COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8263, 28 October 1912, Page 8

COMMERCE AND MINING

GOLD DREDGING RETURNS Frees Association, DUN’EDIN, October 27. Gold dredging: returns: Rise and Shine. 570 z sdwt; Sandy Point, 540 z ISd'wt; Golden Bed. 260 z 12dwt; Olrig, 17oz. 1?. W. B. Hornabrook. 153, Peatheriton ■treet, Wellington, member Stock Exchange. Specialising in Mining Scrip. Trustworthy Correspondence from all Mining Centre®. Telegraphic address: “Hornabrook, WeiCOMMERCIAL CABLES By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received October 27, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 66. NEW ZEALAND HEMP. The market is firm. January-March shipments are 40s higher on the week at £34 per ton. JUTE. For October-November shipment the market is _l7s 6d higher at £25 17s 6d per ton. COTTON. The Liverpool quotation for American middling Upland cotton, October-November shipment, is 13 points higher at 6.001 d per lb. RUBBER. Fine hard Para rubber la Ud lower at 4s 63d per lb. WHEAT. The wheat market is dull; 39i 3d per quarter is asked for Australian for Jann-ary-February shipment, and 39s for Feb-ruary-llarch. OOPRA. On a quiet market South Sea copra in bags, for October-November shipment, is 2s 6d higher at £25 15s per ton. (Received October 28. 0.20 a.m.), LONDON, October 27. BREADSTUFFS FOE EUROPE. Tho quantities of wheat and flour afloat for tho United Kingdom and the Continent of Europe on Saturday, a week ago. and at the corresponding time last year, compare: This week. Last week. Y’r. ago. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. For U.K. . 2,285,000 2.465,000 2.600,030 For Europe 2,550,000 2,135,000 1,255,000 4.635,000 4,600,000 5.855.0C0 Shipments ’from American Atlantic ports amount to 690.000 quarters, compared with 479.000 quarters a week ago, and 227X00 quarters a year ago. Pacific Coast wheat put afloat totalled 40,000 quarters, as against 30,000 last week, and 90,000 a year ago. The total quantity of wheat and flour shipped from all exporting countries during tho week ended October 26th was equivalent to 785,000 quarters of wheat, compared with 1,480,000 quarters in the previous week and 1,150,000 quarters a year ago. The weekly totals include the following: Last w’k. Pro. w’k. TfT. ago. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Argentina and Urnmay 36,000 88,000 20,000 Russia 415,000 320.000 285,000 Danube districts 90,000 146.000 245.000 India and Persia, 167.000 179.000 42.000 Australasia 77,000 54,000 70,000 SOUTHERN GRAIN AND PRODUCE Frees Association. OAMARU, October 27. There is still no inclination to do business in wheat, as farmers want more than buyers are prepared to give. Velvet ig roost in request, and for this Ss 7fd to 3s 8d nett at country stations has been paid. No business has been done In red chaff or Tuscan, but for a line of solid straw Tuscan 3a 6d was given nett at country station. and mixed lines have been sold at 3s 6d to 3s 6id on the same terms. Oats are offering sparingly, and Is Ud for "B" grade Gartons has peon paid. Potatoes are bought only for immediate requirements, but there has been a marked advance in prices, indicating that stocks are small. The week opened at £8 and closed at £8 10s to £9 on trucks at country stations LIVE STOCK SALES AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. New Zealand Doan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. At Levin on Friday we offered an exceptionally heavy yarding of cattle to a full attendance of buyers. Wellington butchers secured several lots of cow and helfo« beef. Practically the whole of the entry changed bands at prices satisfactory to vendors. We sold fat heifers (medium quality) to £6 17s fid, fat cows (light weights) to £7, dairy cows from £5 5s to £6 Is, yearling steers from £2 18s fid to £3 Bs, yearling heifers from £3 2s fid to £5 Bs, smaller sorts from £2 13s to £3, 15-month heifers to £3 10s, 15-month Holstein cross heifers £4 12s fid to £4 15s, store cows from £3 15s to £4 7s. bulls to £4 Is. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.

At Levin on Friday we offered large yarding* of all classes of stock. The attendance was good and competition was keen throughout the sale. iVe have to report a successful sale and a clearance of ah lines submitted at an advance on recent quotations. Fat wethers made 21s 4d to 24b 6d, fat ewes 21s to 22s 6d, light fat ewes 15s 6d to 15s 7d, fat hogeets 18s 4d to 20s 6d, ewes and lambs 22s 2d to 28s 4d. good ho-gets 15s Id to 17s 3d, medium hoggets 12s 7d to 13s 2d, Shropshire ewes and lambs 32s 3d. Shropshire ram hoggets 29s 3d Shropshire ewe hoggets 24s 9d. Shropshire rams 4 and 5-tooth 235, fat bullocks £8 17s to £lO, fat cows £5 8a to £6. 3-year bullocks £6. 25-year steers £4 10s to £5 ss, 2-year steers £4 to £4 10s, yearling steers £2 11s to £3 2s 6d, 15-montb steers £3 10s to £3 16e. heifers in calf £4 Is. empty dairy heifers £3 16s to £3 Its 6d. yearling heifers £2 10s, cows and calves £3 16a to £4 6s. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd. At on Friday we had very large yarding* of both sheen and cattle, every available pen being filled, and these we submitted to a large attendance of buyers making a total clearance of tho sheep under the hammer, and tho majority of tho cattie changed hands at satisfactory nnces. We quote: Ewes with 100 per cent. lamb© 19s 8d to 25s 9d. forward woolly wethersi 19s to 20e, shorn wethers (small) to 10a 9d, hoggete 12s 6d to 14c sd, shorn forward ewes to 13s 3d, fat sllorn ewes 13s 3d to 15s 3d. fat wethers 20s lOd to 23a. fat hoggets to 20s 9d, yearling heifers £2 12s to £4 ss. yearling steers £2 12s to £3 10a. springing heifers £3 12s to £6 7s 6d. store cows £2 12s to £4 11s. 2-year steers to £4 9s, 3-year steers £5 12s 6d to £5 19a. cows in calf £3 10s to £5 15s, fat heifers to £6 6s. fat cows to £6 6s.