COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15235, 24 February 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

FROZEN meat.

T>f Telegraph- —Press Associfltion.-Copyriglit. deceived February 23. 5.5 p.m.) London, February 22. Rp ...„ or th Island, 4|cl; beet brands, 7 -.'V-v Now Zealand ewer. 3£d. 4 . Canterbury, iight xuv.Vj'r,, ■V.v a i> 7J; North Island, 6id; c.«W--c<i n<i_.i "' J ' > j bl jSof'; Forequarters, 3/ d; hindquarters,

Australian: Sheep, owes, 3 9-16 d; lambs, . W brands, 5Jd: fair quality, s|d; mferior quality, Sid. Bcef-Forequarlers, o 3-16(1; hindquarters, 3 9-16 d. South American: Sheep, heavy, 4 0 d. "Reef—Frozen, forequarters, 3gd; hindquarters, 3 IMfcd. 1 led, forequarters, 3Jd; hindquarters, sid. Other meats are unchanged. ■Babbits: The market, is unchanged. Large sorts are firm, and young are dull.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile : femnanT, Ltd., has received the following ; cablegram from its Tendon house under Hate February 19:—" Tallow : . Wo quote oLentspot values for the following desenp- ' F;,! • Good mutton, 37s 6d : good beef, - S>. mixed, 335. Wheat: We quote c.i.f. %. '3d Australian cargo. The market is firm v There is a fair demand owing to political ~ situation. The market- prospects on the Continent are fluctuating, Wo quote per •uarter c.i.f. New Zealand wheat: Long- : ferried, 3os 6d; shortberried. 365.

INTERC AEGIIJj "WOOL SALE.

[Br TELEGRAM. —ITIESS ASSOCIATION.]

Invercargill, Saturday.

i The final wool sale of the seson was held fo-dav, when 4652 bales were catalogued. The quality all round was not high. From tie commencement of the sale to the end -the bidding was brisk, a keenness being • ovident throughout, The sale is said to bo about the best that has ever been held in Invorcargill. Prices were from Id to lid all round 'better than at the January sales, md quite on a par with the prices that luled at Dunedin at the beginning of the ' reek. BUTTER AND EGGS. The wholesale quotations for butter and ©res for the week ending March 1 are \ as follows: —Butter, factory Is o£d per lb, : farmers' Sd per lb; eggs, Is 3d per dozen. COUNTRY SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Hamilton, repdrt as follows:—We held our first Ohaupo sheep fair on Tuesday last, ■ February 18, when wo had a full yarding. Tbo classes of eheep offered were better than those offered at previous sales, and com- - petition throughout was good. Any lines . passed in at the sale we quitted privately. , Wo quote: Shorn lambs, 6s lOd to 8s 6d; woolly lambs, 5s 3d to 9s 2'di fat lambs, 13s M; two-tooth wethers, 113 od to lbs; four-tooth wethers, 14s 6d to 16s; twotooth ewes. 12s 3d to 14s 6d: extra good, 143 8d to 15s 2d four-tooth ewes, 12s Id to 15s 2d; six-tooth ewes, 15s lOd to 16s od; full-mouth ewes, 12s to 13s 13 1 sound-moutn ewes, 10s Id to 10s 7d; old ewes, 6s 9d to lOd. . , . ' We report having held our opening sale . in the Te Aro ha yards on Friday, 21st inst, ■; when thero was a full yarding and a, record attendance. Bidding was brisk throughout, • : and all lines submitted changed hands under i;he hammer. There was a good demand . for weaner calves, which advanced in price. We quote: Good steer calves, £1 17s to £?. 9s; medium quality ditto, £1 2s to £1 ' ; 15a poor calves and bad colours, lis to • £1; Jersey and Holstein heifer calves, £1 •; 15s to £2 2s; Shorthorn heifer calves, £1 ' 8s to £1 19s: bull calves, 12s to £2 10s: fat coirs, £5 10s to £6 6s; forward empty cows, £4- 5s to £5; store cows, £3 12s 6d to £4; weighty bulls, £5 10s to £7 3s; jwdling heifers, £3 2s; yearling steers, '£3 -ss; dairy cows, £4 10s to £4 18s; two- ' . foot* ewes, 14s Id; old rams, 10s 6d; ', 'W«iner pigs. 5s to 8s; slips, 13s: two-year-old unbroken fillv, £27 10s; medium draught gelding, £12 to £17; five-year-old heavy draught gelding, £26 10s; set of harness, £2 2s.