COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

One thousand bags of the Taviuni's copracargo have been recovered. The past season has been a record one for rabbits at tho Matura Freezing Works. 47,000 crates having been putthrough, as against 41,000 for the previous year. The largest number previously put through in a single season was something like 44.C00. There were 'moderate entries of all classes of stock at Addington yesterday. and a fair attendance. Fat cattle sold at about the previous week's rates. Store sheep were a shade firmer. Fat lambs sold well, and the fat sheep sale opened firm, prices rising 6d and Is per head. Fat nigs met with a good demand at the previous week's prices. Store cattle ware in cood demand, and pic;s sold well. The American visible wheat supplv is 63,142,000 bushels. THE WOOL SALES. Press Assoaiation—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONJION, October 4. The following are the prices realised for the fiwee portion of th-c clip*; named ; —- 'Beaumont, top 14d, average ll^fl; Opa-u, top 10d, average 9d : Waihi, 8d; Braemer, top 19d, average 17-Jd. Next year's sales have been fixed to begin on January 16, and will bo continned on March 5, April 15, Julv 9, September 24, closing on November 25. (Received October 5. at 10.55 a.m.) At the wool sales scoureds and faultics were irregular. THE MARKETS. Press Aisociation—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. October 4. Copper : Spot. £54 17s sd; three months, £55 15s 9d. Tin : Spot, £184; three months, £lB3 ss. Lend. £ls 3s 9-d. (Received October 5, at 8.55 a.m.) At the tallow sales 1.886 casks were offered and 1,596 sold. Prices are unchanged. WAITATT SECTIONS. SPLENDID SALE. Messrs Park, Reynolds, Ltd.. yesterday afternoon offered at auction the section's comprising the new subdivision known as " Wairc-i-e," nicely situated a little distance to the sonth of Waitati The attendance was large, and competition excellent right through the sa'e. every section that was offered' beintr cleared at a satisfactory pi ice. The following is a complete list of buyers, with the prices realised : Section I, Mr 11. Anderson, £l6: section 2, Mr W. Brown. £9 10s; section 3, Mr C. Bragg, £4 10s ;• section 4, Mr James Morrison. £5; section 5. Mr A. Kcast, £l4; section 6, Mr A. Keast, £lO 10s ; sections' 7 and 8, Mr A. Austin. £l2 each; sections 9 and 10, Mr J. Brown, £lO 10s each ; sections 11, 12, and 13 were reserved ; sections 14, 15, and 16, Mr A. Gilchrist, £ll each; section 17, Mrs Sarah Watson, £25; section 18. same buyer, £2l ; section 19, Mr James Dohertv, £2l : section 20, Mr C. Howell, £l4; sections 21 and 22, Mr T. 11. Evans, £l3 each; sections 25 and 24, Mr R. Qtiinn, £l3 each ; section 25, Mr J. H. Tolmie, £ll ; section 26, Mr Thomas Seymour, £11; section 27, Mr A. Goditig, £ll ; section 28, Mr, Thomas Maur, £lO 10s; section 29, Mr ('. E. Bennett, £8; section 30, Mr A. Goding. £l2 10s; section 31, Mr H. £ll ; sections 52 and 33, }lr J. W. Watkins, £l4 10s each ; sections 54 and 35. Mr A- Uutton, £ls 10s each; sections 36 and 37, Mr W. B. Quennell, £l6 10b each; sections 38 and 39, Mr J. A. Grant. £l4.