COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 10085, 26 September 1918, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS.

QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE'. Press Association. AUCKLAND, September 25. Stock Exchange sales: — Colonial Sugar (Australia), .£23 10s. Rising Sun, 3a 3d. CHRISTCHIiRCH, September 25. Sales reported : New Zealand Refrigerating, 45s 6d, 45s 3d.' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile (ord. stock), £9O 10s. National Insurance, £3 3s 6d. Dalgety's, £lO. Mason Struthers, £1 3s. LONDON QUOTATIONS. By Teleeraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received September 25, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON. September 2-1. Among the latest quotations on the Stock Efccohange are the following: Baak of Australasia, .£126 5s \ex dividend); Bank of New South Wales, £36 17s 6d: Union Bank, .£63 15s; Bank of New Zealand, £l2 7s 6d; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £69; P. and O. deferred stock. £437. live stock sales aldington" market. Pres 3 Association. CHRISTCHURCH, September 25. At 'Addingtxm market ito-day there were moderate entries of fat stock, but a larger yarding of stores. Cattle were at advanced rates in consequence of the short supply, and fat ehe&jf fluctuated, but on the whole showed little change. Gramers wore (operating im unfinished sheep. Store sheep wero offered in much larger numbers than, of late, inoluding some southern lines, btit these did not sell well. The market on the whole was easier. There was a good offering of store cattle, but the demand was not very brisk. Three-year-oW steers met with the best inquiry, hut the prices they realised were moderate. Pigs «old well, but dairy cow# were easier tin consequence of the large yarding. Store Sheep—Two-booth ojres to 81* 3d, six and eight-tooth ewes to 31s 6d. ewes with lambs 15s 6d to 23s 6d (all counted), two-tooth wethers 29s to 89s Id. four and six-tooth, wethers Sis 2d to 37s 10d, ewe .hoggets 16s 8d to SSs Bd, wether hoggets 23s 6d ' to 28s 3d, mixed sex hoggets 25s 6d to 35s 7d. Fat Sheep—Extra prime wethers to 68s, prime wethers 42s to 48s 6d, medium wethers 37s to 41s 6d, lighter wethers 35s 6d to 375, merino- wethers 27s to 29s 9d, extra prime ewes 58s, prime ewes 37s to 42s 6d, wethers 35> §d to 365, merino ewes 22s 6d to 41s Sd, extra prime hoggets 58s, prime hoggote 80s 3d to 395. Fat lambs 29s to 35s 6d. Fat Cattle—Prime steers ,£23 17» Cd, ordinary steers £l2 2s fid to .£l9 15s. extra prime heifere ,£2l 2s 6d, prime heifers £ls 15a to .£l7, ordrinary heifers £ll 10s to .£ls 10s. prime cow« £l6 to £l7 17s 6d, ordinary cows £lO 7s 6d to £ls ss. Store Cattle—Three-year steers £lB to £l3 lOe, two-year steers £0 15s, 2J-yenr hetferg £l2 ss, two-year Hereford cross heifers £9 17s, dry cows £3 to £9 10s, dairy cows £5 to £l6 ss. Piga Chopperi £7 to £9 13s, extra heavy baconers £B, heavy baoners £6 10s to £7 6s, lighter baconers .£5 5s to £8 (equal to 9Jd to lOd per lb), heavy porkers 75s to 85s, light porkers 57s to 70s (equal to lid to Hid per 'b>, largo stores £2 16s to £3 3s, medium £2 8s to £2 12s, smaller 30s to *7s, weaners 16s to 275. BURiNSIDE MARKET. Pres* Association. DUNEDIN, September 25. At Burnside to-day 210 fat cattle were ponned, a fair proportion being prime. The demand was steady and prices were on a par with last week's rates. Best heavy bullocks .£23 15a to £26 12s 6d, prime £2O to £23 10s, medium £l6 16s to £l9, light and unfinished £lB to £l6, primo heavy cows and heifers £l9 7s 6d to £25, primo £l6 ss, others £ll bo £l4 15a. Sheep—29o9 were penned, a- large proportion being prime. Owing to the lftnja entry prices declined by Is 6d to 2s. Best heavy wethers 52s 6d to 565, extra 80s 2d, prime 16s 6d to 51s, medium 383 to 44s M, light and unfinished S6s ( prime ewes 43s 6d to 465, others 38s to •la. Lambs—Two Jambs, the flrrt of the season, realised 31s. Pigs—A large yarding «old at a decline on late rates. AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. N.Z.L. and MS. Co., Ltd. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., roportfl;— / At Building on Friday last we had n fair yarding of both sheep and cattle. Severnl lines of hoggets failed to make vendors' reserves. Fair hoggote 225. fat ewes 32s 10d, yearling heifers £3 7b, M 9b 6d; small yearling etoors, £3 17s 6d; store cows, £5 ss; forward cows, £7, £9; 8-yoar steers, £l3 j springing heifers (good), £l4, £l4 15s, £l6 10s, £l7 15s, £lB 12s 6d. At our Rongiotu sale' on Monday wo had a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. The attendance was good and wo cleared the yard in favour of vendora. Fat cows £l4, lighter cowe £ll, forward caws £7 16s. £8 ss. £8 5s to £9 17a 6d, nrapty heifera £4 ss, small springing lieifers £3 17s 6d, fat wethers £& Is, hoggets 26s 9d. At our Palmeraton aalo on Thursday wo had a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. The attendance waß small and stock sold at late rates. Fat aud forward owes 32s Id, hogget* 21s to 25s Sd. b.f. hoggets 12s, cows and oalves £6 14s to £ll, springing cows £9, forward cowa £7 10s to £8 6a, store cows £4 2» Cd, email weoner heifers J 9« to 295, fair yearling heifers £4 12s to £5 is Cd. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly stock sale at Levin on Tuesday, when they offered a small jwrding of shoop. The [principal sale*

effected wore as follow:—Hoggets 23s lOd co 28s 6d, forward and empty ewes 23s id. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a very fair entrj of sheep and a small entry of cattle at their Mnrton sale on Monday, wliich sold as belo.vi—Gull ho„gets to JOi 6d small hoggets 17s, medium hoggets 23e 3d to 255, heifers M ss, M 18s to XT 10s. Freeman R. Jackson and Go. Freeman K. Jacis=oii. and Co., Ltd., teport as follows.— fining cue past, week we have held, wur uoual. vv'utigauui ana vvayeriey oiiieo, ai»o a nurse lair on Saturuay last. At vvaiigunui uiere was a yaraiUg of a'/0 cuttie and ltwj sheep, iiiduins !vao not paiucu*aiiy animated, bat wo cleared the buik of the entry betore the uay dosed. At VV'averiey there wa» itueu. competition for sueep, the cuttle l oeing rather backward in condition, and laiiiug to attract buyers. At our horso lair vve had an entry of about 120, ruamly unbroken sorts. Several outside buyers were present, and there was a good demand at prices somewhat lower than were itnmg iast year, resulting in tno buik of the entry changing hands, yuutalions:— At yVanganui.—Cattle: Fat cows £n j.os, store cows .£6 los to <£B 15s, Siyear bullocks .£l3 12s 6d, yearling honors . ±*4 to .£5, yearling steers (.good) i'a lis, empty heiiers Aii ss, «iina;r weauers 80s to .£3. Bueep'. Wether hoggets ate to 31s 6d, mixed hoggets 28s mX to 325, smaller 19s 3d to a&v prime iat wethers 48s, lighter 38=. Pigs: jiaconerci £i, porkers 3os to ±Vs, heavy porkers 03s, weaners 19s 6rt to 235. At Waverley.—Cattle: Empty cows £b Is to JB7 15s, store cows £7, milkers .£l3 7s 6d to .UH. Sheep: Wether hoggets 31s 7d, cull hoggets H>s «il. cull wetnera 20s Id, old ewes 15s Id. At horse fair.—Heavy draughts .£2O to .£2B 10s, spring carters 4J12 to £l7, harness horses .£9 l«s to i!l2, hacks ogns to i-'9 10s, ponies M 7s 6d to J2lO, unbroken draughts ,£2O to .£23, half. draughts i'lo to .£ll 10s, lighter sorts £& to £6 10s. ■ WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Wellington yostiirday totalled £4944 18s.

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