competition'maintained thrpugh,put. Stock : is small,■jtrado ia good, and; likely so.' llanufacturers. in want of supplies. American's have • given ''extreme for lots, chiefly .light condition crossbreds. • Prospects are'favourable: Estimated valuer-Superior merino, Is. ,ljd. to Iβ. id.; medium, lljd..to Is. Id.;'inferior, ?d. to Id.; fine crossbreds: all'gr'ades, Is. 2d. to Is. Jd.j medium, do., lid. to Is. 3d.; coarse do., 9d. to Is. ' , ' : Messrs. Murray. Eoberts and Co. liavo received the following wool market cablegram from their iondon Agents, Messrs.' Sanderson, Murray and 00., dated October 1. 1909:—"The sales havo closed with rates unchanged, the mnrkot being very firm. 4WO , bales aro held over." . Tho New. Zealand' Loan and " Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.', have. received the following cablegram from their London house, under Friday's date :-"Wool: The soles doeed strong. ' Of. 94.0GP sold, 32,000 were taken or the. Continent, and 6COO bales for America; «00 held over. As compared with last sales' closiigratesprices :cent. higher for merino, medium and inferior, medium crossbred, . fine greasy ■ crossbred, -and coarse greasy crossbred; and about 10 per cent highcifor lambs, coarse scoured crossbred, coareo crossbred slipe. flno crossbred, slipe an'd lino scoured crossbred.' , ■;•'■': ..■-. . . ;;-■':, .•;..' » Messrs. Dalge'ty and Company, Limited, report having received; the following, cable message from their London louse, under, date of October 1:— "Wool sales closed firm. As compared with tho closing rates of last series super merino woole aro 10 por cent- higher, and merino wools of other descriptions V) per., cent, to 15 per cent higher; crossbred wools of fine quality are 10 per cent, higher, and crossbred wools'of medium and coarse Quality 10 per cent, to 15 per rent higher. The total not quantity available amonnted to 98.000 bales (including ICOO bales not offered in July sales), and of this.6ooo bales wero sold to America, 56,000' bales were sold for Home'con*K? p £ w i n, 32 ' oc °. baJe s to the Continent, leaving 4000 boles to be earned forward to November THE SYDNEY WOOL TEOUBLE. :\ ■' ■ ' .' -TOEKSHIEE POST'S"'COMMENTS, i, '■' (By Telcir'aph.-SpccUl Cr.rrespotjdcnt.r (Heo; OctobeiJ 3, 5.5 Ip.m.); , ■'■-'■'■■ \ ■ London, October 2.' The '"Yoi'f»ir. .?•«•■ Australian woqlbrokers not only aspire to,do tho whole selling, but alEo to regulate offerings of tho raw material without consulting the convenience of those who have to buy in. The brokers Eeem to be losing all sense of proportion.". . Mining news will be found on page 9 of this issue. ■ ' ' : ■ ' ■ Market reports also appears on page 9.

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