COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 4 July 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

I ALE AT WENDON VALLEY. ssrs J. E. Watson and Co., Ltd., rt as follows: b held one of the mcst successful ilig sales that have ta,.,.!i place for r tune in the fl'n kaka district when :oiidu:ted a sale «i stock and iments _ yesterday on behalf of the ees in the estate of the late Mr t Miles, Wcndon Valley. Theweawas* ali that could I.j desired and era were present irom all > parts e district. There was a very keen md for the sheen offered, resulting ?eord prices being obtained. Wo 4, C and 8-tooth e\v. s at 23s 6d, tli ewes 23s Bd, ewe lambs'l9s, a I line of wethers IS'.-, 3d, cull lambs Id. old rams 18s. Notwithstanding the market for horses lias been ivhat flat lately there was. good letition for the two best, aged 3, which brought £3l 10s and £29, Jyr-old horses sold at £lO and £6. colts, 3yrs and 2yrs, in very' poor tion, brought £8 and £6, and a old colt £5 10s. The implements i were very • old, brought prices, as ak:> did, tho ture and effects. The auctioneer •yed a special vote of thanks to ind Mrs Henderson for tho excellmrke«»n provided, wli'ch was much preciatcd by all. «■ CANTERBURY PRODUCE. FEB ONITKD PBESS ASSOCIATION. CH'KI-3TCHI" RCH, July 3. Offerings of grain by growers eoninuo to be very limited, and at the ;am© time there is little inquiry. The treakening of the London market has lessened the demand for 1 A grade oats ior export, and the recent reduction n .freight has therefore not enabled merchants to take -advantage {if the English market to the extent it was hoped. LONDON MARKETS.' IT Et.ECiniC TKLBOB.YI'II COFIRIGJIT. PBE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. LONDON*, July, 3. Butter.—The market has a firmer tendency owing to fije decreased and Irish output following the Iry spell. 'There are few colonial arrivals. Prices arc. mostly, nominal. •Some New South Wales is offering. Salted, 102s to 106s per cwt; unsaltcd, llOls to HVs. New Zealand is very [scarce and prices are nominally unIjjfeanged. Danish, 119s to 121s. >£'hoese.—The market; is firmer. ;White is scarce at 03= to 61s per cwt ;• colored is in large supply at 03s to 63s Od. liacoir; is practically unsaleable. Whoat.— The market i ; weak under pressure irom America, where a big winter crop is -taint' harvested under favorable conditions. Tie European crops are generally improved, though English and Kussiau are -;?i."t>ring from a. shortage of rain. English closed steadier, and Indian held for :kl more. Australian, spot. 3*?s. Flour.—Very little is doing; 24s 9d, c.iif., is asked for Australian patent. Oats.—There is small business doing;' 21s is asked for A Gartens, July shipment, without buyers, and a few sales of near parcels have beer, niado at 21s 6d; Jjjne shipment, 21s.