COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 21 April 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

THE RIALTO REPORT. Messrs Thomas Green and Co., Ltd., report the following sales on Saturday:— Pigs-—Suckers. % to 12s 6d: ireanar», 12s 6d to 15s; dips, 15s to 17s 6d: •boree, 21s to 245.

Poultry.—Hens, la to Is 6d; young hems, Is 6d to 2s 3d each; roosters, Is 3d to Is 9d; cockerels, 9d to la 2d; •neks, Is 6d to 2s; geese, 2g 6d. Produce.—Potatoes, £4 lQs to £5 l'Vi ner ton; chaff. £3 15s to £4 per ton: onions, 8s 6d per cwt.; carrots, 4s *er sack- parsnips, 5s 6d per sack; cabbages, 3s to 4s per sack; oats, 8s to ■ damaged, 4s to 4s 6d per sack; fowlwheat. lis to 13s per sack; linseed anal, 4s 9d per sack. Eruit.—Oranges, 9a 6d; melons, 8a lemons. 15s; 2d to 3d per lb ; oookers, 2d per lb; pears, 2s 6d to 6 S 6d per case; dctsart, 2|d per lb • tomatoes, ffl to 2a 6d p;>r box; hothouse, 3d to 4d per lb; -'ums, 2d to 2|d; peaohes, fa. to 3d per lb; grapes, 7|d per lb; <uinces, ljd. RIVERSDALE STOCK SALE. In addition to the sales effected at the RiversdtaAe stock sal® on Friday wa have to report the following: National Mortgage and Agency Co., t/fed., 40 lambs 13s 3d, 79 full aiwi failing: ewes 9a 3d. 77 lambs 9s Bd, 187 dk>. 12s Id, 98 full and: failing ewes 7s Gd. 93 full-mouthed ewes 13s, 25 lambs ft* Bdi, 21 2-tooth ewes 18s 6d, 41 2topth ewes and wethers 14s 7d, 103 fulljpathed ewes 9s 6d, 110 do. 13s 9d, 5W mixed-sex lambs 13s sd, 273 4 6-tooth ewes 16s 4d, 72 8-tooth jwresslls 9d, 452 6 and' 8-tooth ewes 10s. 119 full-mouthed ewes 7s 6d, 110 4. 6, and 8-tooth ewes 14s 4d, 145 funnd-mouth ewes lis, 5 Border Leicester a-ams (one-shear) 3gns, 18 do. (■ged) 10s 3d, 6 do. 3gns, 16 Romney *M» shear do 2|gns, 7 do. 3gns, 4 do. itens, 2 do ligns, 1 do. Ign. Henderson and Co., Ltd.: 64 fat twnhs 14s Id, 155 do. 16s 6d, 24 do. 17s Wi. 116 do 16a 9d, 53 ewes 16s 3d, 45 4* 10s, 61 do, 14s 3d, 65 full and fail- ■■£ ewes 7s Id, 202 lambs 7s 9d, 210 .awes 12s, 19 ewes and wethers 17s Id, «• ewes 12s 6d, 119 do. 17s 7d, 100 dlo. 17a 241 wethers 14s 6d, 37 wethers 17s, 14 ewes 13s 3d, 226 lambs 13s sd, 245 ttwos 14s 3d, 46 cull do. 6s 6d, 9 rams itta, 3 old do. 9s 4d, 7 do. 3gns, 1 do. SiKns, 4 do. 208, 3 do. Ign, 1 do. 2gns, wul 7 do. .ranging from 8s to 10s 6d. Wk* firm also sold 13 head of young il»ra cattle at £3 3s per head. THE MARKETS. DUNEDIN.. »B OWXTW PBBSe ASBMIATION. DUNEDIN, April 19. Oats. —The local oat market may be described as firm but inactive. There ist.. only a limited demand! just now from the North Island, merchants in the meantime getting deliveries of •trdera previously arranged for delivery Uk April at pnees considerably below those ruling to-day, and in some oases tfefty are selling back to Dunedin. Taking these facts into consideration, (forth Island buyers are naturally diswnlined to pay the prices being asked! today by local merchants —at least in the meantime. It should be remem-1 hiarod that the North Island Main Urtink railway has opened fair greater, facilities for the conveyance of oats Antm the Wairarapa district to Auckland. and this fact should not be lost sight of in taking into consideration a rastriction of the demand from that sitry. During the week several hundred sacks of B Gartons haye been secured by North Island buyers at 2a 6}d, f.0.b., s.i. Offerings from south of Bnnedin have br-on few and far between, farmers proving strong holders, ntd the little business passing is being ijllM with oats from Canterbury. Miloperated very freely in the market last week, securing several thouutsd sacks. Local merchants are to4kf asking 2s 6Jd to 2ts 7d for A Gartoes, f.0.b., s.i., and up to 2b 6d f«r

Qhfcff. —Tha chaff market has been lightly supplied for the past few days, atai ooosigmnenta of prime quality are ■tasking with a good l demand at better rates than those ruling last week. With, tha scarcity of prime, there has been a fcehker inquiry for inferior lines. Prime heavy oaten sheaf realises £4 to £4 ss; ■Midium to good, £9 to £3 10s; inCafiotr, £2 and upwards. Potatoes. —Consignments of potatoes ■nr pretty well equal to the demand, uul prices have eased. North Island hayrers are inquiring for June, July, •id August delivery, but there is not «Mob inquiry for prompt from this fuvrter. The loaal 'market is at preMdifb feeing chiefly supplied by TaaeriM«n potatoes, not many coming in nun either the northern or the farther sMitb districts. It will be seen from | Mr eable information that there has heera ui advanoe in the Sydney market for TVusmanian potatoes of 15s a ton. Iletbonrsje quotations, however, re■udn practically the same as those W*bi tot Friday. Prime Oamaru, firedilj dug. realises £5 for extra choioe; medium, £4 9b to £4 10« pea■btm, bi&gs in.

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CANTERBURY. Pia UNITBD PBESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTGHURCH, April 19. With moderate supplies, holders firm in their demands, and niajiy inquiries, the grain market is decidedly firm, and no difficulty is found in quitting lines of wheat and oats at the quotations given below. Prices are unaltered. As a result of the continued firmness, the New Zealand Flourmillors' Co-opera-tive Association has advanced the price ,of flour by 10s per ton, the present | rates being:—Sacks £9, 1001b bags £9 ss, sGlb bags £9 10s, 251b bags £9 15s. 'The price of bran and sharps remain unchanged. I The ctat market is strong, and sup- ! plies are short, many growers holding out for prices above the parity, of our- ! rent values. Lines offered on the basis lof the quotations given below find I ready buyers. The bulk of the oats of- ! fered are Gartons, lines of which Jiavo changed hands during the week at pavcres up to 2s 3d per bushel on trucks. Danish is saleable up to 2s Id, and Algerians to tilie saniti price. A fair amount oJ chuff is being placed on offer, and there is some inquiry from outside Canterbury, but the difficulties in the way of securing space have proved a serious deterrent to trade, preventing in numerous instances sales from being effected. Prices remain unchanged. Owing probably to larger offerings, tlie potato market is j| shade easier, and the current price a £3 17s 6d to £4 on trucks, seed varieties realising relatively higher prices. It is reported that this season the percentage of small potatoes is much higher than in some previous yeiirs. SOUTH CANTERBURY'S WHEAT. PBB UNITBL PBBBB ASSOCIATIOH. TIMARU, April 20. Mr J. Talbot, chairman of the Timaru branch of the Farmers' Union, in his annual statement, puts the average wheat yield of this district at not more than 22 to 24 bushels, and l the total' at not. more than two-thirds of last year. Otbec* branches of farming are satisfactory. Ha considers it probable that wheatgrowing will be largely given up owing to (1) the cost of labor and the difficulty in getting it at harvest time; (2) the low prices, which will bo kept down by possible Australian imports under a low tariff; (3) the high wheat freights to Britain; j(4) the working of the defence scheme in taking men away to camp and Leaving teams idle. VICTORIA'S WHEAT HARVEST. 11 EtniCrßTO TTOBQKA PH. OOP! RIGHT. PUB DOTTED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received April 21, 8 a.m. MELBOURNE, April 21, Official returns of the oat harvest show that it amounted to 8,303,639 bushels, an average of 18.95 compared with 4,585,326 and 15.17 for the previous season. ANTWERP WOOL SALES. BY ELECTEIC THLBGBAPH. COPYRIGHT. PBB U2TXTHD PBBSB ASSOCIATION. Rewired April 21, 9.55 a.m. LONDON, April 20. TSia Antwerp wool sales closed firm. Fine merino cross bredk realised up to five centimes advance. Fire thousand and fifty-nine bales of La Plata were offered and 3534 sold. LONDON MARKETS. BT ELECTBIC TKLHOEAPH.—COPYBIGHT. : PBB ONITHD PBESS ASSOCIATION. v Reaeired April 21, 9.55 a.m. LONDON, April 20. Wheat.—The market is very firm and there are renewed Continental inquiries. Several Australian wore" sold at prices rangng from 3s»! to 38s 6d. The wheiat and flonir afloat for the United Kingdom totals 4,005,000 quarters; for the Continent, 3,035,000; Atlantic shipments, 225,000; Pacific shipments, nil. The shipments to Euiope during the week totalled 1,710,000 qoxartbeirs, including 123,000 Australasian.

Rabbits. —There are large arnvtis. The absence of demand! has depressed the markets. Sydneys, large 17s, young 14s Qd, small lis 6d. Frozen Meat. —New Zealand —Canterbury, Light and medlram, 6Jd; North Island, 6fd; selecrted, 6f|d. Beef: forequarters, 3 7-16 d. Australian ewes. 3 13-16 d., Lajmb: Fair quality, 55d. South American —Mutton: Light, 4Jd. Lamb, 6d. Beef—Frozen forequarters. 3J>d; chilled for ©quart"-:"8, 8 ia-16d; ojd; ether m«ata unchanged.

Messrs Dalget- and Co.. Ltd., report having received the following cable from the head office, dated London, April 17 : Beef.—High prices rule owing to temporary. scarcity, but they will probably be normal soon,. Sheepskins.—Prices unchanged, except for merino clothing skins, which am Jd lower. Tallow.—The pnoe is yd lower and there is very little inquiry. There is i little or nothiiifT doing.