COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 16213, 14 April 1913, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

Telegraph.—Press Association.—^Copyright. LONDON, April 11. . Silver.—2s 3|d per os. Hlauri gum.—At the sales eighteen packages were offered and withdrawn. LONDON, April 12. The Frozen Meat Trade Association’s Smithfield Market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat- are based on actual eales of not fewer than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 carcases of beef of fair average quality. These quotations are not for‘selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of thp'bulk of tho shipments now on the market: —

„ MARKET REPORTS, TATTERSALL’S. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report having had an entry of 61 horses on Saturday. There was nothing very special in the way of good draught horses forward, but any useful sorts met with a ready demand, and sales were made at £2B, £26, £25, £23, £2l, £2O. Older sorts of draughts sold at £B, £l2, £l4, £ls. There was a large Humber of hacks and harness horses .entered, mostly of a medium to inferior class, and competition was good, practically every horse showing any signs of usefulness being sold under the hammer. Prices ranged from £l6 down to £6, and worn-out sorts were sold from 80s upwards. PIGS AND POULTRY. There was a medium entry of pigs, and competition was fair, but prices were slightly easier. Suckers and weaners brought from 9s to los, and stores 16s 6d to 325. There was a good entry of poultry at the local markets on Saturday, when excellent prices were realised. Prices:— Table chickens 7s to 103 3d; lighter 3s 6d to 7s; ducks, 3s 6d to 6s; hens, 2s to 4s Cd; pullets, 4s to 8s 6d; geese, 6s 3d; turkeys, 10s to 225, all at per pair. Eggs realised la lOd to 2s per dozen. COALGATE. On Friday at Conlsrat© market.

| 14,100 sheep and iambs came io hard, the largest yarding at these yards for the season. Two thousand nine hundred wore in the fat pens, lambs accounting for 2300, the bulk of which wore good to prime freezero, a few lots being of extra quality. There were a few lots that were wanting in finish, and on the light side. The bnlance of the fats was made up of wethers and ewea about equally divided. The yardiug of stores was raado up of 3950 half-bred and crossbred ewes, 1600 merino ewes, 1100 halfbred and cross-bred wethers, 350 merino wethers and "4200 raps and store lambs. There were also about 150 rams, nil classes being represented. The sheep were mostly of a good useful class, but there were only a few vonng and goodconditioned sorts, the hoik being mixed ages. There was a good attendance of both farmers nnd freezing buyers. Competition was keen for all fats, particularly'lambe, which met a ready sale at top values. Stores of all classes met with a good sale, and very few lots were withdrawn at auction. Prices were as follows: Fat lambs 16s 3d to 19s, Id, togs to 203 Id, light and unfinished 14s lOd to 15s 7d, fat cross-bred wethers 16s 9d to 21s fat cross-bred ewes 14s 3d to 16s 9d. inferior 10s 9d to 13s lid, two-tooth half-bred wethers 13s 3d (baj®. anco withdrawn 1 ), rape lambs 12s to 14s, store lambs 9s 3d to 11s Bd, culls 7s 6d .to 8s 7d, two-tooth three-quarter-bred ewes 19s 6d, two-tooth cross-bred ewes 15s 9d to 16s lOd. two and four-tooth 16s 9d, four, six and eight-tooth 17s 9d to 18s Id, six and eight-tooth 18s to 19s 7d, Bound to failing-mouth 12s 9d to 15s, failing-mouth 11a 9d to 13s 4d, failing to aged 10s 3d to 11s. aged 5s 3d to 7s Id «ound-mouth merino cw«b 7* 2d to 10s fid, sound te failing 5a lOd to 63 2d, failing to aged 8s Id to 8a fid, sound-mouth merino wethers lft«. Noticeable sales were:—lßo ewe lambs 13s jld, 220 rape lambs 12s 9d to 13s 3d, 133 at 12s lOd, 297 six and eight-tooth cross-bred ewes 19s 7d, 107 two and four-tooth at 18s 9d, 112 eight-tooth 17s 3d; for Webb Bros., 454 rape lambs 14s; R. Scarlett, 591 store lambs 11s; G. B. Starkey (Steventon), 600 at 9s 9d to 9s lOd; Godfrey Hall, 159 two-tooth three-quarter-bred ewe* 19s ,6d; H. Shipley, 216 six and eight-tooth croai-bred ewes 18s; G. Hight, 194 four- six and eightI tooth 17s. 9d; H. D. Neutee, 866 two- ! tooth half-bred ewes 16s 9d; James Deans, SO6 sound-mouth crots-brod ewes 14s 6d to 15s; D. Hawke, 129 twotooth cross-bred wethers 15s 3d; High Peaks Station, 133 sound-mouth merino ewes 10s sd, 118 failing-mouth 7s 2d, 335 sound-month merino wethers 10s. Fat lamba—Account J. Hookridg®, 41 at 20s Id. H. H. Thoms, 90 at 20s; J. Beatty, 68 at 19s 4d ; J. H. Pearson, 18 at 19s 4d; R. Kettri, 77 at 19s Id; I. Hockridge, 72 at 19s Id; J. T. Murray, 24 at 18s Id; N. Chapman, 116 at 18s; R. Maffey, 112 at 17s lid ; Mrs Pollock, 167 at 17s lOd ; Mrs M’lntosh, 80 at 17s 7d; J. N. Hartnell. 182 at 17a 6d: T. Brown, 83 at 17a Id; D. Hawko, 97 at 16s Bd.

NORTH OTAGO. [From Ook CoTtTii-sreNDBS'T.] OAMARIJ, April 12. A fair amount of business has been passing in wheat, sales being mostly confined to Velvet, which lias moved upwards.- Early in the week a line of 600 sacks was acquired at 3s 9d net at a country ,station, but subsequently 3s 9}d was given at a country station for a line of 700 sacks, and tho bulk of the business has been done at that figure. For soma lots 3s lOd net w'as given at handy stations, and in one ipstanca 3s 10}d was conceded. RodchafF is offering very sparingly, and small lines have been taken at 3s 7d-to 3s 7*d net at country stations, though one parcel was acqiiired at less money. There is a lot of Tuscan offoring, and this variety has weakened with few tranaactions to record. The prices paid at country stations hare been 3s 6d and 3s 6Jd net. A email lino of Bordier was. taken at 3s 7d net at a country station. Oats luivo been further advanced, with few offei'ing, growers, being, apparently, determined to wait until the influence of damage to crops in Southland is ascertained. A grade Gartons have been sold at 2s 2d and 2s 2.jd net at country stations, most of the business having been done-at ths'higher figure. The sales include one line of COO sacks. Very few B grade Gnrtons are coming forward, and sales effected have been nt 2svld and 2s Hd net at country stations. There has been nothing doing in either barley or ontonshosf chaff. A few odd lota of cocksfoot have been placed at B}d and 3jd. Potatoes are practically at a standstill, and only small lots are soiling to moot present requirements. No' coastwise orders are coming this wav, and merchants are not diseased to do a speculative business. With a view to possible future demands from the north or Australia, the best price now obtainable is £ t 10s not at country stations, and that price is practically merely nominal. LAND SALES. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report having sold by order of the Registrar a houso and one rood for the sum of £3lO. Tho firm submitted to auction on account of. the estate of the lnl.e Robert lliee, in conjunction with (lie Farmer’s Co-op., the whole of the estate, situated at TCniapoi. The prices obtained for the different blocks were as follows: —Lot- 1, 150 acres, was withdrawn at £2B ; Lot 2.2 acre-, was sold at £2OO to Mr Purphv; Lot 3. 5 acres, sold nt £.vo 10; per acre to Mr ,T. V . F, r-nson : Lot 4, pi acres, sold at £4l to ATr L. IV. E ft'lrs; Lot ." 30 aero*, ro’d at 030 to Catherine V”l<.pp: Lot r, pn w-M. fr.'d at £47,10s to I’liert Rio; Lot 7. 20 acres, sob 1 at TIP 70s to Pice Bi'n*.: I.o+ 8. 20 acres, scld at £37 I.os to Pico Bros.: Lot p 72 ncres. sold at £33 10s to Pice Pres.

Tho New Zealand Fanners’ C-o-op.

roW bv public auction on Saturday 58J : >cres in the estate of the late Ernest Grav, situated at Ha!r.\v®ll. as follows: fo't'i. 47 acres, to Mrs M’Tiguc at £sl per aero; Lot 1 381 acres, to Mr F. j Winter at £53 per acre.

CRADDOCK. M’CROSTTE COY. Messrs Craddock, M’Cre?tie Coy. report having °okl during the past. \ve«lt, on account c'ient, valuable city buildj, It j sit?, corner of Team and Madras Streets, to Mis* Hunter; on account \fr Macdonald, improved J-acro r®c-i-inn situate W""tou’s Rond, Rt, .41bans. to Mrs Willcox: on account Mr nVpcw, sno IW"!;: of about 1-j aero" of !fi-id situate Rbirley; on account. Mr over an acre of land ritucte , V’on,’cheater; hcv : ne he’d a rncrresful , el'cr-'n" «nlo at To T'nti, T.ittle River, , an' Tnesdav last, on ec-mi-nt IT. D. Ruchanan. Fro. • d*" on Th»»r«day ’ast, ! on account. T-T. F Button, F-n.. at his ; residence. MmTvale Lane. Y. T c boy t.o attention to rele on account Mrs ' Whitmore. on Taodny part, on ■•he , !-c"\rn cs Cdl-n’c. T.td., Man- i Rtreat. nearly opt)cc?+« the 1 Hotel. -b« whole of **•© pra.ctical’v new furnisl”>ya. On Thursday | next." on account M-s Ohndwick. on j }l,„ T)-eniiroa, Uirbed/v«j Rt-rc-f rcr'b. ! p.-j. v _ r ;-p.-, ami r.oßcly pew furniture, o*a Saturday next. ; n our rooms, important sale of properties, 1195 RAFFM R.ROR. I ■,i-r?T7T-T,Y T,ETT t NO'R R t ’-oot>7 | Raker Dreo., of 163 tf-n- | ctveot. ronerfc hav’ny offoctad Mm foil win rr during ths past ■ V nnk: O" account Miss R.-rMem her' cotta"c Allen Street: on recount the • slwon+po owner runcrior seven-roomed residence TTeatbcnfc. to Mr Rnrborrv: | on account .Mr Heigh his fivo-rnom-'d h-iucc, Crvershnm Rtrcst, to Mr Walsh: on account Mr Anthonv his five-room©.-! house. Madras Street; on account Rot J. J. Bates, his superior residential property situate Madras Street.. Rt Albans, to Mrs Hutchenson: on recount Mi r s Quill, fan’'-roomed bun "alow, city north, to Air "Westfield. A feature worthy of note is tbo issue of n printed weekly to lot list which may he had free on replication or will, he posted to any address. At tho; present time there is offering a pood selection of four and five-roomed lipn"alows in the St Albans central district. 7488

STOCK EXCHANGES. CANTERBURY.

Th» following sale was reported:—Bowron Bros. E. and T. Co., 110 101 d. AUCKLAND. [Per Press Association'.] AUCKLAND. April 12. Sales reported : —Grand Junction 17s 3d, Northern Coal 10s lOd, New Sylvia 9Jd. DUNEDIN. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, April 12. The following sale was reported on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Waihi Grand Junction 17s 3d. MINING. DREDGING RETURNS. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, April 13. Dredging Returns :—Rise and Shino 450 z lOdwt, Rising Sun 40oz 14dwt, Karaunui 270 z 6dwt, Sandy Point 24ez, Golden Bed 230 z 15dwt, Olrig soz Odwt. ' TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF AUSTRALASIA. By Telejraph.—Prc«* Association. —Copyright. LONDON, April 11. The Trust and Agency Company of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12J per cent and has added to tho reserve £12,000.

SAlpril 6. April 12. Mutton— d. d. Canterbury light n 4 13-16 Canterbury, medium 43 . 4 7-16 Canterbury, heavy . 44 41 Southland .... 41 42 . North Island, be?t brands 4 5-16 43 jNorth Island, ordinary . 4.3-18 4 3-16 Now Zealand 1 e'.vca . 313-16 35 Australian, light 8 15-115 4 Australian, heavy 31 35 Australian ewes 33 33 River Plate, light . . 4 i Hirer Plate,. heavy . 33 4 River-Plate ewes S3 32 Lamb- 1 - Canterbury, light 62-18 611-16 Canterbury, medium •6J 611-16 Canterbury, heavy 63 61 ' North Island, selected . 6i 61 Ncrth Island, ordinary . 61 «3 Southland, selected . 6i 64 Australian, best brands . SI 6 Australian, fair quality . 33 S3 Australian, inferior . SI 54 Hiver Plato, • first quality 63 65 River Plate, second quality 64 4 Beef — New Zealand, fores . 33-16 SI . New- Zealand; hinds . r 84 41 Australian, fores 33 87-16 Australian, hind's 3i 31 River Plate, ohilled fores 31-116 4 River Plate, chilled hinds 43 51 River Plate, frozsn fores . 84 34 River Plate, frozen hinds 37-16 41 Rabbits are weak, and a decline is faamineiit.

Tho following aro the latest quotations: — Buyers, nv:.#ra. it a. d. S a, d. BANNS— National of N.Z. 6 0 0 BREWERIES— Manning and Co. 4 4 0 COAESWeatport . . GAS— * 1 7 8 Ohri*tchurch , INSURANCE— Standard of N.Z. 7 10 0 1 11 9 WOOLLENS— Wsllington MIBCELLANEOUS Mason, Struthera ' Cb. . . . and 3 12 6 1 8 3 N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. 2 5 0