COMMERCIAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 April 1928, Page 9

COMMERCIAL

ADDINGTON MARKET. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, April 11. Due to the holiday and to the break in the weather, there was a reduced entry in the main sections of stock at Addington to-day. The sale showed little change on last week’s values. In store sheep there was about half of last week’s entry. Lambs were showing a marked reduction. Ewes, for the most part, were from the North Island, Nelson and Marlborough. Store lambs held their values good ewes improved slightly, and wethers sold exceptionally keenly. Three-quarter bred ewe lambs 22/to 24/1, rape lambs to 24/-, medium lambs 19/9 to 22/3, inferior lambs 16/- to 17/6. Best two-toothed three-quarter-bred ewes 36/6 to 40/-, good two-toothed three-quarter-bred ewes 31/9 to 34/3, ordinary two-toothed three-quarter-bred ewes 28/10 to 30/10. Four, six and eight-toothed crossbred ewes 26/9 to 28/6, inferiour four, six and eighttoothed crossbred ewes 19/6 to 23/6, failing mouthed crossbred ewes 15/to 19/-. Medium two-toothed halfbred ewes 28/9 to 31/-, good four, six and eight-toothed half bred ewes 31/- to 35/6, inferior four, six and eight-tooth-ed halfbred ewes 21/- to 24/-, failing mouthed halfbred ewes 16/- to 19/6. Two-toothed crossbred ewes 27/1 to 29/7, Ordinary four, six and eighttoothed crossbred ewes 27/9 to 29/-, medium four, six and eight-toothed crossbred ewes 23/- to 27/-, failingmouthed crossbred ewes 16/9 to 19/9. Best halfbred wethers 26/6 to 29/4, ordinary halfbred wethers 24/- to 26/-. Best crossbred wethers 27/- to 30/6, ordinary crossbred wethers 23/to 25/-. Fat lambs. —A total of 2950 were penned, and there was a slightly better sale than last week, schedule rates being fully maintained. Extra prime to 35/4, prime 30/- to 33/1, medium 27/- to 29/6, light 24/- to 26/6.

Fat sheep.—An average entry with little notable in the way of quality Prime sheep sold well, but medium wethers no more than maintained values. A few good lines of ewes made big prices. Extra prime wethers to 39/1, prime wethers 32/- to 34/6, medium wethers 28/6 to 31/-, light wethers 25/6 to 28/-, extra prime ewes to 36/4. Prime ewes 24/- to 28/6, medium ewes 20/- to 23/6, light ewes 17/- to 19/6, aged ewes 14/- to 16/6. Fat cattle.—The entry was slightly smaller than usual and there was little of notable quality. Though irregular it was a good sale for quality beef, rough sorts being easier. Best made to 42/- per lOOlbs, prime 37/- to 40/-, medium and heavy 34/- to 36/6, and cow 27/6 to 32/6. Extra prime heavy steers to £l9/12/6, prime heavy steers £l6 to £l7/15/-, medium weight prime steers £l4 to £l5/15/-, light steers £ll to £l3, rough steers £7 to £9/10/-. Extra prime heifers to £l3/12/6, prime heifers £lO/12/to £l2/5/6, ordinary heifers £B/15/to £lO, light heifers £5/10/- to £B/10/-. Extra prime cows to £ll 12/6, prime cows £lO to £ll/15/-, medium cows £7/10/- to £9/15/-, aged cows £4 to' £7. Store cattle.—The yarding comprised mostly cows and bulls, which sold keenly for the potting trade. Eighteen-month steers made to £4 15/-, cows £2 to £5/10/- and bulls £3 to £7. Dairy cattle. —There was a brisk sale for cows in profit or near the drop, but other sorts were not wanted. Best second to fourth calves £9 to £l3/10/- medium £7 to £B/10/-, heifers £5 to £B/10/-. Vealers. —A keen sale for killable sorts. Twelve to eighteen months to £B, vealers £2/15/- to £6/15/-, calves 5/- to 20/-. Fat pigs.—A good sale for baconers, porkers being slightly easier. Choppers 50/- to £4/10/-, baconers £3/3/to £4/18/6. Average price per lb 5d to GJd. Porkers 35/- to 57/-. Average per lb 6d to 7id. Store pigs—There was an improved market for weaners. A number of sows in pig were forwarded, and they sold at 35/- to 50/-. Weaners 6/- to 12/-. Stores 13/- to 25/-, large 26/to 38/6.

(Special to "Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, April 11. Fat pigs.—There was a large entry of porkers and a medium one of baconers, but very few Choppers were penned. The demand for baconers was good, but porkers if anything were slightly easier. Choppers 50s to £4/10/-, light baconers £3 3s to £3 12s 6d, heavy baconers £4 to £4 7s, extra heavy baconers to £4 18s 6d, average price per lb 5d to 61d. Light porkers 35s to 425, heavy porkers 46s to 575. Average price per lb 6d to 71d. Store pigs.—There was a small entry of store pigs, and prices showed an advance on last week’s sales, particularly for weaners. A feature of the market was the number of sows in pig offered. However, for this class the demand was poor, prices ranging from 35s to 50s. A few large stores were yarded. Small weaners 6s to Bs, good weaners 9s to 12s, small stores 13s to 18s, medium stores 19s to 24s 6d, large stores 25s to 335, extra large to 38s 6d. EXPORT OF FRUIT. HASTINGS, April 10. This season’s shipments of pears and apples from Hawke’s Bay exceed those of the past two years, the total at present being 131,085 cases. The figures include 9249 cases of apples to the United Kingdom, 19,153 to South America, and 19,683 crates of pears to the United Kingdom. BUTTER AND CHEESE. WELLINGTON, April 10. The Dairy Division’s grading figures for March show foi' butter a decrease from March, 1927, of 20.1 per cent, at 5990 tons, and for cheese a decrease of 21.7 per cent, at 7239 tons, compared with the corresponding period of the preceding season. Eight months’ figures show for butter an increase of 5.7 per cent, at 64,797 tons, and for cheese a decrease of 1.4 per cent, at 62,763 tons. Converting both butter and cheese into butter-fat, the equivalent increase is 3.44 per cent. COLONIAL SUGAR CO. (Australian Press Association.) * (Recd. April 12, 8 a.m.) SYDNEY, April 11. The directors of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company propose to make amendments to the deed of settlement, to prevent the transfer of shares to

a trustee company, unless the beneficiary or the representative thereof is associated with such company’s officers. Thus, owners of shares are assured of voting rights. The total of issued shares is 292,500. The directors regard the position as dangerous as many shareholders have no real interest in the Company. A statement giving the other side of the question is to be circulated by the various trustee companies. INDIAN JUTE CROP. CALCUTTA, April 11. Thanks to general rain in Bengal and Assam, the prospects of the jute crop are now more favourable. WHEAT QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK, April 11. Wheat: May 147*, July 1473, September 146 cents per bushel.