COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 26 September 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

j GORE PRICES. WHOLESALE: Cheese. —6£d. I Oatmeal. —£13 10s. Butter. —Farmers', lOd; separator, - lid; factory, Ib. flam.—ls; bacon, lid. Flour. —£9 15s. Eggs.—9d. Pollaid.—£7 per ton. Chafi.—£3 10s. Onions.—Bs per cwt. Potatoes. —£1 10s per ton. RETAIL. . Butter. —Is, la 2d, Is 3d. Cheese.—9d. Ham.—ls sliced, Is Id. Eggs.—lid. Flour. —3s 3d and 3s 6d for 255; 6s 3d and 6s 6d for 501b; and 20s 6d and 21s 6d for 2001b. jQatmeal.—4s 6d and 4s 9d for 251b. Bran.—6a And 8a 6d r»r lCOih bag. Pollard.—l2s to 12s 6d.

SALE AT WAIMUMU V Messrs J. E. Watson and 00.. Ltd., report as follows:—We held a very satisfactory clearing sale of stock and implements on account of Messrs Searle andi Hiorns, Waimumu, on Tuesday. There was a good attendance and bidding was very spirited from start to finish. The 13 head of dairy cows were in somewhat poor condition, but came out with the satisfactory average of £6 6g 6d per head, prices ranging from £8 15s to £3 10s. The Ayrshire bull brought £lO 10s. The horses were all iight draughts and sold well, bringing £33 10s, two at £29 each and £2O ss, and aged horse £B. The implements (mostly new) were very keenly competeed for, the M.H. binder bringing £26 10s, Duncan roller £ls, Duncan diso harrows £8 and all other goods at very satisfactory prices. The auctioneers deBire to express their best thanks for the excellent luncheon provided by Mrs Searle and relatives, which was highly appreciated by all.

WAIPAHI STOCK SALE, At thie Waipahi stock sale last Tuesday the National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., sold the following stock: Ewe hoggets 17s, small two-tooth ewes 17s, small do., wethers 16s Id, two, four, six and eight-tooth ewes 26s 3d, broken-mouthed ewes 15s, mixed lambs 14fl 6d, wether hoggets 15s 6d, store bullocks £3.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. PEE UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 25. The small flutter in the oat trade oaused by a Wellington firm asking for quotations for 2000 sacks for Australia did not result in any advance in values, and has now largely subsided. A fair AUlOu' nt °i was done in various centres o* tlie , IslaTKl > klt generally speaking J .? lder ® w ? re l , not 1 in a tion to quote at l )nces to lead to extensive u. a Since applications were invited r sll PP lles > rain has fallen in Australia, . a ?° doubt this will have the effect of Wv ening the demand for oats in the Commonwealth. A few parcels of wheat, almost exclusively Tuscan, have been placed on offer during the week, but in tr.O?3t oases the prices asked have been Id per bushel above buyers' limits, and the result has 1 been that sales have been within narrow compass. There is some inquiry for fowlwheatt, and during the week 3e 9d, f.0.b., sacks included, has been paid for parcels. There is a small demand for chaff at 60b on trucks, principally for the West Coast. Owing to smaller offerings, potatoes tuare sold more readily during the past few days, but prices are still unsatisfactory from a grower's point of view, few parcels realising more than 25s to 27s 6d on trucks. During .the present week some parcels will be shipped for Sydney. The following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra," delivery at country stations — .Wheat: Tuscan, 3s 5d to 3s 6d : ; Hunter's, 8s 7d to 3s 8d; Pearl, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Oats: Gartons, Is lid to 2s 3d;; Duns, Is lOd to 2s Id; Danish, Is Jkl,to 2s 2d; Algerian, Is lid to 2s Id. Chaff: £3. Potatoes: £1 5s to £1 10s.

FARMERS' FREEZING COMPANY. PBS UNITED PEESS ASSOCIATION. AUCKLAND, Sept. 25. The balance-sheet presented at the "doth ajinual meeting of the Auckland termers' Freezing Co., Ltd., showed a ?>rofit of £9608 14s 7d on the year's operations. This, with £2398- 18s lid' trought forward, gave £12,007 13s 6d far distribution. Of this the directors propose to allot £2506 for an 8 per cent. dMdend ; to add £4996 to the reserve tuad (bringing it up to £16,000), and to f>arry the balance of £505 13s 5d forward to next year. The report and bal-ance-sheet were adopted.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. 91 ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH OOPTEIGHT. FBB TJNITBD PRESS AS3OCX4.TION. SYDNEY, Sept. 25. Wheat, 3s 7id to 3s Bdj flour, £8 158; oats, Algerian feeding 2s 6d to 2s M, milling 2e lOd, SparrowbilLs 3s 2d 3a 3d, Giante 3s 3d to 3e 4d. Barley, Cape mating 3s 3d to 3s 6d; aaaize, « 4d; bran and pollard, £4 10s; potatoes, Tasmanian £6 10s to £7; onions, Victorian £7 10s, Japanese £8 l(ta to £9; butter, selected 107s, secondary 100s to 105s; cheese, 7d; bacon, M.. ADELAIDE, Sept. 25. Wheat, 3s Bdi to 3s B£d; flour, £8 to £8 2s 6d; bran and pollard, Is OJd. Received September 26, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, Sept. 26. Wheat, 3b 8d to 3s Bj|d; flour. £8 15a; bran and pollard, £5; barley, English 3s to 3s 9d, Cape 2s 9d to 2s lid; «ats, 2s to 2s 3d; maize, 3s 9d; potatoes, £1 5b to £3 ss; onions, £5 10s to £6.

WOOL SALES. LONDON. 8T EISC.-B2C TEI-EGitArn con EIGHT. UNITED i>iv!':s« .»«OCIA.TJLOIi. LONDON, Sept. 25. The following pruts were realised at. the wool sales:— A'-;iwa frw I.2<'. "ve;age ll|d; Spruhead, 12d, llfdj HillersUen, la|u. HU; J a- ta-ry, losa, iJSjct. Received September 26, 11.30 a m. LONDON, Sept. 25. At the wool sales ]>rices are uuchanged. There have bc-e'.i considerable withdrawals of second-hand lots, chiefly early Brisbane wools. Cross!)reds are very firm. SYDNEY™ SYDNEY, Sept. 25. The week's wool sales closed animatedly, particularly the Continental section which brought the best rates of the week. Greasy realised to 12-J-d; sooured, 24d.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received tho following < able from thoir head office, dated Lc,n<k;;i. S«>ptoio.bor 23:—Tho wool sales ho.v-? pc-n----ed. The attendance of buys:?: !r ; V r;;&. and competition if, animated. Vi.,= bulk of the offerings consisted < r Prices for merino wools arc inu handed and greasy crossbred wools are unchanged.. Slipo fine and medium quality, is 2J- to 5 per cent, 'ower and coarse slipo wools are unchanged. The dates of our wool sales arc September 24, October 2, October G and October 9.

LONDON WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, Sept. 25. The wheat market i - depressed owing to the weakness of American markets. Pressure has been made to sell Russian wheat at a 3d decline; 36a 3d has been asked for an Australian shipment off tho coast, and 36a has been offerod for new crop, January-February shipment. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., is in receipt of the following cablegram f-om its London office, -under date September 25: Whea.t.—The position of the market shows very little demand owing to increased supplies, and the market is likely to decline.

THE RUBBER MARKET. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COPYRIGHT, PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. . LONDON, Sept. 24. The market is discussing the formation of a rubber cartel in order to stay the continuous decline in the price of raw material. The 'Bankers' Magazine' estimate-s that the rubber shares have depreciated £685,000 in a month or £4,470,000 in a year, being equivalent to a decline in value of 100 per cent., while 387 repreciated by 18* millions during the same month.