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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19761, 12 April 1926, Page 8

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.‘Vlly Times Office, Saturday Morning, ioi chants have noticed a distinct Improvement in business since they reopened after the Easter holidays. Now that the bank cr.lance is over, it is anticipated that trade will be more settled. New season's honey In pnta Is now avail tongues In Jars are again on the market. , , .. Army Club cigarettes arrived recently on a bare market. Canadian tinned peas are again In lull SU A*'parcel of sugar from Auckland arrived by the Walpahl, and was distributed on a bare market on Wednesday. The Mahia has landed a shipment of K d a t es —bulk, packets, and stoneless. She also brought a small parcel of Jordan almonds. The quality of Mlldura sultanas and currants which arrived recently has turned out to be quite satisfactory, and the demand for them is very good. • ■ The Walkouaitl. which arrived from Sydney during the week, brought a consignment of tea from Colombo, which was transhipped at the New South Wales port. Ihe direct boat from Calcutta and Singapore, carrying various lines of Eastern goods, is expected to leave Singapore to-day lor the four main New Zealand ports. DAIRY PRODUCE AND MEAT PRICES. Messis Nlmmo and Blair have received tho following cablegram from their London &ge’‘ dated April 0 : —“Cheese, S)ss 6d ner cwt, market dull. Butter, 173 s per cwt, market dull.” The Otago Farmers’ Co-op. Association has received the following cablegram from Its London office:—“The butter market la steady, with rather better Inquiry, after quietness due to the holidays. New Zealand, 173 sto 1765. The cheese market Is weak—--96s to 08s. Lamb —the market continues firm. Mutton is weak, especially heavy ewes.” DOMINION RUBBER COMPANY. The secretary of the Dominion Rubber Company reports that he Is in receipt of a cablegram from the estate advising -that the crop of rubber harvested during March was 42.0001 b. COMPANIES REGISTERED. The registration of the following companies is reported in the Mercantile Gazette: James Bradshaw (Ltd.). —Regd. as a private company March 20, 1926. Office: Bluff. Capital: £3OOO, Into 3000 shares • f £1 each. Subscribers: —Bluff: J. Braushaw 2900, D. Harland 100. Objects: Fish and ovstei merchants Waltane Sawmllllng and Afforestation (Ltd.) —Regd. March 30. 1926. Office; Invercargill. Capital: £65,000, into 2600 shares of £25 each. Subscribers :—Waltane —A. W. Halliday 18 : Gore—W. H. Fleming 10; Invercargill—J. C. Thomson 10, G. J. Yulo 10, R. M. Strang 4; Walklwi—R. Russell 4, N. A. Nelderen 4. Objects: Sawmilling and afforestation. Gordon Brown and Co. (Ltd.). —Regd. as a private company, March 30, 1920. Office: Invercargill. Capital: £10,009, Into 10,000 shares of £3 each; Subscribers: G. Brown 9900, J. T. Wilson 100. Objects : Land and commission agents. NATIONAL MORTGAGE”AND AGENCY COMPANY. The dividend paid by the Natlpnal Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Ltd.), for the year ended September 30 last, was 3s a share, and bonus of 2s, both free of Income tax.- The net profit was £37,601, and, with £14,348 brought forward, the sum at the credit of profit and loss account at the end of the year was £51,949, or £9476 more i than ■ was shown a year earlier. Capita! is £250,000, and the reserve fund £290,000, Outside liabilities consist of an issue of debentures of £761,965, sundry creditors, etc., £512,087, loans, etc., £103,641, or a total of £1,377,693. Assets, £1,960,268, consist of premises, plant, and goods £359,870, and debts owing to the. company £1,320,223. of which £864.391 are loans on mortgage and . secured accounts. Cash and Investments appear at £280,175. SALE OF RICHFIELD PROPERTY Mr A. B. Armour has sold his Highfield property, Gimmerburn district, to Messr? M'Leod and Stringer, of. Gimmerburn, There are about 1600 acres in the property. LONDON MARKETS. (Press Association —Br I’e leg raph Copyright.) LONDON. April 10. (Received April 11, at 5.5 p.m.) Sheep: Canterbury, medium 6Jd, heavy 53d North Island, light £Jd, medium 6d. heavy 6Jd. Lamb: Cantetbury. medium IOJd, heavy 9Jd ; North Island, seconds 9Jd; Australian, ■second j 7id, thirds 7Jd; Argentine, seconds, 7id. Chilled beef: Argentine, fores 2|d, hinds s|d ; others unchanged. Cotton : May, 9.41 d per lb. Rubber - Para, 25 Jd per lb; . Plantation, smoked, 26 gd. , . , Jute • Aprll-May, £46 15s per ton. Hemp: March-May, £3B a ton. Copra: March-Aprll, £2B 10s per ton. Linseed oil, £3l ss. Turpentine, 63s 6d per cwt.—A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW ZEALAND APPLES. PORT DENISON’S SHIPMENT. (Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copt-right.) LONDON, April 9. (Received April 10, at. 5.5 p.m.) The Port Denison's New Zealand apples arrived in very good condition. Cox’s realised 18s to 21s; Dunns, 14s to 16s; Worcesters and others, 12s to 14s.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. (Press Association—Bv releurnph— Copyright.) LONDON, April 7. (Received April 10, at 5.5 p.m.) Wheat cargoes are active, and firmed 6d to 9d, but buyers are awaiting the final Argentine estimate. Parcels are. firmer, but are quiet. Liverpool futures—May, 11s -4d pe- cental; July, 11s 2Jd ; October. 10s 7id. —A. and N.Z. Cable. , ■ CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. (Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 10. (Received April 11, at 5.5 p.m.) Chicago wheat: May (new). 160 i cents per bushel; old, 159 J ; July, 137; September, 132 J a dnN.Z. Cable. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Reilly’s report:—The market is now settling down for steady business, and opens firm for potatoes, onions, choice table poultry, stamped and guaranteed eggs, butter, and good dessert fruits. Poultry, a small yarding come forward. The previous week 1060 hens realised Is 6d to 4s 8d per pair, 495 ducks at 3s 2d to 7s 6d, 115 geese at 6s to 11a, 403 cockerels to 10s 6d, and small pullets to 7s 6:1, and 56 turkeys realised from Is 3jd to Is 9jd per lb On Wednesday we penned 327 hens, which realised 2s to 5s per pair, 101 cockerels at 3s lod to 8s per pair, and 62 ducks at 4s 6d to 8s per pair. Grapes: Some fine consignments forwarded, we secured record prices for our consignors. Large consignments of bacon and pork pigs realised good values. We sold:—Flowers; Gladioli, 5s per dozen. Pears/ Choice desserts, to 3sd; others, to 2|d; cookers, to 2d; quinces, 2d Grapes: Local Gros Colraars, to 3s; Hambuvgs, to 2s; Oamarus, to Is 71d. Tomatoes; Firsts, to 8d ; seconds, to sd; Otago Centrals, to sd; Christchurch, to 4d. Plums: Coe's, late, red, 4d; desserts, sd. Nectarines: Desserts, to 9d. Peaches: Choice desserts, to 8d; bottling, to sd. Green peas, to 4Jd. French beans, to 5Jd. Butter beans, to sld. Runners, 4id. Preserved ginger, Is 4£d. Peanuts: Choice, 5J!d. Aew Zealand walnuts, to Is 2d. Garlic, 9d. Tea; Broken Orange Pekoe, 2 S 6d. Butter: Dairy pats, to Is 3d; bulk. Is 3d.; separator pats, to Is od. Cheese; Prime medium, to lid) large, to IOJd. Beeswax, to Is 4d. Dates: Bulk, 4d; cartons, 6|d. Comb foundation: Medium brood, 2s 9d. Bacon, Is 3d. Pigs; Prime porkers, to 9d; prime baconers, to BJd ; heavy-weights, to sd. Honev: Cho ; ce bulk, to s|d per lb; sections, 10s to lls. Cucumbers: Hothouse, to 5s 6d per dozen; outside, to 2s. Cabbages, ss. Cauliflowers, to 7s 6d. Tinned pines. Bs. Eggs: Stamped, to 2s 6d; cases, to 2s 5d per dozen. Apples: Delicious, 12s; Cox’s Orange, to 12s fid; other desserts, to Ps; choice cookers, to 7s; others, to 4s, New Zealand passion fruit. 12s 6d. Lemons; Italian, bushels, 24s 6d. Oranges; Italians, bushels 27g 6d. Bananas; Ripe, 355; green Suvaa, 22s 6d; Rarotonga, 255. Potatoes: Locals, to 10s; Outran! and Stirling, to 9s fid: Oamani and Canterbury, to fis. New season's swedes, to 4s per cwt. Onions: Canterbury's, to, 18s; Auckland’s to 20s. Vegeable marrows, to 9s. Pumpkins, 9s. Pie melons, 12s 6d. Fat: Best mutton, 28s; other fats, to 245. Molasses, 9s 6d. Oyster grit. 8s 6d. X Keys meatmeal, 18s per cwt. Economic egg crates: 20-dozen, 16s; Champion 24-dozen, 18s each. Fowl wheat, Bs. Oats: A Gartons, 4s 3d; B Cartons, 3s 9d per bushel. Prime oat sheaf chaff: Choice, to £6 10s ner ton. Black Leaf “40”: 101 b tins, 60s; 2lb tins, 15s fid Fruit and confectionery bags. “Vnllo-Girafle” brand lime sulphur, Bordeaux mixture, chick food, arsenate of lead, Ellis fruit grader—prices on application. REILLY'S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD.), Moray Place, Dunedin.