Commercial

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 90, 24 March 1924, Page 7

Commercial

TALLOW* SALES. , New Zealand Loan and Mercantile : Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from tneir London house under date 19th inst:— i Tallow.—Wo quote present spot values ; for the following descriptions:—Fine ' mutton 50 per cwt, good beer 47 per ' cwt, mixed 42 9s per cwt. Market in- : active. LONDON WOOL SALES. * I ‘ The Department of Agriculture has r received the following cablegram, dated - 19th inst., from the High Commissioner . for New Zealand, London:— I Wool.—Sales opened yesterday (Tues. : day) and approxiately 12,500 bales were i offered, including 5637 bales New' Zeai land. Total offerings for scries amount to 105,000 bales of which 43,4ud are ; New Zealand. Attendance is cxcep- ; tionully large and there is strong demand from Home and Cont-inicntal seeI tion.s, at prices fully confirming higher , levels which recently reached. Compared with February closing rates, , merino brought par to 5 per cent higli- , er; fine crossbred 5 per ccn<t( medium crossbred 10 cent, and coarse cross . bred, 10 per cent to 15’per cent higher. J SATURDAY MARKET REPORTS. J -Messrs. Gill Bros, report having (had t a very big clay at their weekly market sale on Saturday. They had excep- ’ tipnal entries of poultry and pigs, which were sold under the hammer freely to a large audience. Following arc the prices Poultry: Table poul- ’ try to 6/8 others 4/- to 5/6, W.L, hens , 4/6, young W.L. cockerels 2/6 W.L i pullets to 11/10, others 6/10 B*O do I 678,. ducks to 5/8. Pigs: W’eaners up j to Id/6, others 8/6 to 14/-,' light ’ Pikers 19/- to 23/6 (67 penned). Heifer calf 22/6. General: Dessert ■ apples 2/3 to 3/6. cookers 1/6 to 2/3, pears to 3/8. peaches 4/9 to 6/-, quinces 2/6. oranges 4/6, all half-case, | lemons 1/4 dozen, tomatoes 2/9 halfI case, water melons 3/- to 18/-. rock ; melons 3/- to 12/-, pie and citron 6/ito 12/-, pumpkins 3/- to 9/-, mar- • rows 3/-, beetroot 3/-. cucumbers 1/-, 'all per dozen; potatoes 3/- tin, 12/cwt., pig do 3/-, onions 12/- cwt., j picklers 2d lb. rhubarb 4d to 8d bunch. ! I They also sold Raleigh cart £23, tank . 26/-, riding pad 22/6, set harness £6 ; 10/-, gent's saddle £5 12/6, 3 horse . collars £2 15/- each, horse and cow , covers, gent’s byke, and a huge quantity tools and sundries at satisfactory prices. | At Alessrs. Beard, Bullen and Co.’s i market sale on Saturday there was a big attendance and prices generally were fully maintained. Dairy cows that came forward w r ere old and poor . conditioned and realised prices in keeping with their appearance. Two good cows that were advertised were not yarded, being too near calving, but are now for private sale. The following prices were realised:— Poultry: Prime fat hens to 6/-, laying hens 5/8. 8.0, pullets 16/- to 2i/-. W. Leghorn 15/- to 18/-, S. Wyandottes 15/-, Minorcas 17/-. cockerels 5/6, ducks 5/8, drakes 5/2, Aluscovey ducks 10/-. roosters 5/-, all at per pair. Pigs and dairy stock: Prime porkers to 48/-, medium 38/- to 42/-, stores 29/6, slips 23/-. weaners 15/-; cows, £2 15/- ! £2 7/6, £2 5/-. £1 12/6. £1 10/-, and i 20/-. Fruit, produce and sundries: Apples to 4/-, pears 3/6, quiuces 3/-, I tomatoes 3/6. all at per half-case; potatoes 3/- tin, carrots 2/- dozen, rock melons 6/- to 12/-, water melons 12/-. pie melons 12/-. pumpkins 9/-, marrows 1/- all at per dozen. Alotor lorry £95, motor car £llO, trap £l5, * set harness £7 15/-. r. saddles £4 17/6 and £2, plough £5, push bicycles £4 15/- and £l, boy’s tricycle 15/-, separators £4 10/- and 20/-, and a large quantity of farm sundries, also jewellery, fancy goods; watches and leather goods. I Alessrs. T. Cunningham and Co. report having offered an excellent yarding of dairy stock, 60 pigs and a fair penning of poultry at their market sale on Saturday last. Prices were: 8.0. pullets 9/6 to 15/-, W.L. pullets 8/- to 11/- table fowls uij to 4/6. ducks 5/-. all per pair. Weaner pigs 8/- lor small to 12/- for good, slips up to 21/-, weaner boars and sows 30/-. Dairy stock: 1 Jersey cow in profit £ll 5/-. 1 Jersey heifer just in £7 10/-, 1 Jersey cow in profit £9 15/-, weaner heifers 30/ -to 52/6, aged cows £2 13/-, empty cow 30/-, 1 HolsteinJersey cow*£l; 1 bay mare £3 10/-. ERUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Alessrs. Burbidge and Co.. Wellington, report under date Alarch 21st:— We report a good market this week for Cox’s Orange apples, ripe eating pears and onions, potatoes are considerably easier. Current prices are as follows: —Apples: Cox’s 7/6 to 10/6. Jonathans 6/6 to 8/6. Dunns Favourite 4/- to 6/-. Pears: Winter Coles fancy 7/- to 10/-, spot 4/- to 6/-, Capiamont 6/- to 8/-, Clairgeau 5/- to 7/6, peaches 5/ -to 8/-. Cape Gooseberries 5/6, both for half-cases: Vegetables: Cabbage 4/- to 6/-, cauliflower 1/6 to 5/-, pumpkins 6/- to 8/-, all full sacks; carrots 4/- to 6/-. parsnips 6/- to 8/-, peas 10/- to 14/-, beans 1/6 to 4/-, all part sacks; onions 10/- to 12/- cwt., pickling 2d per lb., potatoes 8/6 to 10/- reputed cwt. ; eggs 2/2 to 2/4 per dozen, butter 1/3 to 1/4 lb