COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2951, 24 November 1900, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

THE HOME MEAT MARKET.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., report under date London, November 21st, as follows “ The frozen beef market is weak m consequence of heavy arrivals from the Argentine. -Frozen mutton prices are somewhat firmer.”

THE PRODUCE MARKETS,

>• The markets during 'his week have been very quiet, and the outlook is still far from promising. In wheat there is practically no sellers, and buyers are not operating. Late rates have not been maintained, and ■ nominal quotations are:—Red chaff 2s Id, velvet 2s 2d, Tuscan 2s 2jd to 2s 3d, for prime samples. Oats are quoted all round at Is to Is Yd. The supply of potatoes is exhausted, and barley is a drug. During the w.eek the Paparoa r.nd Taranaki shipped wheat on famrers’ account to London, and further shipments >re talked about, but nothing definite has yet been fixed. ■ SALE OF HORSES. Mr J. Mundell, for the Farmers’ Cooperative Association, report holding a special sale of horses at their Geraldine yards yesterday. Thirty-eight horses were catalogued, 'comprising draught, light harness, and hackney. The attendance was good, and the sale spirited and satisfactory. All young horses were keenly competed for, and sold at high prices, but aged stock were very difficult to sell and in some cases no bid was made. Fresh active draughts, fit for work, sold at £2B to £3l. The pick of the sale among the draughts was a two-year-old gelding by New Hope, which Mr Mundell sold on account of Mr W. Hawke, and which was bought by Mr J. Donnithome at £44 10s. Light harness horses sold at 1 £25 to £33, and hackneys at £6 to £B. THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS Per Press Association. ' CHRISTCHURCH, November 23. The securing of the Imperial order for 5000 tons of oats by a local firm has caused an excited feeling in the market, and large quantities of oats have been on offer. The order, however, has now been filled, and doubtless the market will ease off again. The bulk of the oats were secured at prices ranging from Is to Is B£d for mixed • lines, f.o.b. The wheat market is dull, and. very little is changing hands. It is reported that the millers’ trust, which was inaugurated here at the commencement of last season and which only existed for a short time, is again being revived, and will commehce operations shortly.