COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10991, 29 August 1921, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

WELUNOTON STOCK EXCHANGE. ( SATURDAY'S QUOTATIONS. , Prig's of investment and mining stock, j ] Yerteriluy wt*rt> ns follow :

‘Cum <liv. SALES IN~OTUEII CENTRES. DUNEDIN, August 27. Sate nn ’Change:—New Zealand Re-, frigerating Company (contributing), 16a Bd. HOME MARKETS. MISCELLANEOUS - QUOTATIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. iEeceived August 28. 5.5 P-m.) LONDON, August 27. Cotton. —Liverpool quotation, American middling Upland, September delivery, lOd Per lb. . Rubber. —Fine hard Para 12Jd per lb. plarftation first latex crepe Bjd, smoked ribbed sheet Bjd. Jute.—Old crop, August-Scptember shipment. <228 5s per ton: New Zealand hemp. August-Oetoher, A3B Copra.—South Sea bagged, September shipment, J 232 It's per ton. Linseed oil. £lB per fon, equal t* 3s Otd per gallon; turpentine* 63s 6d per •wt, equal to 4s s(d per gallon. THE MEAT MARKET. LATE6T LONDON QUOTATIONS. Australian and N.Z. 'Cable Association. (Received August 28. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 27. Mutton.—Canterbury, heavy aid; Southland, 7-id< North Island. Tld and 8d; New Zealand ewes, 53d; .South American ewes, 5Jd; Patagonian ewes 51 d. Lamb. —Canterbury, 13jd and 13d: Southland. 13d; North Island 13jd and 13d; South American, heavy lOd. Beef.—Argentine, foreg,sd- Uruguayan, fores 4d; old New Zealand, fores 3ld; old Australian crops, 33d; chilled Argentine, fores 5Jd, hinds IOJcI. ANTWERP WOOL SALES. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received August 28, 5.5 p.m.) ANTWERP. August 27. At the wool sales 9000 bales were offered and 8000 sold. Fine qualities were firmer, but prices generally were unchanged. SALE AT PALMERSTON NORTH. Dalgety and Company. Limited, Palmerston North, report on their Palmerston North sale on Thursday, August 22nd, 1921: —We had a fair entry of both sheep and cattle, which practical 1-y all changed hande at current rates. Quotations:—Small mixed hoggets 6s to 7s, fat ewes and wethers 18s, yearling Jersey heifers -28 18s, other sorts 253, dairy cows (guaranteed) All 10s, others «£5 5s to AS 15s. SALE AT ASHHURST. Dalgety and Company, Limited. Palmerston North, report on their monthly Ashhurst sale on Wednesday, August 24th. 1921: —We had a good entry of sheep- and cattle, practically the whole of which changed hands at prices well up to late rates. W© quote : —Two and four-tooth wethers 11s 4d. life to 15s 6d, medium hoggets 8s 9d, cull hoggets 3s 4d, empty ewes 5s 6d. failing-mouth ewes in lamb 6s sd, yearling brindle heifers A 5, empty 2-year heifers A 6 2s 6d to A 6 ss, store cows 11s, 16s, 28s to, A 3 2s, springing heifers All to Al2. dairy cows (guaranteed) A 6, Al2. Al 4 10s to Al 6 ss. SALE AT FEiTdING. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report having a small yarding of shee.p and a very fair entry of catue at their Feilding' sale on Friday, August 26th, 1921. Fat sheep firmed in price compared with last week, while stores remained about stationary. There was a keen and improved demand for all classes of dairy stock and stores sold at equal to last week’s rates. Quotations:—Sheep: Empty store ewes ss, small hoggets 7s 4d to 9s 6d, mixed hoggets 11s to 11s 4d, forward ewes 9s 9d, fat hoggets 12s 9d, 13s sd, 13s 9d, 14s, to 17s ltd, for extra good fat wethers 16s to 16s 7<L Cattle: Yearling heifers, s.h. cross A2 10s to A 3 17s 6d, store cows 22s 6d, 255. to 31s, springing heifers, medium quality, A 7, A 9 10s to All 10s, late culvers A 4 12s 6d, choice yearling Jersey bulls Al2 10s to Al 3 10s. SANDON~HOGGET SALE. Dalgety end Company, Limited, Palmerston'North, report having held their ninth annual Saudon hogget sale on Thursday, 25th instant. The yarding comprised some 4040 hoggets, which were offered to a fairly large attendance. Competition was restricted and a number of pens failed to change hands at auction, though several sales were effected afterwards. Quotations: —Fair mixed hoggets 9s, small ewe hoggets 7s 6d to 9s 9d, fair wether hoggets 9s, good wether hogmrts 10s Id, 11s 3d to 11s Bd, good mixed hoggets 12s to 12s 3d, good ewe hoggets 12s 5d to 12s 9(1. CUSTOMS REVENUE. The Customs revenue received at Wellington. on Saturday totalled A 2237 4s 3d. Some idea of the pfrogress the dairying industry has made in Shannon during the last ten or twelve years can be gathered from the following figures:— In 1907. the year the present dairy company was formed, their output for the season was 90 tons of butter. In 1910 it hud increased to 170 tons, tho price 'or butter-fat then being 10Jd, and they paid out to suppliers the sum of A 11,271 14« 6d, and A7IB 18s 6d in wages. For the year just past, 455 tons of butter have been manufactured, and A 113,097 18s 9d was paid to suppliers, being at the rato of 2s 8d per lb for fat. The wuges have amounted to A 1745 17s 3d.

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