A PROFITABLE DEAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3183, 17 March 1915, Page 16

A PROFITABLE DEAL.

-HEALTH BOUGHT FOR £1 BY A MAN WHO WAS AFRAID TO EAT. If after years of agony from stomach troubles someone came along and offered you good health for a sovereign, you would jump at the chance of making a deal. And, when you had carried it through, you would congratulate yourself on having made the best bargain of your life. It is worth something, isn’t it, to have an appetite with an edge on it like a razor? Yet there are thousands, whose bodies are crying out for food, who sit down to meals in constant dread of the pains of indigestion. So they simply toy with the good things on their plates, when knife and fork should ply with gusto. Act on the same faith in the tonic properties of Mother Seigel’s Syrup as Mr Henry Jenkins, “Taree,” Camden Haven, New South Wales, and you can tackle your food without the fear of pains afterwards. “ For some years,” he writes under date of February 24, 1914, “ I suffered from stomach troubles, which often caused the most excruciating distress and agony. I ate so little owing to the pain and discomfort which always supervened, that I was in a half-starved condition and often felt ravenously hungry. Then, I perhaps would have something cooked I had a fancy for, but just as soon as it was dished up and set on the table the more smell would take my appetite away, and I would be unable to swallow a morsel. “I got very weak, white, and washy, and could hardly keep on my feet. But about eighteen months back a friend appeared to be so positive that Mother Seigel’s Syrup would do me good that I was induced to try it. I am pleased to say that after taking half a bottle I began to improve rapidly. I continued to use Mother Seigel’s Synip after every meal until I had taken nine bottles, when I was quite cured and could eat whatever I had a mind to, and digest it with ease and comfort.” A bottle of Mother Seigel’s Syrup costs 2s 9d. You see now how health wa» boughi. for just over £l.

Copper.—Spot, £64 5s to £64 10s; three montns, £64 12s 6d to £64 17s 6d. Tin.—(Spot, £IBB to £IBB 10s; throe months, £164 10s to £165. Lead, £2l 10s. At the tallow sales 517 casks wore off; rod, and 171 sold. Mutton : Fine, 445; medium, 40s. Boot; Fine, 445; medium, 395. March 11. Wheat; Chicago, May options, I'iOj to 1555; July options, 117£ to 1M The Bank of England returns show gold coin and bullion fn stock, £58,384,000; reserve, £44,431,003; proportion of reserve to liabilities, 24.47 per cent.; circulation, £34,296,000; public deposits, £50,125,000 ; other deposits, £129,764,000; Government seourities, £27,138,000; other securities, £127,010,000. Short loans, f per cent.; bills, lg per cent. Silver, 25 5-16 d per oz. Following are the prices for Government stocks as compared with those ruling a v/eek ago ;

• 1923 currency. § 1929-1949 currency, f 1930-1950 currency. J 1920-1930 currency. Sugar : Unchanged. Butter is very firm. It is believed that Germany and Austria are buying Danish butter largely. Choicest Australian, 135 s to 138 s; exceptionally choice do, 140 s. New Zealand. 138 s to 140 s; exceptionally choice do, 1425. Cheese is firm. New Zealand, 92s to 945. All Australian cheese has been cleared. Bacon is steady. Australian Cumberlands, 62s to 635. Wheat is quiet and unchanged. La Plata is rather easier; Walla, Decemoer shipments, 65s 6d. Barley : Australian Chevalier, 39s 6d to 41s sd; brewing barley, 40s. Peas and beaus are quiet and unchanged. Bradford tops are very quiet, users holding off, awaiting the London wool sales. March 13. Wheat: Steady and inactive. Chicago May options, 153 to 155|; July options, 120 to 121|. Cotton : May-June, 5.C4g. Jute: Maroh-April, £2O 15s. Hemp; March-May, £32 10s. Rubber: Para, 2s plantation, 2s 4£d; smoked, 2s sd. Copra: March-April, £26 15s. Wheat and flour afloat: —United Kingdom, 2,660,000 quarters; Continent, 3,635,000 quarters ; Atlantic shipments, . 664,000 quarters ; Pacific, 27,000 quarters., Total from Europe, 1,335,000 quarters; India, 7000 quarters; Argentina, 469,000 quarters. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. LONDON, March 13. The following are the latest quotations for all classes of meat, including ex-store sheep. In the case of those not quoted the price is unchanged:— March 6. March 13.

Rabbits. —The market is unchanged; delivery improving. Hares—a fair trade at 18s, English cased. DUNEDIN MARKETS. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs MTlroy Bros, (successors to Irvine •and Stevenson). George street, report paying for produce during the week ending the 16th inst., as follows: Fresh eggs, i /»> on I Seprrator Butter, 10<d lb Salt Duller; n >t buying | Honey (bulk), :ijd lb WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. J. Lindsay and Co., Princes street south, report under date the 16th inst.: Wheat per bu»hei. f Oaten cnaff Best milling ... 7/6 ITimo 13 /0 Fowls’ ... 6,0-6/10 Good U’o/U Milling oats ... 4 0 Inferior 10/0-95/0 Feed oils.. ... 3/9 Ryegrass rind clover Malt I alley ... -I'} hay 90/o—lo9/0 Feed'oaiiey ... 5/3 I’ar.e i'iiilev ... 5/ Straw; Maize ... ... 6 0 Wheaten ... 49/6 per ton Oaten 47/‘> Hour, in ddfi'i ... 35<7 Rolled bacon ... 10d Flour,' in ob'a ... 3ri:/0 Side bacon ... 9d Bollard ... ... 160/0 Smoked hams ... ICd Bran 145/0 Cheese ... ...7d—Bd Oatmeal, in 2o’s 420/0 Salt butter Oil —Hid Bearl barley .. 430/1 (according to quality) Fgg.», fresh 1/6 —1/7 Onions. —Auckland and Canterbury, £5 per ton. Chaff. —Thus market is firm, and prices are

"good. We would oe pleased 10 receive sampieo or nave tne alter oi any you may have mi sale, r'lime, mos; medium, trom 90s to 110 s per ten. x'oiatoes. —Best lo.s are saleable at up to ij per ton. HIGH COMMISSIONER IS REPORT . VVJiJjMiVliidiN, iVialC.l ib. 'the H.gh caulca Oil March 13 (tne quotations, unicss otneivv.se lucl, ale tne aveiuge maiKot pr-C.s o-. spot) : .u.at. 1 lie market is affected by increased arrivals oi dulled beet. 'lucre is less demand ior alt descriptions oi .lor.n mutton, Put tile market is mm notwicastand mg. Mutton.—North Island, &cl lor best quality; old,nary quality, bgu ; avis, 5 y-l6x. Burnt). —Utiier tnaii Canter oury, fi{d; second gia.de, /gd. Beei -'—New z,ea!ainl hinds, 6yd; loros, 6§u; chilled hinus, bid; lores, ogd. Butter.—The market is very firm. Dun.sn, 14bs to 148 s; New Zealand, loos to 140 s; exceptional, 1425; Australian, looj to 138 s; exceptional. 140 s; ttioermn, 130 s to 1345; Argentine, 154 s to 158 s. Cheese.—Market very firm, owing to the ecu tinned demand for the Government. Holders are firm. The Somerset should dock some time to-day. The Canadian supply is practically exhausted. Canadian white, coloured, 94s to 965; New Zealand (firm), white, coloured, 92s to 945; United States, Bbs to 90s; English cheddar (firm), 98s to 102 s; Australian, 89s to 925. Hemp.—Market rather more active. There is a better demand for New Zealand. Good fair grade, £32; fair, £3O; fair current Manilla, £36 10s, any position. The output from Manila for the week is 24,000 hales. The quotations always include the war risk. Wheat. —Market steady, but there has been a considerable fluctuation in prices. Buyers are holding back, and holders are not disposed to yield, as the Argentine report is unfavourable. Canadian, 625; American, 625; Argentine, 61s. Wool. —Market strong. SOUTHLAND MARKETS. (Fbuj* Una own i.unKiisrciMJiiNT.) IN VERCARGIBL, March 13. The oat market is minor, owing to the duty coming off in Australia,, ana a little bus,ness has been done ior forward delivery on tne basis oil 3s Dgct to 3s 7£d on trucks. Many lanners, however, dec lino to sen till tuey nave the oats thrashed. Cutt.ng is now fairly general around Gent re Bum, but m some districts the harvest will be mum later. there is practically nothing doing on spot, as the market is bare of supplies. file chart' market is also lauly firm, and merchants are open to buy on uie basis oi £6 to £6 2s 6d on trucks ior prime quality, there is. However, very little on the market. and it will be six weeks yet before there will be any new season’s cnarf. The demand tor perennial ryegna&s continues keen, and up to bs 6d on trucks has been paid tor 241 b seed, lauly clean, direct trom the mill. Tor lighter seed prices are proportionately lower. Italian ryegrass has also been very keen in demand, and lor clean, well-marked samples from the mill up to 6s 6d has been paid. The new seasons crop of potatoes will be coming on the market in a month or six weeks' tune. Merchants are willing to buy ou the basis of £3 10s on trucks tor forward delivery, but farmers for the most part will not sell under £4. The hemp market remains about the same as last week —viz., about £24 10s on trucks for good fair, and from £22 to £22 10s tor fair. At present the price of flour in Invercargill is £l7 10s per ton on trucks. OAMARU MARKETS. (Fbom Oub Own Coerespondent.) OAMARU, March 13. The wheat market is distinctly weaker, and business has eased off since the beginning of the week. Prime milling velvet was sold at country stations at 7s 2d net, a number of transactions being booked at that figure, and including several lines running into four figures. Plenty more was given for good seed lines, but thereafter the market began to drop, and offers out for lines on the 7s 2d basis were cancelled since then. Sales of velvet have been made at from 6s 11 jd to, 7s net at country stations, according to sample and railage distance. Other varieties and mixed lines have followed the same downward course. Latest sales net at country stations have been made at the following prices: Red Tuscan, 6s white, 6s lid; solid straw Tuscan (including one line of 2000 bushels), 6s lOd. For the most part the sales at the reduced prices have been of small or comparatively small lines, and there are not at present many local sellers, while buyers express doubts as to the future. There is, however, a big quant.ty of South Canterbury wheat offering hero at under 7s net on trucks. Oats, on the other hand, moved in an upward direction, for, whereas at the beginning of the week A grade Gartons were sold at 4s and 4s Id net, or their parity, less commission at country stations. (Subsequent bus’ness was done at country stations at 4s 2d and 4s 3d net, the top price being paid for bright, heavy samples, suitable for milling purposes, while B grade Gartons reached 4s Id not on trucks. To-day there is an (;•" >-‘»i .I—t non renorts Irom Southland as to the level of prices there. ... ...i. .a i. maiiu, and maintain thou- values, sales having been made net at country stations at from 5s for light samples up to 5s 6d for heavy samples. No business in barley can yet be reported. A little business has been done in cocksfoot seed at, from 8d to 9d per lb net, delivered in Oamaru. Oaten-sheaf chaff is not, offering froclv, and for a fair line 5s net, delivered in Oamaru, was given. —nm inqu ri .« have Ivon r"ooivod for potatoes for coastwise shipment, but no business is reported, and values remain unsettled. GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Co, report as follows: Oats: During the past week there haa boon a strong inquiry for all good heavy lines suitable for shipment for milling purposes, and all samples on offer were readily placed at quotations. During the last few days, however, there haa been a quieter feeling, and the market can hardly bo quoted as firm. Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3d: good to beat feed, 4a to 4s Id; inferior to medium, 3s lOd to 3s lid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat: Thrashing is now in full swing, and a good many sales have been placed on the basis of 7s per bushel, on

trucks, for forward delivery. Millers now having fair stocks ■u.re not so keen buyers, and the market has a quieter tendency. Potatoes.—(Jons gnrnents have been coming forward very freely, with the result that prices are easier. Choice, freshly dug samples are in most request, medium to badly graded lets are neglected, and more difficult to place. Best table samples, to £5; other sorts, £4 5s to £4 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff; Supplies have not been coming forward so freely, and there is a good demand for all lines of old season s chaff arriving. There has also been a good inquiry lor now season’s chaff from the country for forward delivery, and fair-sized parcels have been placed. Choice black oaten sheaf (old season's), to £6 7s 6d; best white oaten sheaf (old season’s), £6 to £6 ss; best white oaten sheaf (new season’s), £5 10s to £5 15s; medium to good, £5 to £5 7s 6d per ton (sacks extra). Messrs Donald Reid am! Co. report: We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when values ruled as under:—Oats: During the past week the demand has been very brisk, and any samples coming to hand are readily disposed of. Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3d; good to best feed, 4s to 4s Id; inferior to medium,. 3s lOd to 3s lid. Wheat: The market during the past week is a . little easier, sales having been made at slightly reduced rates. A number of sales, however, have been effected during the week at 7s, country stations. Potatoes: Supplies of same have been coming to hand* more freely, and the market has weakened to some extent. Best table, £4 15s to £5; others, £4 5s to £4 10s. Chaff: There is good inquiry, both for shipping and local consumption, for all prime lots, preferably old chaff, and prices remain firm. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf (old), £6 to £6 ss; choice black cat, to £6 7s 6d; best new chaff, £5 10a to £5 15s; medium, £5 7s 6d. POTATO MARKET. The potato market has weakened considerably, and sales are hard to effect. Prime are worth about £4 10s per ton, but in some cases a little more may be obtained; medium, £4 7s 6d. The large consignments of mixed lines which have come forward are responsible for the drop in prices. HIDE SALES. MELBOURNE, March 11. At the hide sales to-day there were fair supplies. Stouts and heavies were unchanged. Lights and kips were id to j-d lower. The Dunedin Stock Agents and Woolbrokers Association (Donald Reid and Co., Dalgety and Co., Slronachq Morris and Co., Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association,Wright, Stephenson and Co., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., and the National Mortgage and Agency Co.) report:—We held our fortnightly hide sale on Thursday and submitted medium-sized catalogues to the usual attendance of buyers. Competition was dull, and values showed a decline of from Igd to 2d per lb on late rates Best ox, to 9gd; medium ox, to B|d; light ox, to Bj.d; best heavy cows, to 9d; medium cows, to light cows, to 8d; damaged and bad conditioned, 4jd to 63d: stag, to 6pd; calfskins, best to 10§d; inferior, 3d to 73d. WAIKOUAITT SHEEP SALE. "Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. report having held a successful sale of surplus stock at the yards, Waikouaiti, on Thursday, when they yarded 6200 sheep and 60 head of cattle, and sold the bulk at satisfactory prices. There was a very large attendance, buyers being present from as far south as Balolutha, and as far north as Ashburton. Competition for ewes was keen, but the demand for lambs was rather slow, at prices about Is 6d easier than those of the corresponding sale of last year. Ewes, guaranteed sound, from 18s to 14s 6d; failings -mouth ewes, 12s 2d to 10s; best wether lambs, 8s 6d to 9s 6d; medium, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; wethers, to 18s 6d; fat lambs, to 17s 4d; dairy cows, to £7; forward heifers, to £6 10s; two-year-old steers, to £4; yearlings, to £2; calves, to 375. Thev sold on account of Messrs A. Townsend, B. W. Fell, J. To vnsend, Aitcheson Bros., Thos. Allcock, H. Ball, J. M’Pherson, Allcock Bras., D. M’Mullan, W. Hallam, George Fry. A. Rollins, and Kiatoa Stations, and trustees in Ward’s Estate, J. Hourston, G. White, F. Toomey, John Diaok, W. Dempster, H. Allcock, J. T. Johnston, and Mrs W. Docherty. SPECIAL SALE OF HORSES. The Otago Farmers'* Co-operative Association report:—We held a special sale of horses in our Palmerston saleyards on Friday last, when we had an entry of 70 horses all told. There was a large attendance of farmers from all the surrounding districts, but there were not many buyers present. The entry was composed of a number of useful good farm mares and geldings, also hacks and harness horses. There was no local demand, and speculators seemed to think the vendors’ idea of value too high to operate. Although the sale was a dull one we managed to quit a fair number of horses at auction, and privately afterwards at the ruling price. Several good draught mares and geldings were bought at up to £3O, unbroken draught fillies at up to £26 ICte, and hacks and harness horses at from £5 to £l3. ’ OTAGO FARMERS’ HORSE BAZAAR. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) reports: We held our weekly horse sale in our bazaar on Saturday, when we had an entry of 39 horses all told. There was the usual attendance of town carriers, traders, farmers, etc. Unfortunately, practically the whole of the entry was made up of stale horses, only two or three medium draughts being forward, a large number of horses changed hands, but, as tfiey were mostly done sorts, prices were not very high. Prices are quoted as follow : —Superior young draught geldings. £32 to £3B; medium draught marcs and geldings, £25 to £36; aged draught mares and geldings, £2O to £22: strong spring-cart horses, £lB to £22; milk-carters, £l3 to £2O; butchers’ order-cart horses, £l6; harness horses. £ls to £l7; weedy, aged, £2 10s to £7. PROPERTY SALE. Messrs Alex. Harris and Co. report having disposed of Mr Charles Kerr’s property at 129 York place, comprising a 6-roomed bungalow on a section with an area of an eighth of an acre, to Mrs Bastings for £llOO.

Victorian 4’s Mar. 4. 99 Mur. 11. 99J Victorian 34’s * 94‘ — Victorian 34’s — — Victorian 3’s § 70 — New South Wales 4's ... 904 90 New South Wales 3£’s t 974 97* New South Wales Si’s j 874 — New South Wales 3’s 804 802 Queensland 4’s — — Queensland 34’s — — Queensland 3’s — V — South Australian 3J’s 894 — South Australian 3’s — — New Zealand 4J’s — — New Zealand 4’s 984 98 New Zealand Si’s — — New Zealand 3’s — — Tasmanian 34’s Tasmanian 3’s 89J — — — West Australian Si’s ... 89J — West Australian 3’s 834 ~■

mai Canterbury mntton, light ... „. UII O. IX d. ,d t cu io, d. Canterbury mutton, medium ._ — — Canterbury mutton, heavy ... _. — — Southland mutton .« — —• N.l. mutton, best brands, S$-84ib 5 15-16 6 N.I. mntton, ordinary, S8-641b * 5 13-16 5J N.Z. ewes ... 55 5 3-16 Australian mutton, light ... ._ 5 7-16 — Australian mutton, medium — — Australian mutton, heavy 53 — Australian ewea — 6 3-16 — Biver Plate mutton, light, 40-SSlb — — Biver Plate mutton, heavy, 5$-721h — — Biver Plate ewea ... — — Canterbury lamb, light — — Canterbury lamb, second quality — — Canterbury lamb, medium ... — — Canterbury lamb, heavy ... .„ — — North Island lamb, selected — 73 North Island lamb, ordinary ._ — 7* Southland lamb, selected — Southland lamb, ordinary — — Australian lamb, beet brands 75 7 3-16 Australian lamb, lair quality 6J — Australian lamb, inferior ... ... Biver Plate lamb, first quality... — — Biver Plate lamb, second quality — New Zealand beet, lores ... 6* New Zealand beef, hinds ... 65 Australian beef, tores ... — 6 3-16 Australian beef, hinds 63 B. Plate beef, chilled fores ... 6 53 B. Plate beef, chilled binds _ 6f 65 B Plata beef, frozen lores H. Plata beef, frozen biuda _ Uruguay frozen fores Uruguay frozen hinds Uruguay chilled fores 5 7-16 Uruguay chilled hinds 6* Other meats are unchanged.