FINANCE & COMMERCE.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIII, 20 November 1923, Page 5

FINANCE & COMMERCE.

LOCAL MARKET REPORT. The Waimate Auction Company report holding the usual weekly sale in the Mart on Saturday of furniture, pigs, poultry, etc. There was a big entry of pigs, and prices'were easier. Poultry was in good demand The following are ruling prices:—Pigs.—Weaners 21s t,o 255; good stores 33s to 46s 6d. Poultry.—Old hens Is to Is 6d, cockerels 2s to 3s each, good laying hens 2s 6d to 3s each; ducks 5s 6d pair Produce.—Potatoes Is to 18s per sack, whole fowl wheat 18s to 20s per sack, seconds 15s to 17s. Rhubarb 6d bundle, cabbage 6d Apples—Good sorts, 6d to 7s 6<l per case; others, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; eggs Is to Is Id doz; bacon Is, onions 2d.

DUNEDIN MARKET REPORT. Messrs Bray Bros., of Dunedin), Ltd., report as follows for the week: The chaff market is practically bare of good, bright, oaten sheaf. Fowl wheat is in short supply. Consignments of North Island potatoes uro meeting with a good demand from 3d to per lb., which is about T3O per ton. Old potatoes 'aro very slow of sale, [reds £6 to £6 10s and whites £9 to £lO. The outlook is not bright for farmers who are holding any quantity of old potatoes. Vegetables are arriving freely. Cabbages have dropped in value but cauliflowers are selling at high rates. Christchurch tomatoes and pherries are arriving in splendid con dilion, and aro selling (readily. Central Otago cherries and strawberries are coming to hand. Heavy supplies of eggs are coming to hand. Cased are selling from 1/2 to 1/2J and stamped fiiom 1/3 to 1/4. The following prices were realised during the week : — Chaff, prime oaten, £5 10s; wheaten straw, £3 15s; oaten, £4 ss; beeswax, 2s; butter, bulk Is 6;d, separator pats Is 2d; honey, bulk Cd, half-pound pats Is 6d doz, tenpound tins 6s; Bacon Hitchon’s Is 2d; hams, Is sd; apples, American Mclntosh rods 20s, JonaBs to Ils, Stunners 10s tolls, cookers 6s to 8s 1 ; pears, Winter Coles 4d to sd; new potatoes 6ld to 7ld; onions Melbourne 12s 6d cwt; walnuts, IOJd to 11 Id; parsnips, 10s G'd cwt; carrots 6s 6d cwt; swede turnips, 6s cwt; cauliflowers, firsts 18s doz; cabbage 3s to 4s; lettuce 2s 'to 3s doz ; (rhubarb 1| lb; tomatoes (local) 2s 6d, (Christchurch Is 9<l to 2s 2d; cucumbers 16s to 20s doz; green peas 4d to sd; gooseberries 4d to sd; pigs, best porkers 1 9d lb, baeoners BJd lb, overweight 41d lb; eggs, stamped^ls 4d doz, cased Is 3d doz.

LONDON FALLOW MARKET. The local branch of the Bank of New Zealand has received the follow ing advice from theiir London Office Under date 14th November: — Tallow.—there is a good demand. Good mutton 43/- to 44/- per cwt. Beef 41/6. Mixed 41/- to 41/6. Gut 35/6 to 36/6. The sales have closed firm and the prospects are good.

LONDON WOOL SALES. The sales have closed firm an< the prospects are good. Current Quotations:— Crossbred fine 17d to 19d per lb; medium 12c to 13Jd; coarse IOAd to lljd; half bieds 25d to 26d; merinos supei 27Jd to 28!.d; ordinary 25|d tc 2£.id.

N.Z. MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD. The New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from its London Office, dated 16th November, 1923. advising Smithfield delivered prices at that date as follows: — N.Z. Wethers and Maidens.—Can terbury quality, selected brands, 56/undei B|d per lb; 57/64 7|d; 65/72 7Jd. Other brands 56/unde.r 7 5-8 d; 57/64 71d; 65/72 7|d. N.Z. Ewes.--64 under 6gd per lb. N.Z. Lamb. - Canterbury quality, 36/under 11 Jd per lb; 37 42 lOgd ; 43/50 9Jd; seconds 10:1. Selected brands 36/under lOJd: 37 42 IOJd. Other bfcands Ist qual.. 42 u 9Jd; seconds 9ld; N.Z. Beef.—Ox fores 3{d per lb; oa' hinds 4{d; cow fore- 2id; cow hinds 3Jdi; Argentine chilled beef. Ox fores 3Jd pci lb; ox hinds s}d. Aigen ine- frozen beef.—Ox fores 3fd per lb; ox hinds sd. Frozen Pork.—Under 100 lbs 7|J per lb; 120/180 lbs 71 d. Lamb and mutton in better demand generally.