COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12869, 3 January 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

, THE HOME MARKETS. - ; ' The of Industries and Coni•merce/ha's' received the following ■ cable message from, the High' Commissioner., for New Zealand 1 :—" The mutton market is firm. '•• : - Stocks' on hand are light and are held firmly by the few, and there is an endeavour amongst the' holders to raise -the:prices. mutton 4d per lb, Dunedin, Southland and North Island mnitton _3Jd. JThe' lamb market is quiet. Australian lamb lis in ■ large supply and of good qualify, and River Plate shipments _ are increasing. New Zealand .stocks in .Store;, -are being reduced. Canterbury r .brand other brands (nominal), \ , AiKtralian lamb ; 4d, Argentine 3fd. The beef market, is very, dull, and supplies of River P2ate : chilled, are heavy, hindquerters being quoted at 3£d, and forequarters 2£d; New Zealand hindquarters 3§d, forequarters 3d. "The butter market is very firm, but fixated oh account of the falling off of shipments The supply 35 short of the aemand, choicest New Zealand 118s, Dan--The cheese market is firm at 62s and prices continue to advance. "The" hemp market is very firm, with no alteration sines last quotation." „ 'ASBBDBTON STOCK SALE. - ASHBURTON, January 2. . . On account of the holidays there was an exceptionally small entry at the Ashburton yards to-day. Pat cows "sold at £3 to £3 10s, heifers £B, springers £3 lite to £3 15s, yearlings 21s to 32s 6d calves 17s to 18s. Sheep—Pat ewes Us &d to 14s, fat lambs 15s 3d to 15s 9d merino wethers 10s Id.