MAIL NOTICES

Southland Times, Issue 20015, 1 November 1926, Page 2

MAIL NOTICES

(Supplied by Chief Post Office.) TO-DAY, NOVEMBER 1. Mails for Australia close at C.P.O. on Monday, November 1, at 4.25 p.m., for despatch by Karetu, from Bluff to Sydney. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2. Mails for Australia, South Africa and the East close at C.P.O. on Tuesday, November 2, at 10.45 aun., for despatch by s.s. Ulimaroa from Auckland to Sydney. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4. Mails for Tonga, Samoa and Fiji close at C.P.O. on Thursday, November 4, at 6.15 a.m., for despatch from Auckland by sa Tofua. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8. Mails for Great Britain, Ireland, Continent of Europe, Canada, United States of America, Mexico, West Indies (via San Francisco), also Cook Islands and Tahiti, dose at C.P.O. on Monday, November 8, at 6.15 a.m., for despatch by R.M.S. Makura from Wellington. Mail due London about December 8. W. T. JOHNSTON, Chief Postmaster.

We have good stocks of fowl wheat, oats, sorrel, bran, pollard, Farro Food, oatdust, straw, clover hay, crushed oats, chaff and ryecorn on hand. Cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, parsnips and lettuce are wanted. The variety of fruit during the past week has been limited to apples, pears, oranges, pines and lemons. There are due to arrive on Tuesday Island tomatoes, bananas, and Californian grapes, these should meet with good competition as the market is bare.

The week closed with prices ruling: — Oranges, Navels 27/6, Commons 24/6; apples 7/- to 11/-; pines 8/6 to 27/-, according to condition; lemons, Auckland 22/6, S.A. 25/-; louquats 5/- to 15/-; mandarines 18/- to 21/6 case; grapes 20/- to 32/- barrel; pears 4Ad to s|d lb. Produce, Vegetables, Etc.—Rhubarb 3£d to 4id; parsnips lid; carrots lid lb; cut flowers 6/-; radishes 1/7; cabbage 4/6; cauliflower 7/6 to 9/6 dozen; hay £5 10/to £6; straw £4; chaff £5 15/- to £6; table potatoes £4 15/- to £5 10/- ton; fowl wheat 29/- to 30/-; sorrel 16/-; oatdust 6/-; pollard (100’s) 12/-; bran (75’s) 7/6; Farro Food 16/-; ryecorn 18/- to 23/-; crushed oats 10/- to 12/-; oats 10/- to 18/- sack; seed potatoes, early 8/- to 16/-, main crop 5/- to 10/-; potato manure 9/- cwt. Poultry.—Light hens 3/- to 3/3, heavy 3/6 to 3/7; cockerels 1/-; Circle hatcher 20/- fowl grit 1/- to 5/- bag, according to size.

Pigs.—27 entered, good competition. Smail weaners 20/6 to 27/-; purebred Tamworth boar £6; concrete troughs 30/-. Horses, Saddiery, Etc.—Turnout £32. Horses £27, £24, £lB, £l5 10/-, £l5, £l3 15/-, £l2 10/-, £11; aged £8 to £1 5/-. Saddle £2. Winkers 18/-. Collar 25/-. Collar and hames 25/-. '.frees 7/6 to 9/6. Covers 20/- to 35/-.

Dairy Cows.—£l2, 2 at £lO, £9 10/-, £9 7/6, £9, £7 10/-, 2 at £6 10/-, £6, dry and aged £3 10/- to £4 5/-; heifers, 2 at £9, £B, £6. Separator £5 10/-. Churn 12/6. Covers 12/6 to 17/6. Timber.—Good stocks of new timber on hand. Posts, totara £6 10/- to £8 10/-. Stakes 30/- to 40/-. Droppers 12/- 100. Strainers 6/- to 10/-. Gate hinges 9/-. General.—Garden cultivator 19/-. Canaries 7/- to 8/-. Range £6. Lawnmowers 15/6, 20/-. Oil Drums 10/-. Barrels 5/to 12/6. Step ladders 12/6. Wheelbarrows 32/- to 35/-. English netting, barb, No. 8 and 10 galvanised wire and roofing iron at lowest market rates. Tea, 51b box 12/6. BRAY BROS. Messrs Bray Bros., Ltd., report as follows:—Steady supplies of fruit and vegetables are arriving daily, and meet with a keen demand. Green peas, new potatoes, asparagus, lettuce, spring onions and cauliflowers are realising satisfactory prices, and the supply of hothouse tomatoes is increasing daily. Choice, large dessert apples and pears are firming in price, but inferior quality is difficult to quit? Prices averaged as follows:—Apples, choice, large, well-coloured 10/- to 12/6; others 4/- to 7/-. Pears, Winter Coles 5d lb. Oranges, Adelaide Commons 25/-. Lemons 22/6. Californian lemons, double cases, 45/-.. Cauliflowers 5/to 8/6 dozen. Cabbage 3/6 dozen. Rhubarb, supplies scarce, 4d to 4Ad lb. Parsnips lid to 2d lb. Carrots l|d to Ifd lb. Walnuts 9d to 1/2 lb. Lettuce 1/- to 3/6 dozen. Asparagus 6/6 to 8/- per dozen bunches. Spring onions 1/6 to 2/- per bundle. Hothouse tomatoes 2/3 to 2/9 lb. Green peas 6d to 8d lb. New potatoes 3d to 4d lb. Produce and general.—Table potatoes, slow of sale, £5 ton. Seed potatoes from 4/- to 8/- cwt. Onions, Canadian, arriving to-day. Pollard (2001 b 23/6. Bran (100 lb) 11/-. Oats 18/ to 21/- bag. Wheat 24/- to 30/- sack. Oatdust 6/-. Sorrel seed 3/6. Grass seed 12/6 sack. Hay, clover £5 10/- ton. Straw £4 10/- ton. Chaff £4 10/- to £6 ton. Rye hay £4 10/ton. Saltlick 2/- block. Molasses 4/6 per tin. Honey 3/6, 6/6, 30/- tin. Horse covers 35/- to 37/6. Cow covers 15/- to 17/6. Motor cars £35 to £4O. Motor cycles £l7 10/- to £5O. Posts £6 to £7 per 100. Casks 5/- each. Wheelbarrows 35/-. Buggy and harness £4. Furniture.—Brisk business at our Spey street furniture warehouse, where we have a nice range of suites of all kinds in new patterns and designs. We also have some splendid duchesse chests at prices ranging from £3 15/- to £ll 10/-. Bedsteads, bedding and linoleum in latest styles at lowest prices. Oak cabinet and Jacobean gramophones from £l5 to £32 10/-. These are splendid value. Our offer of £35 for the furnishing of three rooms including linoleum will hold good to the end of November. It has to be inspected to be appreciated. Call early, and see for yourselves what we offer. Property.—We specialise in the sale of businesses, and can offer a varied selection of houses for sale on easy terms, and invite your inspection. LONDON SHEEPSKIN SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having received the following advice from their head office, London, under date of the 29th instant:— l SHEEPSKIN SALE. Average attendance of buyers, competition fair. As compared with last sales:— Merino combing par to rather easier. Merino clothing 5 per cent, lower. Comeback and fine crossbred combing slightly dearer. Coarse and medium combing 5 per cent, to 7A- per cent, higher. Pelts unchanged. THE SHAREMARKET. YESTERDAY’S TRANSACTIONS. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, October 31. Sale reported: Western Australian Bank 57/3. Sale on ’Change: Goldsbrough Mort 5/8 (2 parcels). Auckland, October 31. The following sales took place: New Zealand Breweries’ Debentures 24/1; Bank of New Zealand (rights) 6/3, 6/4; Auckland Gas 23/9; Kawarau 2/7; Lucky Shot (eont.), 6d. DALGETY’S DIVIDEND. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, October 21. Dalgety’s final dividend is 3/- a share and a bonus of 7/-, both tax free.—A. and N.Z.