COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 September 1910, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

SATURDAY SALES

Hitchings, Hankins and Co., Ltd report on their sales as follows: —

There was a large attendance at our Mart on Saturday, when we sold a large catalogue. The- Indian and Persian hand-worked goods commanded special attention, ano we had no difficulty in making sales, owing no doubt to the excellent quality of the .goods. Furniture and produce sold well. On the same afternoon we held a most successful sale of new furniture at the Otaki Town Hall. There was a record attendance of 'biiyen. present, and although the catalogue was a particularly large one, we cleared the lot to the satisfaction ol the vendor. D.r. bedsteads, £4 5s to £5 15s; duchess chests, £2 5s .£3 10s to £3 17s 6d; Morris chairs, £1 18s: wardrobes, £4 15s to £5 Is; easy chairs, £3 7s to £3 10s; rattan chairs, 8s 6d to 10s; writing tables .£3 to .£3 7s 6d; washstands, £1 7& (id to £2 ss; kapoc beds, 12s 6d to 20s each; sideboards, £4 10s to £5 ss. WOOL, SK.TN~AND HIDE SALE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Wellington, report on their saleiheU on 23rd September, as follows:— We otfeired a large catalogue to a representative attendance of buyers. Competition was animated at price, , on a par with last sale for skins, whilst hides and wool showed a slight rise. We quote:— Wool.—Rough crossbred 7}d,dea 'id, medium crutchings s£d to 6jd inferior crutchings 4|d to sid, lambs 7jd Lincoln slipe 9Jd, pieces 4-Jd to 4|d. l Skins.—Crossbred fine Bjd, crossbred medium 73d, crossbred coarse i id, first dead 6id, second s'd, deac. iliofcgets GJd ; half-wools GJd to 7jd shorn lambs short and inferior 3d to sjd, butchers half-dry ano green extra heavy 10s Bd, heavy 8 od to 9s 3d, medium 7s 9d to 8s 2d pdts 7d 7d *° 7S M ' SprinS lam ' L ( ~Hk J e s -—Heavy ox 7Jd, medium ox 9 V?, 9ld ' x out c *) l G H h °<™ 10s. J allow.—Ao shipping tallow offerHIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. The Commerce and Toursists Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists lias received the following cablegram tram tli© Higili Commissioner, dated London, 21th September. (Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot):— Mutton.-—The market is firm and advancing steadily. There is a general and active demand. StocJc is moderate. Canterbury, 4id<; >sort<b Island, 4d per lb. Lamb—The market is firm, in anticipation of small arrivals. Stocks of Jamb on hand are light. Canterbury, 5Jd; other than Cantero'MT, 5Jd |>er lb. c ff— TW is a better demand. ™ M? ealand lunds ' 3 * di >" forcs > 23d Butter.-The market is firm for best quality. New Zealand, a small shipment ex Tainui, 115s per owt; Victorian, this season's, 116s per cwt; Danish, 116s; Siberian, lUbs per cwt. ' Ohcese.-The market is quiet, but steady No change in prices, viz., >ew Zealand., 57s per cwt. Hemp.—The market is steady there is not much, demand but prices are firm. Now Zealand', good fair on spot per ton, £24 10s N Z fair grade spot per ton, £21 lbs! Fair current Madia snot per ton *21. For fomwd delivery, at the same price. The output from Manila for the week was 18 000