COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 28 January 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

GORE HORSE SALE. The National Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, report as follows: We held our monthly horse sale In Ward's Bazaar on Friday in the presence of a large attendance. Our entry consisted of 48 horses of all descriptions and out of the total entry we managed to dispose of 31. The sale for draughts was most satisfactory, and practically all the young and sound horses changed hands at most satisfactory prices to the vendors. Most of the light horses forward were of very moderate quality and were almost unsaleable. The unbroken colts and fillies offered on account of Mr R. T. Coomer met with a keen demand, each lot selling at a good price. The following will show the prices realised for the principal lots sold. A specially good 9yr-old mare brought in by Mr Wm. McDowell realised £3B under the hammer, this being the top price for mares, while M-r C. Cooper received £35 10s for a tip-top 6-yr-old gelding. On account of other vendors we sold: 6-yr-old mare, £2B 10s; aged mare,. £29 7s; 5-yr-old gelding, £29; 5-yr-old gelding, £3O; do, £27; 4-yr-old mare, £22 10s; 6-yr-old gelding, £32 10s; 8-yr-old gelding, £2O 10s; aged gelding £2O; do, £18; do, £ls 10s; mare, *£29; 5-yr-old gelding, £29; aged mare, £2l; do, £l4 10s; do, £8; first-class harness gelding, 6-yr-old, £2O; and several hacks, harness mares and geldings from £1 to £lO. Mr Coomer's lot sold as follows: —3-yr-old mare, £lO 15s; 2-yr-old colt, £9 10s; do, £7 15s; do, £6 15s; 2 yearlings, £5 ss; do, £5; do, £4; 3-yr-old draught filly, £lB. Our next sale promises to be a large one, the date of which will be advertised in the course of a few days. CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 27. A good turnover is now taking place in wheat, millers being the principal buyers. The quality being so excellent the range of prices is very narrow as compared with last season. The bulk of the purchases are being made at 3s 2d, at country stations, and a few lines at 3s Id. The fine weather of the past week and the dry condition of the grain has resulted in an unusually large quantity of stook threshed wheat being placed on the market. Oats are still scarce, only a few small lots coming forward. Many farmers say that they will require all they have for their own use. Where the crops hare been very light or where the caterpillars have done damage there is likely to be less oats available than these districts will require. Cocksfoot is now selling in fairly large quantities, 6Jd being the highest price reported for Peninsula seed. The crop is said to be turning out less than was expected. Australian produce markets. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. SYDNEY, Jan. 26. Wheat, buyers 3s 6£d per bushel; sellers, 3s 7d. Flour, old, £9 a ton; new, £8 15s. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; milling, 2s 6d; Tasmanian, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Barley, Cape feeding, 3s; seeding, 3s 2d. Maize, 2s 6d to 2s lid. Bran, £4 5s per ton. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, £9 a ton. Onions, £3 to £3 15s. Butter, 90s pel cwt. Cheese, 6d per lb. Bacon, 7d per lb. MELBOURNE, Jan. 26. Wheat, 3s 6|d. Flour, £8 10s to £8 15s. Oats, Is lid to 2s Oid. Barley, prime Chevalier, 4s 6d; Cape, 2s 3d. Maize, 2s s£d. Bran and pollard, £4 15s. Potatoes, to £4. Onions, £2 10s. ADELAIDE, Jan. 26. Wheat, 2s 7d. Flour, £8 10s to £8 15s. Bran; Is Id per lb. Pollard, Is. Oats, 2s 2d. BRITISH CONSOLS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON, Jan. 27. One hundred and sixty-four thousand savings bank depositors hold £23,000,000 worth of oonsols. At many bank meetings in London a feature of the discussion was the deterioration of consols. Speakers favored. popularising this security. Lord Saint Aldwyn (a former Chancellor of the Exchequer), presiding at a Joint Stock Bank meeting, favored £5 bonds issuable through post offices. LONDON MARKETS. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. LNDON, Jan. 27. ' Wheat.—The markets are quiet and there is restricted demand for cargoes Holders are tseady. Thirty-seven shillings is asked and 36s 6d is obtainabh for South Australian off the coast; 36i is asked for Australian per steamer January-February shipment; 36s 6d foi sailing October; and 35s lie has been paid for Australian parcels o: January-February. There is small de mand for Australian spot at 37s 3d. A cargo sold at 36s 7|d. Flour.—-The market is steady and inactive. Oats.—Tire market is quiet. La Plata March-April shipment realists 13s 3d. Butter.—Danish is unchanged. Choicest Australian salted realises 100s to 102s per cwt. and unsalted 106s; secondaries, 86s to 98s; choicest New Zealand, 104s to 106s; secondaries, 98s to 100s. There has been dull trade ill the week, which is closing steady at a decline. Cheese. —The market is firm and unchanged. An Australian consignment arrived in good condition. Consignees consider it worth two or three shillings below New Zealand cheese. Wool.—At Bradford wool is cheerful and hardening. Forties realise 13',d; other classes, unchanged. j Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having received the following cable from their head office, dated London, January 26—New Zealand prime ox beef: Forequarters, 3d; hindquarters, 3|d. New Zealand lamb: The de>5■ mand is limited and the market is weaker. New Zealand mutton: The de- - mand is limited and the market is weaker. New Zealand prime crossbred mutton: Canterbury, heavy 4£d, light sid ; North Island, heavy 4d, light 4-Jd. N9w Zealand beef: The demand is fair and the market is firm. Australian

lamb: The demand is fair ; good average crossbred, heavy sd, light s|d. Australian prime crossbred mutton: Heavy 3d, light 3gd. New Zealand prime crossbred lamb: Canterbury, light 5Jd; North Island, light s*d. New Zealand lamb may decline considerably when supplies are heavier. LONDON WOOL SALES. Received January 28, 10.35 a.m. LONDON, Jan. 27. At the wool sales prices for crossbreds were unchanged and merinos met with a spirited sale, the Continental and Home trade bidding freely.