COMMERCIAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16492, 6 March 1914, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

10ND0N MARKETS.

WOOL SALES

By Telt'grztih—Press Association—Copyright. * ‘ ■ LONDON, March 4. ‘ At the'Yobl sales there was animated competition,Yorkshire and American All cress-. bredsAvoro 10 per cent above last sales. ' (Received March 0. 12.10 a.\n.) LONDON, 'March 5: 1 At the wool sales the Weka olio sold . to 13d, the averago being 11 £d, Neanchor -top 13[d, averago 12gd ; Busby HiH,' -.top,: 12$ <l, ..average llfld; Toroa, iL>LdN: - -, ;r ■" I . .R ABBIT SKIN'S. skills (’frfere- catalogued. The market was etrongy : ahd- averaged fully 2d adTancbl--? - • • a- : • -'TALLOW.-' ' ; ’ - ' At tho tallow sales 1399 casks Were offered, and 6-34 casks were sold; mutton, fine 365, medium 335; beef, fine 3os; medium 335. ' , WHEAT (Received March 6. 12.10.-a.ru.) LONDON, March 5. the-wheat market is dull and easier. 36s 9d is, asked for Australian.. The.; following cable message has been received by Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, Christchurch, from their London office, dated March o: ; “ Tallow—Market quiet. Prices in general are lower by 3d per cwt since our last cable. Rabbitskins—Good demand. - Prices aro higher by 2d per lb on the average.” Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile; Agency; Co;, Ltd,; . Christchurch, has received the following cable message from its London office dated March 4:—“Tallow—We quote spot values for 'the following descriptions of tallow: .Pine mutton 355. good beef 33s 9d, mixed 32s 6(1. Market quiet.” • . ' ———— AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. . 1 GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (Received March 5, 10.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 5. Wheat, 3s,9id to 3s Old. Flour, £8 los. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s to 2s , 3d-; milling, 25,4 d to 2s Oil.- Barley Capo malting, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and pollard. ss. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £6. Onions, Victorian, £B,. Butter, selected, 112 s; secondary,. 108 s.. -Cheese, 6UI, Bacon, ADELAIDE, March 0. Wheat,- 3s -Sid- to 3s. 9d. Flour, £8 - 5s to £8 7s 6d. Bran and Pollard, Is Id, MELBOURNE, March 5. Hides—At tho sates tb-dav good con-ditioned-lots were higher. Others were unchanged. REPORTS. : ; ; o .FISH- ; . The; following were the ruling prices in yesterdaymorning’s markets:--Groper, 2s to 6s each.: . Ling, .9d to 4s .each. Flounders, 2s(xl to Ss.6d doz. Solos, Is lCkl to 8s doz. Red Cod, Is 6(1 to 2s 6d doz. . Gurnet, Is to 4s 6d doz, Moki, 3d : to Is 3d each. Butterfish, Is 6d to 2s each. FRUIT. Th» following were the prices ruling in(ycstiifda.v morning’s marketsApples, dessert 2d- per lb. cooking Id'to lsd per lb. Pescheri’iid to 24d per4b; Pbark, dessert to,2d per lb, cooking Id'per lb Plums 2d: per Jb. ■ Tomatoes lid to 2Jd per lb. Cucumbers! Jd-per -lb. • V .- . CULYERDEN. At' the Culverdeh : side ' yesterday there-was ait “entry of about' 10.000 sheep,'of which 2000 were fat. The fats and store sheep of a good class found ready sale. Fat lambs sold to 19s 6d, fat- wethers to 21s 3d. fat ewes to 17s 4<l, two-tooth three-quar-ter-bred ewes . 21s to 22s Id, eighttooth to 19s. Amongst the principal

sales wero:—For A. Siinckcll, 234 fat lambs at 17s 3d; Miss Rcecl, 80 at. 17s 3d; D. M’lntosh, ,18 at 17s Odj Dalzell Bros., 27 at 18s Cd and 105 at 17s 2d; P. Hamilton, 167 at 18s lid to 19s ,6d; 1). D. Macfarlane, 315 at 16s 3d; E. Hampton, 10-1 at 17s od: 11. Sharpe, 103 at 18s: F. Flowers, 115 at 17s 3d: client, 141 at 17s 6d; E. Roberts, 107 at- 18s; A. Macfarlane, 257 at 17s 7d to' 17s lid: J. ■TcKs. 88 at. 17s 3d: W. Macfarlane, 190 at 12s lid; T.' G. Thompson,' 61 at 18s. Id; E. Black, 74 at 1.7 s 7d: A. Dailey, 22 at 16s 3d: J. Butler. 133 at IBs Id; G. Popplewcll. 81 at los 10(1: J. Forrester, 130 at 17s 4d;- K. Pettigrew, 237 rand lambs at 14s; E. A. Sunckell. 18 fat owes at, 17s 4d; client, 70 wethers at 2ls 3d, 20 owesjit los: M. A. Scafe, 89 wethers at 17s sd. Scores —For L. Pulling, 500 two-tooth three-quarter-bred ewes at 215t,02251d; 156 eight-tooths at- 19s Id; ICO five-year-olds at 17s 3d: 200 two-tooth wethers at 13s 6d; S. Ilighstead. 200 lambs at 12s 7cl: clients. 307 eight-tooth owes at los .3(1. 415 four and six-tooth ewes at. 16s Bd, 215 two-tooth .owes at los Id, 808 sound-month ewes at 14s Ba,' 357 two, four and six-tooth ewes at 16s 4d, 181 cross-bred ewes at 11s lOd.

. GERALDINE STOCK SALE. There was a. large entry at the last stock sale at Geraldine, when 10,000 sheep wero sold. There was a large attendance. An improved tone in the market for fats was apparent, while stores and breeding ewes wove in keen demand. Sales wore as follows: — Fat lambs. 11 at 20s 3d. 42 at 18s lid, 39 and 126 at 18s 9d. 43 and 45 at 18s Bd. 104. 130 and GO at 18s 7d. 57, 163 and 250 at 18s Od. 38 at lSs -Id, 18 at 18s 3d, 13 and 92 at 18s, 4 at 17s lOd, 2. 4.6 and 72 at 17s 9d, 115 at 17s 7<l, 18 and 42-at. 17s 6d, 73 at IJi 4d, 63, 80 and 87 at 17s 3d. 24 and 30 at 17s Id, 29 at 16s lid, 21 and 34 at 10s lOd, 13 at 16s 6d: fat and forward lambs, 69 at 15s, 112 at 14s lid. 212 at lls ldkl. 127 at 13s 3d; fat ewes, 1 at 17s 6d, 35 and 27. at 17s Id; 21 and 4 at 17s. 15 at 16s Bd, 10 and 20 at. 16s 7d, 12 at 16s 3d. 11 and 4 at 16s. 24 and 10 at, 15s lid. 23 at los 7(1. 18 and 31 at 15s 6d, 27 at 15s. od,. 31 at los 4d, 10 at los, 5 at 14s 10d, 19 at 14s 5(1, 4 at 14s 3d, 14, 70 and 8 at 14s Id, 7 at 145,. 13 at- 13s lOd; wethers, 1 at" 20s. 1 at 19s 3d, 9 at 17s Bcl, 34 at 17s 4d : two-tooth wethers, 97 at 13s lOd, 100-at 13s 9d ; store lambs, 70 at 15s 10(1, 70 at 15s. 150 at 11s 9d. 19 at. Us 6d, 75 at 10s 2d, 36 and 16 at 9s 6d; rape lambs. 40 at 15s lOd, 431 at 15s 6d. 43 at 15s 4d, 104 at 14s Bd, 392 at 14s, 372 at. 12s lid; culled lambs, 62 at 6s 9d; ewes, breeding. 60 at 19s : sound owes, 41 at 16s 8d; full-mouth ewes. 89 at 14s 3d, 38 at 11s od. 171 at 10s 7d : cighttootli ewes. 183 at 17s 9d; eight-tooth half-bred ewes, 86 at-18s; eight-tooth sound-mouth, 105 at los Sd ; six and cight-tooths 353 at. 20s 4d, 60 at 18s Bd. 51 at 17s, 95 at 15s 3d : four, six and eight,-tooth 53 at 18s Id, 18 at 15s; four and six-tooth, 100 at 20s 2d, 193 at 19s lid: two-tooth, 65 at 21s, 45 at 20s. 34 at 19s, 330 at 18s ; merino ewes, 110 at 7s; Cattle—Fat heifers brought £5 10s, cows in profit £3 10s.

PROPERTY SALE AT LYTTELTON. At Lyttelton, yesterday afternoon, Messrs AV. E. Simes and Co. offered a number of properties in port for auction. A section comprising about 0110-sixth of an acre, together with a cottage of four rooms, situated in Selwyn Terrace, was sold to Captain AA T . Scott for £SO. A puarer of an acre in Walker Street, off A'oolas Road. aiid a house’ of fire rooms, were disposed of to Mr .Joseph Page, for £125, A house of seven rooms, on the corner of Canterbury aiid" Winchester Streets, and a section 60ft b.v 8-ift. owned by Mr AV. AA'ales, was also submitted. Bidding commenced at £SOO. and rose in bids of £25 to £7OO, at which figure it was passed in. WOOL SALES. NAPIER. [Put Press Association.] ' NAPIER, March 5. ' At the supplementary wool sales today there was a good attendance <.f buyers, representing the Continent, Great Britain, America and the dominion. The .catalogue consisted mainly of back country lots, more or less shabby, and touched with seed. Bidding was. decidedly keen, and prices in some instances showed' an advance, of 10 to 15 per cent. PRICeToF FLOUR. [Pxh Press Association.] DUNEDIN, March S. The Flourmill? rs’ Association has advanced tho price of dour 10s per ton. ARGENTINE EXPORTS. [Pew Press Association.] WELLINGTON, March 5. The Department cf Agriculture has received the following cable from Buenos Aires, dated March 4: The following produce has been shipped from the. Argentine io tho United Kingdom during February, compared with February, 1913: . mt m 3 Frozen beef, quarters . 119,000 252,000 Chilled beef, quarters . . 353,000 287,000 Frozen mutton, carcases . 147,000 233,000 Frozen lamb, carcases . 30,000 56,000 Butter, cwte. . . . 10,370 13,311 STOCK EXCHANGES. AUCKLAND. [P*r Presi Association.] AUCKLAND, March 5. Sales reported—Ross 3s.(id, .Junction 25s 9d,,. Watchman 2s lid and 3s, Northern Coal 10s 3d.

Third call—Wailii, 48s 3d; Grand Junction, ,25s 9d; Watchman, .‘3s; Saxon, 7sd, Bd. WELLINGTON. [Per Press Association'. - ! WELLINGTON, March 5. The only. Stock Exchange transaction to-day was the reported sale of Talisman Consolidated at 43s at the afternoon call. DUNEDIN. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN. March 5. Sales reported—Wailii 48s Sd, Progress Alines 13s 6d. Sales made—Waihi, £2 8s 6(1; Wnihi Grand Junction, £1 5s 9d. CHRISTCHURCH. The following me the latest quotations:

lluvers. Sellers. X ! i.d. £ ,s. d. BANKS— National of N.Z, o S 0 Australasia . • • 122 0 0 New Zealand 12 0 0 GASCKrlstchnrch 6 13 $ INSURANCE— _ National oi N Z. 2 11 6 ..HIPPING— Union Steam Ship . 1 4 G WOOLLENS— Kainpoi 0 3 C Mosriel . • 3 12 G MISCELLANEOUS— Booth, Macdonald and Co. 1 0 0 Canterbury Farmers’ Co-op. (Tima.ru) . 2 IS 0 Canterbury Farmer*' Co-op. (pref.) . 5 2 0 Golden Bay Ceiuont . o' 17 0 \ N.Z. Portland Cement . • _ ■ ' 0 10 0 Taranaki (JyZ.) Oil Wells • • • 0 3 3 . MINING— ' Talisman . . 2 • o 6