COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16760, 29 January 1918, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. B ' 7J& * * HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE- § '? GRAM. §• '§ [pr TELEGEAPH,— ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Monday. .*? The High Commissioner's market report," dated London. January 26, is as follows' (quotations un'ess otherwise specified being average market prices on spot):— Meat: Owing to the short supply, all descriptions of meat are in active demand, at full prices. New Zealand and Argentine Lamb- Limited amount at market; selling at 11 id. With reference to my telegram of Decomber 29, imported offal is at maximum prices, as before, with ihe exception of the following amendmentOx livers, hearts, boneless beef, and sheep and lamb tongues, 12d, 9d, 13d, and IOJd respectively. 1 Butter and Cheese: Market unchanged. mall supply. Selling at maximum prices, '* .Hemp: Manila and New Zealand: No c "?HKe since last report. The market is quiet, an ,j small business is being done. ~he*t: The market is very Quiet ; nre„;?i g »doing owing to absence of offers, uinciai dotations have not baen altered. in°prfces' tho market is 9uiet: no alteration % WELLINGTON MARKET. \ FRUIT AND -VEGETABLES, (/ % [BT TELEGRAPH.—OWjr correspondent.] * WELLINGTON, Monday. Plentiful supplies of all V mca of < ruit nr . arriving, and the market is~weak 3ft thn possible exception of. greengwf a S &pr° cots. Extra choice dessert «M>les,-such as Graven steins, are selling-at ll«r t0 io a m? case, others at 8s to 8s 6d. • CooW*- Cho?/ . 5s to 5s 6d case. Plums: Choice, 4, to 7,5 6d; prime, 2s 6d to 3s per half-case, Pears" Choice dessert, 3s 6d to 4s per hiy.ca*!: prime, 2s 6d to 3s. . Greengages: Choi I 7'" to 7s 6d: prime, 6s to 63 6d. 'Apricots' Choice, 7s to 7s 6d per half-case; prime', 6s to 6s 6d. Nectarines: Choice, 3s 64 to 4.i per ha f-case. Peaches: Choice, 43 tot, 6d per half-case. Tomatoes: 7s to 7s 6d pet-half-case; prime, 6s to 63 6d. -Z Potatoes: Prime, 4s to 4s 6d per cwt, tv - Onions, 10s to lis per cwt. Cauliflowers: % Choice, 6s to 7s per sack. Cabbages: Choice, It Is bd to 29 per sack. Cucumbers, 3s to 3s % 6d per half-case. French beans, 2s to 2s 6d % per half-sack. \ Eggs: Fresh, Is 6d to Is 7d per dozen; in S;: -. fair supply. . .. •

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. . [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDIN, Monday. To-day's Stock Exchange quotations:— Electric, buyers Is. Id: Rise and Shine. - buyers, 18s 6d; Rising Sun. buyers lis 3d. sellers 15s; Progress Mines, sellers 7s 6d; Tallyman, buyers 10s; Waihi, sellers 38s; 1/ 1 Junction, buyers 15s 9d, sellers 16s 6d; Mount- Lyell. buyers 27s • 9d. sellers 28s 6d; National Banks, buyers £5 3s 6d; Bank of Now Zealand (new), buyers £17 3s, sellers •£l7 7s, (old) sellers £12 7s; National Insur- i ance. buyers 59s 6d, sellers 61s; South British Insurance, buyers 119s, sellers 122s 6d : Hud- " dart-Parker, buyers 31s lOd. sellers 35s 2d; Westport Coal, buyers 30s 3d, sellers 31s 3d; Westport Stockton, sellers, 9s 2d; Dominion Rubber, buyers 375, rollers 40s; New Zealand . Refrigerating (cum div.), buyers 41s 3d; Milburn Lime, buyers 80s 6d, sellers 31s 3d; Mosgiel Woollen, buyers 955, sellers 100s; National Mortgage, buyers 79s 6d, sellers 82s; - New Zealand Drug, buyers 50s 9d, sellers 518; New Zealand Paper Mills, buyers 19s 3d, sellers 19s 4d; Perpetual Trustees, buyers 25 5; Wright. Stephenson, buyers .£7 ss; Bruce Woolleft, buyers 28s.

SALE OP STUD SHEEP. The selling brokers— Wairarapa Far- s mers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., Dalgety ' and Co., Ltd., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Wright, Stephenson and Co.. Ltd., and A. J. Cooper, Ltd.—report, . having held an annual sale of Mr. W. Perry's -J Eomney and Lincoln stud rams and owes, at'*Masterton. The total • catalogue comprised ' 100 stud Eomney rams of one-shear with the. exception of seven, 36 stud Lincoln rams, 70 ;' one-shear Eomney ewes.'- and 55 one-shear Lincoln ewes. There was a very large at- ?• tendance of breeders throughout the Do- . minion, purchases being made from Southland to Auckland. The sale was animated, and comparatively few were unsold. The first 20 shearling Eomney rams averaged 153gns. and the 70 sold averaged 80gns. The 69 shearling ewes averaged 10}gns; 21 of the-Lirreoln-HhearKngßTrrersßcd oTfeiiß.and the 35 shearling Lincoln ewes averaged BJ(ms. - The principal, sales weTe as under: . -Two-shear "Bomney • rams:" llOgns, 12oRns, and 126cns, • Shearling Eomney rams: ■»' 290gns. 280gns, 250gns. 200gns, 190(rns. 160gns_(3). 150ms, 145gns, 130gns (2), llOgns (3), IT lOOgns (2), 90gns, (2). ?ogns (3), 75gns (2), 70gns (3), 60gns (6), 50{rn3 (5), 45gns (7), and several ranging from SOgns to 40gns. Shearling C, Lincoln rams: 170gns, 120gns, 95gns. 75gns, 65gns, 60gns. SOgnsi. end the balance '30gn« to 45gns. Shearling Eomney ewes: Bgnß to " 17gns. Shearling Lincoln ewes: 6gns to lOgns.

MANAWATU STOCK SALES.

The New Zealand J Loan and Mercantile,-; Agency Company report:—At Pnlmerston on , Thursday ire had a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle. There was a -slightly , better inquiry for sheep, cattle selling at. recent prices.- Full-mouthed ewes, 22s lid; '■*. aged ewes, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; 15-month • heifers, £3 to £3 10s; two-year Jersey stetrj, £7 68; aged store cows, £3 to £5; fat cows, , £9 10b to £12 12s 6d; good heifers in milk, £12; two-year Shorthorn bull, £15. At Feilding on Friday a fair entry of - sheep and cattle was graded. "There was a decided improvement <in the tone of th« X' sheep market, and bidding ; was animated,*;resulting in a good advance on last week's rates. Small woolly lambs, 10s 7d to 10s y 8d; medium' woolly lambs. 14a sd: medium vt two-tooth wethers. 26s 6d to 27s 7d: fourtooth . wethers. 30s Gel; cull ewes. 9s 103: good condition mixed age ewes. 275; fat '' ewes, 295: small weaners. 31s; store cows, v *': £4 to £6; cows in calf.' £6 IBs. "