Commercial.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13524, 7 October 1916, Page 3

Commercial.

j STOCK EEPOETS. I Dalgety and Co. Ltd., Palmcrstoß North, report having a small entry of sheep and a very good entry of cattle at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday, the sth instant. There was a good demand throughout and practically all lines changed hands. Quotations:— Sheep: Fat ewes and hoggets 265, fat ewes 295. Cattle : Yearling heifers £3 12s to £4 Us, mixed yearlings £2 14s to' £4 9s 6d, 15-mths heifers to £4 18s, yearling steers £3 10s to £5 6s, cows and calves £8 7s to £9 2s 6d, backward dairy Leifers £5 7s 6d, £7 5s to £B, springing heifers £9 ss, £lO, £ll 10s, £l2 15s, to £l3 ss, pedigree Jersey bulls £ls 15s to 20gns, empty cows and I heifers £7 15s, 2-yr-old heifers £5 9s, • light fat cows £9 10s to £lO, fat cows £lO 19s to £ll 6s. In conjunction with the N.2. Loau Co. we sold a number of dairy stock on account of Mr S. E. Lancaster:— Yearling heifers £4 to £5, 2-yr empty heifers £5 Bs, cows in milk £9 15s, £lO, £ll ss, £ll 10s, £l3 5s to £l4 10s, backward heifers £5 7s 6d, £6 ss, £7 2s 6d to £B, springing heifers £9, £lO, £lO 10s, £ll 5s to £l3 10s, springing cows £lO 10s, £ll ss, £l3, to £ls 10s, grade Jersey bulls 7 to lOgns. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report: — At Palmerston North on Thursday we had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. The attendance was good and the bulk of our entry sold at late rates: Good mixed hoggets 265, fat B.F. hoggets 285, % forward ewes 275, fat ewes b*s, dairy cows £9 10s, good /heifers in milk £ll. On account S. 3L Lancaster: Cows in milk £8 to £l4 10s, springing cows £lO 10s to, £ls 10s, springing heifers, 3-year £ll 5s to £l3 10s, springing heifers, 2-year £5 7s 6d to £8 15s, fat cows £lO to £ll ss, forward cows £7 16s to £8 12s, 3-year heifers £6 Is to £6 lis, cows with calves £7, yearling Jersey heifers £4 Is to £5; small yearlings £2 17s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 4th inst.: —

Tallow: We quo,te present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine "mutton 42s 9d per cwt., good beef 42s 3d per cwt., mixed 37s per cwt. Market dull.

Abraham and Williams Ltd., report:— At Palmerston* North on Thursday we heldw our usual weekly stock sale. We submitted a full yarding of cattle to a good attendance of buyers, competition being keen. F.at cattle sold well and we have to report a total clearance at tlie rolrowrng prices:— . J3heep: Fat ewes 28s 3d, ewes and lambs 31s Id. Cattle: Fat cows £9 17s 6d, £lO.. 14s io £ll 14s, forward cows £7 7s 6d, £7 15s, to £8 2s 6d, cows anQ vcalers£9 3s, E. heifers £3 16s, £5 Is, to £7 ss, yearling, mixed, £2 16s to £3 15s 6d, dairy cows £lO, springing heifers £4 7s 6d, £6 ss, £7' 7s 6d, £8 Bs, to £l2; 18-mo.nths bull £5 6s, pedigree Jersey bull £lO 10s.

WELLINGTON PRODUCE PRICES. Produce. —Wheat, good whole fowl, 5s 5d to ss'6d per bushel; maize, local, 5s per bushel; oats, feed 3s lOd, crushed 4s 2d per bushel; seed oats (Australian), Algerians, dressed and clipped 4s 9d, others 4s 3d, Gartons and Sparrowbills 4s, Duns 4s 6d per bushel; partridge peas seed, 7s per bushel; feed peas, 6s 6d; Russian barley Cape seed, 4s 6d per bushel; barley feed, 4s per bushel; barley meal, £8 10s per ton; pollard, £7 10s to £7 15s; rice pollard, £7 5s per ton; bran, £4 15s per ton; linseed oil cake, slabs, meals, and nuts, £ll 10s per ton of 20001b, 100 's 12s. 50's 6s 6d; chaff, oaten sheaf, £5 10s to £6 per ton; straw, £3 10s per ton.

Fruit.—Apples, desert (choice), 12s to 15s per case, cooking 8s to 10s per case; pears, choice Vicars, 4s 6d to 5s 6d per half-case; lemons, 16s per case. General.—Dressed pork, 70 's to 90 's 6%d to 7d, 90's to 100 ' a 6%d to 6%d, baconers 6d, choppers (heavy) 4d per lbj honey, 6%d to 7d per lb; eggs, fresh, Is 3d to Is 4d per dozen; beeswax, Is 6d per lb; fungus, 5d ijo 6d per lb; walnuts, 9d to lOd per 115. Vegetables.—Parsnips, 10s to 15s per sack; rhubarb, 10s to 13s» per dozen bundles; potatoes, £9 to £9 10s per ton; cabbage, choice 7s to 10s, medium 4s to 6s per sack; cauliflower, choice 14s to 18s, medium 6s to 10s sack; carrots, best 9s to 12s, others 4s 6d to 5s 6d sack; onions, £9 10s per ton; turnips, white, 2s to 3s per sack; leeks, 5d to Sd per bundle; lettuce, 2s to 4s per case; spinach, 3s to 4s case; beetroot, 5s to 7s fid per sack; spring onions, 9d to Is 2d bunch; marrows, 5s 6d to 7s 6d per sack; swedes, 3s to 4s 6d per cwt; pumpkins, 6s to 7s per sack; asparagus, Is' to Is 6d bundle. Poultry.—Light tabic hens, 3s to 4s; heavy hens, 5s to 6s; cockerels, 4s to ss; heavy cockerels, 6s to 7s; good heavy ducks, 7s to 8s; Indian Eun : nersy 4s to 5s per pair; turkey gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hens, lid to Is per lb live weight.

AUCTION SALES.

Harry Palmer and Co. announce the last day of Carter and Co.'s great drapery sale. There will be an auction sale during the afternoon and the goods will be on sale all the morning and after the sale up till 9 p m. See page 8 giving particulars. Harry Palmer and 'Co. advertise particulars on page S of their mart sale, which will be held at usual today, commencing at 11.30 a.m. Produce, vegetables, pigs, horses, harness, traps, etc., will bo offered; also a quantity of pickles, tomato, sauce, milking machine, separator and a large lot of attractive furniture and sundries will be cleared without reserve. The times at which the various lines will be auctioned are set out in the advertisement. Mounsey and Co. announce that they will conduct an attractive auction sale of high-class household furniture, comprising a beautiful oak bedroom suite, chesterfield lounges and divan chairs to match, sideboards, upright grand piano, high-back suites, and appointments, and a host of other lots too numerous to particularise. The firm commence building operations next week, and their great stock must be reduced immediately. Everything Avill be sold absolutely without reserve. A detailed list of items to be offered appears on page 8. The Empire Auctioneering Company will holkl their regular mart sale today, and will sell as fallows: —At 1.30

p.m., poultry of all lands, including a prize rooster; 2 o'clock, a lengthy list of articles, embracing incubators, brooders, mangle, milk dishes, separators, ranges, harness, 40 tins motor oil. and produce of all descriptions will be submitted ;and at 2.15 several lines of new and second-hand furniture will be auctioned. Special attention is called to a piano, sewing machine, crockery, linoleum, and saucepans. In addition there are Japanese mats and squares, chairs, organ, push cart, and several useful sundries. The produce to be offered includes bacon, eggs, tea., etc. At 3 p.m. ladies' and gent's bicycles will be sold. Full details are given on page 8. ylyonaiires stioeratr fnlslthe manwp To-day, at 12 o'clock, the M.A.C. will sell at their mart, No. 1 Cuba Street, without reserve, the contents of Mrs C. James' 6-roomed residence, a few details of which will be found on page 8. Buyers will find this line of furniture a specially good lot, well built, and up-to.-date. They will also offer prime table potatoes, seed and pig potatoes, onions, a large lot of fresh vegetables, horse and cow covers, several sets of harness, saddles, plough chain, ladies' and gent's bicycles, motor cycles, Ideal and Cypher's incubators, lawn - mower, Planet Jr. seed sower, Crown separator, and a quantity of useful sundries. At 2 p.m. a specially good lot of laying fowls and ducks will be auctioned. Sec page 8.