COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, 6 July 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

CORE COMMERCIAL REVIEW. I 'Ensign' Off - ■<>, July 6. < Oats. —The oat market ..-; somewhat 1 erratic and with the exception of a few < lmca .shipped last week to London very ; few oats have been turned over. Only ' the heaviest oats have been shipped, 1 but latent reports from London are not i - satisfactory. There is vi ry little bnsi- i ness passing between Southland and the < North Island, mid the local demand is 1 also small. 1 Chaff. —There is very little inquiry at j present and there is sufficient offering 1 froni £2 10s to £2 12s Cd to meet pre- 1 sent requirements. s Ryegrass—There is a keen demand: < for seed of all descriptions especially i heavy-weight 1914 seed- There arc very ] few lini';< offering by farmers, and arc ( merchants are carrying very small <i stock* prices are likely to advance fur- 1 ther by spring sowing. ] THE RI ALTO REPORT, "i f Measrs Thomas Green and Co., Ltd., s report the following sales on, Satur- t day: ] Pigs.—Suckers, 9s to 12s (3d; wean- j ere, 12s Gd to 10s; slips. 19s to 22s 6d; ) stores, 27s Gd to 4Qjs; boars, £2 15s to ( l£3 2s (3d. Poultry.—Hens, Is 2d to Is Cd; < young hens, Is 6d to 2s Cd; pullets, 3s to os 6d; roosters, 2s to 3.1; cockerels, Is 3d to 2s; ducks, 2s to 3d; geese, 2s 3d to 2s 9d. I Produce.—Potatoes, £4 15s per tan ; 1 chaff,' £3 to £3 5s per ton; oats. Gs to 7s 6d per sack; wheat. 15s C;l; barley, 8s to 9s Cd; bran, ss; lis; i barley meal, 10-s Cd; swedes, 2s; carrots, < 4s Cd: parsnips, 5s Gd; straw, 2s per bale; pressed hay, 2s 6d per bale; cab-'; l>ages, 2s per dozen ; onions, 5s 6d per : . bag; cauliflowers, 2s Cd per dozen. Fruit.—lsland oranges, 10s Cd: lemons, 14s Gd; dessert pear's, 2Jd to 3£d per lb; cooking pears, ljd to 2d per lb; dessert apples, 2Jd to 3d per lb; large cokers, 2d per lb; mixed apples, ljd per lb; "bananas, 2Jd; melons, 4s Cd per cwt. DUNEDIN MARKETS. PEE DNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, July 4. Tho local oats market, continues in a depressed condition. Consignments of A Gartons are stil' firmly held by merchants, in the hope that the Homo market may improve a, little. The present Home markets, however, do not leave much margin of profit. North Island buyers are still drawing their supplies, comprised chiefly of B grade and similar feed lines, from Canterbury and , Oamaru. A few lines are offering from the country, but farmers will not accept the ruling quotations. A Cartons for shipment are worth, nominally, 2s Id to 2s IH, and B's abmit s>-<s, f.0.b., s.i. Lower quotations for B'.;, however, aie obtainable in Canterbury. An Auckland broker reports as follows, under date June 30:—"Oats: At this end the position/is verv uninteresting, and buyers are taking every opportunity of reselling their purchases to Southern buyers. liiere is at least Id per bushel between the prico at Auckland at the f.0.b., s.i. quotation. 1 find it extremely difficult to get n profit on A. Gartons costing 2s, f.0.b., s.i." Supplies of chaff confrue to arrive freely, and the demand w slow, except for prime, which is rather scarce. McdiunV and inferior samples arc- in- full supply, and are slow of sale. Prime oaten sheaf &i to £3 os, medium to good £2 10s to £3 (sacks extra). An Auckland broker reports r-, follows, mi- ' dor date June 30:—"Chaff: The Waitormi called in at Picton and brought along a big shipment of chaff on a cheap freight, but I regret to say that therewere quite a number of parcels of inferior t;ualitv. The market hern prior to the' arrival of this fh-ipment was iaily buoyant, but to-day there is very little sale for even the best quality, on account of a big proportion cf the shipment bavins.' gone into store. Blenheim quotations t<.whiy are 755, and LyJ;ielton, is the same price, while Marlon merchants are not keen on quoting further until they have overtaken the orders delayed by wet wether." Tho Tiotato market shows little change. "The bulk oi' what business is passing with the North Island is being - secured by -Canterbury merchants. Stock* of medium quality are heavy, and in a. good many two? picking over has already been resorted to. Choice to £4 10* wr ton; medium to good. £.'3 to £& 10s, sacks in. An Aucklind broker renorts as follows, under date ' June 30:-"-"Potatoes ■■: Last week thenwere signs of a .recovery, but no quotable advance materialised. 'Still, our local market is fairly firm, and store 6tocks have been drawn uison heavily during tho past 10 days. Up till today shipments have been on the light side, but. tliu Monowai brought along 3500 sacks, and the Wanaka, due this week, will also supplement our stocks. Values on tho spot"are 90s, s.i.. while f.0.b., s:i., quotations are 72s 6d ■for promnt shipment, 75s for July, and 77s 6dl for July-August. In quite a number of eases much higher prices are * asked, but at tho moment there are '*■ only a few buyers who will consider ~:., business even at the lowest quotation." . LONDON MARKETS. ' | - ■ t U »T KBCTBIO TBIEQBAPH COPTEIOHT. PER. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received July C, 8.10 a.m. LONDON, July 5, Wheat. —The market is quiet and prices are unchanged; 35s Cd is asked. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom totals 2.87G.000 quarters; for the Continent. 1,850,000; Atlantic shipments, 573,000; Pacific, nil. Tho total (shipments to Eurone during tho week amounted to 1,290,000 quarers, including Australasian 33 ; 000. Cotton. —J iilyjAugust shipments of American middling cotton are quoted at 7.11.Jd >»r lb. N.Z. Hemp. —The market is inactive. High point fair, June-August shipment, £23 lbs wr ton. Jlubbcv"—Hani fine Para, 2s i)\d per lb; 'limitation, 2s 2d; smoked (streets, '2s* 2id. >: Jute.—August shipment, £2O 15s per ! 'ton. Galvansiid lion.—First brands, £10; second braiids, £l3 15.*. TinplatesV-I.C. coke, 12s 3d per cwt; j.C. charcoal, IJVs 3d. ,: ■ Fencing Wire.—-13s Oil per ton. - Angle- Steel.—lo2s (kl less 2J per tent. Tram Rails.—loss per tou. DRCP IN BUTTER. '* #1 JSLKCTRIC TELECEAPII COrTKIGHT. j FHB UNITED PBKSS ASSOCIATION. *-* : *■ SYDNEY.-Jnlv o,_

SALE AT EAST CHATTON. Tiro New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows:—AVe hold a most successful clearing sale at East Chatton on account of of Mr James Milne, who recently sold his property. The sheep were itr excellent condition, bein.™"' -well woolled. and well grown.and so j c \ ai hfgh rates. The cattle and implements also broubht full market values. The horses offered I were of really "ood quality, but disposal was hard to effect as the market still continues in a stagnant state. Everything was arranged in gnod order so that the auctioneers were enabled to get through the sale easily and expeditiously, 'j'lie day was very fine and the attendance one of ine largest seen at a sale for some time. The sale ton'-! eluded with the, usual heartv cheers for tho hospitality displayed by Mr and Mrs Milne. The following were the principal sales:—l 97 ewe hoggets, 19s; 215 wether hoggets, 16s 7d; 152 mixed sex hoggets, lss Bd;.geldings, £2O 10s, £lO 10s, £l9, £ls 10s; mares, £32 10s, £3l, £ls ss, £8; foals, £lB, £9, £7 10s, £5; cows, £8 17s 6d. £6 17s Cd, £G 7s 6d, £4 12s 6d, £4; two heileis, £4; steers, £5; four heifers, £2 17s Cd; two steers, £3 2s 6d; six calves, £1 It's. Implements: Drill £l4, roller £l4, ridger £l4 10s. three-furrow plough £l3 10s, binder £4. grasssoedcr £8 15s, cultivator £l2, discs £7 15s, dray and frame £9 7s Gd, and tho big collection, of sundries also brought good values. ANTWEPT WOOL SALES. BT BLECTRIO TELEGKAPH COPTEIOHT. PEB CKITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. , ANTWERP, July 4. The wool sales opened briskly yesterday. There were very few crossbred* offering. Germany was the chief buyer. Compared with April prices, merinos 1 are five centimes 'higher. _. There was a goo'? selection of .Monte Video merinos to-day, with d fair quantity of good crossbred-:. Merino - -? have advanced three to four per cent, and fine crossbred? rather more. German spinners bought 'practically all the better classes of merinos and crossbred*. •