COMMERCIAL

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1929, Page 10

COMMERCIAL

.AROUND THE MARKETS. YESTERDAY’S PRICES. (Siieciiil to “Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. The following wholesale prices wore quoted on ithe Auckland city. markets yesterday:— Butter. —First, grade factory, hooked, 1/(51 per 11,, , acid 1/(5 per 1-b for prompt cash. (Second grade factory, booked, 1/41 per lb, and 1/4 per lb for prompt cast). Farmers’ separator, 1/1 per' lb. Cheese. —First grade factory, medium size, mild, 9jd to 10;}d per lb net; loaf, Hid per lb net, Cliesda.lt 1 , (51b bars, 1/3 per lb; 7oz packet, 9/(5 per dozen.

Bacon. —Hams, 1/ per lb; rolled hams, 1/2 per lb; boned hams, 1/3 , per lb. Bacon: sides, lid lb; rolled i sides, .1/1 per lb; middles, 1/2 per lb; shoulders, Sid per lb; rolled shoulders, 10-bl per lb. Lard, bulk, 9d per lb; pats, lOd per lb. Flour. —Local, 2001 b sacks, £lB per ton; 100’s, £.lB 15/ per ton; 50’s, | £l9 5/ per ton; 25’s, £2O per fon.j 1.21’5, £2O 17/(5 per ton; 6 ; {- \ £2ll 7/(5 per ton. Southern flour, 200 lb, j sacks,■ £lB per ton; 100’s, £lB 15/ perl ton; 50’s, £l9 per ton; 25’s, £l9 10/ j per ton; 12J’s, £2O 0/ per ton; (ss’s, j £2O 17/(5 per ton. All less 2} per* cent discout.it. , Linseed. —Whole, 22/ per cwt; ; ground, 23/ per 1001 b. Malt. —Crushed, 12/ per bushel; whole, white, 12/ per bushel; whole black, 14/9 per bushel. Twines. —Reaming, 3/9 per lb; binder, 8d per lb. Fenmoal.—l2/ per 1001 b. Linseed Oil Cake Nuts. —15/ per 1001 b.

Linseed Meal. —17/ per 1001 b. Bluesfone. —35/ per cwt. Sharps ' and Bran.—Mill prices: Sharps, £9 10/ per ton; bran, £8 per ton. Merchants’ quotations, ex store: Southern and Australian pollard, £lO 10/ to £lO 15/; bran, £8 ,10/. Oats. —Feed: B Cartons, 4/(5 to 4/8 per bushel: A Cartons, 4/10; clipped Dunns, 5/(5 to 5/9; clipped Cartons, 5/2. Fowl Wheat. —. —7/8 per bushel. Maize, —Ex store, 7/3 to 7/6. Barley.—Food, 5/0 -per bushel Seed: Cape barley, 6/6 per bnshle. , Maize Meal. —14/(5 per I.oolb, Barley Meal. —14/ per 1001 b, Chaff.—C.b.-0.5., £9 10/ ito £9 15/ per ton, Blenheim or Canterbury, Potatoes.—Prime Canterbury, • £B.

Onions. —£9 per ton, ex store; £<f 15/ to £7 trucks, Pnkekohe.

FRANKTON STOCK SALE. LATE KATE'S MAINTAINED. (Special to “Northern Advocate.’’) HAMILTON, This Day. At the Prankto'n sale yesterday there was a good yarding of beef which met wiith keen competition and sold at late rates. There was an average yarding of fat sheep and store cattle, also a good yarding of fat baconers and porkers, which sold at late rates, prime baconers averaging from fi-kl to 7d per lb and porkers at 6d to 6|d lb. Quotations; — Fat steers, £ll 10/ to £l2 13/; fat cows, £.lO to £ll 7/; medium fat cows, i£B 8/ to £0 15/; light, £7 to £8 12/(5; forward, £6 .1/ to £(5 15; store, £2 15/ to £4 10/; forward conditioned steers up to £8 19/; vealers up to £4 0/; fat, lambs, 24/ to 30/; fat ewes, 25/; dairy cows from £(5 10/, to £8; heavy baconers, £3 19/ to £4 4/; medium, £3 8/ to ,£4 .15/; light, £2 18/ to £3 4/; heavy porkers, £2 14/ to £2 19/; jnecllum, £2 4/ to £2 10/; light, 30/ to £2; stores, 23/ to .31/; slips, 15/ to 20/; weaners, 10/ to 14/.

LAMBS FOR EXPORT. ruling rates. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The New Zealand Meat Producers'’ Board advises that the following prices wore being offered for fat stock for export at June .10, 1020: Cawre.iib.nry.—Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, lOd; 371 b to 431 b, Od; 4olbs and over, S-Ul; second quality lambs, 8 7-Bd, ,

•Southland. Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, OJd; 371 bs to 421bs, Bfd; 431bs and over, S-Jd; second quality lambs, 36!b and under, 8 5-8 d; over 3Gibs, 7 fi-Sd.

BEEF AT WESTFIELD. STEADY DEMAND. (Special to “Northern Advocate.”; AUCKLAND, This Day. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report that today at Westfield beef was penned in average numbers, cow and heifer beef predominating. There was a steady demand with values firm at late rates.

j Extra .choice ox sold to os/ per ; lOOlh.s; choice and prime, 3.*)/ to 37/0; j ordinary and plain. .'EI/ to 34/(5; | : prime young; e.ow and heifer heel', 32/j -to .i 4/; secondary, 23/ to 31/; no extra 1 heavy primei steers penned; heavv.i £l4 12s fid to £1;-); lighter, £i;i fol to £l4 TOs; light, £ll IDs to £l2 Ids;} unfinished and small, £0 to £ll 7s od:i extra, heavy prime young cows andj heifers, £lO to £l2; heavy, £0 to £9l l"s (Id: lighter, £3 to £3 17s (id; light, I £() los to £7 17s (id; other cows, £sl to £(i 10s. i A li»<? of extra heavy steers penned j liv Messrs Buck!and and Sons made' from £1(1 to £lO 10s.

TALLOW, HEMP, FRUIT, ETC. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE. -The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram dated June S from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London: —

Tallow. —There was no auction this week. The market is very quiet with an easier tendency but there is no quotable change in prices. Fruit.; —The market has been quiet clluring the last few days, and prices are a little lower. 'The 'apples on the steamer Westmoreland landed in a fair condition, but the pears are variable, there being considerable .waste in Cornice and Winter Cole pears. Prices are:—Apples: Statesman and Cleopatra, .13/ to 1(1/ per ease; Dunn’s Favourite, 12/ to 14/(5: Delicious, Home Beauty, King David and Premier, 11/ to 14/; Jonathan, 11/ to 15/, Pears (sound fruit): Comice, 10/ to 15/ per single tray; Winter Cole, 4/ to 5/; Winter Nelis, 5/ to 7/ per single tray and 8/ per double tray.

Hemp. —Manila: The market is ea sier on large, output figures, and buyers are holding back. Closing values, “4” grade, for June-August •shipment, £.‘l7 10/. The output for January 1 to May 31 was 751,000 bales, against 507,000 for the same period last year. Slocks in Manila on May 31 totalled 208,000 bales, against 110,000 at the same time last year. Sisal: The market is easier, and the demand has fallen off considerably. For June-August ship. Tanganyika No. 1 is now quoted at £3B 10/, and No. 2at £37 5/ sellers. Mexican: Nothing is being offered. The nominal values are special brush £4l and good white £37. It is reported that production lias reduced considerably. Lm-a-tan stocks, 4000 tons against 23,000 last year. New Zealand: The market is quiet. The only business done is in small quantities from spot. The nominal value is easier in sympathy with others. Wool.-—The Bradford market is quiet, with a general lack of confidence. Now business is restricted to absolute necessities. Quotations for line quality tops art- ?,d lower, ami for pu-pared sorts unchanged.