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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16593, 17 January 1916, Page 4

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Daily Times Office, Saturday morning. The prices for Boll's matches—plaids, 250'e, and royab—have been revised. It is still impossible, however, to secure supplies of royals. A parcel of chutney which oamo to hand during tho week shows a heavy increasod cost. M'Leod Brothers have advised an advanoo for their soaps of £2 a ton. Mellor's saucc is now quoted at 14a per dozen for pints, and 8s 6d for half pints. Lea and Perrin's, 26s for pint and 14s 6d for halves. Neave's Food is quoted at lis 3d per dozen tins. Supplies of Camp oof Fee essense aro expected, ex Paparoa, now at the wharf. Coffeo essanoo has been advanced to 14a per caso; 14s 3d for less. A shipment of G.D.K.Z. and Btols gin is due to arrive ex Tainui. Okey's knife polish is quoted ai 6s 6d per box. Pineapples ore still scarce. Thoy are quoted at 5s per dozen for cubes; 21b wholes are practically unprocurable. Fresh supplies are on board tho Waihora, now at Auckland. Transhipment of Dunedin cargo will bo made at Wellington. A lino of sago is also on board this vesseL Advice has been received during the week of a sharp advance in the prico of Japanese matches. Bulk dates are now to 3M per lb, while packets have advanced to 4s 9d to ss. Riakctts second blue and Domeleno aro at present unprocurable, and no advice of a further sliipmont is yet to hand. Column's starch is in short supply, and a difficulty is being experienced in getting suppliee from Homo. Melbourne onions are very scarce at present, but a shipment is expected next Wednesday. This lino is being quoted at £7 net. COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Pi»ss Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 15. (Received Jan. 16, at 5.5 p.m.) Copra.— January-February shipment, £35 5s to £35 10s. Cotton.—January-February shipment, 7.84. Jute.—February-March shipment, £30. Hemp.—The market is strong and large business has been done. New Zealand January, March, and May shipments arc quoted at £41 15s. Rubber.—Para, 3s 7d; plantation, 3s 8d to 3s 6d; smoked, 3s 7jd to 3s s£d. Wheat.—Chicago May options, 128g to 126f; July options, 112 to 120. LONDON MARKETS. WOOL AND SHEEPSKINS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 14. Tho second series of colonial wool sales will begin or. February 29. Offerings have been limited to 80,000 bales, the lists closing on February 14. The third series will begin on April 4, and offerings will again be limited to 80,000 bales, tho lists closing on March 20. At the sheepskin sales 4847 bales were offered and all were sold. Combing merinos advances per lb, clothing merinos by lid, and all crossbreds by lid. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from their Ixmdon agents (Messrs Sanderson, Murray and Co.): —■ Wool: Second series commerce February 29, list closes February 14. Third series April 4, list closes March 20. Both subject to limit of 80,000 bales new arrivals. Sheepskins: Merino combing advanced l£d; crossbred combing advanced 2d to 2sd; short wool advanced Id. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Piasi Association —By Telegraph.—Copyright LONDON, January 15. (Received January 16, at 5.5 p.m.) Tho following are the latest quotations for all classes of meat, inoluding ex-store sheep. In the case of those not quoted tho price is unchanged:— Jail* 1. Jan. 15. 0. Canterbury mntton, light ... Canterbury mntton, medinm 'i Canterbury mutton, heavy ... ... — 7 Southland mntton ~ Southland mutton, second quality — ■— N.I. mutton, best brands, 56-641b — N.I. mutton, ordinary, 56-641b ... *— N.Z. ewes - - — 6 3' — Australian mntton, light — ... — — Australian mutton, medium ... — — Australian mutton, heavy ... — — Australian ewes — — — — River Plate mutton, light, 40-661b — — River Plate mutton, heavy, SS-721b — — Elver Plate ewes - — — Canterbury lamb, light 7% Ju Canterbury jamb, second quality 7f; Canterbury lamb, medium ... 'i Canterbury lamb, heavy ... — 7|} 7£ North Island lamb, selected ... 7A "J North Island lamb, ordinary ... "i * Southland lamb, selected ... — — — Southland lamb, ordinary ... — 7g 7J Australian lamb, best brands ... — • — Australian lamb, fair quality ... — — Australian lamb, interior — — Biver Plate lamb, first quality... — — Biver Plate lamb, second quality — — New Zealand beef, fores — — — — New Zealand beef, hinds ... ... — — Australian beef, fores — ... — — Australian beef, hinds — — Argentine beef, chilled fores ... 61 — Argentine beef, chilled hinds ... 9J — Argentine beef, frozen fores ... — — Argentine beef, frozen hinds ... — — S. American sheep, light ... 7$ 7J S. American sheep, heavy ... 7 7{} S. American lambs, first quality — — S. Americaa lambs, 6econd quality — — S. American «wes — —■ Other meats are unchanged. * None offering. Babbitß aro quiet, and the market is unchanged. SOUTHLAND MARKET REPORT. (FBOM 008 OWK COHHESPONDENT.) INVERCARGILL, January 15. The oat market is firm, and merchants are paying up to 3s 9d on trucks, and are finding difficulty in getting supplies at this figure. Oats will be very scarce from now on until tho end of March. The chaff market is firmer, and up to £5 has been paid for primo quality. There are several large Government orders ia tho market, which tend to keep prices up. There is little doing in potatoes beyond a small distributing local trade. Tho price runs from 8s to 12s per owt. Tho hemp market is firm, current values being £29 10s, on trucks, for good fair, and £27 10s for fair. There is also a good inquiry for tow, and buyers can .be found at any reasonable price. Tho ryegrass market is firm, and the wholesale inquiry, and prospects for tho new season's seed seem to bo brighter than it was at one time supposed. There is very little wheat available in the market, and it commands a ready salo to tho local millers. The wholesale prico of flour remains the samo as last week — viz., £14. In the stock market prices have ruled as under: —Fat cattle: Ox beef, 43s to 445; heifer beef, 41s to 425; cow beef, 39s to 40s. Store cattlc: Three-year old bullocks, £9 to £11; 2i-year old, £7 10s to £8; two-ycars-old, £5 10s to £6; 18-monthb, £3 15s to £4; yearlings, £2 15s to £3 ss. Fat sheep: Extra heavy butchers' wethers, 25s 6d to 28s 6d; primo, 24a to 255; medium, 22s to 235; prime ewes, 25s to 265; medium, 20s to 225. Storo sheep: Two-tooths, mixed sexes, 17s to 18s; ewes, 18s to 19s; wethers, 16s to 17s. OAMARU MARKETS. (TEOM OCR OWN CoRRKBroxDimM OAMARU, January 15. _ A good deal of activity has been experienced in the wheat market, and a considerable number of transactions aro reported. Velvet is particularly sought, and holds tho value well, sales having been made at 5s lid and 6s net, both on trucks and delivered at mills. Red wheat is not in such great request, but sales have been made at 5s 8d to 5s 9d net at country stations, and 5s 9d net delivered at country mills. Red chaff has also changed, hands at 5s 9d on trucks. Most of tho business is in small lines, ranging from 200 sacks downwards; but transactions which covered 700 sacks composed, in equal parts, velvet and Marshall's white, for which the prices paid were equal to 5s lid for velvet and 5s 9d for Marshall's, net to grower. Velvet is now very hard to get, and is likely to retain its value; but the red varieties are offering very freely from South Canterbury, and tho prico will probably decline. Oats have advanced fully 3d per bushel during the week, but none is obtainable here, and quotations are purely nominal. Tho stock market has only been kept alivo by tho sales of yoting cattle,_ which, in consequence of tho absence of feed, are being cleared wholesale. A good number were sold during the week to go south at from £2 to £3 10s for mixed, lines, 18-months and two-year-olds. •PRICE OF SOAP RAISED. At a meeting of New Zealand soapmakers, which was held at Wellington last week, it was decided (tho Dominion states), owing to tho high cost of raw materials, to advanco the price of all soap and soda crystals. Low-grade soap will bo raised £1 per ton, high-grade £2 per ton, and soda crystals 10s per ton.

OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR. Tho Otago Farmers' Co-operativo Association of New Zealand reports:—Our weeldy horso salo was held in our bazaar on Saturday last, when wo had an entry of 35 horses. Consignments forward from Maniototo Plain, Kakanui, Oamaru, and Milton comprised sovcral medium draughts and ono or two good, useful spring-carters and harness horses. There was a good attendance of town carriers, contractors, and traders. Tho majority of the vendors had come to tho market prepared to soil at any price, and consequently, although prices were low, ft largo number of horses were sold. Wo quoto: Good young draught mares, £25 to £30; superior young draught golding6, fit for shaft or lorry work, £30 to £35; ordinary draught mares "and geldings, £17 to £22; aged draughts, to £15; good upstanding vanncrs, at from £18 to £25; ordinary spring-carters, at from £13 to £18; upstanding buggy mares and geldings., £9 to £15; hacks and ponies, £5 to £7. INCREASE OF CAPITAL. The Mercantile Gazette announces tho following:—Messrs F. and R. Woods (Ltd.), Dunedin: Increase of capital registered January 10. Capital of the company to he increased by tho crcation of 1000 new shares of £1 each, making tho nominal capital of the company £5000. CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. Reilly, Gill, and Co. report: —During tho week very satisfactory business has been done in all departments. Some very nice lines of poultry came forward. Potatoes are in excess of requirements, and sales are rather slow. Heavy consignments of fruit came on to tho market, all of which met an exceptionally keen demand. Those wishing to secure preserving fruits wo advise to purchase their requirements while supplies are available. The following indicates the prices ruling for the different lines: —Flowers, 2s to 3s per dozen bunches. Lettuce, 6d, 9d, Is per dozen. Cabbage, Is 6d, 2s, 2s 3d. Cauliflower, 4s to fe 6d. Cucumbcrs, 7s 6d, Bs, 9s per dozen. Green peas, 2d, Tomatoes: Choice locals, 9£d, lOd, lid; Christchurch, 6jd, 7id, Bd, 9d, French beans, 4d, New Potatoes: Peninsula, choico, lid. Green gooseberries, lid; ripe, 2d, 2£d. Cherries, Is Id, Is 4d (Kentish wanted). Raspberries, 7id, 7£d, Bd. Grapes, Is 3d. Black currants, s£d. Poaches: Choico dessert, 3d, 3Jd, 4d; cooking, l|d, 2jjd, 2id. Pears: Choice, 3d; small, Id. Apricots: Dessert, 3d, 3id, 3£d; jam, 2§d. Red currants, sd. Rhubarb: Slow sale; 7s to 10s ner cwt. Dark Plums: Dessert, 2id, 2£d, 2|d, 3d; jam, lj|d, 2d. Burbank Plums, 3d; cherry plums, 3d, 3id. Mushrooms, 9£d. Walnuts, 9d. Peanuts, 20.9 x^ 31 " 100lb. Beeswax, Is 4d. Butter: Farmers' bulk, ll£d; separator, ll£d to Is o£d; Defiance, pats Is 3id; farmers' pats, lljd, Is. Eggs: Stamped, Is 3d; caso eggs,. Is 2d. Honey: Choice, 4|d. Bacon: Choico, lid; hams, lid. Pigs: Primo haconers, 6id; porkers, 6£d; choppers, 3id. Horsehair, 18|d. Apples: Astrachans, 8s 6d, 9s 6d per caso. Onions: Prime, 7s 6d. Molasses, 9s (in tins). Oat pollard, £8 10s. Flour, £14 ss. Oatmeal, £17 10s. Wheat pollard, £9 ss. Bran, £5. Oatsheaf chaff: Extra prime quality. £6 15s; black oat, £6 15s. Fat, 16s 6d, 17s 3d, 17s 6d; 21s, 23s 6d per cwt. Fowl wheat, 5s 6d, 5s 9d, 6s, 6s 6d. Oats. 3s 6d. 3s 9d for A grade lines; 3s 3d, 3s 4d for B grado lines. Maize. 6s. Rice meal, 12s per sack. Poultry: Hens, Is 3d, Is 4d, Is sd, Is 6r], Is 7d. Is lOd, 2s, and 2s Id each; old eock birds, Is 3d, Is 4d, Is 6d, and Is 9d each; cockerels realised Is 2d, Is 3d, Is 4d, Is 9d. 2s 4d, 2s 6d, & 8d each; ducklings, Is 9d, 2s, £s 4d, 2s 7d, 2s 9d each; ducks, Is 6d. Is 9d, Is lOd, 2s: no geese forward; chickens, white Leghorns, 4d, 6d, 7d, and 9d each. Eggs: Wo sold the bulk of our consignments at Is 2d to Is 3d per dozen. REILLY, GILL, & CO., Auctioneers and Commission Agents, Moray place, Dunedin.