Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, 13 October 1910, Page 1663

Commercial

PRODUCE Wellington, October 10.—The High Commissioner, under date London, October 8, cables: Mutton.—Market firm, but demand only moderate, owing to reduced supplies. Canterbury, 4-}d; North Island, 4d. Lambs.—No alteration in the market since last week. Quotations: Canterbury, sfd; other than Canterbury, s£d. Beef. —Beef is in better demand, and the market is firmer. Supplies of American chilled beef are small. New Zealand hinds, 3\d; tores, 2^d. Butter.—Market quiet but steady, and shows signs of strength. For best quality New Zealand, no supply on hand. Australian, 115 s per cwt; Danish, 118 s: Siberian, 106 s. Cheese.—Market quiet but firm. Buyers are cautious, and transactions in cheese are very limited. The supply of New Zealand cheese is practically exhausted. Canadian is quoted at 555. The hemp market is steady, but the demand is only moderate. Prices are firmer. New Zealand good fair, on spot, £24 10s per ton; fair grade, £2l 10s; fair current Manila, £2O 15s; forward shipment about the same. The output from Manila for the week was 22,000 bales. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores to-day. Our catalogue, which was made up of suitable lines for local trade, met with good competition, and was cleared at satisfactory prices. Values ruled as under: — Oats. The market continues quiet, and only moderate sales are passing. Better inquiry has been received from northern markets, but so far no volume of business has transpired. We quote: Prime milling, Is ll£d to 2s; good to best feed, Is lOd to Is lid; inferior to medium, Is 8d to ls 9|d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —Prime velvet and velvet-ear are in fair demand with millers, but other sorts have little attention. Good whole fowl wheat meets with ready sale, but . lower grades are not readily dealt with. We quote: Prime milling velvet, 3s lOd to 4s; prime velvet-ear, etc., 3s 7d to 3s 8d; medium, 3s 5d to 3s 6d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; medium to good, 2s lOd to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —The market is now extremely bare of prime lots, and at our autumn sale on Monday we sold a choice line at £lO per ton. Medium samples have not the same inquiry, and are worth from £7 10s to £8 10s. Prime seed samples arc in good demand from £6 10s to £7 per ton, but inferior lots are almost unsaleable. Chaff. —The market has been well supplied during the week. The demand has been keen, and all prime lots have been readily quitted on arrival at late quotations. Discolored and light samples are also in short supply, but at this season of the year these have little inquiry. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £3 17s 6(1 to £4; choice, to £4 2s 6d; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 15s; inferior and discolored, £2 15s to £3 5s per ton (sacks extra). Straw. —We quote: Wheaten, 22s 6d to 255; oaten, to 35s per ton (pressed). Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: Wo held our weekly auction sale to-day, when we offered a medium catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen throughout the sale, and we cleared everything on offer at the undermentioned rates: Oats. —During the week there has been a better inquiry from shippers, but their ideas of value are hardly up to growers', with the consequence that no volume of business is passing. Any lines coming in are being sold in small lots for local consumption. The seed demand is practically over. Prime milling. Is lid to Is 11 Jd ; good to best feed, Is 10-J-d to Is lid; inferior to medium, Is 6d to ls lOd per bushel (bags extra). Wheat. —There is no change to report in prices. Prime velvet and Tuscan are inquired for, but medium milling has no inquiry, and is very hard to sell. Fowl feed, of which there is not much offering, is readily saleable. Prime velvet, 3s lOd to 4s Oid ; milling velvet-ear and Tuscan. 3s 7d to 3s 8d : whole fowl feed, 3s Id to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 2s Gd to 3s per bushel (bags extra).

1 otatoes.— the last few days no lines have been coming forward ,and as all lines in store are now sold the market is absolutely bare, and prices to-dav took a big i- ni i'n ? Ve no IIO * 0: . B ? st . table sorts, £9 to 10; other sorts" thn<i in) OS ' infenor sorts - £5 10s to £7 P er to » Chaff.—Medium supplies have been coming to hand, tvvvT re « d - ly absorbed All sorts are easily quitted oil Son,l m El 11 J? af '- f 4to£4 2s 6d 5 medium to good, £3 los to £3 1/s 6d; inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags extra). ■ - ' ' wool""" London, October 7At the wool sales the Ngakonui clips top price was 13d, and the average ll|d; the lap atone clip top price, 21*d, average 21d? ' P l;aulties are slow of sale; all other sorts unchanged. Compared with the July sales merinos, good greasv combing, were about 5 per cent, higher, and good scoured sorts wore slightly in sellers' favor. Faulty sorts were in especially short supp y. Fell-mongered ranged from par to a 5 per cent decline, and lower grades from par to a, to a o per Cent decline. Crossbreds, fine medium greasv ranged from par to a 5 per cent, decline, and lower grades from par to an advance of 5 per cent. Scoured woof genefcfLnf ed > b «t fine medium was occasionally in was xinchanf/orl 11 ! 1 " T lUm ? HpeS dclined * d ' and coarse was unchanged . Lamb merino wool was unchanged, but crossbred showed a decline of sto 7* per cent * ' Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report having received the )tXrT, Ca -nSfT f r m - the H head office, "dated London! Uctobei 6 riie third series of wool sales has been fixed to open ".'I .November 9 : Limit, if any, to be fixed late? on hi particular" lncreasi "g spirit, good merino combing , LONDON, October 10. Pnndnh!' 0001 B ? lcß .the following clips were disposed of: I paratu, top price lOd average 9^d; Hakataramea, top price Is, average Hid; Reto, top price 13*d, average l2|d; Kilos, top price 12d, average 10-id. *-*»<- l ? WELLINGTON, October 10. +„ fif n HIg S Comm J S T i( under date October 8, cables to the Department of Industries and Commerce •—< For the sales closing to-day. the market is rather unsettled, and prices somewhat irregular. The advance partially lost is estimated in value about the same as closing rates of last' TvTta ? V, er S m - enn °' ls ld J? l«3id: medium merino. In to Is ll inferior merino, 7-Jd to 10d; fine crossbreds all grades, Is lid to Is 4d; medium crossbreds, all grades lid to Is Id; coarse crossbreds, all grades, B|d to lOid.' ' LIVE STOCK ™ DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright Stephenson, and Co. report: ««ii «? last Saturday s sale entries were composed princiThi y ,? t a ? d and „ Sale s P" n S- cart and light harness sorts. J he attendance of the public was fairly good, including a wLf rCent ff age ? f actl l a ! bu r rs ' consequently most of the Horses on offer changed hands at satisfactory prices. The talk L sho a t ly f S T I ieaVy geldings, fit for'town shafting! falls tar short of the demand, and consequently any of this class coming forward meet an excellent sale and realise exceptionally good prices. As is usual at this time of the year, there 18 more inquiry for first-class reliable light harness horses. We quote:— to ov+v Superior young draught geldings, at from £4O to £45extra good ditto (prize-winners), at from £45 to £SO- - young draught mares, at from £SO to £6O- medium draught mares and geldings, at from £3O to'£4o- - £ a 2 Vtn m £ lo J 0 £ls; Stl,ong fV™Z-™« horses? at om £2o to £3O; strong spring-carters, at from £lB to *iV+ mi K Car ,r d , b "tchers' order-cart horses, at from £ls to £25; light hacks, at from £8 to £l3; extra good hacks and harness horses, at . from £l3 to £25; weedy and aged, at from £5 to £7. J