COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 977, 18 November 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES,. / ■ • A , sale of Christchurch' Gas shares at £9 ss. was the only investment sharo transic.tion.' recorded yesterday. The quotaions were as under:—

AUSTRALIAN GOLD YIELD. The gold yield of the Commonwealt ;nd New Zealand for the first ten month f the year is less than for the corn ponding.period of the;two previous year: he' total for 'Australasia being 2,647.1! mnces, as against 2,851.198 ounces in 190' ,nd 2,960,693 in ■ ISPB. -<. The, figures' of • ea'c itate for the past two years compare a inder-:— 1909. 1910. State. 0:. Oz. Victoria. - . 530,711 484,991 New South Wales : 173,101 162,513 Queensland .'. .• 368,255 362,650 K. Australia 1,328.019 1,217,G95 S: Australia 6,000 6,200 Tasmania 50.CC0 37,000 New Zealand 395,112 376,733 2,851,193 2,647,182 The figures for Tasmania, and South Au: .ralia aro estimated. EXPORTS OP OHBESB AND BTTTTEE. \ .THE ETTAHINE'S CAEGO. Leaving Wellington for London yeste [ay, the- New Zealand Shipping Company iteamcr,'Ku'ahino took a very largo' Ehi] aent of"dairy produce from the Dominioi ii summary of which is ,as follows :— Boxes Crates I butter, cheese. Auckland •; ■ 20,361 4.48 . New Plymouth' ... 13,664 1,027' Patca ..... 6.595 3,994 . Wellington 13,271 ' 4,369 Lytteltonv. ■....:....... .1,829 376 Dunedin — 487 Bluff - . 3,321 Totals 55,810 14,022 ■The Corinthic, which left Wellington fc jondon on November 3, took 47,580 box< if butter and 19,169 crates of cheese. I lomparison, tho Euahine's cargo of butt< ixceeded the Corinthic's by 8230 boxc vhile the cheese .decreased by 5147 crate Customs revenue collected.at the port < Wellington yesterday amounted to £17 .3s. Id. . ANTWERP WOOL SALES. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyrigh!(Eec. November 17, 8.45 p.m.) , Antwerp, .November 17. The wool sales opened to-day. Thei vas a good attendance and moderate an nation. . Merinos and crossbreds were to a fifteen centimes lower; 3463 bales wei jffered, and 1640,. sold. ■ ■.. .'' :/ METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrighi (Bee. November/17, 8.45.p.m.) '' . i London, November 17. Copper.—Spot, £51 18s. 9d.; three monthi ESB 17s. 6d.; electrolytic, -£60. Tin.—Spot, and three months, £167 7s. 6[ Lead, £13 ■&. ,3d. '".' ■ ■ -' ' ■ ■ TALLOW. By Telegraph—Press Association— Oopyrigh' London, November 16. There wero no tallow sales owing to th scarcity; of supplies, WHEAT. ' By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright .- ' London, November 16. The American' visible supply of whes s 76,166,000 bushels. Twelve t<) fifteen thousand quarters < lustralian wheat- per sailers, Januarj ?ebruary shipment, sold at 355. ..; METALS...' , ,'/ 1., Coppori— On'the spot, £57 16s. 3d.; thn nonths, £58 155.: 'electrolytic,' £59 15s: Tin.-On thD;spot, £165 10s.; three mouth E166. ; . Lead, £13 7s. 6d. per ton. . Silver.—liar silver is ciuottd at'2s 13-16 i jer ounce standard. ■'. LONDON HAHKBTS. The New Zealand Loan and llercanti: \gency Company, Limited, have receive ;he following cablegram from their Loi ion house, under dato November .16: iVhcat:, Sales of Australian havo hee made at 350. c.i.f. Tho market is qui< ?ut steady, owing to unfavourable cre reports.- The outlook in tho Argentina uncertain. Wo quote per quarter, c.i.l Mew Zealand long-berried, 30s. 9d.; shor berried, 30s. 3d. .AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. ' By Tclcgra-ph—Press Association—Copyrigh (Ecc. November 17, 11.25 p.m.) ...... „,„ Sydney,. November. 17b Wheat, 3s. 81d. Flour, £9 a ton. Oats, -Algerian feeding, 2s. 3d.; millin !s. sd. to 2s. 7d.; Tasmania sparrowbill !s. 6d.;- giants, 2s. Bd. Barley, feeding, 35.: seeding, 3s. 2d. Maize, Victorian, 2s. 10d. to 35.; loca is; Bd. Bran and pollard, 4s. Potatoes, Tasmanians old, £9 10s.; locn new, £11. .■ . ■■ : Onions, old, £6 10s.; new, to'£B. Butter, 965. • . .. Cheese, 6Jd. Bacon, BJd. Melbourne, November 17. Hides.—Average supply and good cot petition. Prices are well maintained. Wheal, 3s. l\i. Flour, £9. Oats. Algerian 'milling, 2s.' 3Jd.; feedin "Barley, malting, prime English, 4s. 4d Cape, to 2s. 6(1. JCaize, 2s. s»d. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. ■ Potatoes, old, £7; new, £9 to £10, Onions, £5 to £5 10s. -" Adelaide, November 17. Wheat, -Js: 7d. to JS.-edY ' Flour, £8 to £8 10s.

[ - C.C. AND D. CO. . (By Association.) Napier, .November 17. ■ The C.C. and D. Company to-day cnbkd Hid following report on . frozen meat:— To-day's prices—Jlutton, Canterbury, 41d.; Knpicr, Wellington,-and KorOi Idand, Hi. Beef, hinds, 3Jd.; fores, SJd.

: K-tt---' ■ ■ ■■■■: . ' TBM I '■.■:.■■■■.-■'■ found that the High Commissioner's.quo- ■■■'-.. \ -■ '■•' ■; ' . '■■ .•;-......■ ......--.;•;.,■;—■ ■ - ■ tatjons had not varied from other quota- . . • . num ber of sources, necessarily. It was im- . ■ ■ ■ ,. ' . - .'..;•—a, i' ...— '-':'- .:.:..;;,".>. ■ .- possible, for him to have tho same grip of ■;■-.■• ■■■ . ■. ■'- •• ■■ '■ ; \ ■; . j? 5 :: :::; • •■ trado as thoso in tho trade. Thus it was . ' • '• "'■"• ' flKn DjnTEe" '■'' ..■'■''■■'■ •■ t ■■.- that the millers should base their coii- ■ ., . «fiWSf flUU NOTES. tracts, on the reports of those who haud- • . ' ' ■ ' • ■■ ■ led tho article at Home. .'■■■■ THE WANQANUI SHOW. with the opinion the time'was opportune *"" ~~7~" nc ., ' -■ ." ■ : , . for. united, action A to be taken with re- LIVE STOCK SALES. ..... ,,. n«v •■■ ■■'■■ gard'to-the-development-of ■ the export ■ ; PEOPLES UAY; tra(]e as u tha( . a epon d e d the con- ■ • ■ trol of. local, prices at such a reasonable Messrs Dainty and Co. Ltd. repo rt.- ■ ■ FINE WEATHER AND BIG 'ATTEND- level as would leave-ft margin over the ™ T $g and a "good" entry of ■. ■ ■■ \wpp cost of production. An export commit- J attlo f ovwar a. Two-tooth ewes, Us. ■■■.■-■ ' tee of tho association'should be consti- 7a,. two-tooth wethers, 11s. 10d.; medium . ■ (By Telegraph—Special Reporter.),. tuted to collate , data 'on tho subject, hoggets, 12s. ,6d.; wether hosgets, l<9. 10d.; • . Wanoanui, November 17. and a systematic effort made-to centralise ewe hoggets:. 15s. W. EmpUr cows. The second .day of the.Wanganui agri- ■«". f £™ >^nd ; produce on tho « to^U.. ; . jo«. w «*"•!«.. » ih^J. I' cultural shW : 4 marina by beautiful L °^° n ' -i\ ■ molths heifers £3 5s-i forgaM heifers -. wlather, and the attendance was large. . Fertile -v.. Infertile Eggs. _ ° S " " : lAdditional'results.were as follow:— Mr. J. B. Merrett, r of Christcliurcli, in ji ossr g Abraham and Williams, Ltd., ■. : ; /'-':' -, ;'■' : ■ ■:' the course of an interesting address on re por't:—At our Palmerston North sale : '.-.•' HOESES. the same subject, supplemented the re- on-Thursday, we had a large entry of both n.'.««n- m «™ I'W MinAn,™ marks of. tho previo.us'-speafer, and de- sheep and cattle. Sheep sold particularly Draught entire— J. W. ..Harding S iiaron „-:].„.] fi. „=„](,.of his-pxrieriments in well, and every lot, except one small pen, : . Graceful, 1;E, Short's Eoyal Treasure, 2; ;"' „ his onin sold under the hammer at prices favour- : e fS&fSfe ZrT mM^BSPvS& geldmg-Miss J. Campbells Aristocrat, temperature, he-painted out, was of great- a T ery nice line of 1000 two-tooth shorn LawlessesKuku, 2. • importance.' Eggs awaiting shipment wethefs for Us. to Us. 6d. . Cattle raid i Thirteen-stone hack—C. Hartley's Ven-. sn ' ij u. "% fp mn prnrnrpii not ex- well, grown bullocks being eagerly sought : aetWliJ. Jefferson's Emerald Isle, 2. coeSnir GO-dSlf nSwas-no doubt Xr. and all classes met with. a. keen : Eleven-stone hack-M. Bennett's. Koyal ?S ln t ?. n^..fe?-^ h ,f,Vmorf TreHable' detBand - 7 crc 5 ort 1 , t ?; o J f ? UowinE u S ?i leS , 1- ■ Horse, for bradley-Miss J. Campbells wUh fte f K[ that incubation: 6 d.: 66 threc-year bullocks, £6; ten two !.. T ov^Sa^M:,Be n . «»?o IS?SfcJSW^Wffi ; '. nettVRoyal Guard, 1; J. Lawne's;;Scout, 0 Wn did/^td' lie in '& CTS ' ;:■ 'Lady's hack, 15.1 hands and-under-N. 'ThoVew Zealand Loan and Mercantile .: F. Moore's Laatefos, I; Jas. Higgie's KatSI toll! h™t c»l ,^^y' : '^S j , i. ■ m n P » cel!ar . about sis feet down in the ground, ■*?*&.?£ jSSItS, ewes with lambs ■ ttJt, SS?S * where the temperature was never greater St' S JSf rtth I wS 4eSSi4 Jruard, 1; L. Hremncrs iteaan, .. thal ; gn degre i S) and ua had i stored eggs an( j so id WO U. A good yarding of cattle I-' 'A- '. COMPETITIONS.'. ■ ■ "• acting shipment .very successfully. . with good : K Lady's drbing J. A" Ministerial Visit. • SSl^^J^io^. ■■ ' Glasgow,-1; Mrs. D.Bekker, 2 During, tho afternoon tho .Minister for Cattle: Eighteen-months steers £3 9s: : . Walking compefation-H. £■]$$• Agriculture (the Hon. TJ Mackenzie), ac: empty cows. £3 12e. 6d.: forward cows £1 bridge's Bond Street, 1; J.-E. MDonalds co b mpanied by^essrs . C . A. C. Hardy, ;/?'l^ e,f || 5 ' 2 /.\ bu!lo?k " Betrayer,.2. , . - JI.P., W. C. Buchanan, M.P., and 6. s. .« fe.,, thrce-iear buUocSs, Leaping competition (steenlechase_style) w _ ■£ h M>p ?nd c 'j_ Bea ' kes (Chicf £i ."s. 6d., bulls, £3 to £5 15s. T?-;5 I - D Pa , t ? rson » s : ' t r" Veterinarian), visited the conference and . ■ ; ~- I with 'COMMERCIAL ITEMS, V : . Champion'.. tloronghbred-H. ■ Good s applailsei said that t h e ' poultry was - Itamonbto, 1. ... bound to come to tho front. Theyhad.no ' INVESTMENT SHAEES,. / ■• =■■'. fggffiigFF"*. mare_E - B - Asaleof Chri S tchu r chGasshare 3 at£9 . «uara. 'n'™'-™™ '. ■ ' press; his appreciation of the happy rela- tions were aB U nder : - -.. :, UAWl l>u.ws. tions ivhich existed, between ■ his Depart-, . • . .. Buyers Sollcra. Sabs I In the. competition for the cow giving mental oiEcers—Messrs. C. : J. '.Eeakes and , .-, £s.d.' £ s. d. £s.d, : most milk ami cow giving the best test, F. Brown—and those connected.with tho National BankV.;.: 5 15 0, 5 17 6 — the result was— ' . ' industry, and also of the excellent work Bank of N.Z 10 6 0 — — : Greatest yield of milk—JV "Hodge's which, had been'accomplished toy tho. of- Well. Trust and Trixie," 271b. ". ' ■ ■ ficers on tho experiment stations, especi- „. ••"•;, : -^ , ; •<" J i? n "" fl 15 0 Highest test-J. A. Heron's Daisy, 6.4. ally Mr;• Eose..-.■ The great point to be §gg|iSt Gas - l?0 - The .urize for tho'best yield of butter- noted was that in building up their ex- g as (£1 q) _ 19 2 6 — fat fell to J. M. Wells's Fanny, which port trade they must do' their stuff up -if (new) ".'.'. — 2 10 0 — gave 281b. milk, on a test of 4.8, the fat : well, and- employ competent agents;, to Standard-Insurance ■— - -1-6 9 — yield being 1.10. secure for. their produce tho same prestige Meat Export- (52s. . : : . '• as had been attained by-Canterbury,.mut- od.) ; — .3 3 0 — •'■ ■ Y ■. : ' ton;:.which r Ib.'more ®- z .- Shipping... w»0- ■" ■-- ■ "POULTRY CONFERENCE. ton other-brands Speaking from experi- Wd , iyrool i m _ 3 w „ _ •■■ x ence, and observation in London, the Taupi'ri Coal 1 5 0 — — ..- . Minister animadverted upon the nernici-' Westport Coal ■ 616- 0 — — lEXPlOITING THE HOME MARKETS.- ousness'of.wrongfullinsurance claims and Wcstport-Stoclrton... 0 7 3 0 7 9 - wrongful arbitration.-Wfth the operation Leyland-O'Brien; ... - V 7 5 - ' The.'conference of .members of .the "£ the in the sale JgSSSSntouSS:." '- 1 * 0 « 0 Z newlT-formed New Zealand Poultry-As- notc ; y he producer was had. It the Nz 0 Dental... 1 1 9 - - S£on ™s cbnHmied vesterdaf Mr market was dull the purchasers would Taranaki Petroleum 0 7 0 0 8 6 - Eooiahon was contimtea yesteroay, jui. -for arbitration'unon any auantity-of TarinBanratnTotarp, 2-5 0 -•• - Warded, Co.....:. 5. 4 0 5 50 r jBg the forenoon there was a meeting « ornot .. felt-assured that the.Govern- • / ;