COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 326, 12 January 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

FROZEN MEAT. [PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] (Received 12, 9.35 a.m.) London, Jan. 11. Canterbury lambs: none offering. Beef : fores hinds 4*d. Australian sheep: light and heavy 4 3-16 d, ewes 4d. Australian beef: tores hinds 1 5-16 d. , , . South American beef: frozen fores 3-d • hinds 4Jd; chilled, fores -Id, hinds l?d. 'Prices of other meats are unchanged. Rabbits: Market steady and prices unchanged. HIDES, LEATHER AND BASILS. Hides. —At the sales Queensland realised from 8 13-16 d to 8 15-16 d; New South Wales 8 11-16 d to 8 13-16 d. Leather: Prices unchanged. Basils: first Sydneys 1/21 t° 1 331 New Zealand, prices unchanged. WHEAT AND FLO ER. Wher.t: Market quiet. Cargoes of Australian are being steadily held and there is but little bidding. Steamer cargoes, about to sail, are quoted at 3-5 3 to 3-5 -I]. The Liverpool market closed dull v.nli from ’d to Id decline. The quantity of wheat and Hour afloat for Europe is 1,510,000, including Australasian 192,000 quarters.

DUNEDIN PRICES

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Dunedin, Jan. 9. Mos ts. Henry F. Moss, Ltd., fruit and produce auctioneers, Dunedin, leport for the week ended 9th January : — We have pleasure in recommending regular shipments now that the ( ••unary passenger steamers are running end co.m.-c-ting in the ordinary way. Tiie market is firm for such lines as pood tomatoes. < iK-umhers, dessert plupis, tarly pear.', tie: tai ines, peaches and apricots, but prices are easier than list week. We hold auction sales each morning at 9 o'clock, and any consignments, v. ii« ther large or small, entrusted to us wiii receive our cs’.nfu) attention. and fullest niai-kez prices will he obtained for th- m, and consignors may rely on getting prompt account sales and cheque each week. We supply advice notes and envelopes on application, and to clients unknown to us we will be pleased to send same. During the warm period of the season the fruit should be sent in firm condition, so that it will open in good order. Quotations:—

Tomatoes. —Market much easier. Smooth round varieties 8, - to 9 - per ease : local hotliou.se up to 3 -, 12ib boxes 4 G to ■} 6.

Cucumbers. —In larger supply. Local hothouse 6.- to 7 - per dozen; outdoor grot-, n 4.- to 5,- per box. Plums. — Large supplies are now coming !.i-.-'.tat-d. We quote Burbanks No. 1 -l u. No. 2 3 f >. No. 3up to 3 - per '_’oib Lox; Ogor.s and Botankio, No. 1, in 2 lib box s, 3 6 to 3 5). No. 2 3 -, No. 3 26: Satsumas, excellent demand for j.im, 3 6 to 4. G per Lox; Angelinas am! Orleans up to 4/6, Black Diamond i:o to 4 9; cherry plums 4, - per case ; gre mgages 3d per lb. Peu-hes. —Shipments are coming fozwn d steadily. Choice dessert 21d to 3d per lb. Ner-tr.rir.C'— •> 6 to 6. 6 per 201 b box. lb a s. —6 - to 7 - per case.

i r-c -ts. -Good dessert fruit readily abb" it;> to 3’.d. Consignments are adv

Grape-.—Choi.-.* pothouse 1.3 to 1/G p»-r lb, Potatoes. —Market is fully supplied, ard we cnrinct advise any northern shipments. To-day’s value, £l/10/- to £5 p.rto-.i.

Giiio.i'.--No. th Island grown should 'non lie on the market. To-day’s value 1! -to 12/- per cwt. JJarrows.—B - to 9’- per large sack. Cauliflowers— 7, - to 8 - per sack. Cabbages.—l 6 per sack. French Bans. —2]d pdF lb.

Gre-n Peas.— per lb. Grain. —Supplies of late have been excc-xlingly light, and all lines coining forward have been readily disposed of. We quote f.o.h.s.i. Dunedin :—

Who!' Fowl Wheat. Very scarce, 4/3 to 4. I per bushel. Oats. —A grad?’ Gartons, Sparrwbills. Danish, Duns 2 3 to 2/4, Black Tartars 2 3 to 2 3], Danish, B Gartons up to 2 31. Bran —95 per ton.

Pollard.—-110 - per tun. Straw.—Baled wiieaten 40,’- per ton

Lundon. Stewart and Co., Ltd., report a most successful sale at their mart on Saturday last when they offered an exceptionally large consignment of furniture, implements, tools, etc.. <t good yarding of live stock, a small penning of poultry and a very large consignment of produce, fruit, etc., to a \ery large attendance of tbe public. Pigs wore in good demand and the whole yarding changed hands at prices above late rates. Good dairy stuck sold well, poultry was in poor demand, but produce, sundries and furniture sold at exceptionally good prices. The firm report as follows: —-Cow in profit £5 76, do. on drop £9, aged gelding £2 7 6, pony £3 7/-. I’ige; 6 weaners 14.6, 6 do 11 -, 4 do 13'6, 2 <to (.small) 12/6, porker 32.-. Poultry: old hens 2 6 to 4 -, young roosters 3/to 4 -. chicks 1 - to 1/8, all per pair. Fruit: plums 3-to 4 apples 2- to 3 9, neetprines 2 9 to 3,9, peaches 3/to 5 '-. Produce: Cabbages Id and 2d, marrows l]d to 4d ,onions 4d per small bundle, 101 b 1 rtibarb 3d per bundle, potatoes 1-9 to 2/6 sugar bag lots, 4 - to 5,6 per cwt, cucumbers 1/3 to 3 - per dozen, oats 2 11 to 3/3 per bus., wheat 17. 6 per sack, pollard 16.'-, barley 12.6, O.S. Chaff £3lO,- to £5 Der ton. Several vehicles changed nancis and a large quantitj* of furniture.