ALLOWANCE ON WOOL

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22259, 6 November 1935, Page 9

ALLOWANCE ON WOOL

OBJECTION TO CUSTOM RELIC OF FAULTY WEIGHING CANTERBURY FARMERS' MOVE The Australian efforts to abolish the draft allowance on wool have received the support of the Canterbury Sheepowners' Union, which decided recently to give every assistance to the Commonwealth move in this direction. The draft allowance is lib. in every 1121b. of wool purchased, and is a concession dating back to the days of faulty •weighing apparatus. N Several months ago Australian woolgrowers informed buyers that unless they agreed voluntarily to waive their claim to the allowance they would seek protective State and Federal Government legislation in tho matter.

Tho decision of the Canterbury group was made as tho result of a circular letter sent to them suggesting uniform action in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.-It was explained at tho meeting that at the Empire Wool Conference in Melbourne it had been decided that no individual action ■would be taken in the matter, without full consultation with the other countries concerned.

The New Zealand Federation had received the assurance of the Government that in the event of legislation being put through in Australia similar provision would be made in New Zealand, with a view to wool being sold at net weights, as in other commodities. This assurance had been recently endorsed, and it was resolved that the Australian Woolgrowers' Council should be advised of the position and that every support should be given to the proposals made. SALES IN SYDNEY GOOD MARKET YESTERDAY ' (Received November 5, 10.15 p.m.) j SYDNEY. Nov. 5 At the Sydney wool sales to-day 11,441 bales were offered, and 10,995 were sold. Also 414 bales were sold privately. All the best features of the previous day's sale were reproduced with particularly strong inquiry for good spinning descriptions, which were inclined to rule in sellers' favour. Yorkshire, Japan and the Continent operated freely. Greasy Merino sold to 23Jd —a fresh record for the season. THE CITY MARKETS LEMONS SLOW, OF SALE CARROTS AND PARSNIPS DEARER Oranges, apples, pears, New Zealand grapefruit, hothouse tomatoes and Californian grapes sold well at the City Markets yesterday. Lemons again were almost unsaleable; Only, small supplies of strawberries came forward, Marguerites selling at up to Is 6d a chip and Captain Cooks at up to 2s 3d. .Tree tomatoes were in short supply. A fresh shipment of South Australian oranges and Queensland pineapples is due by the Wanganella on Friday and it is expected that further supplies of Jamaican oranges will be available next week.

In the vegetable section, cabbage, rhubarb, and spinach were very hard to quit, prices being exceptionally low. New potatoes, green peas and cauliflower were all in heavier supply, but there were no changes in prices. Carrots, parsnips, and turnips met with a keen demand and values rose sharply. Tauranga kumaras sold cheaply. The supply of poultry was medium. The demand for laying pullets and young ducks was still poor, but prices for table birds remained unaltered. .Values were:— FRUIT Apples, Canadian, 18s to 22s a case; Delicious, 9s to lis Cd; Stunners, 6s 6d to lis; Dougherty, 5s to 8s; Roma Beauty, 8s to 10s 6d; pears, Cole and Nelis, threeauarter cases 8s 6d to 12s 6d; bushel, 14s to 16s; P. Barry, 10a to 10a 6d; passions, 10s to 15s; irooseberries, best, 8s to lis; others, 6s to 7s; strawberries, Captain Cook, Is 3d to 2s 3d a chip; Marguerite, Is to is 6d; pomegranates,. Californian, 12s 6d to 13s a case; plums, Californian, 14s; oranges, South Australian, 18s to 265; Jemogs, cured, 2s 6d to 4s; others, Is 6d to 2s; grapefruit. New Zealand, large. 8s to lis; small and medium, 9a to 10s 6d; tomatoes, hothouse, choice, Is 6d to Is lid*; others, 6d to la 3d per lb; bananas, 17s to 225; tree tomatoes, black, 8s to 8s 6d; others, 3s 6d to 6s; pines, Queensland, poor condition, 8s to 10s; gropes, Californian, black, S3s; red, 22a 6d; white, 245, FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes, new, ljd to 2d per lb; or 7s Cd to 10s a bag; swedos, 3s 6d to 4s 6d a bag; onions, Canadian, 17s a cental; kumaras, Tauranga, 3s to 4s 6d a bag; cabbages, Is to 4s a sack; on benches, 6d to Is a dozen; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s 6d a sack; on benches. Is Gd to 3s a dozen; pumpkins, choice Triumble, 15s to 20s per cwt; others. 7s to 12s per cwt; cucumbers, 3s to 6s 6d a dozen; carrots. Is to Is 6d a dozen; parsnips, Is 3d to 2s a dozen; beet, Is to Is 5d a dozen; turnips, 9d to Is a dozen; radish, 6d to 9d a dozen; spring onions! 3d to 8d a bundle; spinach, 3 to 9d a dozen; leeks, 2d to 3d a bundle; green peas, 2d to 3Jd per lb; French beans, 9d to Is 5d per lb; broad beans, 2d to 3d per lb; melons, 3d to 4d each; lettuce, 2s 6d to 6s a case: rhubarb. Is to 3s a dozen; asparagus, 6d to 7jd a bundle. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 4s to 6s each; not prime. 2s up; light breeds, prime, 3s to ss, not prime, Is 3d up; fat roosters, heavy breeds, prime, 2s to 3s; light breeds. Is 6d to 2s; fat hena, heavy breeds, 2s 9d to 3s 9d.: light breeds, 2s to 2s 9d; pullets, heavy breeds best, 3s to 4s 6d; smaller, Is 6d up; light breeds, - best, 3s to 4s Gd; smaller, Is Gd up; drakes, young, prime, 2s 3d to 3s; smaller, Is up; old, is 6d to 2s 3d; ducks, young. Is S)d to 2s 9d; old, Is 6d to 28 3d; geese, 3s to 4s; turkey hens. 4s to 6s; gobblers, 7j to 14s; cockerel chicks, heavy breeds, 4d to 2s; light breeds, Id to Is 3d: day-old chicks, Blnck Orpington, 5d to 7jd; Leghorn, 6d to 7Jd; guinea fowls, 3s to 3s 6d. FARMERS' BUTTER AND EGGS Eggs, hen, first, llsd a dozen; B, 9}d: C, B{d; duck, first, 10id a dozen; B, 9Jd; C, 7id. ' Farmers' butter, lOd to Is per lb. WHEAT FOR JAPAN PURCHASES IN AUSTRALIA Commissioned to buy 500,000 tons of wheat for his company, a Japanese wheat buyer recently arrived in Melbourne. He stated that, as the population was increasing, and there was little possibility of further developing the wheat-growing areas of Manchuria, Japan would have to import more and more wheat. The normal importation was about 800,000 tons each year from Australia, Canada and Manchuria. Of this amount about 70 per cent came from Australia.

BRADFORD TOPS LONDON, Nov. 4 The Bradford tops market is quiet and prices are firm.