COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 20539, 16 July 1928, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

LOCAL MARKETS THE RIALTO. Messrs William Todd and Co., Ltd., report the following sales at . the weekly market on Saturday, July 14: — Pigs.—l2s entered. A fair demand for stores, but small weaners not wanted. Small weaners 4/6 to 6/-; well-grown 7/6 to 10/-; small stores 11/6 to 14/6; medium 16/- to 19/-; large stores £1 1/- to £1 15/-; sow £1 10/-. Poultry.—A good demand for all lines. Hens 1/7 to 2/4; second-year hens 2/9 to 5/9; Rhode Island hens 4/- to 5/-; White Rock hens 4/1; White Leghorn pullets 5/to 9/3; White Rock pullets 4/6 to 5/6; Black Orpington pullets 9/-; Black Orpington breeding pen 8/9; Black Orpington roosters 3/6 to 4/1; roosters 2/3 to 3/-; purebred White Leghorn cockerels, on account Mr Crichton 16/-, £1 2/-; ducks 3/6 to 3/9; geese 4/6 to 5/6; gander 7/6; Muscovey drakes 4/- to 10/3; Indian Runner drakes 3/- to 3/7. Drill £ll 10/-; mower £10; lime sower £l3 10/-; D.F. plough £4. Bacon Pigs.—We are cash buyers of bacon weights and receive every day except Saturday. Produce.—Potatoes, market firm with good demand for prime quality at £6 to £6 10/- ton. Seed potatoes: A fair inquiry for early varieties; we have stocks of Jersey Bennie, Epicure, Sutton’s Perfection, Black Kidney, Robin Adair, King Edward, Up-to-Dates from 10/- to 28/- cwt; K.P. special potato manure 12/6. Chaff £5 5/to £5 10/-; cow chaff 3/6 sack; clover hay £5; meadow hay £4 10/-; straw £3 15/to £4; wheat £1 4/-; barley 17/- to £1; oats 16/6 to 19/6; crushed oats 11/6; crushed peas £1 4/6; ground wheat and tares 18/6 1501 b sack; sucrosine 18/6; faterine 19/-; barley pollard 16/-; molasses 9/-; Meggett’s meal 19/-; Meggett’s nuts 16/6; fowl grit 2/6; meat meal, 251bs 4/6. Miscellaneous.—Barb-wire 26/- cwt; No. 8 galvanized wire 20/-; fowl netting 12/6, 6ft fowl netting 24/6; rabbit netting 20/-; 600-gallon tanks £4 10/-; kauri tubs £2 15/-; portable boilers £4; cast-iron pig trough 18/6; horse covers 32/6 to 37/6; cow covers 17/6; mutton-birds 9cl; honey 51b tins 3/-, 101 b 6/-, 601bs at s£d lb; Ceylon tea, 51b boxes 12/6, 401 b chests 2/3 lb; fencing posts, totara £7 10/- 100; broadleaf £6; stakes 30/- 100; droppers 12/- 100; gate hinges 7/6 pair. Hedge Trees: White escalonia, olearia, macrocarpa 25/- 100; rhubarb roots 12/dozen. BRAY BROS., LTD. Messrs Bray Bros., Ltd., report as follows for week ending 14/7/28: Fruit and Vegetables.—Fairly heavy supplies of dessert apples reached this market during the week, and prices eased slightly. Large cookers are still in short supply, with a keen demand. Dessert pears are in good demand, and choice lines are eagerly sought after. Our market is now cleared of inferior grade fruit, and better prices are anticipated. Mandarins, oranges, Poorman and Seville, lemons, etc., are arriving ex Karetu, and will be available for Tuesday’s sale. The first direct South Island shipment of Samoan bananas ex Maui Pomare, is due about Wednesday. Island oranges and New Zealand lemons will also be available. Pumpkins, marrows, parsnips and carrots are plentiful with a poor demand. Kumaras will be available at the beginning of the week. Prices averaged as follows: — Apples, choice Delicious, Stunners, Jonathon, Scarlet, Cleopatra from 7/- to 10/6; other grades 5/- to 6/6 case; cookers, Rome Beauty, Dunn’s, Munroe’s and Ballarat 6/6 to 8/-; and others 5/- to 6/- case; pears, choice Nelis 24d to 2fd lb, and others 3/6 to 4/6 case; cooking pears 1/6 to 3/6 case; lemons (N.Z.) to 23/6 case; oranges, Island 8/- to 15/- case; mandarins 17/- to 20/- case; marmalade oranges to 18/6 case; navels to 20/-; Canterbury onions 14/6 cwt; carrots to Id lb; parsnips Id to l£d lb; pumpkins 2d lb; marrows Id lb; potatoes 7/6 cwt; honey, 21bs 1/6, 51bs 3/6, lOlbs 6/6, 601bs 30/-; mutton-birds 9d to 9Ad per bird, according to size of kit; saltlick 2/- per block; molasses 4/6 tin; posts £6 to £7 per hundred, according to size. Furniture.—Brisk business at our Spey street furniture showroom (upstairs), where we have several dining-room duchess chests at prices ranging from £3 12/6. Our offer of £33 for the furnishing of three rooms, including linoleum, will hold good to the end of this month. Several pianos in firstclass order at extremely low prices. Those in search of a reliable instrument should not fail to inspect these. We specialize in bedsteads and bedding, and carry full stocks of “Sleepwell” and ther styles of mattresses. We invite inspection, and will always be pleased to give quotations. Business.—To wind up an estate, a good pastrycook’s business available at a gift price. Living accommodation on the premises. Bakehouse fully equipped with plant and stock. No reasonable offer refused. Our instructions are to sell. A splendid chance for a qualified man. D. W. McKAY, LTD. Messrs D. W. McKay, Ltd., Exchange Mart, Invercargill, report as follows: Produce.—There has been a sound inquiry for potatoes during the week, and we have placed some large consignments. Seed potatoes are now coming on the market and we have full supplies of Jersey Bennie, Black Kidney, Robin Adair, Sutton’s Early Perfection and W T hite Elephant. Hay, straw, bran, pollard, wheat and oafs have had a good sale. Oatdust is in short supply, but we expect full supplies early next week. Current prices for the week are as follows:—Table potatoes £5 10/- to £7 per ton; seed potatoes according to variety and sample; chaff £4 10/- to £6; inferior lines 2/6 to 3/6 per bag; wheat 22/6 to 25/per bag; oats 16/- bag; oat dust 6/6, to arrive; pollard 17/6 bag; bran 9/- bag. Fruit.—The market is very lightly supplied with oranges, the only stocks being Californian Valencias. Sydney fruits are due on Monday by the Karetu, and the first shipment of Samoan bananas ex the Maui Pomare should reach Invercargill early this week. Apples still continue in full supply. Pears are short and realizing better values as follows:—Apples from 4/- to 10/- per case, according to variety; pears, good samples to 6/- per box; Island oranges to 20/- case; ripe bananas to 30/- per case. Vegetables.—Cauliflowers 5/- to 9/- per dozen; cabbage 2/- to 3/6 dozen; carrots, tables 6/- to 8/- per cwt; jam melons to 2d per lb; parsnips 14/- cwt. General.—Mutton-birds 9d to lOd per bird, according to counts, special quotations for large quantities; macrocarpa and pinus insignis trees, 2 years old, 18/- to 25/- per 100; fencing wire 20/6; barb-wire 27/6; Exchange tea 13/6 per 51b box; galvanized tanks £3 15/- to £5 10/- each; wheelbarrows 25/- to 35/- each. Furniture.—We are having a special display of superior Wilton and Axminster carpets and these are being sacrificed at very low prices to clear. Other attractions offering in this department are bedroom suites at £l5 to £2O; beds complete from £4 15/■to £5 10/-; blankets 35/- per pair upwards; beds £2 15/- to £4; pillows 5/- each; Pabcolin squares £2 10/- to £2 15/-; linoleum from 6/- to 8/- per yard. On Thursday we held a most successful sale in Mary street, there was a full attendance of buyers and bidding was brisk throughout. F. BOWDEN AND CO. Messrs F. Bowden and Co., report heavy supplies of potatoes during the week, but as good sales are being made stocks continue on the light side and consignments, are wanted. Produce of all descriptions is selling well. There are good stocks of hay, straw, chaff, oats, wheat, bran, pollard, oatdust, barley, ryecorn, sucrosine and molasses on hand. But flowers are now reaching our market regularly. Cabbage have a much better inquiry, whilst cauliflowers are k short of requirements. Supplies of carrots

and parsnips are about equal to demand. Horse and cow covers are selling well. Fencing wire is also meeting with a ready sale. The fruit market is well supplied, apples being plentiful, although supplies are easing off and prices are much firmer. A fair quantity of pears is coming to hand, but prices for these have firmed considerably during the week. Fresh shipments of bananas, Island oranges, navels, mandarins and Seville oranges should be to hand for next Tuesday’s sale. Good supplies of Poormans are on hand. The week closed with prices ruling:— Pines 27/6; navel oranges 20/- to 24/-; apples, dessert 6/6 to 9/-, cookers 5/6 to 7/-; bananas 17/- to 27/-; mandarins 10/to 17/-; Poorman oranges 22/- case; pears to 3d; Island tomatoes 3d lb. Vegetables, Produce, Etc.—Carrots Id to lid; parsnips lid to 14d; marrows Id to 14d; melons lAd to 2d; beetroot Id lb; cabbage 1/- to 2/6; cauliflowers 2/6 to 6/6; leeks 6/-; cut flowers 7/- dozen; muttonbirds 9d to 9£d; wheat 22/- to 25/-; oatdust 7/6; swedes 2/6; oats 17/- to 17/6; pollard 100’s 11/6; bran 150’s 14/6; sucrosine 18/-; barley 18/6 sack; potatoes £6 10/-; straw £4; hay £4 to £5 5/-; chaff £5 10/- ton; honey 6d lb. Pigs.—Weaners 3/- to 6/-. We are cash buyers of bacon pigs at market rates, receive every day except Saturday. Dairy Cows.—£l2, £lO 10/-, 3 at £B. Covers 12/6 to 18/6. Horses.—£l7, £8 15/-. Covers 25/- to 38/6. Harrows £4. Shelter and Hedge Trees.—lo/- to 25/-. Auction sales of pinus insignia, macrocarpa, red and white escalonia; currant and gooseberry bushes, rhubarb roots, etc. are held every Saturday. Timber.—Large stocks of all sizes are on hand, sawn timber realizing from 12/- to 14/- per 100 ft; totara posts £7 to £8 10/-; stakes 25/- to 50/-; droppers 7/6 to 14/100; strainers 7/- to 10/- each. Truck lots totara posts £7 10/- per 100 at siding. Farms.—We disposed of during the week a 544-acre farm at Dacre on account of Mr G. France, and a 20-acre farm at Wyndham on account of Mr G. Miller. General.—Motor £2 10/-; rabbit traps 26/-; pigs 2/- dozen; wheelbarrows 25/to 35/-; step ladders 12/6; roofing iron, barb, Nos. 8, 9 and 10 galvanized and wire netting at lowest market rates. Tea 2/6 lb. LONDON MARKETS. (United Press Assn. —By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) London, July 14. Cotton: August 11.53 d per lb. Rubber: Para Hid; Plantation and smoked 94d per lb. Jute: July-August £3B 7/6 per ton. Hemp: July-September £3O 10/- per ton. Linseed Oil: £3O per ton. Turpentine: 44/6 per cwt. Hides: Market firm. Meatworks’ drysalted, Queensland 35-451 b 16}d, 30-401 b and 25-351 b 16Ad, 20-301 b 163 d; New South Wales, for the same weights, a farthing more; wet salted, Queensland 50-601 b 114 d, 40-501 b ll:|d; New South Wales 1/-; Abattoirs, Victorian 50-601bs and 40-501 b 11 Ad. Sheep: Canterbury medium 7£d, heavy 6jd, North Island heavy 6Jd; New Zealand ewes 5Ad. Patagonian sheep and lambs are not offering. Frozen Beef: Australian crops 3JJd; hinds s£d; chilled Argentine, fores 4|d, hinds Uruguay, fores 3sd, hinds 6Jd; other ' meat unchanged.—Australian Press Association. LONDON MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having received the following advice from their head office, London, under date July 12, 1928. London Frozen Meat Market: Frozen meat market is quieter owing to hot weather. Quotations unchanged except for chilled beef, which is lower. Recovery in demand heavy lamb. London Dairy Produce Market.—Butter: Market firm. Danish 178/- to 180/-; New Zealand finest salted 180/- to 182/-; finest Australian unsalted 170/- to 174/-; finest Australian salted 168/- to 170/-; Australian general average quality 156/- to 162/-. Cheese: Australian and coloured 106/- to 107/-; New Zealand white and coloured 111/- to 112/-; Canadian white and coloured 110/- to 112/-, Canadian c.i.f. 110/-. The total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the month of June, 1928, amounted to 632,000cwt5, as compared with 681,000cwts for the corresponding period last year. London Wool Sales (received July 14). Sales continue active. Good Merino combing firm. Change, if any, is in favour of sellers. Other Merino irregular. Crossbreds firm at last sales’ rates except slipe. Withdrawals fairly heavy, mainly second-hand lots. THE SHAREMARKET. SATURDAY’S QUOTATIONS, (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, July 15. Sales on ’Change: Auckland Harbour Board Debentures (1941) 6 per cent. £lO4 10/-; Bank of New Zealand 59/6; Auckland Gas 23/2, do. (cont.) 17/3; Waihi 12/6. Wellington, July 15. Sale on ’Change: New Zealand Paper Mills 15/3. Sales reported: Bank of New South Wales £5O 9/-; Staples and Co. 36/6. Christchurch, July 15. Sales on ’Change: National Insurance 16/-; New Zealand Insurance (cum. div.) 42/9; Christchurch Gas 24/6; Tooths’ Brewery 45/6 (2 parcels); Mahakipawa 3/5; Mt. Lyell 34/5. Sale reported: Dalgety and Co. £l4 14/-.