COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8655, 13 February 1914, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE (YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. MINING. Blackwatcr Mines-11.30 a.m., s £1 Xcs* Consolidated Goldfields—ll.3o * 18s; 3.15 p.m., s ISe. . -Murray oid, pd—ll.3o a.m., s 10s prern.; 3.15 p.m.. s 10s prem. Murray Creek, new. pit—ll.Jo a.m., 10s prem.; 3.15 p.m., s 10s P„rom. New Svlvia —3.15 pm., s 8dProgress—ll.3o am-, s 12s; 3.10 pm., Itees Reconstructed—U-30 am., b 5s 3d. s 5e 9d: 3.15 p.m., s ,5a BU. Talisman Consolidated—ll.3o am., b T‘2 2a 6d. s 12 3s 3d; 3.15 p.m., b £i 2s 6d. d Ji2 3e. , ' Waihi—ll.3o am., b X2 12s s £2 12s 3d; 3.15 p.m., b lid 9d-, s 12s 3d. Waihi Grand .) unction—ll.3o a.m., b A 1 Gs 3d. s .£1 Gs 9d; 3.15 p.m., b .£1 6s 3d, s£l Gs 9d. , T ~ AVaitangi Consolidated N.L.—11.30 am., b 9d: 3.15 pm., b 9d. s lid. AA’atchmau —11.30 a.m., s -4 10d. Note—The letter "h" signifies buyers, and "s” sellers. INVESTMENT STOCKS. Buyers, Seilers. Sales. £ed£sd.£sd BanksNational of _ Mew Zealand Nciv Zealand 1 12 o 0 Now Zealand „ „ . (rights) ... Financial—

•Reported. QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE. Press Association. AUCKLAND. February 12. Bales at this morning’s call on the Stock Exchange : Ross Reconstructed, 5« 6d. Talisman Consolidated, £2 2s 9a. Woihi, <62 12s, £2 Us 9d. Northern Steam (pd). 11s 6dAfternoon call: — Waihi, £2 11s 9d, Saxon, Gd. DUNEDIN, February 12. Stock Exchange' sales t Waihi Grand Junction, <Bl 6a 6d (five parcels). Sales reported:— New Zealand Paper Mills, <6l 7s 6d, Millburn Lime and Cement, <Bl He 9d COMMERCIAL CABLES Bv Telegraph-Press Association— Copyright LONDON. February 11TALLOW. At to-day’a tallow sales 825 casks were offered and 605 sold. Prices Mutton, line 38s 3d per cwt, medium 345; beef, tine 35s fid, medium 33s 6d. OILS. Linseed Oil.—Spot pipes, 7s fid up at <623 Its 6d per ton. Turpentine.—American spirit, lid lower at 31s 10id per cwt. WHEAT. Xho market is steady at unchanged prices, but there is little business do ing, ■ VISIBLE AMERICAN WHEAT. The visible supply of American wheatand flour east of . the Rocky Mountains is estimated by “BradstreatV ao the equivalent in wheat of 118.917,000 bushels compared with 121,718,000 bushels a week ago, and 126.745,000 bushels a year ago. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd:, has received the following cablegram from London, under IWiedneeday’b date: —“Wheat—Wo have sold an Australian cargo at 35s 9d per quarter ca.f- The market is firm. Thera, is a fair demand, but the market is not likely to improve at present.” AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Received February 12, 8.55 p.m.) SYDNEY. February 12. Wheat, Ss 7d to 3s 7id; Hoar. £8 10S) oats, Algerian feeding 2s 2d to 2s 3d, milling 2s 4d to 2s sd, New Zealand A grade Cartons 2s 3d; barley Cape malting 2s 7d to 2s 9d; maize, 4s 6d to 4e 7d; bran and pollard. £i 15s; potatoes. Tasmanian '<£6 10b; onions. Victorian .£10 1 butter, selected Ifl7s. secondary 104 s. cheese, 6id> bacon, tOd to lOid. ADELAIDE. February 12. Wheat, 3s fid to 3s 7d; flour, <B7 15s to £B, bran and pollard, ll^d; MELBOURNE HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE' February 12. At to-day's bide sales there was an average Catalogue. The demand was very orisk, and prices were firm, NO MARKET FOR POTATOES. A cablegram Pseoived b.V the Depart* meat of Agfioultttte, Industries and Commerce, dated Buenos AJ-Me, February Uth. contains the Information that there is no market for potatoes from New Zealand in the Argentine. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Weilinffton yesterday totalled .£4631 l*s.

LIVE STOCK SALES ALDINGTON PRICES. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. February 11. Farmers now being busily engaged in harvesting, there were small entries of fat sheep and lambs, and average entries in other departments. Fat cattle sold a little freer at the start, but "rices were weaker and fat lambs sold at about last week’s rates. Fat sheep opened at an advance, and then declinedFat pigs showed a slight improvement; store sheep were forward. Rape lambs, Its Gd to 15s; extra good lambs, to 16a 6d; fair lambs, 13s 9d to Us 3d; medium lambs, 13s to 13s 8d; small and lowconditioned sorts, 11s to 12s Gd; cull lambs, 5s to 10a Gd; wether lambs, 8s 3d (for culls) to 15s; cwo lambs. 12s 9d to Us Id; 2-tooth halfbred ewes, IGs 2d: 2-too:h three-c(iiarterbved ones, 19s; halfbred ewes, 15s to 19s Id; 8-tooth tbreequarterbred ewes, 16s 8d; 6 and 8-tooth ewes. Us to 18s Id: 2, 4. 6, and 8-tooth ewes. 19s: sound-mouthed ewes, 16s to 17s lOd; aged ewes, 12s lOd; merino ewes, 6s Id; 6-tooth wethers. 17« Gd; other wethers. 12s 9d to 15s 3d. For fat lambs the prices on the whole were about the same as last week and were, equal to Gd per lb. Prices ; —Tegs. IBh Gd to 20s Sd; average freezing weights, 16s to 19s; fat sheep (prime wethers), 21s to 24s 3di others. 17s Id to 20s Gd; prime ewes, 19s to 23s 7d; medium, 15s to 18s 6d; aged and light. 12s to Us Gd. Fat cattle- Steera, <67 ■ 17s Gd to .£11; extra, to <614; heifers, JG6 17s 6d to <69 7s 6d; cows, <63 17s Gd to .611 10s. Store cattle ; Yearlings .£2; 15 to 18-month sorts, £2 13s to T 3 15s Gd; 2-year steers, <64 2s, 2-year heifers, <63 15s; cows, £2 5« to -65. Dairy cows sold at <63 10s to <6ll 10s. Fat pigs: Choppers, <63 to <64; heavy baconers. <63 3s to .64; lighter baconers, .£2 12s 6d to <£3; price per lb, Sd to old. Heavy porkers, ,62 Gs to <62 10s: lighter porkers, <62 to <62 ss; price per lb. G.Jtd, Extrh large sorts to <62 IGs; ordinary stores, £2 to <62 4s; small sorts, <6l 8s to .61 18s; weaners 17s to <6l.

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. At Kimbolton on Wednesday we had a moderate entry of sheep and cattle, which sold as under -.—Forward lambs 8s 7d, s.iQ, ewes 11s 2d* 2-tooth wethers 11s 3d, 18-months steers d£3 10s, cull weanera 12s good wcanors 355, forward cows A 4 10s to A 1 18s, weaner pigs 10s to lie 6d. ... , , At Rongotea on Wednesday we had a fair entrv of cattle, which sold freely at late rates. Fifteen-month steers A 3 10s to A 3 13s, store cows A2 Us Ji to A 3 11s, forward cows A 4 10s to A 4 16s oa, fat oqws A 5 to A 6 Is, bacon pigs -L-> good stores 335. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. At Palmerston North yesterday no had a small yarding of sheep and a very good entry of oattlo. Four and 5-yeai-old breeding ewes made 13s, email wcaners 18s to 23a, young bulls A2, dairy cows A 4 7s 6d to AS 12s 6d. empty cows A 4. need cows with calf A 3 Ba, forward bullocks A 8 4s. Abraham and iWlliams, Ltd. At Waiknnae on Tuesday we held our ainnual “draft sale,” for .such ds the term generally applied to the rebitiary sale, and have to record having yarded 2150 sheep and 120 head of cattle. A large number of buyers were in attendance. of which a good proportion were from outside districts. Competition tor all classes of sheep was particularly keen, and we have to report a total cieai. anoe of these lines—all except one pen. which was sold immediately after being quitted under the hammer. A fair demand existed for cattle, fat cows and bulls particularly selling at good prices with keen competition. Some of onr sales were as under; —On account H. It. Elder: 3-tooth wethers 14s to IGs 7d, 2tooth ewes 18s 7d, fat and forward 4tooth wethers 18s 9d. On account Monk Bros.: 2-tooth wethers 15s 2d. guaranteed s.m. ewes 14b Id. On, account S. Corner: 2-tooth ewes 15e, 2-tooth wethers 158 6d. On account A. Williams; 2tooth to J.m. ewea 14s, fat ewes, l/s idOn account Mrs Drawitt: Mixed 2tooths 14s 7d. woolly lambs XOs 9d, f.m. ewes 11a 6d. On account A. Campion : 2 and 4-tooth wethers 18s, rape lambs 10s 6d, other lambs 4« 8d to Os 4d. On account Howell Bros.; 4-tooth ewee 16s 2d. On account H. T. Coopers 2-tootn ewes 14s. On account R. Hooper s 4 and 6-tooth ©wos 14s 3d. On account H. U. Buchanan: Lincoln rams 1 to 2gn». Other sales —Fat ewes 16s, f.m. ewes 11# 10d, woolly lambs 10s. etore ewes 6s Bd, Romney rams 22s Gd to 27e Od, fat cows AS Is to AS 2s. 18-month and 2-year-old heifers r.w.b. A 4 6s to A 4 10s. 18-month steers A 3 9s 6d to A 3 10b. 2-year-o!d steers A 4 10s, scringing heifers AG, bulls A 3 10a bo A 7, weanera 13s to 23e Gd. WELLINGTON MARKETS. , Laery and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices as under i—Oats, per bushel, feed 2s Sd to 2s 9d, seed oats 2s 9d to 3s i wheat, fowls, 1b Gd to 4s lOd; maize, 4s 9d to ss; barley, feed 3s, Cape 3s 3d; peas, Prussian blue, Ss 0:1; linseed nuts, per cwt, 13a 6d; crushed linseed cake, ,14s; whole linseed. 15s; pollard, per ton, AG 10s to A 7: bran, A4ssto A 4 10s; flour. Atlas. A 10; oatmeal, A 18; chaff, oatenehenf, At 15s to Asi baled (Straw, A 3 to A 3 ss; superphosphates, A 4 15s to AS: basin slag. At to A 4 ss; wiled oats, per dozen. 10s; potatoes, new, per ton, A 4 to A 4 10s j onions, A 9;, picklers, per lb. l|d to ltd; cheese, medium, per lb, 6id, loaf size 7d; fresh eggs, per dozen. Is 6d; preserved le 3d; butter, prime milled, per lb. 9id: bacon, Swon brand, rolls lid, sides lOd; hams. Swan brand Is; honey, bulk. Per lb. 4(i to did; fungus, sld to sid, good demand; broken peas for poultry or pigs, 3s 6d bushel; ryegrate, 4s to 4s 3d tier bushel; cocksfoot, machine dressed, Old per lb.

Equitable Building (ex) 8 15 0 Metropolitan Permanent, JE10 •— 12 7 0 N.Z. and River Plato Land 3 1 0 — 1 — Wellington Truwt 6 I’oan .., 7 5 0 7 3 Gas — Chtistcliurcli, <£5 6 13 6 — Palmerston N. 0 5 0 — Wellington, 16 15 JB10 — 0 Wellington, pref. ... 0 13 9 ' InsuranceSouth British of New Zealand 4 2 8 Meat Preserving Wellington Meat Bx.. £1 12 6d 3 3 6 — Shipping— N.Z. Ship. pref. ... 10 7 6 — 1 . T* Uniuti Steam, 1 5 ord 1 1 6 0 — Union Steam, pref. ... 1 0 3 1 0 4 — Huddart Parker, 1 1 9 pref. — Manufacturing— Kaiapoi Woollen, # 5 5 .0 ord. ... 5 5 0 'Lm Mosirlel Wool. 3 11 6 3 13 0 — Wgtn Woollen, pref. ... 3 0 0 3 2 6 — Coal— WeetportStockton ... — 0 i 0 — Timber — Leyland9 O'Brien ... X s Miscellaneous— Crown Brewery 1 11 9 — Donaghv Rope and Twine 1 5 0 — — Manning & Co. 1 1 6 —* "" N.Z. Consolidated 0 Dfental Co. — 1 1 2 ►— N.Z. Paper Mills — *0 17 6 Ward and Co. 5 0 0 —* • — W.F.C.A.. J31 pd — 1 6 0