THE WAI-RONGA STUD.

Otago Witness, Issue 3100, 13 August 1913, Page 21

THE WAI-RONGA STUD.

The AA'ai-Rongoa Stud of Messrs Thomson and Company, North Taieri, has had a notable addition made to it- by thb birth of a fine filly foal sired by thoir noted stud borso Newton Chief, C.V.L.C. (imp.), dam Agatha. C.V.L.O. (imp.). This is the first foal dropped since the initiation of the Clydesdale Horse Society's scheme of veterinary inspection, and it will be noted that both sire and dam have Government life certificates. This should considerably increase the value of the filly for breeding purposes. DDKBDIS MARKETS Vk'B.U A3TD DAIET PRODUCT* Messrs MTlroy Bros, and Ogilvio (successors to Irvine and Stevenson), Georgs street, report paying for produce during the week ending tiio 12th inst., as follows: Fresh eggs. Is 44 do* I Separator butter, lOJil Salt bn* ter : not buying | per lb Fresh butter, good ordinary (in 11b and Jib prints), 9d to lOd per lb. Pigs, 130!b to r.601b, 5Jd. Honey, 4d. Fowls, 3a to -Ss 6d (boiling). w«ot-*»*t.s no»sci siroETa. Xiindanv and Co.. Princes street south, report under date tire 12th inat.; AVbeat per bushel. Oaten chaff Best milling 3/11—4/2 Prime 62/6—90/0 Medium do 3/8 3/10 (lood 75/0 Fowls' ... 3/I—ll/0 Medium 55/0—69/(1 Milling oats 2/4 —5/6 Inferior 30/0—45/0 Feed oats ... 2/o—2/3 Ryegrass and clover Malt barley ... 4/9 hay 65/8 —70/0 Feed barley 2/6 —3/0 Cape barley ... 3/5 Straw; Maize 6/2 Wheateu ... 35/0 per ton. Oaten 40/0 Flour, in 200'* ... 185/0 Rolled bacon ... 10Jd Flour, in offs ... 196/0 Side bacon ... lOd Pollard 1 £O/ Smoked haras ... lujd g ran 65/ Cheese ... ...fid-fit Oatmeal, in 25’* 260/0 Salt butter 9d—UlJd Fear! barley .. 280/0 (according to quality) Epe*. fresh ... 1/5 Potatoes.—Market quiet. Shippers not operating. Prime lots, £3 15s; medium and inferior neglected, £3 to £3 10s. Chaff.—Prime bright lots meet with ready tales, but medium and inferior are neglected. Prime, £4 2s Cd to M 10s; medium to good, £3 5s to £3 15s; light and discoloured. 50s. Onions. —Canterbury, Ss; Melbourne, £3 170 «d. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. WELLINGTON, August 11. The High Commissioner cabled from Lon-

don on August 9 (the quotations, unless otherwise specified, are the average market prices on spot): — Mutton. —Market steadier. Prices firmer for heavy weights. Canterbury, 4id; heavy weight, 4 l-16d; North Island. 4id. Lamb.—Market depressed. Price® have declined, and there is small demand. Canterbury. twos, 5 l-16d; heavy weight, fours, 4|d; other than Canterbury, sgd. Beef. —Market quiet. Poor demand for fores. New Zealand hinds, 4d; fores, 3d; chilled hinds. sd; fores, 3d. Butter. —Market weak, and prices are virtually unchanged. Cheese. —Market firmer, especially for New Zealand, owing to the small supply. Canadian make is still declining, owing to droughty conditions. New Zealand white, 66s to 675; coloured, 65s to 665. Hemp.—Market firm. A hardening tendency is general, with an active demand. Holders are firm. New Zealand good fair grade, £3l 10a; fair, £27 10s; fair current Manila, £3l 10s; August to October New Zealand good fair, £52; fair, £2B; fair current Manila. £3l 10s. The output from Manila for the week was 19,000 bales. Wool.—Market firmer, and the demand is expected to increase. Prospects are favourable. The River Plate shipments received dur-

ARGE.NTINE EXPORTS. WELLINGTON, August 9. The Department of Agriculture has received the. following cablegram from Buenos Aires: — The following shipments of produce were despatched from the Argentine to the United Kingdom during July, compared with July.

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS’ COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH,. August 10. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in the Now Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association was hold yesterday, when it was decided to increase tlie nominal capital to £1.250,000 by the creation of 50,000 preference shares. WELLINGTON FARMERS’ MEAT COMPANY. MASTERTON, August 6. The anfiual meeting of shareholders in the Wellington Farmers’ Meat Company was held here to-day. The report showed a considerable increase in the turnover compared with last year, and the chairman of directors (Mr J. C. Cooper) congratulated the company upon its splendid position. After expending about £IO,OOO in extending the works during the year the directors wore able to transfer £ISOO to the reserve fund, declare a dividend of 6 per cent, on the paid-up capital, and carry forward £2BB. The Chairman stated that the slaughtermen had voluntarily agreed to accept 27s 6d per 100 during the coming season, although they were paid 30s per 100 last sea-son. OAMARU MARKETS. £Feou Oub Own Correspondent.) OAMARU, August 9. Wheat is in fair demand, and any coming forward commands a ready sale at rates on a level with those current for several weeks past. Velvet appears to be in most request, though other varieties find ready purchasers. For a lino of nearly 500 sacks of velvet 3« Hid net was given at a country station, and that represents about the present value. In one instance 4s Ojd was given, the price to the grower being reducible by commisison. Other sales have taken place at country stations at 3s Hid and 4s net, and 4s lees commission, according to quality and railage cost. Under the same conditions red chalf has bee,n sold at country stations in lots of from 100 to 250 sacks at 3s 3d and 3s Bid net, and 3s 8d less commission. Tuscan has changed hands at country stations at 3s sjd not, and 3s 6d, loss commission, and Marshall’s white-at 3s sjd net. Very few oats have been on offer during the week, and growers do not hold many to sell. Small lots of A grade Cartons have been taken at 2s lid and 2s 2d net at country stations, while 2a Id net was given for a line of 13 grade, and 2s for another, both at country stations, the latter with a long distance railage. Potato growers still show no disposition to accept the position tlrat has prevailed for some time as final, but cling to a baseless hope that something will yet turn up In Australia to give potatoes an upward movement. There has certainly been a little spurt this week, but it was of an evanescent nature due to merchants having to raise their limits to fill orders for nothern shipment by the Wanaka, which will take away a fair quantity next week. With that object from £2 12s 6d to £2 17s 6d not on trucks, and £3 delivered in Oamaru. were given today. However, the market has come back, and business was done at £2 10s, while £2 5s is mentioned by some merchants as about the value if a northern trade is to be done. There is practically no demand for seed potatoes. SOUTHLAND MARKETS. (Fiiou Odb Own Correspondent.) INVERCARGILL, August 9. The oats market is still quiet, but holders here are very firm, and will not quote less than 2s Gad, f.0.b., s.i., for A grade Gartons. There is practically no shipment in grade lines, the only lines going north being oats that would not keep in store. There is some inquiry from Australia, which will probably have an effect- on the market hero. There are practically no oats offering from the country, which leaves us under the impression that the bulk of the Southland crop lias passed through to Bluff. Prices to fanners to-day are on the basis of la Hid for A grade Gal lons, sacks extra, at country sidings. The chaff market is very well supplied at present, and if chaff continues to come in in such quantities as have arrived during this week prices can hardly ho maintained. Merchants are still paying £5 ss, on trucks

at country sidings for good prime samples. The potato market is weaker. Merchants to-day are offering only £2 to £2 ss, on trucks, sacks in, for prime Up-to-Datee, and at this figure merchants do not appear to be keen to buy. When a farmer pays for his sacks and reckons the cost of getting his potatoes on trucks he will have very little left for himself. There is more inquiry for seed potatoes, for which farmers are receiving £3 10s, on trucks, for good lines of Up-to-dates. The hemp market continues quiet. There is very little offering at present, and last week’s quotations are unaltered. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Dalgoty and Co. report as follows: —We held our weekly sale of grain and produce on Monday, when values ruled as under Oats : Any samples of bright heavy Gartons, suitable for milling, meet a ready sale. There is also more inquiry for lines suitable for seed purposes. Feed oats are in fair demand at quotations. Prime heavy Gartons, 2s 3d; good to best feed, 2s lid to 2s 2d; medium, 2s to 2s Id; inferior and damaged, from Is 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat: Offerings from the country are light. There is a little better inquiry for samples of Tuscan and red wheats in milling condition, which are saleable at quotations. Prime samples of velvet, which are scarce, are also in good demand. Good whole fowl wheat is scarce and meets a ready sale on arrival. Prime milling velvet, 4s 2d; velvet car and red chaff, 3s 8d to 3s lOd ; Tuscan, 3s 7d to 5s 8d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; medium to good, 3s to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes : Consignments are coming to hand freely. Tho bulk of the offerings, however, are of poor quality. In the absence of a shipping demand the market is dull. For local consumption only choice quality are saleable, inferior and out of conditioned lines being neglected. Choice tables, £3 7s 6cl; good to best, £3 to £3 ss; inferior, from £2 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff; Arrivals of -late have been heavy, comprised largely of medium quality, for which there is a poor demand, large stocks still being hold in store. There is a fair demand for prime heavy oaten sheaf, which is saleable at quotations. Medium and light quality is not meeting with the same demand, and is saleable only at a reduction on late rates. Choice black oaten sheaf, £4 7s 6d; white oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 ss; medium to good, £3 12s 6d to £3 17s 6d; light and discloured. from £3 per ton (sacks extra). Messrs Donald Reid and Go. report:—We held our weekly sale of grain and produce on Monday, when values ruled as under: — Oats: The demand for seed lines is absorbing most of tho choice lots in store. Prime milling, Gartons and sparrow bills, have fair inquiry, but the demand for feed linos is not keen. Stocks, however, are not heavy, and most of those offering move off readily at quotations. Prime milling 2s 3d, good to best feed 2s lid to 2s 2jd, inferior to medium Is lOd to 2s Id per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat: The demand from millers is chiefly for prime velvet and velvet oar, the latter having most inquiry. Tuscan Iras had rather more attention during tho past week, and we have quitted a considerable quantity ex store at top ruling values. Whole fowl wheat is in moderate supply and meets ready sale. Prime milling velvet, 4s to 4s 2d; velvet ear, 5s 9d to 3s lOd; Tuscan, 3s 7d to 3s 8d: best wnole fowl wheat, 3s 5d to 3s 6d; medium to good, 5s 2d to 3s 4d; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel, sacks extra. Potatoes ; The market continues to be fully supplied, and only prime sound lota have any demand. Frosted and inferior lots are difficult to deal with. The demand for seed lines is somewhat easier as tho season advances. Best table potatoes, £5 to £3 ss; choice, to £3 7s 6d; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton, sacks included. Chaff: Heavier supplies have come forward, and buyers’ preference for choice quality is more, pronounced, medium and inferior lines having little attention. Best oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 ss; choice black oat, to £4 7s 6d; medium to good. £5 10s to £3 15s; hght and discoloured, £3 to £3 5s per ton, bags extra.

HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE, August 7. At the hide sales to-ciay average supplies wore forwarded. Competition was keen, and prices were to id higher than the rates ruling last week. SHEEPSKIN SALES. The Dunedin Woolbrokers’ Association (Messrs Dulgety and Co., A. Morltzson and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Company, Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Otago Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Donald Reid and Co., Stronach, Morris, and Co., and Wright, Stephenson, and Co.) report as follows: The weekly sale was held on the sth, when moderate catalogues were submitted to a large attendance of buyers. There was as a consequence keener competition, and the prices obtained were in advance of last week's rates for good skins. Best halfbreds realised up to B|d per lb; medium to good, up to Bid ; best crossbreds, B£d ; medium to good, 7ijd; .merinos, 7£d; hoggets, 8d; half bred (dead). 7gd ; crossbred (dead), 6|d ; hoggets (dead), 7d; lambs (dead), 6|cl; merino (dead), 7ad ; best three-quarter bred, 7§d; best fine crossbred. Bid; best lambs, Bd. RABBIT.SKIN SALK. Tho Dunedin Woolbrokers’ Association (Mcesrs Dalgctv and Co., A. Moritzson and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Company, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Otago Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Donald Reid and Co., Stronach, Morris, and Co., arid Wright, Stephenson, and Co.) report as follows: Tho weekly rabbitelcin sales were held on Monday, when good-sized catalogues were offered to a full board of buyers. Competition was keen throughout, and prices all round were from Id to 2d in advance of last week’s rates. Selected winter blacks sold at from 41d to 45d ; winter blacks, from 30d to 1 52d; superior docs, from 37£d to 40d; superior bucks, from 50d to 32 jd; winter bucks, from 25d to 29id; winter does, from 30d to 36d; incoming docs, from 19d to 20£d; autumns, from 17gd to 18|d; racks, from 13d to 14d; broken, to 17d ; horsehair, to 17j,d; opossums, from 3s Id to 9s Id. CLEARING SALE. Tho Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand report having hold a clearing sale of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, farm implements, and sundries on account Of Mr R. Moss on his farm near Wdilate mu. There was a good gathering of farmers from all parts of the district, and from Clutha and the Taieri. Following are

a few of tho prices realised: —Dairy cows to £7 17s 6dj heifers to £3 ss; yearlings at £1 16s; piga to £2 12s; double buggy at £l3 15s. The horses, implements, harness, and sundries brought good prices, and on tho whole the sale was a most satisfactory one.

SALE DF FAT BULLOCKS. TTMARU, August 7. At a sale of fat bullocks from Mr R. H. Rhodes’s Bluecliffs estate to-day tho prices ranged from £lO to £ls, tho 63 head averaging £l3 6s. GORE HORSE BAZAAR. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having held their bi-monthly sale m the Gore Horse Bazaar on Saturday. The entry comprised 30 horses of all classes, and the attendance was fairly large. All tho young, sound, draught horses, fit to go into immediate work, were keenly competed for, and at the clcse of the sale there were still several buyers in search of this class. Aged and stale horses did not meet with the same demand, but a few hacks that were forward sold at fair prices. Tho top price of the day was secured by Mr Frank Pringle, Balfour, for a black gelding, which was secured by Mr Adam Dynes at £4O 10s. Other sales wore: Black mare, 4yrs, £39; bay gelding, 6yrs, £29; black gelding, 6yrs, £3O 10s; bay gelding, 4yrs, £32 10s; spring-cart gelding, Byrs, sls; bay gelding, aged, £lO l light mare, syrs, £26; bay harness marc, $lO 15s; liny mare, syrs. £2B: bay harness gelding, £10; chesnut hack, £7; bay mare, £2O; harness gelding, £l3; and others down to £6 OTAGO FARMERS’ HORSE BAZAAR. Tho Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association reports as follows:—Wo hold our weekly horse sale on Saturday last, when we offered 45 draught and light horses from Palmerston, Waikouaiti, Goodwood, Woodside, and the Peninsula, to a good muster of iown and country buyers. Mr James M'Kewen’s consignment, we can say, was the best lot of young horses, mares, and fillies we have had the pleasure of offering in our bazaar for some time, being all young, sound, and fresh from country work, and bought from the breeders. Good, sound, young draughts met with spirited competition, and one exceptionally good quality gelding, five years old, realised £4B. and a filly rising four years brought £39. Saturday’s sale was a most satisfactory ono, and there is still a good demand for good, sound mares and geldings suitable for farm and town work. Good young draught, mares sold at from £32 to £3B; extra good Clydesdale mares, suitable for stud purposes, £45 to £65; superior young draught geldings, fit for shaft and lorry work, £3O to £39; ordinary draught mares and geldings, at from £23 to £3O: aged draughts, at from £8 to £ls; good, strong, upstanding vanners, at from £25 to £3O: heavy spring-carters, at-from £2O to £25: ordinary, at from £ls to £2O; upstanding buggy marcs and geldings, from £ls to £2O; hackneys and ponies, from £8 to £l2. LAND SALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having offered and sold at their land sale room on Saturday Mr T. C. Bishop's freehold property at Hillend. There was a large attendance of tho public, and after keen competition the property was knocked down to tho bid of a South Canterbury buyer at £3 5s per acre. PROPERTY SALES. Messrs Alex. Harris and Co. submitted to auction at their rooms on the sth, on behalf of the trustees in the estate of the late Ellen Wootton, freehold properties in South Dunedin consisting of -‘allotments 5 and 31, block VII, the first portion having a frontage of 27 feet 8 inches to King Edward street, with a brick shop and dwelling thereon, occupied- by Messrs J. H. Hinton and Co., and the other portion having a frontage of 51 feet 3 inches to Glasgow street, together with six and four-roomed dwellings. Bidding commenced at £I2OO, and the properties were eventually disposed

of to Mr J. Mitchell (as agent) for £I6OO, Allotments 7 and 8, block 111. township of Forbury, with on area of 12.2 poleo, fronting Prendergast street, together with a aixroomed dwelling and outbuildings, wero secured by the same trentleman for £365. Mr Peter Boyd, land and estate agent, reports having effected the following salea of city and suburban properties during July:—On account of Mr Bull, sevenroomed modern residence, with 30 poles of land, situate in Castle street, to Mr Wallace; on account Mr Lewis, section 8, Southend, to Mr Brownie; on account Mrs Philp, two sections, with four-roomed house theroon, in Bathgate street, to Mr Gcorgesonj on account of Mrs Bailey, section 23, block V, Musselburgh, with six-roomed houao thereon, to Mr Hal!; on account Mr Alf. King section 1, block VIII, Regent Park, together with new bungalow house erectea thereon, to Mr Pyke; on account of the trustee in a deceased estate, 15 sections ia the township of Seatoun, Portobello, to various purchasers; on account Mr Seaton, section 209, township of Seatoun, to Mr Lunn; on account of Miss M'Cartney, modern five-roomed house and section, Portobello, to a client ; on account of Mr J. H. Seaton, I 4 acres of land, (Seaton road, Portobello, to a client; on account Mr Brown, allotment 11, Cavcrsham Extension, together with five-roomed villa thereon, situate in Cole street, to Mr Mumby. Also the following country and farm properties* On account Mr Henderson. Malingatna, 900 acres pastoral land, to Mr Bragg; on account Mr Sutherland, Manngatua, -lease of 136 acres first-class dairy farm, adjoining the above, to same purchaser; on account Mr Ourran, Milton, 7 acres, with dwelling and improvements thereon, to Mr Boyle: on account Mr D. Alexander, his freehold farm of 169 acres at Waitati, together with stock, implement's, etc., as a going concern, to Mr Garston; on account Mrs Miller, Mosgiel, 1 acre of land, with cottage thereon. to Mr Logan ; on account of Air Copland, 30 acres of Education Board leasehold land at Otokia. with dwelling and other improvements thereon, to a client; on account Mr R. Murdoch, his freehold farm of 111 acres, Sadd’e Hill, together with live stock, implements, etc., as a going concern, to Mr Copeland. Messrs John Redd and Sons offered at auction at their rooms on Monday a freehold property situated at No. 1. Mill uvrr.uo, beside George street, between Duke street and the bridge, with 44ft of frontage to Mill avenue, together with s x-roamed house. There was brsk' bidding up to £635. but this price was slightly under vendor’s reserve and the property vu passed in.

mg July were; — Mutton. Lamb. London ... 37.146 23,833 Liverpool ... 96.676 11,275 Card iff ... 4,911 856 Hull ... 6,297 — Southampton ... 2.702 800 Newcastle ... 9,974 — Totals ... 157,706 36,764 The totals for Julv, 1912. were : Mutton 259,039. lambs, 72,662.

1912 :— 1912. 1913. Frozen beef, quarters 192,000 143,000 Chilled beef, quarters 220,000 254,000 Frozen mutton, carcases ... 228,000 72.000 Lamb carcases 59,000 37,000 Butter. cwt — 853