FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 178, 16 April 1923, Page 10

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

NEWS AND NOTES

AUCTION SALES FORTHCOMING FIXTURES. TO-DAY. Miramar, 10.20 <ai.in. —Sale of Timber (Johnston and Co). Christchurch, 11 a.m.—Salo of West Coast Coal Mino (H. Matson and Co.). Dominion Avenue, Wellington, 2 p.m. Furniture sale (Vino and, l Wilson). TO-MORROW. Dunedin —Smith’s Oamaru Clydesdale

13 St Taliivera Terrace, 'Wellington, 10.30 a.m. —Furniture sale (Johnston and CoLovin Yards, 12 noon—Stock tale. 172 Ohiro Road, Brooklyn, 1.30 p.m.— Furniture eale (Johnston and Co.). Featherson Street, Wellington 2 p.m.Sale of sheep dip (J. H. Bethune and Co.).

WEDNESDAY. Kuku, Ohau, 12 noo<n—Sale of nnd implements (Abraham and Williams). Pipitea Point, Wellington, 1.30 p.m -Sale ■ of motor lorries, cars, and cycles (E. Johnston and Co.). , Johnsonville Yards 2 p.m -Stock saU Dominion Avenue, Wellington, -.30 p.m. —Property sale (Vme and AA ilson).

FARMING INTERESTS WOOL MARKET B.A.W.R.A.’S STOCKS. London, April 13. Bawra’s stocks on March 31 amounted to 063,571 bales. The quarters disposals were 249,669 bales. — Aus.-* N.Z. Cable Assn. UNITED STATES WOOL CROP (Rec. April 5, 5.5 p.m.) Now York, April 13. Salt Lake City advices state that Mr. Marshall, secretary of the National Wool-growers’ Association, estimated that the United States wool crop tins vear will be approximately 240,000,000ib. of the value ,? f 125,000,000 dollars. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

FROZEN MEAT LONDON QUOTATIONS. (Rec. April 15, 5.5 p.m-) London, April 14. Sheep. Canterbury light, 9d. per lb.; medium, Sid.: heavy, 7d. North Island light, Bsd.; medium, Bd.; heavy, Ojd. New Zealand ewes, GdAustralian firsts, sjd.; seconds, _si<l. Argentine light, Gid.; heavy, 5Jd.; ewes, sd. Lambs. Canterbury light, medium, and heavy, lljd. . , Other selecteds, light and medium, lljjd. Argentine seconds, B}d. Frozen Beef. New Zealand not offering. Argentine fores, 2^d.; hinds, sa. Uruguay fores, 2id.; hinds, 4id. Chilled Beef. Argentine fores, 2Jd.; hinds, 5Jd, Uruguay fores, 2d.; hinds, 4id. Other meats aro unchanged.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London agents, dated April 13: — “Quotations New Zealand prime Canterbury lamb, 28-42, llj-d.j North Island lamb, 28-42, lljd.; prime Canterbury mutton, 56-64, B|d.; North Island mutton, 56-64, Bd.; ewes, 48-64, 6d. Beef nominal. As compared with last week’s quotations lamb and Can-

terbury mutton aro Jd. per lb- cheaper; North Island mutton and ewes are Jd. per lb. cheaper.” The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house under date April 13:—“Lamb.- — llfd. per lb. (average). Mutton. — ■Wether and maiden ewe. light, 8 id. per lb.; heavy 6-Jd. per lb.; ewe, light, 6’d. per lb.; heavy, 5Jd. per lb. Small demand.” DAIRY PRODUCE CHEESE AND BUTTER PRICES. The Loan and Mercantile Agency have received the reflowing cablegram from their London house, under date ’April 13:—Butter, 170r>. to 1745. per cwt. Market weak. Cheese, 1245. to 1325. per cwt. Messrs. A. H. Turnhull and Co. have received a cablegram from Messrs. W WeddeT and Co., Ltd., London, reporting on the dairy produce market as follows: —Danish buttei,TBBs.; New Zealand butter, unsalted, 180 s. to 1825.; New Zealand butter, salted. 170 s. to 1745. Market weak owing to slow demand. New Zealand cheese, white, 1245. to 128 s. ; New Zealand cheese, coloured, 128 s. to 1325. Market weak.