LATE COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 16 May 1912, Page 5

LATE COMMERCIAL.

CORE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. ' Fusion' Ofii;-. May 1(>, I:)1L*. ! Oats.—The market continues linn for ;:11 wt-ll—<-titi»lit Io:ii'(! ilia: v.-II store. It is evident that merchant:, have confidence i:t tin- market, a.-, pre- :•■■ :u prices uii trucks arc «-c;ti:il to t!m>" obtained by «dtippers, f.o.b. fs.i.). The' Australia:) demand seems to he sa'.isI tied for May-Jimr. hut l>nsiiH"-s can lie •done lor .luiv and August at present \ prices. The- North Island lias not vet , < oine on to 'lie market tor any ureal quantity .•ind is still waiting I'or prices o i'iicp oil' before buying. Space for the; tinted Kingdom is hard to procure, hut it i:; reported that 11 fair quantity will; he sent away next nioiith. I'riees for ■ prime A's are !ik* ly to keep linn, hut ! for l> tirade, discolored and inferior. (prices will mi doubt decli'ii', owitt;i L> the lnr<j;e quantity of inferior sttillV. <.f- ---!'( rine. Chaff. A -nod detuatid si ill exists, tor p ime old .season's for prompt <!<'- liv.ry ai up -.<• i\i 12> (id. ami for m .v ' chall' that will store at .'.::( on tru.-k-' for inimediate delivery. A larire quantity of inferior chaff is offering which j is practically unsaleable to itdamp condition. Wheat, --Like oats, jfood lines are in request, and up to .'ls <>d has he* it paid lor local foulwheat in good condition. The. average sample, however, is badly shrivelled and the u heat is in poor condition. For this quality sales ;iiv he::.;made at up to .'ss Id, while for iuierio" in low comlition as low as L's '.Vh ha hwn paid. Prime wheat will hold its price, hut men-hauls arc afraid to sto*'. i i much fowlwheat owing to the large quantity offering. ' SALE AT PINNACLE ROAD. Messrs .1. (;. Ward and Co., Ltd., i - pi:-? lioldii!-.' a clearing sale at Mr. Ahx. Hunter's Farm, Pinnacle llovd.' on May 1">. The weatlier was e\c-.-.-tionally good and the attendance of farmers from the surrounding district:; was fairly large, with a few i'v ■ n :■-; far sont.h as IJ ii < it-»n. There jl eon competition for llie ..<<>-■!> a;> ' farm implements and household effects sold at. satislactorv figures. !h.r i from Vir, to t:{:!. milk <■■■■ s >,;n Vi\ to il) l.'.s, lambs 12s "d to \) ■*'[ and ewes up to Ms. Much credit is due t . 'Mr Hind i ' ami the ladies for the hospitable \vv in which they provided for their v' -i----tors. The g"iieral opinion \: c, t'.;i the sale, was very successful.