THE MARKETS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12805, 1 June 1914, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

WESTRAI.IA'S WHEAT YIELD. Dy Kb ■ Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. I'EKTH, May 30. Tee ofiieia! preliminary estimate of tho wheat yield is 13,490,212 bushels, with an u\ eruge of 12.2 bu-aels to the acre. STOCK SALES. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston, report: —At our Mangaweka sale on Thursday last, we had onlv a small yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold as follows: —Small Jambs ios 6d, mixed age o.v-s in lamb to 14s (id, woolly lambs to 15s od, yearling heifers to £2 (is to £2 17s, young bulls £2 6s, dairy heifers to £5 2s. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report: —At our Fe'lding sale on Friday last we Lad an exceptionally good entry of sheep and small yarding of cattie practically the whole •■hanging hands at following prices: Cull lambs to 7s 2d, medium lambs lis !*,d, 12s, 12s 4d. to 12s Sd, very fair mixed lambs 13s 'id. 14s to lis 3d, black face lambs 10s 3d to lis 7d, mixed woolly lambs to 15s Od, empty store ewes to 12s, forward empty ewes to 15s, light fat ewes 18s, 2rh wethers iSs (id to 21s, s.m. ewes in lamb to black face lambs 21s. fat and forward wethers, heavy skins 2cs (id, fat wethers to 245, light fat bullocks to £9 2s Gd, line of 227 Romcey cross fat lambs sold account Mr L. H. McHardy, realised 10s 4d. FROZEN MEAT QUOTATIONS. Messrs Mellsop, Eliott and Co. have received cable advice from Messrs Gilbert Anderson and Co., Loudon, of the following Smithfield prices for the week ending 30th May, 1914: —Canterbury lambs, U/30 0 5-10 d, 3(3/42 0 3-lfld, 42/58 6 1-8 d; best New Zealand lambs. 17/30 f>Vi' 1, 36/42 0 1-Sd, 42/50 6 1-16 d; ordinary New eZaland lambs. tr/36 0 1 -Sd. 36/42 Od, 42/50 5 15-16 d; New Zealand prime beef (equal fores and hinds), 160/220, 4d; Canterbury wethers and maiden ewes, 48/50 4 5-8 d 64/72 3 7-8 d; be3t New Zealand wethers and maiden ewes, 56/64 4 1-Sd; ordinary New Zealand wethers and maiden ewes, 50/64 3%d; New Zealand ewes, 48/50 3 7-10 d.

WOOL, SHEEPSKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: —Our sales on Friday were well attended I>y buyers and bidding was brisk. Only bag lots of wool wore offered and for these full prices were obtained. Sheepskins were eagerly competed for at the level of last sale's rates. Hides and calfskins were in good demand at about late rates. Tallow is somewhat lower in price. Toe range of prices is as follows: — Sheepskins. —Half bred 9d to {Hid, fine Xbred B%d to 9d, uied/Xbred to 9d, half wools to dead (ilid to 7%d, inferior 2d to GV»d, lambs 6%d to BVi>d, damp, etc., 4/12 to 9/3, pelts 4Vjd to 26% d. Hides.—Ox, X to 9 : H>i, ox SVl>d to 8 7-3 d, cow SVid to B%d. cow BVjd, to B%d, cow SUd. cut 7 l-Sd to SHd, bull sVjd to (vVjd. yearlings 7 1 /-jd to Ltd, calfskins ll 12l l 2 l to .Is, calfskins, IIM/_,d to Is, Tallow. —In casks 22s 9d to 27s 9d, in tins 13s to 25s 6d. Sundries. —Babbitskins i<l to 9%d. opposum skins Is -Id to 7s Id. horsehair Is 3d to Is 7d. THE SHARE MARKET. (Special to Times.) WELLINGTON, May 30. Messrs Harcourt ar.d Go. report: — SALES. Waihi Grand Junctions. Leyland-0 'Brien Timbers, 23s 3d, 25a 3d. QUOTATIONS. National Banks, buyer 115s. Christchurch Gas. buyer 1455. Falmerston North Gas, buyer 2055. Napier Gas, 100s paid, buyer IGOs. Wellington Gas, 200s paid, buyer r?27s. Standard Insurance, buyer 34s Gd. N.Z. Shipping, seller 317s fid. Union Steam", boyer 25s Gd, cum dir. ' Westport Coals, dlv. New, buyer 30s. Leyland O 'Brien Timbers, buyers 23a. W.F.C.A., 20s paid, sellers 20s. Li oss. buyer 3s Sd. Swastika, seller 7s. Talismans, seller 58s 9>l. Waihis, buyer 455. Waihi Grand Junctions, buyer 25s 3d. _____