COMMERCIAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 25, 12 January 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

TALLOW. (Received »2. a.m.) L«-n<i«»n. Jan. 11. At the tallow sales 193 casks were offered and 131 .-old. Prices are unchanged. ; WHEAT. (Received 12. 9.15 a.m.) • London, Jan. 11. j Wheat. - Three cargoes were sold { at 36 31. i I METALS. ■ Copper, spot £‘ss 17 6; three months £56 13 9. Electrolytic. £5B/15/-. Tin, spot £18413; three months £165/5. Lead, £l3 3 9. UNION’ BANK DIVIDEND. The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of ten per cent, and a bonus of two per centum. £15,000 is added to the reserve for depreciation investment. £20,000 is added to reserve, and £41,392 is carried forward. NEWCASTLE COAL. Newcastle, Jan. 12. The coal exported from Newcastle last year was 3,897.986 tons, ccanpared with 3.529.997 the previous year. General exports decreased £9OOO, and imports increased £10,603. Revenue increased £9,466. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Napier and Hastings, are in receipt of the following cable infor- . nation from their house :— I Wool Sales: The list of arrivals is dosed, and all your wools have arrived in time except shipments per “Cornwall.” New arrivals total 386,669 bales, direct forwardings to aaaxmfacturers at Home and abroad £193,000. Old stock 8000 bales. ; Left available for sale, 197.000 bales. Rabbit skiqs. expect a further decline in prices at next sales ; since our last wire prices range from Id to 2d per lb. lower. , STOCK SALES. STORTFORD LODGE. i

The Brokers’ Association report having held the first of their weekly live stock sales at Stortford Lodge yesterday, when there was a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. The attendance was small, but those present were there for business, resulting in a good clearance being effected at satisfactory prices. There was a fair entry of beef, all of which sold well up to market rates. Quotations: Fat bullocks £8 17 -. lighter £8 to £8 5/-, fat cows £5 15 - to £6, lighter £5, fat ewes IL9 to II 10, lighter 10/- to 10 9. 2-tooth wethers 11 9, 2-tooth ewes 12 3. shorn ewes and lambs (all counted) 8 6. rape lambs (woolly) 8/6, cull 2-tooths (mixed sex) 5/4, cull ewes 3 - to 5 -, dairy cows up to £B. weaner steers 22 6 to weaner heifers 29 -. Williams and Kettle, Limited, report having sold the following stock at Stortford Lodge yesterday:—lo fat cows and heifers £5, 8 fat bullocks £8 2 6. 8 fat bullocks £B/s'-. 2 fat cows £6. I fat cow £5/16/-, 5 fat bullocks £7 10 6 fat bullocks £7 13 6. 1 vealer 26 -. 5 fat cows £l/16 - to £5 16 3 store cows £3'll -. 2 old cows I*2 5 1 weaner heifers. 29 -. 11 weaner Meers 22 6. 5 weaner steers 24 -. 2 bucketers 15 -. I springer £B. 34 f.m. owes 5 -.

JOHNSONVILLE. Abrahams <k Williams. Limited, report on their JohnsonviHe sale as follows: — We offered a good yarding of bullocks and a medium one of sheep, and both sold readily at low rates. Best bullocks fetched £9 to £9 15-. lighter £8 10 -to £8 17 6. light. £7 15 - to £8 2 6. vealers 24 -. prime wethers 16'3, plain 14 6to 15 prime heavyewes 14.7 to 15 plain to 13 9, medium lambs 12 -. plain 11 3 to 11 4. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report the following sales: -185 soundmouth ewes 4 9. 161 lambs 4 -. 158 2-tooth ewes 12 6. 9o 2-tooth wethers 111 -. 20 2 tooth ewes 10 6. FROZEN MEAT. The Colonial Delivery and Distributing Company cable to-day the following report on the frozen meat market : To day's prices are as follows: Napier. Wellington and North Island mutton. 4jd ; beef, fores 2»d. hinds 3jd.