COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 19001, 24 July 1925, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

Press Association—-By Telegra pit -Copyright CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET, NEW YORK, July 22. Chicago wheat: July 150 J cents per bushel, September 1471, December 1482. —A. and N.Z. Cable. CALCUTTA TEA SALES. CALCUTTA, July 22. At tho tea sales there was a good general demand for all grades at about previous rates. Commonest leaf, 8 annas 6 pices to 9 annas; commonest broken leaf, 9 annas to 9 annas 6 ptces; ordinary common pekoe souchong, ft annas £ pices to 10 annas; lowest even leaf pekoe, 11 annas 6 pices to 12 annas.—Reuter. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, July 22. At the wool sales New Zealand Cheviot Hills brought 221 d to 20d, and liongridgo 16R1 to 15jd.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE APPLE MARKET. LONDON, July 22. The apple market is weak, owing to enormous supplies of British and Continental soft fruits, and the fact that tho retailers are well stocked with apples which they purchased at high prices before the decline began. The Raranga’s Now Zealand Stunners realised Its to 16s: Doughertys, Rokewoods, and Yates, 14s to Us; Washington arid Statesman, 12s to 14s.—A. and N.Z. Cable. TALLOW SALES. LONDON, July 22. At the tallow sales 1,201 casks wore offered and 930 were sold. Prices wero unchanged to Gd decline. M.utton—lino 435, medium 45s 3d; bee)'—fine 435, medium 41s Dd.—A. and N.Z. Cable. DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs A. S. Paterson and Co., Ltd., are to-day in receipt of the following table from their London principals (Messrs J. and J. Lonsdale and Co., Ltd.), dated tho 22nd inst.: —“Butter, firmer, £9 12s; cheese, slow, £5 9s, £5 10s.”

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report; having received the following cable from their bead office, dated London. July 2,1: —“ Since our last wire butter prices are 2s to 4s per owt higher. Cheese prices aro Is per cwt higher.” STARR-HOWiCIt.TT'. A mooting of members of the United Scarr-Howkett Building Sociotv was held in the office of Messrs J. W. Smeaton and Co, last evening to dispose of £2,000. Mi E. A. Hosevear, chairman of directors, who presided, stated that Lo anticipated the No. 9 group would have reached the maximum number of shares before next ballot. Starr-jßrwkctf Societies were for the benefit of all classes, both individually and collectively. The United Society’s membership was considerably over 2,000, and those members represented every trade, busiuost, and profession. Starr-Bowketl societies had been running in England since thoyear 1760, and were now' world-wide insti-tutions—-the people of Dunedin were only beginning to realise llio amount of good which they did He asked those pr-r.cnf to take- the illustrated I look lots and give then to their friends, and so help others to profit by their society’s usefulness. J lie oflico would be open next Monday evening, as advertised, for those risking to take up shares. A further ftf/100 Would bo disposed of daring nex- month, including -ccond ballot and sale in No, 9 group, making a total ol £10,009 for two months. A ballot was then, held for the 108th appropriation in No. 3 group, cluster No. 5i being drawn, held by two members. A sale was held for the lOOtli apnropiiijio.i in N.. 3 gr.-np, winch ro suited as follows :—£ooo at £lO and \ ballot was held (or the OStb appropriation in No. 3 group, which ro--7 being drawn, held by :«» member. A sale was held for the doth appropriation in No 4 group, which resulted as follows: CWat CTi per .£l(«l.

| The Otago Mutual Btarr-Bowkett : £(vic‘y b:is removed to No. <ls Vogel sirool. A f’V’i? loan ol ioOO in No, 3 eronti will he Vullottad for on Tlmrsd :y. -Inly 30