COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 430, 9 August 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS

London. Aug. 7. Wheat. —Firm at unchanged rates Chicago .September options 106,, De cember ItXiJ.

Butter. —Danish 170 - io 171 Cotton. —August-Svptember 5.38f1. •Jute. —August £2.3 in Hemp.—August -October £32. Copra.—Augllst-Septemlier £22 ■"> Rubber.—Para 2'IJ. Plantation 2. s£. smoked 23;,. Rabbits. — Steady at unchanged rates.

Frozen Meat. —New Zealand: Sheep, Canterbury light 7d. medium 6;. heavy G’d. Southland <i 13-llxl. North Island 6;;d. best brands 6 13-llxl. cues Ixl ; lambs, Canterbury light 8;<l. other .qualities 8;d. .Southland Sd. North Island Bd. .selected S£d. Australian : Sheep, light 61<1, heavy o£. ewes s;d ; lamb--, best 7;<l. fair 7Jd. interior 7ld. South American: Sheep, light 6'.d. heavy (Rd, ewes txl : lambs, light heavy 7Jd; beef. Argentine chilled tort's 7’<l. hinds S£d. Other meats unchanged. WHEAT. Wheat. —The wheat and dour afloat tor the United Kingdom is 2.02U.1MH 1 quarter.-, and for the Continent 7!M».i»ft. Atlantic- shipments 202.000. Pacific 1(1.000. Tin' total shipments during the week for Europe were ISO.IXH). including India 171.000. Argentine 4000. METALS. Copper.—Spot £7l 13 - to £72. three months £73 2 6 to £7l 12 ti. electrolytic £B6 to £<>7. Tin.—Spot £l5l 15 - to £l5l 17 6. three months £153 5 - t«> £153 15 -. Lend.— £23 26 to £23 5-. Spelter.—£Bo to £7O. Silver. — 1 Io 7-10 per mime.

HASTING.- SATURDAY MARKET. London. Stewart and Co.. Ltd. report a- odious on th«-ir Saturday sale. There was a gocxl entry of dairy stock, pigs .etc., and a good attendance of the public■. Vendors icmtii' »u dairy st 'C. were on the high side and consequently mo-1 of them Were pa-seel ill. Pigs sold well. Poultry were not kcx-nly sought alter. Sundlie-. etc., sold v.e!!. Th" following prices were realised:-4 on due u> rail (Jib cult) £< 10 -. Horsts: Gay mare. aged. £4 H> .. Pig,: ( slip,’ ]s | weauer.s Igo >d) 17 t>. 1 slip £l 2-. - do IP 6. 3 ch- 2! i>. •> 'leaner' 15 week- old) 12 -. I s.m £2 1 -. 1 slip £1 I -. 1 do Hi -. 1 do 14 6. I poi ki r £1 10 0. I do £1 17 -. 1 do £1 1 I -. 1 slip I'i 0. i d<> £1 2-. Poiiluy : Hmik 3 - to ! 0. Clicks 5 -. r< - tel’s .3 - to 5 2. Produce: Potatoes, t.lble I I - to II -p" stick, pig do 5 -. seed do 13 0 per sack. Onions from Id to ltd per lb. vegetnfdes. etc. sold viell. Bacon 8 .Id to !'<l per lb. Iniiikiai'ii'.,. sundries, etc-., sold well. There u.i- not a kwn demand for furniture, btii good furniture rejlis.-cl good priees. Beard. Bullen and ( o. report a, follows re their Saturday m.ok. t sal.-: —

We offered a v, iy lai go entry m daily stock, most of n Inch i-haiigisl hands as follows:—Cov , in profit ami late culvers £5 to £t> 17 ft. con with calf at toot £7 15 -. heifers c-fitse to calving 5 - to £ll> 10 - ditto (late caKers) £5 5 - to £< 10 li. Several aged cow s were returned to owners unsold. We again I offered a very large entry of poultry, good table hen, fetching up to 5 i>. light sorts 3 10 to I t>. cockerels t 0 to li pullets I - i<> If' -. ducks 4 (> to G 10, go, se 12 - t > 11 -. all at per pair. Stiirmer apples in l.ii'hr l eases made up to 7 olhei's 23t0 J li per halt-ea,e. Pig potatoes 3 !• to I ti per suck, table potatoes 15 - per sack: barley 25'- per sack, pumpkins 3 !) to 7 - per sack; gocxl B.S. onions up to I 0 tor s.b. lots; lucerne hat" 4 -. meadow hay 3 - per bale. o.s. cliuff 5-to s» 3 per sack. We report a very large sal* 1 ot e.p. ware and fam-y g.Mids. which sold readily to spirited bidding.

CLEARING SA LU. Lmi'lmi. Stewart and ('<>.. Ltd :<*- |w>rt having lidd a very stKifs.slul cl.'sti’iiig -al«- »i dairy stuck, •■tm. on ixioiint of Mr. .1. Wharton, at farm. I{;<upai<. ■•• day. I riday. n lien they offered the whole ot his dairy herd to a m«xl>*rate altendaiiee of the public. Notwithstanding the inclement v.eafher experienced -Jie sale w;i, an excclleiit one and the prices ! • .'.li" d for cow s are as tollov. s : -£9 5 -. £9 If* £*i 15 £,. £. . £(» |.* -. £lO. £5 5 -. £5 5 -. £< 2 6. £5 15 -. £•;. £5 10 -. £1 17 fl. £5. £!> 2 0. £l. £1 !" -. £7 10 -. £7 1<» -. £7. £0 7 fi. £•'. £1 l'» -: 12 v eane;- £■ ii.-i£2 2 iieaner st-s-r, £2 2-: empty 2 at £3. ! at £2. aiv. itli lit’-.r £1 2 t>, 1 bo.ir (! montli') £l. 1 poll; r £1 7 -. Sundries, etc., sold i. cii.