COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 October 1924, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

MARKET REPORT. IV I'illl.S I'HW iiIIATION—COFYRIUH'I MELBOURNE, Oct. 3. . Market reports.—Oats, 2s 6d to 3s; barley (English) 4 S to 4s 6d; potatoes, £1 7s 6d to £2; onions, 20s to 225. CANTERBURY MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH,’ Oct.’ 3. The high tension interest which has featured the potato market for most of the year is commencing to sag. The season is about over, and even if jumps in various values should occur they can only be short lived. During the week the Kawatiri arrived in Auckland with a consignment of about 1000 tons. The Wanaka left Lyttelton during the week with 2900 sacks, about evenly divided for Auckland and East Coast ports. However, in spite of the brief challenge of the season to come there has been a shade of improvement in the market, and sales for prompt and October del livery have been made during the v'eek at £6 10s f.o.b. sacks in. Values today are £6 5s on stations, and to growers £5 on trucks. Chaff is very firm, and farmers are being paid £7 12s 6d to £7 15s bn trucks, according to the station." Oats are very quiet, for the reason principally that there are verv few about. Cowgrass is still maintaining the bulk of interest in the seed market, but there is very little doing except for best coloured stuff suitable for export. Even the trade is inclined to be quieter. LONDON REPORTS. The New' Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date Ist instant: Tallow—We • quote present soot values 'for the following descriptions: Fine mutton 48s per cwt, good beef 46s 9d, mixed 42s 3d; market film. New- Zealand dairy produce— Butter, choicest salted 222 sto 224 s per cw't; cheese, 94s to 96s per cwt Markets firm. The Bank of New' Zealand, produce department, has received the following ad nee from? its London office under date October 1: Tallow'—There is a good demand. Prices show' no quotable change. Messrs Dalgetv and Comoany. Ltd report having received the* following cablegram from their London house under date of the Ist instant: One thousand and sixty-five casks of tallow' offered: 890 sold. Prices are unchanged since our last report. The demand is chiefly for low' descriptions. FROZEN MEAT QUOTATIONS. Messrs M A. Eliott, Ltd.. Palmerston North, have received cable advice from Gilbert Anderson and V Lcmdon - °f the following femithfield prices for the past w'eek fi lclln g October 3. These prices are on , the delivered” basis, that is, including storage charges, cartage, etc.: Best TT < /!io dt\ a ? d P r , irae crossbred lambs, r-L r, 2 ,¥j ordinary North Island IrVio 6 ’ Jo'i 42 ; do -’ second quality, P /42, 12d; best North Island w'ethers r^Vw ma o d^ n ewes ’ 48/56. B§d; do., 56/64, 81d ; do.. 64772. 8d; ordinary ioi'xa U’ether and maiden ewes, 48 56, Bid; do., 56/64. 8d; do. 64/,2, ifd; North Island ev'es, U/64, 6ld; do. 64/72, 6d j do., 0/72, 6d. Remarks: Mutton and lamb—There has been no material change in the market. MARKET REPORTS. The Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation Society report: At AVaverley on Friday, 3rd inst we report a medium vtirdinc which met with a _ ready sale. AA r e quote shore mgs 3/s 0:1. fat shorn ewes 24s fid to °fis. fat and forward woolly ewes 32s fid, fat cow's £6 17s to £7- 2s. iO’w ar-1 cow's £3 to £3 15s, freshconditioned bullocks £fi Ls to £6 10s, 2-voar Jersey and Jersey cross empty heifers £3 16s, 2-year empty Jersey heifers (frond) £4 15s, good quality yearling heifers £5 to £5 4s, others £2 01. ''unlit" dairy hufers £9 ]Rs to £l4. othe v s £0 to £7 15s, backward £4 to £5. On Wednesday, the Ist October, we field our usual fortnightly sale at Eltliam. and report a fair varding and a successful clearance. • Prices'" in the dairy pens . were firmer than previous cales. Quotations: Pigs.—Weaner pirns 19s to £1 fis. stores 39s to £2 ls, sows to- farrow' £6 5s and £5. Sheep. —Hogorefcs 99s 7d. Store oens.— T?rt cows £7 dowui to £fi. forward cows £4 fis to £0 10s, fat heifers £4 ho £4 10s. -stores and boners at late rates, yearling heifers 31s to £3 7s, according to quality, ernntv heifers £2 15s. Dairv pens.—Dairy heifers. sorts. £l2 10s down to £lO. others £7 10s to £9 15s. more backward sorts £< to £6 10s, dairy cows £8 10s to £9 10s. On the 3rd inst. we held our usual monthly ‘■•ode at Kaponga and reoort a fair yarding, store cows meeting a ■•mulv market. Onotations: Store pens.—Store cow's £2 Is to £9 Is. fat cmw £0 is. lieife’v- £2 10s to £3 10s, yearling heifers £3 Dairy nous.—Best dairy heifers £7 Is to £8 15s, others £0 I.os to £0 10s, more backward sorts £1 t.o £5 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Hnwera branch) report: At Palmer Road on the 3rd inst., we conducted our usual fortnightly sale and annual hull fair. A full yarding came forward, the bulk of wdiicli consisted of grade and pedigree Jersey bulls. The former -were ’keenly sought after, but pedigrees in most cares wmre 1 dull of sale. The dairy cattle lacked quality, consequently competition was not keen.. Practically the whole of the yarding was disposed of and a very good sale resulted. We quote: Light fat cows, £5 to £0 os; forward cows to £4; others, £1 to £2 10s: mafileii 2-year grade Jersey bulls. £lO to £l4 14s; ditto (not maidens), 4Jgns to lOgns; pedigree Jersey yearling bulls. £0 os to £7 7s; 2 and 3-vear pedigree Jerseys, 6gns to lOgns; medium springing heifers, £7 15s to £9 10s; calved ditto, £4 to £7. The death of a well-known resident of New Plymouth. Mr Jeffery Russel], occurred on Thursday night at the age of 86 years (reports' the New's). The late Mr Russell arrived in New' Zealand in the shin Hurunui in December, 1877. and he landed at New Plymouth. where for several years he followed the occupation of ' a builder. Later Air Russell removed to the AA T e.st Coast, residing at Brunner, where he was employed in building the first tunnel on the Midland raihvay between Grevmouth and Christchurch. Then he returned to New Plymouth, where he had resided for 34 years. He w 7 as a volunteer in the Taranaki Rifles during the Te VVhiti troubles. For nasal catarrh, “Nazol” acts like a charm. Penetrating and germ-killing. No cold is Nazol-proof; 60 doses 1/6. Advt. *