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Southland Times, Issue 16786, 14 July 1911, Page 4

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FBOSUCI! PRICES CURRENT. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1911. WHOLESALE. Fresh Farm Butter, lid. Fresh Separator Butter, Is. Factory Butter, prints, Is S^d. Eggs, Is 3d. Potatoes, £3. j Flour, £9 to £9 15s. i Oatmeal, £l3 to £l3 10. Bran, £5. Pollard, £6 10s. Chaff, £4 10s. RETAIL. Fresh Farm Butter, Is Id. Fresh Separator Butter, Is 2d. Factory Butter, E>lb prints. Is sd. Eggs, Is Gd. Potatoes, 4s per cwt. Cheese, 8d per lb up to Gib, over that quantity open. Bacon, sliced, lOd per lb. Hams, lOd. Flour : 2001b 20s, 1001b 10s 6d, 501b 5s Gd. 251b 3s. Pollard, 7s Gd Oatmeal, 501b 7s 9d, 251b 4s. Bran, Gs. Chaff, 5s per cwt. Onions 12 or lOlbs, Is. Turnips, swedes, 2s sack. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. (Special to the “Times''). AUCKLAND, July IS. Potatoes. —At the present time this market is very bare of potatoes, with the result that the price is now very firm at £5 10s per ton. The shortage is, however, only temporary, being due to the Waitemata, which should under ordinary circumstances have armed from the South with a heavy shipment of general produce, being delayed for, one week. As the outcome of this, merchants who expected their stocks to have been replenished ere this, find that there is a decided scarcity of potatoes, with still a week to ge before further supplies can come to hand. "While the southern markets show no change, yet the price is fully maintained, and so far there is no indication that prices will rule lower in the near future ; but it is thought that later on a decrease must take place. In seed potatoes Northern Star are still in strong demand, though a few sales of Early Puritan have taken place at £lO. Early Hose anti Up-to-date seed are meeting with about the average inquiry Oats. —The market for oats does not show an) - quotable change in the absence of export, as no inquiries are being made at present from outside the Dominion. The Southern markets are, however, reported very firm for this grain, and holders have declined for the last two months to accept any reduction on ruling rates. It is therefore not considered probable that the oat market will show much alteration until spring threshing sets in, when deliveries must become heavier. Quotations to-day are 2s lid ex wharf, and 3s ex store. Seed oats still meet with strong demand, good business being done in Algerians at 3s Sd for re-cleaned samples. Further shipments arrived from Victoria since last report by various sailing vessels. Sowing in the Aucklan ddistrict will be general during the next six weeks. The oats sown in the late autumn and early winter have done well, and are now being fed down. Chaff. —Arrivals of chaff by various vessels from Victoria have been heavy latterlv, and stocks of compressed in store have tended to weaken prices. Local chaff is now being sold for home consumption in districts away from the city. The quotation for chaff this week is £5 10s ex ship, £5 15s ex store. Southern prices for chaff are too high to promote business, added to which the heavy stocks of Victorian held locally render It unnecessary to draw any supplies from the South at present. Manures are all meeting with good demand just now. as the planting of potatoes and the sowing of oats is in full swing. Tliere is a big demand for superphosphate, which readily commands the price at present asked. A vessel is now loading in Japan and should arrive here with superpho-phate next month. HIDE AND SKIN REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Dunedin). report as follows; — liahbi Lskins. —Wo hold our weekly auction sale of rahbitskins on Monda), tlie J 0 tli instant, when we offered a large catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. The bulk of our catalogue was made up of autumns and incoming autumns, with one or two lines of prime winters. Competition was very keen, and prices ruled firm at late rates. The following are the actual prices realised: —Prime winter does, 18d to 19d; incoming winters, 14 to 15% d; winter bucks, 15V 2 d to 10% d: autulnns, ll ! / 2 d to 14Vid; prime racks, Sd to 9%d; summers, G"4d to 9d: runners and suckers, Id to sd; winter fawns, to 15d; winter bucks, 1714 d to 19y 2 d; horse hair, 17d to lOd. Sheepskins-—The weekly sale of sheepskins was held on Tuesday, the 11 tli instant, when large catalogues were offered. The attendance of buyers was largo, but bidding- was not so keen as usual, and in sympathy with the London market, prices showed a fail of from %d to Ud alb on the best skins. The following are quotations:—Best halfbred, 0V 2 d to "d; medium halfbreds, 5% cl to 614 d: best crossbreds, Gd to C%d; medium crossbreds. 5d to 5 ■/« d; best merinos. Gd to C : !4d; medium merinos, to 5"-d: lambskin:- - , s‘ /2 d to G ! /2 d; damaged skins, 3 d to 4V 2 d; pelts, 2d to 3 % d. Hides.—We held our fortnightly sale of hides at our stores on Thursday, the Gtli, when we offered a good catalogue to the usual attendance of buyer - . Our catalogue'was composed mainly ofabatto!r hide - -;, medium weights In good condition, as we had no hides of exceptional substance or merit, nevertheless for all on offer, time wa-; a most spirited demand, and we cleared all our catalogue at mod satisfactory price::, all classes of I:icles showing an improvement of from h(1 to hid per lb. The demand at present is more than equal to the supply, and we can confidently recommend consignments to this market, as we feel sure vendors will he satisfied with result:. The following tire the actual price-; ruling;—Ox—Extra stout heavy, 8 1 1 d to B%d; heavy, T'/id to 7%d; light and medium, flud to G ~/ s d. Cow —Best, 6%c1: light and medium, 6%d to 6%d: damaged hides, Gd to 011 (1: yearlings, to GVfed; calfskins, 7Vsd to B%d per lb. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, July 13. Received 13, 10.44 p.m. Wheal. —There are good supplies and the market has a. slightly weaker tendency. Quotations, 3s -Id to S.s s<i. Flour: city, £S 10s; country, £8 ss. Peas, Tasmanian blue, Gs to fis Gd; grey, 3s Gd to 3s 9d. Barley, Cape. 2s Gd to 2s Sd; English. 2s Id to 2-: Gd. Maize. 2s 9cl ; white. 2s 7d to 2s Sd. Bran ami pollard, £5. Oats. Tasmanian sparrowbllls, 2s lOd : giants. 2s lid : Algerian milling, 2s 7d ; feeding, 2s 3d ; seed. 2s 7d; Tartarian seed, 2s lid to 3s. Onions, Victorian. £4 ss. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £7 10s to £S ; Victorian, £5 10s to £7. Butter, 112s. Bacon. GV4 cl to CVid. Clu-e.se, Gd to 6Ud. MEEBOFR.VF, July 13. Hides ; Fair supplies; competition good ; prices firm. Chaff : Market firm for good samples ; largo supply of medium quality. Oaten, dumped, 70s to 72s 6d : pressed, 755. Wheat, supplies limited; 3s iy™il. Flour, fx. Oats, milling Algerian, 2s 2d; feeding, Is Sd lo Is lid. Bailey, malting Chevalier, 5s to 5s 3d ; Cape, 2s Sd; feeding, Is 9d. Maize. 2s IE-d. Bran and pollard, £5. Onions, 50s 10 60s. Potatoes, £4 to £5 10s. ADELAIDE, July 13. Wheat. 3s Id. Flour. £S to £8 ss. Bran and pollard. Is 2d, THE BIRKBECK BANK. (By Telsgraph.—Press Association.--Copyright.) LONDON, July 12, The Court has ruled that the Birkheck banking business Is ultra vires, and that shareholders are not liable for the losses of depositors, whose only claim is against the assets. TALLOW. LONDON, July 12. Tallow. —One thousand and seventy casks wore offered and 747 were sold. Prices tire unchanged. THE UNION BANK. LONDON, July 12. The Union Bank has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent. To premises account £IO,OOO is allocated; to reserve, £20,000; carried forward, £42,889.