COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6, 4 May 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

THE P. AXI) 0. COMPANY. . London, May 2. The Peninsular and Oriental Company has declared a dividend of) 7 per cent upon deferred stnck.Tho director:; announce the issue oi 1,160,000 preferred cumulative 5 per cent, shares to holders of preferred and deferred stock, in proportion to their holdings at 110. The increased capital has no reference to any rumored amalgamation, which is non-existent. So far as the company is aware, no suggestion for amalgamation had ever been made to the directors, who are working in perfect harmony, with their,comeptitors throughout the Far East. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. Sydney, May 2. Wheat, 4s Old to Is 4id. FlourCity, CO 10s; country £9 7s Cd. Pollard, 07. Bran £6 10s. Oats—'Tasmanian spar row I.dlls, ‘is oil; gian.ts, ‘is 0:1 to .‘is 7d ; Algerian seed, -‘is 9d ; feeding, 3s 6d; New Zealand, 3s Id to ‘is sd; (Plants, 3s 6d. Barley—■ Victorian Cape, nominal; English malting, 5s 0d to 6s. Maine, 5s 2d to 5s 3d. Onions, 13s. Potatoes, £8 10s to £lO 10s. Cheese, Hid to 9d. Butter— Selected, 120 s; prime, IOSs to HGs Bacon, 5Vd to Old. Mel bourne, May 1. Wheat 4s 4d, 4s 4£, Hour £9 ss, oats

I algorian feeding 3s Cd, seeding 3s Bd, 3s iOd, white 3s sd, barley prime English Cs 4id, capo 4s lOd ss, maize Is Sd, bran £G 15s, pollard £7 5s potatoes £7, £8 ss, onions £ll ss. (Received 3 8.50 a.rn.

Adelaide, 3!ay I. Wheat Is, Is ltd, flour £8 17a (id, £9 2s 6d, hran £1 ss, pollard £1 Gd, oats 33s 2d, .‘3s -‘3d.

1 THE HIDE MARKET. 1 Melbourne, May 2. Hides are in fair supply and very firm in all classes. Mawton King’s Weekly Report. On Friday, Hie 2Gth, 1 bad a fair entry at my Maiwakaiho yards and a small attendance. Kidding was not brisk, prices being as follows: Coloured wcaner heifers £1 15s Gd to £2 2s, other £1 2s Gd to £] J2s, stem’s 15s to £1 2s, 15-month steers £2 I is Gd t-, £5 Os Gd, 15-month heifers £3 4s to £3 15s, store cows £2 12s to £3 Is, fat cows £4 15s to £5. At Urcnui on Monday, 20th, there was a good yarding and attendance

with u fair demand for all cattle. Mixed weaners 15s to £1 7s Gd ,18-mont}i steers £2 15s to £3 11s Gd, 2 to 2J-yr steers £3 15s to £4 ]os, 18-montli empty heifers £3 to £3 ss, dairy heifers £4 12s 6d to £5 12s Gd, fat cows £4 18s to £5 7s Gd, forward cows £3 12s Gd to £ !, store cows £2 8s to £3 2s’ Gd, ewes 11s, fat wethers 15s Id, 2-tontli wethers 11s 7d to 12s Gd, store pigs £1 3s. At Douglas on the same day my cattle pens were filled, most lines being cleared as follows: Weaners £1 8s Gd to £1 11s, bulls £2 11s to £3, store cows £2 to £3 3s, forward cows £4 ss, cows and calves £5 7s Gd', 20month heifers £3 3s to £3 10s, 20month steers £3 Is Gd to £3 9s, 2J-yr . steers £4 14s Gd, pony £7 10s. At my Stratford yards on Tuesday owing to the wretched weather a lot oi cattle entered did not come forward. The public that attended were buyers and practically everything except a few steers were cleared during the afternoon. Good yearling cows were in demand as also were 20month heifers. Most of the weaners yarded wore small and the weather made them look wretched, realising from 17s Gd to £1 8s Gd, 20-month heifers empty £2 9s Gd to £3 7s Gel, in calf £3 11s Gd to £1 2s, springing heifers £7 10s, hulls £3 10s to £5 19s, Holstein wcanor hull £3 3s, dairy cows £5 to £O, 15-rnonth steers £2. Gs, 2.1-yr steers £4 s 4 to £4 10s, store cows £1 10s to £2 16s, forward cows £3 18s

to £4 Is, fat cows £5 os, Lambs Gs Bd, 2-tooth owes 13s 4d. I At Stony River on Wednesday, Ist May, I held my fortnightly cattle sale. In spite of the wintry land boisterous weather there was a. large attendance}, thcl feature ofitlie sale being over 400 head of stock for unreserved sale on account, of Mr Charles Sole, who has sold his Okato farm, in spite of the unfavourable weather conditions the cattle, which wore mostly Hereford and Hereford cross, were in the pink of (condition and included some prime beef wattle which were much admired. Bidding was keen (from start to finish and- Very satisfactory prices were realised. The pedigree stock, which were subject to reserve, were retained by Mr Sole. Prices realised were:—Mr Sole’s stock: 2J-yr Hereford heifers R.W.13. £4 Us, 2-yr Hereford steers £3 19s Gd, 20-month empty Hereford heifers £2 17s to £3 6d, 20month Hereford steers £3 12s, steer Hereford calves £1 9s 6d, Hereford heifer calves £1 7s, Holstein weanor hull £1 18s, 3-yr bullocks £5 7s, gtore cows £3 to £3 Is, forward cows £3 11s Gd to £4 ss, cows and calves £4 2s Gd, fat cows £5 10s to £5 12s, fat stag £7 1 Is, fat bullocks £8 12s, ferword bullocks £7, working bullocks £25 per pair. On account of other vendors: Mixed weanors poor 17s Gd to £1 11s Gd, in-calf 20-month heifers £3 11s to £4 3s, 20-month steers £3 10s, 2i-yr steers £4 12s Gd, forward bollocks £7 14s, store cows £2 13s to £3 Bs, forward cows £3 17s to £4 3s, fat cows £5 10s, lambs 6s lOd, springing heifers £4 IGs. During the week I have sold a lot ot cattle privately at the following rates: Mixed weaners £1 5s Gd to £1 10s, empty 20-month heifers £2 18s Gd to £3 3s, 20-month in-calf heifers, good, £4 to £4 10s, 2J-yr in-calf heifers £5 to £5 17s Gd, springing heifers £B, fat cows £5 17s Gd, dairy cows £8 to £9 in demand, lambs Gs. to 7s Gd, fatwethers 15s, 20-month steers £3 15s, £3 12s Gd, £3 10s, £3 2s Gd, £3 Is Gd.