COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15261, 27 March 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

SHE BREAKFAST RASHER*

I -SHORTAGE OF PIGS. v

ft it reported by the bacon-coring factories I apag business throughout New Zealand "gpt a most acute shortage of pigs suitable jb bai'on curing is at present being expgbaaced. At the beginning of the week p5 grocers were notified of the very,; sub--:tffftiftl advance of 2d per lb on hams and -• bacon. Housewives will undoubtedly look ..with alarm at the increased cost of this most necessary article of diet, particularly , for the breakfast table. She bacon factories, on being questioned $'_ia to the reason of the serious shortage, sUto that large numbers of farmers, have p| taken to rearing calves instead of pigs, ;V these having been found more profitable to the farmer. It is hoped that .the very Shiga price now being offered for pork will /.induce farmers to again go in for pig-rear* '' '.'ing. which would tend to relieve the acute j*: shortage now being experienced.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. The Stock Exchange will re-open for ■s;bushier* this morning after the Easter tfi vacationSTOCK SALES. .1 J . . AUCKLAND. X. . ,' Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons ireAlport:— . v ! . M At the Haymarket on Thursday, March :-■■ «, 7.° held a sale of Messrs. O'Connor and ; Deeds cpntractinsplant; we also sold the • , *? of J!*** 9 ™- Keenan's livery and bait -, stables. There was a very large attendance, and high prices ruled. Mr. O'Connor's horses •'■sold at from 35 , to &°'- drays, £12 10* to £89. Mr. Deed's horses made from £29 to ;^£43j^ drays, £11 to £14; shaft harness, £7 to £7 15s. A largo Quantity of tools brought »jr ™£»s. On account of Messrs. Keenan: .|f Cabs. £25 to £40; old vehicles. £1 to £5 10s: f$ setai of^ .i iarne * s ' *3 15s to £5 lSe: horses. sSi£s to £14 10s. ■ ,• :. -y- A fair yarding ofdairy and store stock t ?mm forward at Westfield on Thursday, *S March 20, and was disposed of. Dairy cows, I £4 10s to £10 Ma i vary forward-conditioned, • empty cows. £4 10a to £5 ss; store cows, || £3 lfc to £3 15a: calves. £1 to £1 16s; 20month steers, £4 4s. - At our weekly Weetfleld fat stock market on Wednesday. March 26, we penned fat #£ cattle to the number of 466 head. Competition was. steady, prices bains on a par with § last week's quotations. Beef: Choice ox sold to , £1 8«, prime £1 6s 6d to £1 fie 6d: cow and heifer. £1 to £1 6a Steers ranged In price ; from £6 15s to £12 17s ed: cows and heifers. £3108 torn A draft of 45 well-finished £f steers fromi- Mr. A. Muir, sen., of Kohaaga, averaged £10 Bs, and a truck of choice bullocks from Mr. Jaa. MoNicol. Wamrongo* . mat averaged £12 5a Fat and young choice i calves sold at late rates. Choice/of which . there were few yarded, brought from £2 ... .101 to £3 16s, lighter £1 10s to £2 Bs, small : t Jss to' £1 8s; heavy plain calves £1 6s to l -14*, fresh-dropped 3s to 12s: 105 sold. , The sheep pens were well filled with a nice class of mutton. Prime sheep sold at fully - • last week's figures s unfinished were lower by is to Is 6d head. Extra heavy wethers :-■ £1 2s 6d to £1 4s, heavy prime £1 to £1 ' 2a medium to heavy 17s to 19s 6d, unfinished 14s to las; .first-quality heavy ewes - las fid to £1 Is 3d (one small pen made £1 K f 4s 9d). good 15s to 13s. others Us 6d to. 14s 6d; 061 yarded There was a full entry mm fat lambs, which sold well. Heavy woolly. made from 16s to 18s 6d, good woolly 13». '-- to 15s, others 8s to 12s; extra prime shorn ®148')«f^-loe'e^:-goo^' , m ; to 13s 6d. others ' from 7s to 10a 6d j 742 sold. Pigs were -■ penned short of requirements, and met with .tila' brisk sale,, baconers ■ and porkers advancing about 10a head. Baconers £3 3s to £3 19s 64,. large porters £2 10s to £3, lighter | £2 3s to £2 9s, small to £2. slips 16s to 18a 64. weaners 98 to 12a 6dj 63 sold.

-.[. - The New,;. Zealand Loan and Mercantile H Agency' Co., Ltd.. report:-- • " • • At Westfleld Yards on' Thursday last we S? held our weekly sale of dairy and store § cattle. There was ay good yarding, and i.- prices Were the same: as late Quotations. | Beit dairy cows and heifer* close to profit sold at from £8 10b to £12, other* £5 to . ,;£7 l /,^M*.s*wty^wwsi\£3' ; ; Is to £4 ISs; : jeartfag heifers. £2 16s to £3 ss; calves, 20s to JOa; bulls, £210 ato £4. ~:.-----■;, -•-.':• No sale was held- at the Albert Yards on Friday last owing to the Easter holi- >;; days. ■■■■ ~. fc i At Westflald Yards on Wednesday, fat . cattle came forward in usual number*, and •:,:. prices were well maintained. Best oxen. sold to 28s per 1001b. others 25* to 275; cows and i heifer*. 22s to 25* per 1001b t steers sold ••;',, at from £7 10s to £14 Joe, cows and heifers £4 10* to £8 17s (d. A draft of. 25 steers. m small but extra well fatted, from Mr. 7. -:' Manning.' Moamoukan. averaged £11 13a 4d. H; Veal call**! were yarded ''In good supply. and sold at late rat**,, Extra heavy vealer* told ft from £4 15« to-£5 IflSj^ltoaTyjKfto to.£4 7s, others £2 to t £3 3*yT|ghtorJß&* to &¥ 36a smaller; and fresh'dron^-i3s j £*t SW.'ffie*p wetw yardedi in fulf numbers, and of good jpality sold r 'M;?liaV wssgs ■v. ratesvlmt wethers sold at from 20s 3d. to 23a 3d. others-15s 6d to 20a; «™ J*?ZJZ n f£J£ «Tto 19$ 6d,\otoers ios l 6d tovlss;3d.?LMttba> & &1 mSly; sold freely. 64 to 17s «. otters 10s «d to » Sdjiitore a? «d to lte* Pigs were taxless numbers than . usual; and sold at advanced rates. - Tatm baooners sold at from «5 16* to .»* &^BerTifaiSs to £3 12s6d. large porkers £S to £2 12s, porkers £1 8s to 38s; no sUps ,/ 7or:weaners yarded. Messrs. "Da^rj^^Comg^T^J^^ report- having held tJtoir usual ™2"]r 8 * retook sale at Westaeld on Wednesday, I Priceewere pens of extra prime ox sold at.up to zw ■ bmw of extra Drime ox sold at up to on SSr AT Ordinary prime quality ox 25s . to2ss per lSflb/ww and heifer beef made : f ' ■ 23s to -25* per lOOib. ■~ - i ... ■' ~ oV ; y*il:,A , small. yarding, which soW at late rate*; .Heavy runners £2 8s *»***• r choice suckers 28s to 395, <rth«r3s to^l^ Mutton: An **erage . Prices / Were on a. par with, last week's ***•■* ' : JEttra heavy wrime wether* mad* z*fc medium weights 17s 6d to 19s, vntoMhed p 16s tol7e. extra heavy ewes up^to.lßs;pd, > '", ordinary quality ewes 14s to 16s. inferior v 128 to 13a 6d. . -. _, .- Lamb: A moderate yarding, Exporters i"#'#>vwfcre operating, and •prices were steady at <W;-~ last week's rates. Choice heavy made up to 17s 9d. good 14s to 15s 6tf, moderate ' •'.' f and light 'oualltv- 8s to lie., ~' . - ';"]"■-.; Pork: A small yarding. Last week's high ' prices were well maintained. _ Choppers -:.'■■ made tip to £3 14s, baconers £2 8* to £3.4*, ;\ . p«)rk*r« 36* to £2 6*.(or equal to 6d per lb). ADDINGTON- | [BT TET,EGItArH.—-PJUSBS ASSOCIATION.] ;|i|;: : :-' : ' - CitniSTCnxracH, Wednesday-.'' The' weekly ' sale of stock was held at Addiiigton Stock Yards today, with a large &m. attendance of buyers. The; yarding was ; a ■.'• representative one, store sheep being again > present in- very large numbers. Other Classes were about up to the average of ■':■; recent markets, a big increase being notice!,«•;able In the fat lamb pens The yarding of r j fat lambs totalled 7221,. as compared with ', ' 1922 at the previous week's market. Best lambs made 17s to 19s M. lighter 14s 5d to 16a 9d, against 17s 6d to 21s 9d and i Ms 2d to 17s respectively at the previous r- "/"sale. -. ■"-•■ ''■'.'■ ■ ~ i.M., : The yarding of fat sheep was slightly • --, smaller, there being about 3100 in the pens. The range of prices was: Wethers, prime, :» to 22. 2d, lighter 15e lid to lte 9d; prime :r / ewes from 16» to 20s. medium 13s 6d to 15« M.aßed and light 10s lOd to 13s. * -. • i The entries of store sheep in point of J ':fe?numbers differed little from the previous ; wRk, but the quality was rather better. tot all classes there was keen.demand, the ; ' , -previous week's prices being fully maintained. A good clearance was made. iThe yarding of fat cattle totalled 250 head, H«iiittJN at the sale held a week earlier. ' Tpe.ctftent price for beef was 22s 6dl to , J>¥ 30a per 1001b. according to class. Steers .-;,, ," realised £7 7s 6d to £11, extra to^£l4_l6s; l ;,-.,' heifers £6 to £10 7» 6d, and cows £5 15s to ',;.'.' Fat'calves were in usual supply, all. • grades being; penned, and prices rangea ? V -from Bs. to £3 12s. "' ■ ... -. _ .For store cattle, yearlings realised £1 7s, *-,'IS to Id months' sorts. £2 5s to f 3; two-year • steers £5 (passed), three-year £5 19s .to. ■:.■ 46: three-year heifers, £4 8s to £4 19s; and cows £2 5a to £4 10s, a line of 16 selling lit;' at the latter price . , _^„ M „„ m Dairy cows.were present in average numbwfl, some being of very. gooo. class # met ' with keen demand, and prices ranged from '■■& to £10 for ordinary sorts, extra good ; iHaking to £13 12s 6d. - , '-\ B . ~__, L «gsr Choppers realised 63s to 80s, heavy ..baeoners 60s to 755, and lighter sorts 65s to > JfiS, equal to 6d per lb: heavy porker* ~«f46s to 525. and lighter pigs m to *. ♦Sfc, eqnivalent toxoid to 7d per lb. 2 Stores «*rs also in small supply, but toauinr was »6t keen. Large stores realised 32a to «s «d. and smaller sorts 22s to 30s; weaners .mad* . 13s 6d to 18s.- '.-■'■'■ ; --;.,- ,:: '-'" ' „ ■ -,-. ■ ~T~ ,-. -- ■ ■■,'■*■'* '<r , ' 1 - ; BURNSIDE. £$$$£< In TXLECIUPH.—PBESS ASSOCIATION.] ' ?% : ", >' . ' DrmxniN, Wednesday.-;-; |»«|J'-'«urhside, to-day 117 fat cattle were iiiStipUd, Competition was very strong at rafflßlffleommencemeut tof the sale,-but slactIMifflW/towards the end., Prices were 15s to I head higher : f than last week. f Best ilmalte l ** broacht £12 15a to £14 17s M,.good. I <■ * :: £8 10s to £9 lte; W K «j»« and heifers £9 10* to £11 2* I'ffiE?"* 0 ** 15 *' IW)dlum ** lto to £7 10s,

Fat Sheep: 1750 were penned, which number proved less than requirements. Prices rose in consequence .from Is 6d to 2s 6d per head. Best wethers made 23s to 24s W. extra prime and heavy 27s to 30s, good S 8 %* to %w» light. 198 to j»a; best ewes 20s to 22s 6d, good 17s to 18b. medium 15s tO 168. : v-:.J . •■• Lambs: 600 were penned. There was good competition, and late rates were well maintained. Best made 18s ■< to 20s, good 16s to 17s 6d, and medium 12a 6d to 14s. HORSE FAIRS. . Messrs. Alfred Buofcland and. Sons report:— On Wednesday, March 19, we held a special norse sale at ; .Pukekohe, i when more than tne advertised number came forward. Buyers were in attendance from all parts. All young, sound sorts were in, demand. Medium unbroken horses, three to four years, sold at ! from £22 to £27. Mght £8 5S to £1& weeds £1 upwards; spring cart and waggon sorts, broken, brought from £30 to £40; grocers' cart class, £21 5s .to £28 1 plough hones, £16 10s to £29: light harness glass, £12 5a to £15 15s; buggy horses and hacks, £13 10s to £18 ss; gig ponies, £4 108 to £11 58. On Thursday, March 20, at the Haymafket, we held a clearance sale of a livery stable and contractor's plants. There was a large attendance or buyers, and a satisfactory sale resulted. Landaus realised from £14 10s to. £40; drays,, £11 to £20; young heavy draughts. £43 to £50; aged draughts, £17 10s to £38; road scoop. £8 ss. The harness and sundries sold well. ... PROPERTY SALES. The Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel, -24 miles from -Auckland, is. to be offered for sale by auction to-morrow, .by Mr. L. Lewis, at bis rooms, at 2.30 p.m. The hotel is finely situated on a sandy beach, with good fishing, boating, and other facilities for the enjoyment of a holiday, and is conveniently reached from Auckland by land, or water. It has accommodation for 100 guests, and in the grounds, comprising 40 acres, there are cottages and bathing pavilion for those desiring to obtain the benefit of the hot springs on the property. A block of 100 acres of unimproved land adjacent to the hotel property will be offered at the same time.