COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17326, 11 February 1928, Page 10

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

BRADFORD MARKET. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, February 9. The Bradford market Is very firm, but spinners arc not responding. Quotations arc unchanged. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY, February 10. Wheat: At country stations, 4s fid; ex truck Sydney, 5s 1 Ad,.Flout: Export trade lifeless; local £l2 15s. Bran, £7. Pollard, £B. Oats: Tasmanian Algerian 4s 8d to ss. Maize: Yellow 3s 6d. Potatoes: 'J’asmanian £0 to £B, local £4 J Os. Onions: Victorian £ll to £l2. ADELAIDE, February 10. Wheat: Growers’ lots 4s lid to ss. Flour: Bakers’ lots £l2 7s fid. Bran, £G 15s. Pollard, £7 7s 6d. Oats, 3s fid to 3s 7d. .

AUCKLAND PRODUCE. Fowl Wheat. —The first *>f the new season’s grain is due from Canterbury next week, and this is selling to arrive at 8s 3d, against 9s for Australian. The price is expected to go lower still, when full supplies are available. The good harvest in Canterbury should result in low prices during the winter. Maize. —Only very small arrivals are to hand, and consignments have realised 6s on the wharf, even more being obtainable for a few small lots. Mcrchants have been able to pick up fair quantities at Gisborne, and these will cost Gs Id on the wharf. Oats. —Graded oats are scarce and difficult to secure in the south. Merchants, in the absence of grade, are now buying on sample, and are quoting ordinary feed at 4s Cd, and equivalent to A grade at ss. A good demand has come in for prepared oats for poultry —clipped, ground, and rolled. The quotation is 5s 3d, or Gs fid for hulled. Chaff. —An improved demand has come in, requiring larger importations from the south. Good quality is arriving, the market remaining steady, both here and in the south. Quotation ex store is £9 10s for old chaff, and new is not yet being dealt with.

Bran. —The dry weather is causing an exceptionally heavy demand, as large quantities are required for cows. To supplement the local milling merchants are importing from the south, and this line is firm at £7 ss. Potatoes. —The position has been somewhat relieved by the arrival of a few truck loads from Manawatu, and these are selling at 14s. Although not enough for Auckland requirements they have tended to ease the price of Pukekohe potatoes a little, and the latter are selling at 12s 6d. Onions —The market is quieter again, apparently owing to the growers having forced up prices to such a level that further orders for export have been passed. Whether they will be confirmed eventually is not known. The present quotation is 12s fid ex store. Eggs.—The natural curtailment of production as the season advances is being accentuated by the continued dry weather, and the scarcity caused the retail price to advance to 2s 2d. Seeds —The seed merchants are busy with orders for grass seed, but in the aggregate they do not amount to muen yet. The general impression is that not much permanent pasture will be broken up during the autumn, for a good many districts are so dry that their grass has not yet received much benefit from the spring top-dressing. These should come on well as soon as there is soaking rain. Seed orders appear to be chiefly for small clearings and for swamps that have been burned.

LONDON MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, has received the following cablegram from its London house, under date February 8: — ilemp.—New Zealand: High £34, low £32; market quiet. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house dated February 8 : Tallow.—Glo casks offered and 45 per cent, sold; best descriptions unchanged. Prices arc Gd higher for other descriptions. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., and Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report'on their Johnsonville sale held on Wednesday as follows:—A medium yarding of good quality sheep and lambs came forward. There was a very small attendance of butchers, and as a consequence a very dull sale resulted. A fair portion of the yarding was passed. The cattle offered comprised mostly good quality bullocks, but a slack sale resulted. Vealcrs sold on an average with late rates. We quote: Bullocks £l3 to £l3 10s, vealcrs £1 7s to £2 17s, wethers 23s to 2Gs, ewes 17s Gd to 20s 3d, lambs 19s !o 25s Gd, porkers 33s to 3Gs. WOMEPi WHO BREAK DOWN. TO MANY FAMILY CARES. The care of homes and children too often plays havoc with the health of many women upon whom these duties fall. Never ending tasks have to be performed daily to keep the household happy and well. It doesn’t matter how lired, nervy and run-down a mother may be, she is generally too well occupied with family matters to be able to give a thought to her own welfare. Those pains in the head and back, breathlessness after the slightest exertion, sleeplessness and jumpy nerves, are a warning that you must look after your health at once. To get back your strength, to drive away these pains and weariness, you should do what thousands of other women have done to obtain vitality and fltuess—that is by keeping their blood rich and plentiful with the help of Ur. Williams’ Pink Pills. These pills always create new, rich blood that strengthens worn-out nerves, aids digestion, promotes sound sleep and builds up the general system. So if you feel run down through worry and overwork, are quickly fatigued and spend sleepless nights, just give Ur. Williams’ Pink Pills a trial at once. Very soon you will feel stronger, more cheerful; your nerves will be steady and your sleep refreshingly sound. You can obtain Ur. Williams’ Pink Pills of your chemist or storekeeper, 3/- a bottle—nothing else will do.