COMMERCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17130, 4 September 1926, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

FEILDING STOCK SALI

FAT SHEEP PRICES ADVA3JCI 1

(Per Finns Association.? FEILDING, lnsl aight

Al the Feilding stock sale vhere was a good yarding ami some very line fat sheep sold at a decided advance on late rates. Store pens contained only hoggets of medium lo inferior quality will) an odd pen of fair e\\e hoggets. Tliesi' sold Oil a par with late sales.

One pee of ewes of fair quality with good h.f. lambs fit Coot brought ;',L's. fat hoggets 22s 10s to Us; ewes 2!>s to :: C 'lid: wethers 30s. 40s and Ms (ul; l:>.l'. :;is .Id. Prices for stores

were: Hoggets, m.s., !2s ml to 20s Id; e\ces 13s lid to 22s 7<\; fair ewes willi 100 per ceni. iambs 325; i-nil hoggets ds (iii io His; guild woolly ewe hoggets 3.15; b.f. hoggets 12s (5d 'to 18s I'd.

There was a very poor yarding of cattle and a poor sale of dairy stock, only a few of the. best heifers selling on par with late rates. The sale of fat en I th' wa.s very poor. Best springing heifers made £S to £os 10s; medium heifers £t to £3 10s: dairy cows £-1 10s to £7 os; medium .fat cows io £7 2s (hi; Pal , Hereford heifers to £0 2s (id, KXGI.IsII PKODI'C'K PRICKS. (Eke. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assri.: [Australian and S.'A. Cable- Association, LONDON, September 3. ' Butler is very siow. New Zealand: choicest sailed" l*64s to 1655: exceptional 16Ss, Australian 160 sto 164 s ; Danish, weak. 1725.

Cheese is dull. New Zealand colored 84s to 85s; white 86s lo 88s.

WHEAT MARKET HARDENS

/Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.! (Received Sept. 4. noon.J LONDON. Sept. 3. Wheat cargoes are steadier and occasionally 3d to fad dearer, on reports if unfavorable weather an the Conincut and in Canada. Parcels met a fair inquiry at 6d to 9d advance

BRADFORD TOPS MARKET,

(Received Sept. 4, noon.) LONDON. Sept. 3.

The Bradford tops market is active, merino being very firm, and crossbreds dear. Sixty-four's 49Ad; 60's, 45d; 56's, 33d- 50's, 26d; 46's, 27£d; 40's, 21d.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

(Received Sent. 4, noon.) LONDON, Sept. 3.

Foreign exchanges arc : Brussels, 173.87 francs: Paris. 162.13 francs; Stockholm, 18.15 kr. ; Olso, 22.151 kr.; Copenhagen, <fk.27 kr. ; Berlin. 20.39 marks; Rome, 131.25 lira; Calcutta, 18d; Yokohama,, 23fd; Hongkong, 26-Jd; Montreal, 484|cents; New York, 485 f cents; Amsterdam, 12.11gf1.; Batavia, 12.1Q1J1. FROZEN MEAT QUOTATIONS Messrs. M, A. Eiiott, Ltd., have received cable advice from our- London agents of the following Smithfield prices foi' the past week ending September 3, 1926.

Rest North Island prime lambs, t'J/36, Bid; do., 36/42, Bid; do. 42 50. 7gd; ordinary North Island lambs, IT/42, Bid; do. second quality, C/42, 8;,.!; best North Island wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48/56 and 66/64, 6-jd; do. 64/72 and 0/72, 5-J.d; ordinary North Island wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48/56 and 56/6*, 6d; do. 64/72 and 0,72, 6|trj North'island ewes, EJ/64, do. 64/72 and 0/72. 3fd; New Zealand prime ox beef (equal fores and hinds). 160/220. 4-J-d. Remarks; Lamb, no change; wethers, par to ,'jd higher; ewes, par to £d lower; beef, no change.