COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13330, 20 March 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALE... Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright. LONDON, March 19. The wool sales were very strong. Prices were unchanged. Continental buyers keenly competed for merinos and fine and medium crossbreds. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, March 19. Copra is steady. South Sea in bags is sparingly offerd at £2O 5s to £2O 10s. Hbmp is steady. Aptil-June shipment, £2l. Cotton.—7.ssJd. Rubber.—6s 5Jd. Kauri gum.—2s7 eases offered. 29 sold. The price is unchanged. Copper.—Spot £54 13s 9d, three months’ £35 6s 3d. .Tin.-r-Spot £177 ss, three months’ £176 15s. Lead.—£l3 2s 6d. Silver.—24 5-16 d. Received March 20, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, March , 19. Rabbits are quiet and unchanged. The new season’s Australian are excellent, both as regards quality, condition, and grading. Sheep.—Canterbury unchanged; North Island 3Jd, best brands 3jd. Lambs. —Canterbury light medium bjd, heavy 5 l-Bd, North Island 4j*d, selected brands 4|d. Beef.—Fores 3d, hinds 3Jd. Australian.—Sheep; Light 213-16 d, heavy 211-16 d. Lambs: Unchanged. Beef ; Fores 2Jd, hinds 3Jd. River Plate sheep and lambs are unchanged. Beef: Fores 215-16 d, hinds 3|d. Received March 20, 9 a.m. LONDON, March 19. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3.950.000 quarters, and for the Continent 2,600,000, Atlantic shipments total 111,000, and the shipments for Europe 1,295,000, including Argentine 313, GOO,' Russian' 425,000,' Danubian 70,000, Indian 129,000, Australasian i7Q,000. ' ’ WOOL SALES. Received March 20, 12.33 p.m. LONDON, March 19. At the"- wool Sales to date 47,624 bales have been catalogued, and 46,263 bales sold. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, March 20. The business done on 'Change this morning included— May Queen —2s Id. Saxon—2s 3d. Watchman—2s 7d.. Hauraki—2s Id. Golden Cross —Bd. Rising Sun—s-Jd. Talisman—£2 9s 9d. Waihi—£3 4s 9d to £3 ss. Grand Junction—£l 8s 9d to £1 7s 9d Northern Coal—los 4d. Auckland Trams (ordinary)—-25s 3d. . ■ Wilson’s Cement (ordinary).—£2 Is 3d FEILDING SALE. DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. At" our usual weekly sale, hid at Fcilding on Friday last, we offered a good yarding- of sheepi all of which sold readily at prices as below. Cull ewes 4s lid, mixed age- ewes- 8s 9d. to 10s 7d, small 2-tooth wethers 10s lOd, small 2-tooth ewes 11s. A line of 4-year-old sold .on account of Mr K.-J. Didsbury, Komako,.realised 12s Bd. 2-tooth Southdown rams 3J gns, 4 gns, to 4J gns. LONDON CABLE. N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO.’S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the'TTilowing cable advice from their London house, under date 15th inst.:— ■"Wheat sold at-31s9d c.i.f. New Zealand parcel market quiet, but steady. Heavy stocks. Market prospects, Russian outlook uncertain. We quote, per quarter. New Zealand wheat, long-berried 32s c.i.f., short-berried 31s 6d."

MURRAY, ROBERTS AND CO., LTD. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., have received the following' wool market cablegram from their London agents, Messrs Sanderson, Murray, and Co., dated 17th March, 1911: Market strong. Compared with last London sales closing rates, merino par to 5 per cent, advance. Combing merino greasy show the greatest advance. Scoured. merino, faulty and inferior, long staple, advanced 5 per cent. Scoured merino faulty and ■ inferior, short staple, market shows no material change. Fine greasy crossbred par to 5 per cent advance. Medium greasy-crossbred, closing rates of last ■ series, barely maintained. Coarse greasy crossbred advanced a shade. Wellington,-'" March 18, ■ 1911. STOCK AND. SHARE QUOTATIONS. Messrs Fairhurn, and Silk, sharebrokers, Wanganui, report as follows: INVESTMENT STOCK. Sel'ers. Buyer* banks £ s d & s a New Ze- land . .. • 115 0 National .. 6 0 0 INSURANCE New Zealand .. 4 4 6 4 3 6 South British .. 3 11 0 National .. 115 6 114 9 COAL Westport ..196189 Westport Stockton .. MINING New Mav Queen .. 22 2 1 New Sylvia .. 2 11 2 9 New Saxon .. 22 2 0 OldHanrakl .. 2 4 2 3 Boss Goldfields Tairna Golden Hills .. Talisman Cons’d .. 2 10 3 2 9 9 Waihi .. 3 5 C 3 4 9 Waihi Cons’d Waihi G’nd J'ct'n ..183180 The above quotations are subject to a brokerage of 1J per cent., payable by both buyer and seller. The mining quotations are those ruling in Auckland to-day.

PALMERSTON NORTH,

DALGETY AND CO.’S REPORT. At our usual weekly sale at Palmerston North on Thursday, 16th inst., we had a good entry of both sheep and cattle, the bulk of which were disposed of at prices as below:— Mixed lambs 8s to 10s, fat lambs 11s, mixed age ewes 9s Id, 2-tooth English ewes 15s, 2-tooth Border Leicester ewes 345, 4-tooth to s.m. Border Leicester ewes 15s 6d, Romney rams 1 gn to 1 gn, English Leicester rams f ga to 1 gn. Border Leicester rams 1J gn, weaner steers 275, weaner Holstein heifers .£4, -24-year Holstein heifers in calf £7 to =67 10s, cows in calf £5, store cows 34s to £3 2s. We offerd several lines of grade Holsteins on account of Mr C. Hopping, of Rougot'ea, which sold readily at prices as below Weaner bulls 30s, weaner heifers 31s to £3 ss, 15 to 18-month heifers (running with purebred Holstein bulls) £3 5s to £6 13s 6d, 24-year springing heifers £lO. -• STOCK REPORT. FREEMAN R. JACKSON AND CO.’S REPORT. On the 14th inst., at our Waverley horse sale, we had a good attendance of buyers. Unbroken draughts and half draughts suitable for the Australian markets sold in vendors’ favour. Light horses somewhat hard to quit. On 15th inst., at our Wanganui stock, sale, we had heavy yarding, viz., 7800 sheep, SGO head of cattle, and 90 ,pigs. The attendance was good, and although only a few pens of cattle were sold at the auction, we quitted the bulk of the yarding after the sale at satisfactory, prices. A large yarding of sheep were offered, and 5000 were sold at prices in buyers’ favour. Pigs, no quotable change. Oh the 16th inst., at our Waverley sale, we had a full yarding, viz., 5000 sheep and 200 head of cattle. Owing to the dry weather, the demand for sheep was not keen; however, the bulk of the entry,was sold before the day closed. Cattle sold at ruling prices. On the 18th inst., at our Wanganui horse sale, we submitted over 120 horses—suitable .horses for shipment to Australia made full values, but hacks and light horses were very little in demand We quote: At Waverley Horse Sale.—Draughts (trials, good) £36 10s to £4O 10s, medium do. £26 10s to £29 ss, others £lB 10s to £22, unbroken 3-ycar draughts (good)'£27 to £3l, medium do. £ls to £23, well-bred fillies and gelding £lO to £l4 ss, medium do. £8 10s to £ll 15s, ponies £4 15s to £9, pony marc in foal £lO 15s to £ll 10s, spring trap horse (broken) £l3 10s to £l6, good harness do. £9 to £9 15s. hacks £7 to £8 15s, medium do. £2 to £5 10s. At Wanganui.—Sheep: 4-tooth wethers 12s 9d to 13s, 2-tooth wethers 11s 7d, 2tooth ewes 12s to 12s 7d, 2-tooth wethers 12s 9d. small 10s, 4-tooth ewes 12s 7d, 4, 6, and f.m. ewes 8s 6d to 9s, 4 and 5-year ewes 9s 4d to 10s 6d, full-mouth ewes 6s 9d to 7s 4d, medium 4s to 6s 3d. culls Is 6d to 2s, mixed ewes and wethers 8s 6d, good lambs Bs, fair lambs 6s to 6s 3d, nicdium do. 3s 4d to 5s 3d, fat. ewes 11s, forward ewes 9s 4d, rams, 2-tooth Lincolns 14 guineas, full-mouth rams 20s to 255, others -15s. Pigs: Heavy porkers 25s 6d to 295, medium do. 27s 6d to 235, stores 15s to 18s, weaners 5s to 7s. Cuttle.—‘Fat cows (good) £6 Is, medium do. £5 ss, forward cows £3 15s to £4 4s, 2-year heifers £3 to £3 15s, 15-months steers £3 10s to £3 11s. vearling heifers £2 Bs, weaners ils to 225, weaner steers 395, forward bullocks £6 15s, 3 and 4-voar bullocks £6 7s 6d. 3-year bullocks £3 12s 6d, milch cows. £4 10s to £6 7s (id, bulls £4 to £5 10s, vcalWaverley.—Sheep: Full-moutli bush ewes 7s Id to 8s Bd, 2/4, 6, and f.m. breeding ewes 9s to 9s 3d, cull ewes 2s 6d to 5r Cel. 4 and 6-tooth ewes 10s 6d to 12s 6d, ’-tooth ewes 12s to 12s 6d, 2 and 4-tooth ewes (»ood) 14s 6d, forward wethers 13* 6d, shorn lambs (good) 7s 9d to Bs, culls 3s 5d to 4s, Romney rams 2-tooths £2 Is, a»ed do.. 17s, Lincoln rams 30s, Southdown 2-tooth rams £3. Cattle; Forwarc, cows £4 12s 6d. store cows £3 5s to £3 15s 6d, 24-year bullocks £4 11s, forward bullocks £6 ss, 13-montlis steers (good) £3 17s 6d, yearling steers £2 15s, weaners 20s 6d to 22s 6d, yearlings (mixed) £2. smalsteers £2 9s, 2-year heifers £3 3se. At the Wanganui Horse Sale.—Besu draughts £26 to £3O, medium do. £l9 to £23 unbroken do. (good) £23 to £27, half draughts £l4 to £l6 10s, hacks and harness horses (good) £8 10s to £lO 10s, medium do. £4 to £7.