Commercial

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6218, 5 December 1914, Page 1

Commercial

GBAIN AND PRODUCE BEPORT. jMessrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., re- ; port as followß We held our weekly auction sale of 'i grain and produce at our stores today, when values ruled as under ;l Oats.—There has bejen a strong en- : quiry for all lines coming ■under, of-' r ■ fer of late. The quantity, however ,j is small. Shippers havo been operat -j ing more freely with the result that values are firm. \Ve quote—Prime ] milling 2s 9d to 2s 10d., good to best feed 2s 7d to 2s Bd, medium to trood Is 5d to 2s 6d per bushel (sacks 5 . . j. .i '

~ Wheat.- —Business in tiusiine ij practically at a standstill owing to the want ol' supplies. Any Uttis lota coming iorwaru are mfletiug with an excellent demand ana readily cleared on arrival, in me absence ol supplies values quoted are nominal, milling wneat as od to us "d, lowl wheat us to dsud pes ibusliel (saoKa extra). I'otatoea.—supplies 01 prune U'ealily pioited are not coming lorwara ueeiy unu any lotß anawering tuia description are meeting Willi a good demuud at quotations. juedium and out ol conditioned iiucn arc more pientilui and uiiiicult to piuce. *>e quote—iiUuu iresuiy pic*eu tauits to lUs, medium to £ood km les to &«> lus per ton w.J Uiuu.—the muriiet lias been barely, supplied ol late, and auy consignments ol prime oaten sueal are meeting with a ready sale on arrival. .Light and interior chatl is not in quite as good a demand. We quote—frime iblack oaten siieaf £-1 ius to £4 12s lid, best wlute oaten sueal £4 ob to J--1 iUa, meuium to good *3 IDs to £4 per ton oiUaj.

01' iiiUiyj i'Uli MAitMSI.

At a meeting ol the members oi the Ounedin Stock Agents' unil rtool Brokers Association, hold on the 17th inat., very serious complaints wore received trom hide buyers, who alleged tUat the llaymg oi liides has been (getting worse .and worse lor some tune puat, until to-uuy it ia not a question ol how muny badly Hayed aides Uiere are in liie parcel, but liow many, if uuy, there may be lree o£ scores and cuts which will come through. ihe buyers pointed out that when a hide is a mass oi scores, nickß and cuts, it ia practically impossible for tue boot mauutucturer to cut up the leather ut all prolitubly, and consequently the tanner is hourly in hot water with the manufacturer, and that if some improvement is not nad# in the Haying the manufacturer of boots in this Dominion will surely become u dying industry. The matter is one of such great importance, not only to vendors, in ■o much as it ati'ects the financial returns for their, hides, but to the public at large, in so far as it adversely all'ects one of i the Dominion'a industries. It is hoped that steps will be taken by those concerned to remedy the faults complained of.