COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8852, 1 October 1914, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. MINING. Talisman Consolidated—ll.3o a.m., e £1 7s 6tl: 3.15 p.m., s £1 7s 6(1. Waihi—llAo a,m.. s £1 13s. sale £1 12s 9d (reported); 3.15 p.m., s £1 13s 6d, sale £1 13s - 3d (reported). Waihi Grand Junction—ll,3o a.m., s £1 3s 3d. sale £1 3s (reported); 3.15 p.m.. s £1 3s 6d. I Note.—The letter "b" ■! guides buyers, and "a" sellers). INVESTMENT STOCKS. Buyers. Sellers. Sales. £ «. d. £ s. d. £». d. Banks—

•Reported. Press Association. AUCKLAND. September 30. Business was dull on the Stock Exchange to-day. The following sales were effected;— Talisman. £1 7s. Waihi. £1 13s, £1 13s 3d, £1 13a 6d. Waihi Grand Junction. £1 3s 3d. COMMERCIAL CABLES. By Telegraph— Press Assocfat.-on Copyright LONDON. September 29. - The wheat marker is very quiet. Australian arrived is offering at 455. Chicago wheat la firm and demand brisker. LIVE STOCK SALES. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. HIGH PRICES AT JOHNSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd. At Johnaonville yesterday a fair entry ot prime cattle and sheep came forward. There was a good demand, and everything sold readily at high prices. Prime heavy ■bullocks made £l4. £l4 15s. £ls, and £ls Ss, lighter £l3 ss. vealers 22s to 325. prime heavy woolly wethers 30s 6d. light 25s 7d. prime shorn wethers 23s lid to 245, lighter 23s to 25s fc, prime heavy shorn ewes 23a. prime lambs 15s. 6d to 15s 3d. others 13s to 15s. ADDINGTON MARKET. PRICES FIRM FOB BEEF AND MUTTON. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, September 30. At Addington live stock market there were small entries of fat stock and or Store sneep, but a fair attendance. The yarding ot fat cattle was an interior one. both as to numbers and quality, but there was further advance of 2a oa per Xw. Pat sheep also sold several shillings per (h°ad better than last week, and young store sheep also realised improved prices. The maerket for both beef and mutton is considered to be the dearest ever held in the partis. Pigs shewed an advance for al S Sheep.—Fairly good hoggets 15s 3d to 15s 6d, medium hoggets 13s 3d, to 13 s, 9d, very medium hoggets 10s 8d to 129 7d, small and inferior hoggets 8s 6d 'to > rood ewe hoggete 18s 9d. full and failing mouth ewes with lambs 12a (all counted), sound mouth ewes (good) with good lambs 13s 4d (all counted), fairly good ewes with lambs 12s 7d, aged .ewes, 9s to 103,3 d, six and eight-tooth forward wethers 17s Bd. Fat Lambs. —Best 18s 3d to 22s 3d, and others 12s to 16s 9d. .. . Fat Sheep—Extra prime wethers to 435. prime wethers 27s 6d to ,355, other wethers 20s 6d to "275. shorn wethers 19s to 2tts, merino wethers 216 to 24a 9d, prime ewes 25s to 33s 3d, other ewes 17s to 24s 6d. * Fat Cattle.—Average steers £7 IDs to £ll extra steers to £l7, average heifers £6 5s to £8 10s, extra heifers to £ls. average cows £5 15s to £3. extra cows to £ls, 2s 6d- price of beef nor 1001 b. 36s to 4Ss. Store Cattle.— Yearlings 37s 6d. fifteen to eighteen-months sorts £2 10s to £3 19s. twoyear steers £4 5s to £4 15s. two-year heifers £4 ss, three-year steers £7 7s 6d. three-year heifers £4 10s, dry; cows 30s to ' Dairy cows. £3 10s to £ll. 10s. , Fat Pigs.—Choppers 70s to 90s, extra heavy bacouers to 80s. heavy baconers 66a to 725, light baconers 56s to 64a; price per lb 6d. Heavy porkers 44s to 475, ordinary porkers 38s to 425; price per lb, 6Jd to 6Jd. Store Pies.—Large stores 40s to 445, melimn • stores 32s to 395. small stores 22s to 50s, weaners 8s for very small to 16s for good sorts, sows in pig to 90s.

BURNSIDE FRIGES. Press Association.

DUNEDIN, September 30. At Burnside to-day 241 fat cattle were yarded. The entry comprised a number of well-finished cattle. Freezing buyers were operating for suitable sorts, which had a steadying effect on the prices. Tiro sale opened at prices showing a drop of Ite to 15s on last week’s rates, hut as it progressed values hardened up to almost last week’s level. Extra heavy bullocks made to £23, heavy £io to £l7 10s, medium £l2 to £l3 6s. light £lO to £ll. extra heifers to £l9 10s. prime cows and heHers £l2 to £l4, good £lO to £ll 10s, light £6 10s to £B. * * ■ Fat Sheep—lß73 penned. This small yarding included a good proportion of only moderate quality. The demand for prime well-finished sheep was keen, and prices for this class showed- an advance of Is to Is 6d per head. Medium quality were not competed for quite so keenly, and sold at about last week’s rates. Prime wethers 28e .to 3is, extra to 34s 6d. good 24s ,to 25a, medium 21s 6d to 22s 6d, extra heavy ewes to 32s 6d, prime 22s'to 24-s, medium 18s. 6d to 20s. Fat lambs—Eight spring lambs of nice quality were penned, and they realised up to 275. ‘ Pigs.—63 fat pigs and 160 stores were penned and sold at about last week’s rates. PRICE OP KEROSENE. The Vacuum Oil Company, Ltd., report: —On August 22nd we were, forced to advance our selling prices of kerosene throughout Australia and New Zealand, intimating at the time that we hoped the advance would be of a temporary nature only. According to mail advices from New York, the general freight market was in a deplorable condition, although, according to the latest cable advices from New York the position is somewhat easier, and whilst freight rates ore, still considerably higher than they were before the declaration of war between Great Britain and Germany, we feel that we are now in a position to fulfil the promise made by us on August 22nd to reduce our selling prices of kerosene directly we were able to pet the trnb strength ot the situation in respect to future case oil supplies. We have, therefore, decided on a general reduction in our selling prices of kerosene throughout Australia and New Zealand, effective immediately, as follows: — White rose kerosene, 150 test, reduced by 2d per case. Laurel kerosene, 150 test, reduced by 2d per case. Tea rose kerosene, 130 test, reduced by 5d per case. Petrolito kerosene, 130 test, reduced by 5d ner case.

Yoco power oil. 150 tost, reduced by 5d per case. ,

WELLINGTON CUSTOMS.

The Customs revenue received at Wellington during (.he past month totalled £61,001 19s sd. as comnared w<th £B4 743 16s 6d, the amount collected during September of last year. The beer duty received during the past month amounted to (£1192 16s 4d. as aerainst £1221 2s 4d. the return for September 1913. Yesterday’s Customs return amounted to £1033 Is Id.

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