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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12698, 28 October 1904, Page 3

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New Zealand Ttzsixo Office,

'* Thursday evening. j?,OSD>'E39 0:1 the Stock Exchange has been ifigain quiet during the past week. Bank of Sifew Zealanda are a point easier, with sellers it £& * 3 W« In insurances New Zealands !ire offered lit £5 ?s 6d, and South Britisli-at £7 ss, with no declared buyers of either. jfew Zealand Accidents are offered at £4 13s. New Zealand and River Plate. Mortgage are unchanged. In coals there are buyers of Taupiris at 18s 3d ©x div paid to-day, and sellers at 18s 6d. Auckland Gas sold 'at £I*. * n more are wanted at £13 17s 6d, sellers asking £14 ss. Thero are buyers of Thames at £1 12s, and tellers at £1 13s. Iu shipping, Northern Steam, paid up, » re offered at 18s 6d, and * contributing at 8s 7d. There are buyers of the latter at 8s 3d. In timber there are firm buyers of Leyland-O'Briens at £2 Os 6d. paiker-limbs are wanted at £1 4s, sellers ask-as £16s. There are sellers of Avondale Brick and Pottery.at £1 Os 6d. There are buyers of New Zealand Portland Dement at £1 2s 6d. Northern Boot's are wanted at 8s ■y and Riverhead Paper, Mills at £1 13s; sellers ask £1 14s 6d, The market for mining Block has been nuiet. Old Alburnias sold at Is 5d to Is lid; Talismans at 5s 6d ; Bunker's Hill at Is sd ; Crownu at 3s 2d; .Wailu Consolidated at Is sd; New May Queens at 6d; Coronations at 6d, 6£d, and 6d; Pride of Waihi at Is 2d; Waihis at £6; New Four-in-Hand, t)'iid-up at Is 3d, and contributing at Is; Wailu Exteudeds at Bs 3d, 7s 4d, and 7s 3d. The Tarawera has brought another small shipment of potatoes, which have sold readily on a very baro market. Now potatoes »re very late, and some of the samples sent in are rather poor,' so that the demand for old at the low prieo now ruling will probably last longer this season than usual. There is a little demand for seed maize for green feed. The wheat market depends to a large extent, outside of the political complications, won the harvest in Australia. It ,now siieirs that this will most likely turn out better than was originally expected, but that it will be late. Fowl wheat is rather Bisarte. A few large holders in the South have be'en clearing out their slocks of oats to make room for wool, and this has weakened the market somewhat. We understand that these are now sold and that no alteration has" taken place in the position as regards the offers from the growers. 'Frisco onions have had a good sale, and are now in small compass. _ . Woolpacks have been selling well, and inquiries this week show that stocks are now very low. * "'•.,.' , Heavy sales;of fencing wire have- ken ' " made from the Mimiro, and also to arrive . by the Oswestry; Grange, now nearly due. The latter vessel will take another shipment of flax to Liverpool, advantage being taken cf this line of steamers to tap the west coast markets. Flax is still selling at unprofitable rates in London, but there is a fair amount of buying here at prices thai »re often above- the parity of London values. It is reported from San Francisco that the Biilmon fleet from Alaska has arrived, and upon figuring up the amount of _ salmon •packed this year in Alaskan waters, it shows in, shortage of nearly 35 per cent, of that of last year, hence with the low prices established by all of the salmon packers this seaeon, a large demand for the better grade should be created. . Sales of the medium red and pink salmon have been very large, and most of the stock is out of the hands of the canners, and only a light stock can be Bad from the jobbers. A demand has sprang up for the red Alaska salmon, owing to the fact that the prices are nearly 20 per cent, cheaper than they were last year, and a stiff advance) has taken place since the season opened. The advance has also been very marked in Columbian salmon. Local stocks are now in a batter condition, recent arrivals having brought down several brands that wore in short supply. Half -pound tin 3 are again on the market. Dried fruits are in very short supply. Currants are unprocurable until the new frvit arrives, the few remaining parcels having changed hands at as high as Hd. Sultanas are a c bare market, but a small lot are on the Wakanui, now due. Figs have worked off very rapidly the last few weeks, and the hew fruit now almost due will arrive. to a good market. Dates are slow. American fruits have also run low. Loose muscatels are all gone, and the new season's by the . next mail steamer will be acceptable. Seeded raisins are having a heavy sale, and it. is remarkable to what an extent these handy packets have replaced the Levant raisins during the last few years. Prunes are selling very freely at the lower , prices brought about by the heavy produc- ' tion and carry-over in California, It is reported in San Francisco that apples are somewhat • weaker, while apricots, . peachea and pears are very scarce and high. The larger sizes of prunes have been in demand, but there has not been much sale for the smaller sizes. "We have? already notified the substantial advance in - American canned fruit. -y>. -.-;, ./..■■ ■ ■ ~"-•> AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE The following are Thursday's closing prices, the business done being:Knranui, Is Id; New May Queen, sd; Coronation, 6d; Waihi Extended, 7n Id, 7« 3d. ■ .. " '.- Sellers Buyers. BANKS-" s ■ 'New Zealand ...#.. 6 16 — , ■ INPtJSASOE— ' '.•'"■ ■ ! New Zealand .... ... 5 7 G — . South British ... ...7 5 0 - : ;. New Zealand Accident ... 413 0 •— FINANCIAL— . ' XZ. and River Plate ... 1 5 9 15 0 : coij*—" „,0 ■ ' ■ 'Xuapi-i Mines, ex div. ... 018 G OIS 3 -. west-port 618 0 Cl 4 0 1 GAS— .Auckland .... 14 5 0. 13 17 G Thames' .' 1 13 0 1 12 0 SHIPPING— Northern Steam, paid up... 0 18 6 •— ... Northern Steam, con. ... 0 8 7 0 8 3 TIMBER- . : ; Kauri, contributing ... 0 4 3. — * BeylaDd-O'Brien, Limited... — 3 0 6 , Mltehelsmi Co., Ltd. ... 013 0 —. v Mountain Eimu, Limited... 13 6 — ' Parker-Lamit, Limited ... — 14 0 MISCELLANEOUS- , \ » Avondale Brick and Pottery 1 0 G — • D.S.C., Limited 0 11 8 0 11 3 ; H.M. Arcade Co., pref. ...10C , -- Sew Zealand Drag, £2...5C0 — " N.Z. Portland Cement Co. — 1 - 0 • Northern Boot ... ... — 0 8 3 , Eiverbead Paper Mills ... 114 C 113 0 . Salmon, Limited, pref. ... 1 1 0 — . . 11INTSO— ■ Knranui ... d 1 3 — Kuranni-Ca'.edonian ... 0 13 — May Queen Extended ... 00 44 — . New Ecllyue, 0 0 i'j 00 2 New Moanataiati 0 2!) 0 22 New Una 0 0 f-J — Old Alburuia..; 0 19 0 10 ' Victoria - 0 0 7 — New Mav Queen 0 0 C 0 0 4i . ' Coronation 0 0 GJ 0 0 5J ■■'■ Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 210 . Komata Beefs 0 2 4 0 3 3 Pride'of Waihi 0 12 0 10 - Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 2 8 0 2 'i , Talisman Consolidated ... 0 5 (i -— Wauii ... G 2 G 6 0 0 ' Waihi Beach United ... 0 0 5i — Waihi Consolidated ... 0 1 5 Waihi Consols 0 0 5 — Waihi Extended 0 7 5 0 7 .2 Waihi South 0 0 G Waitekauri ... 0 2!) 0 2 3 Bunker's Hill 0 1 7 0 1 3 New Fonr-in-Hf.nd, paid up — 0 1 0 New Four-in-Hand, eon. ... 0 10 0 0 3 ' Hanraki Freehold ... ... 0 0 5£ 00 4J Harbonr View 0 0 oh — Old Hauraki, contributing... 0 17 — Royal Oak, contributing ... 0 1 G — Golden Spark 0 0 5 ' — G. A. BUTTLE, Chairman. W. H. 0. JontrsTOS', Secretary. 5.15 p.m., October 27, 1004. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Calls. DueStar of Waihi, October 7 ... 0 0 0& Not. S Old Hanraki, October 25 ... 0 0 1 Not. 12 Dividends. Due. Parker-Lamb Timber Co ... 10 p.e. Oct. 26 STOCK AND PRODUCE. ■ MESSRS. ALFRED BTTCKLAND AND BOSS' REPORT. "■'■•"■ •" Horses: At the Haymarket on Friday there was » good demand for all young useful sorts. Heavy draughts brought from £28 to £44; medium do., £35 10s to £33: buggy horses and good hacks, £16 te £21; light harness and ordinary hacks, £G to £15 ss; weeds and ponies, £2 to £o 2s Gd; gig.. £21; sulky, pony, and harness, £17; trotting sulky, £9 10«; Bti-aw, 15s to 32s a load. Hides, Skins. Tallow, etc.: Skins— butchers , 68 ild to 7s Id; country do., os Gd to Gs HA; small and damaged, Is Gd to 4s Gd. Wool—Crossbred, 7d lo7id; bellies, 4Jd; locks, 2Jd; fleece, GJd. Hides —Ox, 4Jd to s)d; cow. 3]d to 4Jd; calf, 4jd to Sid; kip, 3Jd to 4Jd; horse, 4s 9d to 8s Gd. . Cowtails, Is Gd dozen. Horsehair, Is to Is 4Jd. Horns, 4s to 10s per 100. Tallow, 17s to 20s Gd. . Bones, ss. . , . . _ Grain, etc.: Little change in price of feedstuff*. Maize, in fair supplv, sold from 2s 3d to -s id; damaged, Is Gd to 2s Id. Oats, slightly lower in the South; 2a to 2s 2d ex store. Fowl wheat, scare*, 3s lOd. Feed barley, 2s 3d; bran, £4 ss; Bharps, £4 )0s; chaff, inferior Southern £4, prime ':■'•■ £5 10«, pressed £2 10s to £4; straw, £2 10s.

MESSRS. G. W. BIIfNEY AND SON'S REPORT. On Tuesday we cleaned a large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, etc. -, Hides: Market firm. We quote:—Prime or, la to 7*d; extra stout, 6».d to 6Jd; stout, Sid to Cc ; medium, 4Jd to 4id; light, 4*d; cow, best lines 4*o to 4Jd, good 3jd to 4d; calf, well flayed, -to 5Jd, cut 2d to 3d; kips, 4d to 4Jd; stags, -Jd to 3Jd. . ~ Sheepskins: Picked, large, to 7s 7d; good lines, 5s 6d to'is Od; small, 3» (id to 4s «d; country, dry, large, to 6s 6d; others, from 2s to 4s; shearlings, is to is 2d each.

Tallow: In good demand. Best, in shipment casks, 21s to 22a; broken casks and packages, 19s to 20s; seconds, 16b 6d to 17s 6d per cwt; rough fat, ljd per lb. ' < Horsehair: Tail, li Id to Is 3d; mane, Od to lOd per lb. '" '■"-" * ' Cowtails, 1» 5d per dozen. Wool, in bags and dumps: Lincoln, GJd to 7d; coarse crossbred,- 7d to 7Jd; croisbred, 8d to BJd. ' NOBTHEKN CATTLE SALES. Messrs. Hunter and Wilson report:— At Hikurangi monthly . sale , a moderate muster of cattle was penned. Springers, £5 15s to £9; 2-year-old heifers, £3; yearlings, £2 10s to £2. 15s. At Wbangarei monthly sale a record muster of store cattle came forward. Values were easier for all classes of stores. Fat cattle sold freely. Steers made from £6 2s Gd to £7 Ss; cows, £4 15s to £7 lis;' bullocks, suitable for workers, £7 2s Gd to £7 las; 3 to 4-year-old do., £4 15s to £6 Gs; a line ot 120 3 to 3}-year-old well-bred steers, in fresh condition, from Mr. A. Close, Pakarnka Station, sold up to £G Gs Gd, for a lot of 40; I 2 to 2J-year-old steers, £3 12s to £4 7s Gd; 1 to li-year-old do., £2 10s to £3 .7s 'Gd; store cows and heifers, £2 los to £4; co'lves and yearlings, £1 c .n Gd to £2 lGs; privately, 15 working'bu'llocks, at £10 5s each. . At the dairy cow and bull sale on the following day, notwithstanding the extremely bad weather, about the advertised number came to hand. ■ Springers were easier in price than the previous : monthly isnlc; those nt profit, sold from £4 10s to I £8 8s; backward, £3 7s to £6; bolls, dull of sale, £2 10s to £14 14s; store cattle, at about the previous day's values. At the annual spring horse sale at the Junction Yards on the 11th a.nd 12th inst., 195 broken horses and 65 unbrsken sorts were entered. The unbroken horses were generally out of condition. Medium draughts sold from £18 to £31 103; unbroken do., £16 to £29 10s; a medium draught mare with foal, £33; light harness and buggy horses, £8 5s to £29; hacks, £8 to £18. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association Copvrigh*. SYDNEY, October 27. At the wool sales the demand is brisk and the American demand is strong. Greasy sold up to 15id; scoured, to IOJd. (Received October 28, 12.20 a.m.) The wool sales closed to-day with demand still animated and prices a shade' firmer than at the opening. HIDES AND TALLOW. By Telegraph Press Association.— Copyright. (Received October 27, 10.33 p.m.) . Melbourne, October 27. Tallow: The market is dull at 15s per ton lower. Hides sire in brisk demand, with a noticeable improvement for the better-conditioned New Zealand sorts. SYDNEY CATTLE MARKET. By Teleeraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. (Received October 27, 10.33 p.m.) Sydney,. October 27. At the Homebush market to-day sheep were firm at full rates. Crossbreds were scarce. Best wethers, 22s to 23s Sd; good, l£is 6d. Ewes, 17s 7d. Cattle were dearer. Best bullocks, £10 15s to £11; good, £10. Best cows, £8 15s to £9; good, £7 15s. Beef, 24s to £5s per 1001b. LONDON. By Telegraph Press Association Copyright. LONDON, October 26. Copper: Spot, £60 12s Gd; three months, £GO. At the tallow sales 11G8 casks were offered and 256 casks sold. Mutton: Fine, 28s 9d; medium, 29s Gd. Beef: Fine, 27s 6d; medium, 25s 6d. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. — ,«> —. THE quarterly meeting of the Auckland district of tho Ancient Order of Foresters was held in the Foresters' Hall, Karangahape Road, last night. Brother G. V. C, Hosklng, D.0.K.,' presided, and/' ; was suuported by lis executive officers : Brothers i W. L. Bowland, D.S.C.R.; D. J. Wright, D.S.; ! Jas. Stichbury, D.T.; and A. Harris, D.B. Past District Chief Bangers W. M. Neunsegen, S. Daven-. port, E. Chisman, A. G. Baddiley, and N. Meider, occupied sears on tho dais. The following delegates were present:— C. Sheppard, B. Darlow, Jas. Smith, 0. P. btichbury, 0. i-'aixweatlier (.City of Auckland), 8.. C. Schoiieid, J. Poulgrain (Pride cf Parnell), F. Tho-, i mas, 0. H. Meek (Zealaudia), jas. shamnoK, Mo iaiquhar (Pride of Unenunga.J, J- liawunson (Kobm Hood, I-anmure), A. ismitia (,i>rlde of i. en market), B. G. Lee, C. F. Andrews, A. E. Gresnslade (*" Desperandum), J. Copeland (Roy.a Oak, Xauranga), 8. J; iloncrieff (Star of. Helensville), W. Ramsey, E. J. Osborne (Victoria, Devonporc), D. J. Morgan, J. Sime (Waihi), J. C. Hylaud (Pride of Waitekauri), J. Carlaw (Te Aroha), J. MoEwen (Birkenhead), J. Anderson (Star of the Kortn, Honours), and Sister J. Pell (Court Chisman).. ■ ■ _ The report and balance-sheet were adopted, we funds of the district aggregated' £89/0 Is 6d, the funeral and management funds showing credit balances of £8063 15s ;lld and £1&4 7s ad respectively. j.i,e executive mpott stated:—" We,are pleased 'to report a considerable diminution in luneral claims during the past quarter, the sum -of £60 having, been paid cm this account,-as -against £I<o for the previous 13 weeks, the iajaeral ; fund showing increase over'£94 v for the quarter. ;lt will be iusiructivti to the delegates, and afford food for reflection,-to point out that in, the October quarter of 1894, the Itinera! fund stood at £5030 5s 4d, with a rmancltd membership of '1285. At the same period of ISS9 this fund stood at £7210 13s sid, with a membership of 1591, being an increase of £2180 in five years; whilst at the present date, with 2015 financial members, the amount at credit Of the funeral fund is £8063 15s lid, showing an increase of only £800 for the.past five years, with m increased membership of nearly 500. This increase, it should be remembered," Includes the inInterest on investments, which has amounted to oyer i 1906 during the latter five years. In the 10 years from October, 1894, to the present date, the sumof £3312 has been paid in satisfaction of funeral claims, the last five years being responsible for £2032 as against £1280 for the former period. In 1894 the levy to the funeral fund was 1» Gel per member, this being reduced to Is in July, 1896, j being further reduced in October, 1899, to Gd per member, since which time that has been the quarterly levy per financial member. We place these ► facts before the delegates so that they may fairly understand tho position of the fund, . feeling assured that the time has arrived for reviewing the position. Since our last meeting, Court Birkenhead, 88G, has sustained a severe loss in the destruction of their line new hall by fire. The executive have notified the Court, on behalf »i the district, that they 'will reinstate tho regalia, books, and other articles which have been destroyed necessary for the proper conduct of business, free of <* ars '" . ~, ... . Brother E. Chisman having resigned his position as auditor, Brother C. P. Stichbury was elected in his stead; and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Brother Chisman for his services for several years past. ' Brother A. G. Baddiley presented a report vpon the work of the Auckland friendly Societies' Conference. , , ~ . . . The' Gala Committee "notified that It had been decided to hold a water excursion to Cowes Bay, Waiheke, in January next. Reports from committees set up to report upon the matters of registration of members 1, wives, the betterment of the Order, and the payment of Foresters' hospital accounts, were received, and consideration deferred till next meeting. The report of the district book examiner was adopted. . . ■ Several notices of alterations to laws were handed in for consideration at the January meeting. , . Brother James Copeland presented to the Aucklißil district a handsome ' framed photographic croup of the present officers and Past Chief Rangers of Court Boyal Oak, at Tauranga, whioh was received with thanks. The following nominations were reoeived for district officers:—District Chief Banger, Bros. W. L Rowland and James Carlaw; District Sub-Chief Banger, Brother A. Harris; District Beadle, Brothers A. E. Greenslade, C. H. Meek, and James Jamie =on; District Secretary, Brother D. J. Wright; District Treasurer, Brother James Stichbury; And District Book Examiner, Brother 8. G. I.efi.