COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19135, 1 April 1924, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Donald Reid and Co. report; Oats.—Australian importation* have affected the market, and a decidedly easier tone is noticeable in buyers’ offerings. We quote, for prompt delivery: A Cartons, 4a 2d; i> Gartens, 4s (sacks extra). Wheat.—Very little offering. Millers are keen after milling, hut farmers are inclined to hold in anticipation of receiving higher money from poultry breeders. We quote 6s per bushel for good whole fowl (sacks extra). Chaff.—lmportation* from Australia are affecting the market for chaff also. The demand ia purely local, and this embraces prime only. Wo quote £7 per ton for best quality (sacks extra). Lower grades are hard to quit at 451 per ton. Potatoes.—Consignments are coming in freely, and, local stores being well supplied, values have eased slightly. We quote £7 per ton (socks in). , DAIRY PRODUCE. The National Mortgage and Agency Company i« ip receipt of tho following cablegram from its principal*, Messrs A. J. Mills ana Go, (London); The butter market is steady at 156 e to Isßs. Cheese is quiet at 84s to 80s, Soott Bros., produce merchants and commission agents, agents for the Egg and Poultry Growers’ Association, Dunedin, report:—Eggs; Firm, to-day;. stamped, 2s 3d; fresh, 9* Id to 2s 2d per dozen. Butter: Dairy pats, Is 6d to Is 6d per lb. Honey: Prime bulk, 4Jd to 5d per lb; 10lb tins, 6s 6d to 6s each. Beeswax, Is 6d to Is 7d per lb. Pat, 20s to 23s per cwt. Poultry; Hens, 2» to 2s 6d per pair; cockerels, 3Jib, 4s 6d per pair; ducklings, 5s to 6s per pair; geese, nominally 8s per pair. Turkeys: Hens, !Kl per \lb; gobblers, XOd per lb. Pigs: Baconers, 7d to 74d per lb; porkers, 7Jd per lb; overweights, 4d per lb. Potato**: Beet tables, £6 15s to £7 5* per ton. Onions; Canterbury, £ll per ton. Chaff; Prime oaten sheaf, £7 to £7 10s per ton, sacks extra; medium quality, £6 15* per ton. Oats, Is 9d per buehel, sacks extra. Whole fowl wheat, 6s 9d per bushel, socks extra. Straw; Pressed whoaten, £4; oaten, £4 10s per ton, ex store. Please note; Pigs and poultry must arrive not later than Thursday mornings. We can supply petrol, motor lubricating oils and 'grease*, lucerne and poultry meal, hulled oats, shell grit, Pareora meat meal, leg ring*, toe punches, charcoal, wire netting, Star brand chicken food and Champion egg crates. March 31. . t Messrs A. H. Turnbull and Co. are in receipt of a oalblo from their principals, Messrs W. Weddlel and Co. (Limited), elated London, March 28, reading a* follows: Danish butter, 182* to 188 s (Inst week, 20f)s to 2045); New Zealand unaalted, 156 s to 100 s (last week 170* and 174 a); New Zealand salted, 150 s to 154® (last week 168 s to 170 s). There ie a rather better demand. New Zealand chees-e. white, 89s to 84a (last week 82s to 83s); coloured, 82s to 84s (last week 82s to 84a). Tho market is slow. Now Zealand cheese, coloured, exceptional g6s. New Zealand butter first grade ealted, exceptional 1565, (Pbb Dhitso Punas Association,' WELLINGTON, March 31. The National Dairy Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) have received the following cablegram from London, dated March 28; Butter: There is better inquiry at a reduction in price. New Zealand unealted, • 156 s to 158 s; salted, 150 s to 1565; Australian, 140 s to 1465; Argentine, 134 s to 140 s; Danish, 182 s to 188 s. Cheese: A slow demand. New Zealand white, 82b; New Zealand coloured, 84s; English, 140 s. HOTEL LEASES. Mr George W. Kidd reports having sold during the last week the lease of the Crown Hotel, Dunedin, on behalf of Mr John Richardson; the lease of the Henley Hotel, Henley, on behalf of Messrs M'Bride and O’Meara; and tbe lease of the F'atearoa Hotel, Patcaroa, on behalf of Mr P. C. M‘Leod. vDO YOU WANT £1 Is. Messrs Pure Products (Limited), London, proprietors of the famous Sapon Washing powder—“that Wizard of the Washtub”— award each week the sum of one guinea to the writer of the best four-line advertisement verse about Sapon. The results of these Sapon Guinea Poem Competitions are published each Saturday in this journal. Every competitor must observe the following rules: —Poeln not to exceed four lines. Sapon wrapper must be enclosed. Address: Sapon Washing Powder Competition, P.O. Box 771. Wellington.—Advt.