OAMARU MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3613, 12 June 1923, Page 33

OAMARU MARKETS.

(From Oub Own O- respondent.) OAMARU, une 9. The stock market has been most seriously prejudiced by tho Winter Show. The usual weekly market sale was abandoned, and sales by private treaty have been curtailed. Sheep have been dealt in at the following prices: Mixed four, six, and eight-tooth crossbred ewes, in a line of 350, 34s 6d; failingmouthed ewes, 21s; 500 six and eigt-tooth halfbred wethers, 28s 6d; backward full and failing-mouthed halfbred hill wethers, 173 6d; fat ewea, 235. A limited amount of business has been done in cattle at the following range of prices:—Fat bullocks, from £9 to £lO, including a line of a dozen at £9 lfls; fat steers, £7 to £9 ; three-year-old store steers, £5 ; two-year-old store steers, £2; store cows, £1 10s to £3; mixed-sex yearlings, 255; calves, 13s; dairy cows just at profit, £8 to £10; three-year-old heifers just at profit, £8 to £J; two-year-old heifers just at profit, £5 to £B. SOUTHLAND MARKET REPOET. (Feou Oub Own Cobbesrondent.) INYERCAEGJXX,, June 8. Stock.—The stock market during tho past week lias shown a rising tendency for all classes of store sheep, ewes, lambs, and wethers being in keen demand. Tho fat sheep market has ako hardened, and prices for beef and wethers ars considerably better. Fat Cattle. —Tho following prices may be quoted - —Prime ox beef, 25s to 265; prime heifer, 18s to 20s ; prime cow, 12s Cd to 15s; extra prime bullocks, £ll to £l2; averasre prime, £7 to £3; lighter, £5 10s to £8; heifers, extra prime, £7; average, £5 10s to £3 ss; extra prime cows, £6 19s; average, £3 15s to £4 sa. Fat Sheep.— Extra prime wethers, 34s to 36s 6d; prime, 30s to 32s 6d; lighter, 28s 6d to 23s 6d; extra prime ewes 23s to 255; prime, 18s to 20s; lighter, 15s ’ Store Cattle.—Forward three and four-year-old steers, £3 15s to £4 ss; two and 2^-year-old steers, £2 15s to £3 ss; one and lh-year-old steers. £1 10s to £2 ss. Good young cows, September and October calvers, £6; cull cows, £1 to £2 10s, according to condition Store Sheep.—Good ewe lambs, to 21s; good ■wether lambs, 17s to 18s; average m.e. lambs, 16s 6d to 18s; two and four-tooth ewes, to 355; s.m. ewes. 28s to 30s 6d; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 30s to 32s 6d; two-tooth wethers, 25s to 275; four and six-tooth wethers, 28s to 30s, according to condition; f.f.m. ewes, 1-ls to 15s; cull ewes, Ss to Us.

THE FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Reilly’s Central Produce Mart (Ltd.) report : Specially selected cooking and dessert apples and pears command a ready sale, and we recommend consignments. Indifferent, inferior, and nondescript apples and pears ate not wanted. Full supplies of vegetables of all descriptions available. During the week eggs have been in over-supply, with the result that prices have come back Sd per dozen. We received and sold: Narcissi, 2s 6d to Os. Violets, 2s to 7s per dozen bunches. Tomatoes: Local hothouse. Is 3d, Is 4d. Is 6d; Otago Central, Bid. Grapes: Gros Colmars, Us 3d, 3s 7d; Barbarosa, 2s 6d. Pickling onions, lid. Brussels sprouts, 9Jd. New season’s walnuts, Is Id, Is 2d. Peanuts; Choice quality, 7d per lb. New season’s Adelaide dried apricots: Choice, Is 6d. r\ew season’s Adelaide dried peaches: Choice, Is 3d. Pears: Choice desserts, 7s 6d, gs, gs 6d, 9s; choice cooking, Gs; others unsaleable. Apples: Delicious, choice, 9s, 10s, Us, 12s; Jonathans, Gs, Gs 6d, 7s Gd, 8s; cooking, choice, 5s 6d, Gs 6d; inferior and medium apples (cooking or dessert), Is to 2s 6d. Lemons: American, 555. Passions: Choice, 225. Mandarins, 255. .Rarotonga oranges: Choice, 223. Pines, 255. Bananas: Choice ripe, 30s per case; Karotongas, to arrive, £53. Pie melons, lgs. Pumpkins, ss. Artichokes, 8s 6d per cwt. Cabbages, Is 6d to Ss Gd. Cauliflowers, 2s 6d to 9s. Vegetable marrows, Gs 6d, 7s. Potatoes: Northern, £lO 10s; southern, £l2 per ten. Carrots, 53 Gd. Parsnips, 8s Gd. Swedes: Choice, 43 per cwt; loose, 35s per ton. Onions: Choice Melbourne, 113. Tea: Broken orange Pekoe, £s Gd. Butter : Dairy pats, Is sd; separator pats, Is 7d; milled, Is Gd. Cheese, IOJd. Beeswax, Is Sd. Bacon, lOld, lid, Hid, Is. Pigs: Prime baconers, GJd; prime porkers, €FI- Honey: Bulk, 3£d, 61; sections, 7s to 40s; lib pats, 33 9d per dozen; 10lb tins, Gs Gd, 7s Gd each. Eggs: Stamped, 2s Id, Vs 2d; cased, 2s; preserved, Is Gd, Is 7d. *lolasse3. 8s 6d cwt. "Moose” linseed oil cake. 17s Gd per 1001 b. Fowl wheat. 4s 2d, 4s 3d, 43 6d. Oat dust, 3s Gd per sack. Oats: A Cartons, 3s 3d; B, 3s. Oat sheaf chaff: Prime quality, £5 10s, ex truck. "A Keys” meatmeal, 16s Gd per 1001 b bags, itabbitskins, to 74jd per lb. Pure sulphate apple wrapping paper, 10 x 10, 3s 3d per *eam. Woodwool: Special quality, 30s per bale. "Giraffe” brand of lime sulphur: 4-gal ion tins, 2s 9d per gallon; 1-gallon tins, Ss 9d per gallon ; in casks. Is lOd per gallofi. Black leaf 40.101 b tins, 655: 2lb tins, 18s; 41b tins, 5s 6d. Poultry: About 100 birds penned. Hens realised 3s lOd, 4s, 4s 2d, 43 4d, 4s Gd, ss, Gs 4d, 6s 6d, 8s; pullets, 10s. 12s: cockerels, 3 s6d, 4s 6d, 53 2d. 5s 6d, 5s 8d 6s, Gs Gd, Gs lOd, 7s, 8s; ducks. 4s 6d, 4s lOd, ss, 5s Gd. Gs 6d. (all at per pair). E. OSWALD REILLY, Managing Director, Moray Place, Dunedin. ADDINGTON MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, June 6 At the Addington market lamb values showed a slight advance, there was a slight easing in prices of medium and lighter classes of mutton. Values for beef were well maintained. Store Sheep.—A fair entry, including a big offering of hoggets. Good-class ewes met with a firm sale, prices showing a tendency rise. Wethers wore in short supply, and made excellent prices. Good s:x-tooth halfbred ewes in lamb, to 34s 9d; good four-year-old crossbred ewes in lamb, to 325; four and five-year-old Corriedale ewes in lamb, to 23s Gd; failing-mouthed ewes in lamb, 11s 4d to 15s; aged ewes in lamb, Us 4d to 15s; good forward four and six-tootli halfbred wethers, 29s to 29s 4d; four and six-tooth halfbred wethers, to 27s Gd; two and fourtooth, halfbred wethers, to 21s 10d; good halfbred ewe hoggets, to 28s Id; fairly good three-quarterbred ewe hoggets, 24s to 2is 7d; small ewe hoggets, to 225; good mixed-sex hoggets, to 225; good mixed-sex hoggets, 19s to 21s 2d; good forward wether hoggets, 19s 6d to 21s 7d; medium, 15s 9d to 18s Gd; cull and inferior, 13s 3d to 14s 9d. Fat Lambs.—Only 830 head forward, compared with 1720 last week, the majority being of moderate quality. Freezing buyers operated extensively, with the result that improved prices obtained. The averago price per lb was lOd. Extra prime lambs, 33s to 345; a few special, 14s 3d; prime, 30s 3d to 32s 9d; medium, 27s to 30s; light and unfinished, 21s to 265. Fat Sheep.—Tire yarding filled 11 races, compared with eight last week. Many specially good sheep were included. The

market opened at from Is 6d to 2s 6d per head less than late rates, but good wethers and ewes finished at last week’s values, other classes being easier. Best wether mutton made Gfd per lb; medium, 6d to best ewe, 5d to sid; and light and medium, 3|d to Extra prime -wethers, 33s to 40s Gd; a few special, 525; prime, 34s to 37s 6d; medium, 30s Gd to 33s 6d; light, 26s 6d to 30s; extra prime ewes, 32s to 345; a few special, to 41s Gd; xDrime, 27 s 6cl to 31s 6d, medium, 23s to 275; light, 10s to 22s Gd; aged and inferior ewes, 15s Gd to ISs 6dFat Cattle. —A yarding of 412 head against 425 last week. The quality was on the whole inferior, but prices were well maintained. Extra prime bee-i made up to 27s Gd per 1001 b; prime, 25s 6d to 26s Gd; avetagefroin 22s Gd to 24s Gd ; medium, from 21s to 225; and rough, 10s to 17s Gd. Extra prime steer 3, to £l3 15s; jjrime, £9 2s Gd to £l2 ss; medium, £8 15s to £3 17a Gd; light, £4 10 s to £6 10s; extra prime heifers, £8 15s to £11; prime, £5 15s to £8 10s; ordinary, £3 10s to £5 sa; extra prime cows, £10; prime, £5 to £7 10s. Vealers.—Good runners, to £4 15s; ordinary heavy vealers, £3 5s to £4 ,sa; medium, £i 10s to £2 103; small salves, 5s to 15s. Store Cattle.—A Itfrge yarding, mostly cows. Competition was keen. Three-year-old steers, £3 las to £-1 sa; two-year-cuds, £2 10a to £3; yearling steers, los to £1 ss, two-year-old heifers, £2 7s Gd to £2 12s Gd, yearling heifers, 17s Gd to £1 ss. Dairy Cattle—Good second, third, and fourth calvers springing, £7 to £l2 10s; extra good, £ls to £l9; good springing heifers, to £ll 10s; medium, £5 to £8 10s; aged and inferior, £1 to £2 10s. Fat Pigs.—Choppers, £3 to £8; extra good, to £10; light baconers, £3 7s to £3 los; heavy, £3 17s Gd to £4 10s; exfcTa heavy, to £o (average price per lb Gd to 6Jd); light porkers, £1 15s to £2 2s Gd; heavy, £2 53 to £2 12s Gd; extra heavy, to £2 17s (average price per lb, 7d to 8d). Store Pigs.—V.'eaners, 10s to 14s; extra good, to 18s; slips, 17s to 235; medium stores, 24s to 28s; sows in pig, £-3 10 3 to ~3 17s Gd. NEW COMPANY REGISTERED. The Mercantile Gazette notifies the registration of the following new company: Riverton Quartz Mining Company (Ltd.). Registered May 13. Office: Riverton, Southland. Capital: £6090 into COOO shares cf £1 each Subscribers: Riverton—F. J. Trail, T. E. Trail, E. B. Gee, R. W. Birch, C. H. Gordon, J. Crawford, G. W. Petchell 1 share each. Objects: Gold mining. PERPETUAL TRUSTEES, ESTATE, AND AGENCY COMPANY. The directors, in submitting the thirtyninth annual balance sheet, report that the profit for the past year amounted to £1633 12s od. Added to £4510 4s 9d (being amount brought forward from jirevious year, £5344 is 2d, less income tax £3OB lGs sd, and a donation of £25 to the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Society), this shows an available balance of £9193 17s 2d. Out of this an interim dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum on the paid-up capital of £45,000 was piaid for the half-year, absorbing £1125, and tho directors recommend that the balance, £BO6B 17s 2d, be dealt with as follows: Payment of a dividend at 15 per cent, per annum, for halt-year ended April 39, £1126; bonus to staff, £149/10s 7d; transfer to reserve fund to pay bonus dividend of 2s per share, to be applied in meeting a call of a similar amount per share, £2500; to reserve fund, £1000; t-o carry forward to next year (subject to income tax for year just ended), £3294 6s 7d. ENGLISH FRUIT SHIPMENTS. Messrs T. Boss-Walker (Ltd,), of Hobart, report the sale cf a shipment of Tasmanian apples by the s.s. Argyllshire, as follows: Cleopatras, 11s to 13s; Jonathans, 10s Gd to 12s 6d; Cox’s orange pippins, 8s Gd to 11s; Ribstone pippins, 9s 3d to 10s; French crabs, 12s to 12s 3d.