SHIPPING, WOOL, HARVESTS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 7

SHIPPING, WOOL, HARVESTS

;■,:-?;: ...■ •V 1 Tho j, quarterly, pieetihg ■ oi . Canterbury Chamber.\of".(Jommercei-was'.; held■;■ this .work;'df. theoouucil. for. •.the-, tiiiarter^tho, president: stated.-, thit.; among ;matters : brought : forward ~fqr, consideration' haidVbeeii, a letter ;.frpm ■ .'lm- , : porters', and Exporters; rdrawing - attention .to'tto :disabilify eu'ifered by /siuppers.iu' being, debarred by a'olause.in the charter paTty fi-oni 'sending ehipnients.in; steamei's beyond Ituncpm Bridge,.'' aud ; representa-; ■tions ;had:'beon';.nia<io .with- a vieiy of taining' the> use. pf'.an; amended" charter party'.perniittiug. steamers to- proceed' to ■. ; v:V. !■■''".v

'-The , chamber'(added tho.ohairmanj hadsuppoTred; the','suggostionf. that: tho.. Bail-, way' Department sliould bo - asked - to ar-, range -.for; ! a''through: ; delivery,, of: goods throughout ■•• the' . Dominion;; <After ''.refer.ring fill 'corigratulatory ; : terms .-'to the, action", of the' Oaiiterbury 'Agricultural;, and Pastoral-Association; in-carrying .out; the recent.:.meat .trade'; conference,' -and-ex-pressing; hie" confidence' th'at'good-results would,accrue from .'it, tho president went on.to,say that one,bf /: tho' most.gratifying features., of. the Dominion's.export trade during tho. past 'months had been the. trond of the wool market.; ~:.,

■vFromJthe ] opening of : the-'first of. r :the season's;sales at; Wapier. on Noyember .10 ■lip. .to- date ; the ', sales.in '■ the various centres: had progressed'withfgreat .animation,, and'.with prices.so |;attractive to. growers thai, unusual .offerings .had : been made. •Itiwas interestingto-note.tho effect ithich the , : high-prices -:had. had on. the;.wool offeringa .'.by, 'auction. , ■In the Dominion this season \a date 271,362 ibales had.,been offered, and-.251,903 bales sold,. as • against. 218,457 and .196,095, respectively last, season, or an.inoreaseiof. 55,808 bales,\whioh' was 28-per-cent. ;in excess of rlast season's, sale. ■■■■"■'. :,•■•■ .■■.i.'. , : , -:'./, , ■ ; .vi-l ■...: :' : <..;, -i': .■■: ;_•''.■/'

It- was toi lie'.regretted- than- an■■■. ,unnsnally good promise of a . fine.' harvest had"; not .been.-;-fulfille<l, 'but'there , : wos cause for'much congratulation in proved stato.of the pastures owing to the recent -rains, ■ and there rivas a promise of better , turnip jcrop's : than had been realised :during, the past three -years. ■ The. -banking returns for the December, quarr ter were even .moro satisfactory than the most 'sanguine', had;:anticipatedj iuwl it .was. generally accepted that the Dominion hud "turned ; the corner" after; the financial depression.' Speaking gcnera-Uy," the prospects'. , of'.the' Dominion; were ■ bright.:--' .'-.-.;:■ ■/■.'•■'.; ■■■■'■:, ■•' :' : : '