COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 17971, 12 March 1917, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

•THE rtat.to. William Todd and Co., Ltd., report the following sales on Saturday, March 10: Poultry—Hens, 1/4 to 2/5; ducks, 2/to 3/-; geese, C/T; cockerels, 4d to 6d for small, larger to 1/10; roosters, 1/8 to 2/3. Pigs.—Suckers, 17/6 to 20/- weavers, 21/- to 26/-; stores, 32/- to 39/-; Bows, 30/- to £4 2/6; fat pig, £3 IS/-. Calves —16/. to 16/6; and lambs, 21/-. Potatoes —£6 10/- to £7 per ton; pollard, 12/- bag. BRAT BROS.’ REPORT. Bray Bros., Ltd., submit their usual Weekly market report, as vender; — Potatoes.—Prime table, to £7 per ton. Chaff —Discoloured, 1/6 to 1/9 bag; jrime, to £5 ton. Oats —Good, 13/- to 14/- bag. Oat Dust—4/6 sack. Wheat —£1 1/- to £1 4/- sack. Pollard —13/6 to 14/- sack. Bran—lSOlhs, 8/6. . Linseed Cake 3leal—l6/- per 1001b bag. Meat —3d to 4d lb. Vegetables—Demand better, cabbage, 1/6 to 2/-; cauliflower, 3/- to 3/6; carrots, 9d to 1/- per dozen bundles; cucumbers, 1/6 to 1/9 per box. Fruit—Freestone peaches, 2d to 3d lb, plums, 2d to 3%d lb; dessert pears, 6/to 7/- case; tomatoes, l%d to 2%d lb; lemons (300.), 35/- case. Poultry—Hens, 1/4 to 1/6 each. Pigs—We have sold several purebred boars during the week. Enquiries for ■tores. Furniture. —There has been quite a run on our dining and sitting-room suites in latest pattern moquettes. Everyday lines bave been selling well, there being a big demand for wicker and seagrass chairs. On Monday last an outdoor sale held at North Invercargill was well attended, bidding was keen, and everything Was sold satisfactorily.

EXCHAJf&E SALE BOOHS, McKay Bros.’ market report:— Poultry—Old liens, 9d to 13d; better to 1/9; roosters, 1/3 to 1/10; purebred Leghorn pullets, 6/- each. pigs—Suckers, 13/- to 16/-; weaners, IV/- to 26/S; demand still continues good. Produce. —Potatoes, 7/- to 8./-; falling market. Onions in cental bags, 10/- per cwt; oats (discoloured), 8/0 to 13/-; best quality, 15/6 sack; wheat, 33/-;_ pollard, 13/-; bran, 5/0 to 0/6; oatdust, 4/6; chaff, 0.5., in strong demand. We Invite offers; supplies, ex trucks, country (Sidings. Fruit.—This line continues in exceptionally heavy supply, especially as regards tomatoes and pears; coloured dessert apples are in demand; cooking varieties are plentiful; plums are about finished, peaches are also nearly over. A shipment of bananas arrived direct to us from the islands and sold to a ready market. Tomatoes, Held, lV t d to 3%d; hothouse, 3d to 4d; pears, Id to. 3d; cooking apples. 1/6 to 5/- case; dessert, 8/to 10/- case; plums, P/ 2 d to 2Vsd; peaches, l'/id to 3d; cucumbers, 3/- box; oranges, 15/6; bananas, 15/- to 16/-; ripe, 33/6; lemons, 30/- half-case. Furniture. —We have added to our already large stock, and invite Inspection of several new lines. We solicit enquiry in respect to outside sales, and guarantee efficient service with prompt settlements. ATHOL STOCK SALS. The first of a series of stock sales tc DO held at Athol attracted a fairly large entry, which comprised some first-class stuff.' There was a large attendance of buyers, many coming from the south. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. report having yarded 1000 sheep, and cleared the lot at the hammer, as follows: —AcAoiuat Price Bros., 80 wethers

to A. Ronald at 32/2, 62 do. to Jas Price at 32/2; account Mrs AAJilliamson, 185 lambs to G. A. Soper at 19/10; account J. Parker, 187 eight-tooth ewes to AA'. Baird, Junr., at 25/-; account AV. Gordon, 150 two-tooth wethers to Ronald Bros., at 28/6; account J. Gordon, 362 lambs to Jas. Counsell at 19/4; account I-’. Naylor, 3 cows to W. G. Beer at ill, 3 steers to Ronald Bros, at £9 2/6. EUMSDEK STOCK SALE. There was a large yarding of sheep and cattle at the Lumsden stock sale, and a splendid sale resulted. Buyers were present from all parts of the province, the Riyersdale and AVaikaia districts being well represented. Competition was very keen, and the whole entry changed hands at the hammer. The .National Mortgage and Agency Co. report having yarded close on 2000 sheep, which were disposed of as follows: —Account R. X. Taylor, 129 ewes to J. H, Thomson at 18/6, 141 fat ewes to W. Swale at 27/6; account R. A. Felton, 125 lambs to Johnson Hall at 19/4, 114 wethers to G. and T. Deegan at 29/8; account A. Small, 20 wethers to do. at 20/6; account J. AV. Moore, 120 fat ewes to the X.Z. Refrigerating Co. at 24/3, 186 ewes to Johnson Hall at 18/9, 160 wethers to G. and T. Deegan at 25/2; account Wm. Burke, 150 small two-tooth weth-ers to W. Baird, junr., at 22/-, 316 two-tooth wethers to G. and T. Deegan at 28/4, 111 small lambs to Adam Baird at 12/6, 157 wethers to AV. Swale at 35/-, 200 do. to G. and T. Deegan at 31/3, 537 dcf. to G. G. Horner at 27/-; account F. J. Alley, 66 fat ewes to the N.Z. Refrigerating Co. at 27/G, 11 lambs to AV. Swale at 25/1: account A. Zweiss, 42 ewes to G. and T. Deegan at 28/10, 114 wethers to P. McKinna at 27/9, 50 small ewes to A. Baird at 14/3; account Doftus Jones, 2 bullocks to AV. Swale at £l4; account A. Macalister, heifer to Mrs B. Sinclair at £5 5/-; account AV. Burke, 2 steers to AV. Swale at £ll. whtton stock sale.

There was a very large yarding at the monthly Winton stock sale, fully 12,000 sheep of all classes being forward. There was a large attendance of buyers, and a very satisfactory sale resulted; in fact it was probably the best sale that has ever been held in this centre in so far as prices were concerned. The National Mortgage and Agency Co, report having yarded 7200 sheep of all classes, and cleared the lot under the hammer. Sales were:—Account A. McNie, 182 lambs to W. Kerr at 20/3; account Jos. Sharp, 500 lambs to Cusack Bros, at 22/6; account T. A. Frisby, 216 ewes to W. Smith at 30/-; account G. and T. Deegan, 206 wethers to J. H. Thomson at 26/9, 98 two-tooth ewes to It. C. Frisby at 26/6, 252 do. to Moore Bros, at 30/-, 380 four and six-tooth wethers to A. Bisset at 31/6, 358 four and six-tooth wethers to D. McCallum at 33/?., 160 two-tooth ewes to \V. Baird, junr., at 30/8, 200 lambs to W. Moylan at 23/3, 200 do. to J. May at 23/2, 159 do. to L. Cody at 23/-, 62 do. to A. H. Hordcn at 18/8, 62 small wethers to Moore Bros, at 26/-, 200 two-tooth ewes to Mcßae and Sons at 29/-, 17 two and four-tooth ewes to D. Chisholm at 28/9, 331 wethers to D. Cunningham at 26/11, 389 six and fourtooth wethers to R. Hazielt at 22/8, 128 wethers to J. and D. Patterson at 24/6, 161 do. to H. Kerr at 27/5. 102 do. to M. O’Brien at 27/6; account T. Cossgrove, IGS lambs to Bros, at 22/10; account J. 11. Thomson, 129 ewes to \V. Irwin and Sons at 18/11; account W. Swale, 129 lambs to J. Chisholm at 21/7, 30 do. to A. Eotherway at 28/1; account A. Bisset, 259 ewes to M. L. Crowe at 33/6; account A. Stewart, 89 ewes to H. Cunningham at 27/6, 80 wethers to W. Irwin and Sons at 30/-; account W. Baird, junr., 341 ewes to G. W. Cowan at 26/3, 45 small two-tooth ewes to W. Wallace at 22/3; account Campbell Bros., 204 lambs to D. Campbell at 19/9, 50 do. to Miss M. Pearce at 19/9; account J. B. Quayle, 65 ewes to H. Cunningham at 16/10; account W. Matthews, 192 ewes to W. Irwin and Sons at 15/7; account R. and M. Thomson, 115 ewes and wethers to W. Allison at 33/4; account H. Nortmann, 148 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes to W. Baird, Junr., at 24/2, 131 aged ewes to do. at 12/6; account Adam Baird, 200 wethers to P. Joyce at 28/11; account R. Harris, 232 aged ewes to J. Patterson at 14/8; account W. Baird, junr., 40 ewes to Cusack Bros, at 15/-; account Hamilton Bros., heifer to do. at £l2; account A. Shirley, cow to R. Russell at £6 10/-; account H. Cunningham, bull to do. at £8; account H. Hibbs, 3 heifers to W. J. Cowie at £l2; bull to R. Russell at £4 10/-; account E. A. Davis, bull to W. Swale at £ls 10/-; account H. Hamilton, dry cow to R. Russell at £6; account M. Fordo, heifer to C. and E, McDonald at £5 5/-; bull at £lO and heifer at £6 10/to it. Russell, heifer to W. Swale at £8 5/-; account J. Kennedy, 3 cows to R, Russell at £5 10/-; account Mrs F. C. Horner, cow at £9 5/- and bull at £7 10/to W. Swale. WOODLANDS STOCK SALE. There was a small yarding at the Woodlands stock sale on Thursday. The National Mortgage and Agency Co.’s sales were as follow: —Account Jas. Milne, 200 wethers to J. Donald at 26/6; account M. Bulling, 27 calves to R. A. Voyce at 35/-: account N. Calder, 3 cows to R. Russell at £7 10/-, cow to do. at £7 15/-; account P. Dooley, 16 steers anil heifers to W. Smith at £5 10/-; account K. W. Connell. 3 heifers to A. Millar and Sons at £3 10/-. smsrEsxxr mabzets, GRAIN AND PRODUCE, DUNEDIN, March 10. Any oats fit for milling are worth from 3/4 to 3/5, on trucks, country sidings. Sales have been made at the'-: figures, and in one or two Instance , at Id more. There is not a great lot of oats on offer, and probably not many are being sold on the basis of the prices named above. As a matter of fact the market has jumped on account of forced buying to cover sales already made. It is riw~ojired that enquiries are being

made in Australia for a shipment of Algerians to Auckland, while some Dunedin merchants state that they have definite information that a fairly large line of Algerians has been bought for' Auckland—May delivery—but others say that they cannot discover whether any business of the character referred to has actually taken*place. The market is rather short of supplies of chaff. It is mostly all old chaff which is arriving on the market. Shipping to the North Island Is practically dead in the meantime. Sufficient potatoes are available to meet ordinary requirements. The main crop from the south is not yet. making its appearance. Forward buying of the crops is restricted on account of the high prices being asked by farmers for parcels at sidings. Current wholesale prices are as follow: — Chaff. —Prime oatensheaf, £4 15/- to £5; medium to good, £3 to £3 15/- (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Oamaru-grown, from £6 to £6 10/-. TIMA BIT MARKETS. GRAIN AND PRODUCE! TIMARU, March 10. The oat market shows further signs of firming, and 3/6, on trucks, at country stations, is readily obtainable for almost any quality. Reports from Dunedin indicate that Algerian oats are being imported on the basis of 3/1, delivered New Zealand ports, duty paid. A local firm to-day purchased 4000 sacks at 2/5 %d, f.0.b., s.i., Melbourne, and these will cost 3/6 per bushel landed h.;rc. The price paid for these oats is said to represent the cheapest quotation at present obtainable. It is thought in some quarters that there is need for caution, as the consumption of oats at the high prices now ruling is bound to fall off, and, further, if reports are true, that there are a lot of damaged oats in Southland, these will probably be put on the market immediately, as growers generally are averse to holding damaged grain. On the other hand, importations may not be very considerable owing to the scarcity of freights and, in view of the scarcity of labour, unless farmers can realise good prices, they would prefer to hold over their oats till next year rather than sell below the present high cost of production. Potato growers are now evincing a good deal of interest in the market. A limited quantity has changed hands at £5 10/-, at country stations, sacks found by buyers. For forward delivery the demand has been satisfied, and buyers in the North Island are inclined to hold off before operating further. The crop prospects are fair to* good, but many growers that the tubers are not so numerous as tho tops indicate. Oatshcaf chaff is in fair demand at £3 15/- to £4, on trucks.

AUCKLAND MARKETS. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. AUCKLAND, March 10. Potatoes. —Locally-grown are now nearly over, and a week or two will see Southern arriving regularly as purchases have already been made for delivery up to April. Shippers are not keen on selling forward of April, as the market Is very firm. The local now coming in are not very satisfactory as regards quality. The best are selling at £lO, ex store. Oats. —Market has again advanced, recent small arrivals selling at about 4/3 to 4/6, a sharp rise on previous rates. Local stocks arc very light, and the demand keeps good. All depends on the crop in Southland, and as the weather for harvesting has been unfavourable, the prospects for a good yield are not at all bright. Holders are reluctant to quote, evidently looking for still higher prices, unless supplies can be brought in from Australia.

Seed Oats. —The demand has started earlier than usual this year, no doubt on account of the wet weather enabling ploughing to be undertaken at once. Chaff. —Demand keeps up well. Of the Southern arriving the best is from Blenheim, and offerings from Canterbury will depend on how the oat crop turns out in the more Southern parts. Marlborough chaff is selling at £7 15/-. ex store, but the best price obtainable for local is £5 10/- at the station. WHEAT, BABBITS, ETC. LONDON, March 10. Received March 11, 5.5 p!m. Chicago wheat —May options, 191% to 187%: July, 161 to 156%. Rabbits —Unchanged; few offering. South American mutton, ll%d; lamb, 12% d; Australian and New Zealand unchanged. Hemp—Firm; New Zealand not offering. Rubber —Para, 3/2% plantation, 3/2%; smoked, 3/2%. Copra —January-March, £4l 15/-. LOBDOE MARKETS. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 7th inst.: — Tallow.—Fine mutton. 66/6; good beef, 60/6; mixed, 56/-. Market strong. V.5.3. CO. SHARES ADVANCE. LONDON, March 10. Received March 11, 5.5 p.m. A feature on the Stock Exchange was the rise of half a crown in Union Steam Ship Co. shares, following on the revived rumours of an arrangement with the Canadian-Pacific in reference to Pacific Ocean accounts. Shares are now 44/to 46/-.