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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16856, 9 June 1920, Page 9

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f n — FOREIGN EXCHANGE KATE?. (By Cable—Press Association— Cap?™?!".) (Australia and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON.. Jun? '• The foreign cxchanga rates on London , aixord the following compr-nson _ | ' Paris (fk.> ■■ 25-M' »•* ! Cliristiar.ia (kr.) .. i?. 16 7V r -, i Stocichoini (kr.) .. 16.15 l£J» W{» ' Calcutta (nx>.) .. 10.11 MonL-ol (do'.l .. !/ I New York (dol.) .. J--6 «• 1 ""•** LONDON WOOL SALES. (Received June 6th. 9.13 p.m.) LONDON, Jv<n? At the wool sales merinos were ur.ch.itV-cd. Good crossbred combines weic very nrin. Fval' r !icoure-J« were withdrawn. Low crcssbrcdo v.ero occasiona.:!" dearer. S.JDCa wcr„ not offers d. New Zealand Roydon made -6". The Bradford m.nkefc is qn;et, b;..inoss tcing confined to immediate requirement:. METALS. j (received June Ota. 1.3 a.m.) , s LONDON, June- .. | Cc iper- Spot £'.)0 17i .6d, three. ;months I £0 i 2s 6d; electrolytic ir?ots £10G, wire -ara £'!10. Lead—Spot £Z5 lGs. fcrwsrd £37 10s. Spelter—Spot £-13. forward £4.-. Tir.—Spot £2.53 IPs, forward £'250 IDs. Bil-ver—s-lgd per ourico "WHEAT EXPORT EMBARGO. BUENOS AY HE 5, June 7. A decree has boon issued temporally suspending l.he export c: wheat. | At'STRAHAN-N.Z. TRADE. i SYDNEY,. June -S. , :>lr V.", J. Napier. of Auckland, who n : viriti.-.ig .'Sydney, in an interview, ftrong.J advcjr.ted the "development, of trade between Australia and New Zealand. There were, he said, many commoditici which the two coimtric:; co-iid mutually cup ply and v. iiicii were now neglected. A bctlcr s'.eimihip service was a ncc;;sily. CANTERBURY MARKETS'. Tuesday Evening. A favourable 1 feature about the week'e grain , busir«.«« i-i that snip-ainfr has been availab.c. Th? Ealsunos, which "left Lyiteltan for northern -,jnrt? early lo.st week, e hipped a bi quantity cf. potatoes, probably over 10,Cl-'j sack*. and considerable oat and chuff consignments were also included. The Waitoji'c i; ct,'t week and the Riverina will lileo convey good vrsijhts of general produco. Oat? ore held firmly, ard farmers show no disposition to sell under lutes ruling for son;:* time past. Auckland haa much 'or- . ■ ward business to cover, and .apparently I northern. in-crchanti? have been. niai.:iu3 iin'-c, I awaiting weal; sellers. The latter do not appear to be materialising, and probably to- j wards the e-nd of the month thero will be f. , movement from the North to meet immediate deliveries. The break up o: tho drought in New South Walcv. reduces tha prospect of a. market '.here, but. in any csce, the iiiargin has not been sulncier.t to encourage bu£ia«F.fi. Chaff i-; linnly held, and the chipping available is clearing up ineTchant«' holdinga | rather than stimulating 1 iho marlist. Auck- . land reports a firm demand. I J-'otatocs aro about on n. par with lust j week, being scarcely so Srin, i£ anythir-ff. A good deal of pitting is going on. Aticlclntici reports Ample supplies last week, eni i also that tome signs of blight had ohow:! , iu southern potatoes, a fact which would ; ui'obahly prevent tho Australian embargo . , being' lifted. Merchants hero thin}; if ouch I is tho case it ig negligible, if at till, ua crops are exceptionally clean this yca-r. It i' ia a pity the truth or othcrvviac of tho ru- ; 1 port cannot bs establifhcd. If true, it will : i reduce tho chance of tho embargo being lift- > od, with a fall in prices. It is not eug- : ; gested that tho latter contingency ia tho . I causo of tho report. | Tho following are prices paid to farmers . at country stations, freo of commission, ' eacks extra, except where otherwiee eta ted : — Milling wheat, according to Government L price.?, Tuscan, 7s -Id, f.0.b., Hunters, 7e 7d, Pearl 7a lOd. Oats—Gartons, A grade 5s Id to 5s 2d. B frxada to ss, Algerians, Ba to 63 3d ■. Duns, 5s to as 3d; extra, heavy dark, 5s Cd. Barley (nominal) —8a to Ds, a bushel, Cape Barley—7s. Oatmeal—2slb bags, £33 per ton; 7lb bar-e £37 per ton. Oatshcaf—£G 15s to £7. Italian Ryegrass—To 6s 9d. Perennial Ryegrass—&s to 7s 2d. Cocksfoot—lOd to Is. Red Clover—ls 103 to 2s. White Clover—is Od to 2s Id. Partridge Peas—Bs Gd to 9s, according to quality, Pruosian Blue (nominal), 8s to Ds,Blue Imperials 3s Cd to 10s; "White Ivories, 8s 9d to' 93. Flour—According to Government prices, £16 103 per ton, f.0.b., Lyttolton, Timuru. and Oaanaru. Bran, according to Government prices, £7 per ton, f.0.b., main ports. Pollard, according to Government prices, £9 per ton, f.0.b., • main ports. Local prices: Bran, £7 10s; pollard. £9 10s. Potatoes—£3 15s to £t. Onion®—£6 10s a ton.' Canterbury Onion Growers Association price, £8 a ton. RANGIORA. MARKET. At the Rangiora, market yesterday 703 fat ( cheep, ebout 1500 stores, 51 head of cattle, and 120 pigs weto yarded. Thero was a large attendance of farmers, and' a fair volume of 'business l was done, although freezing buyoperating. Beat fat. lambs made -7s Id to 30«; others, 22s to 26s sd; prime ewes, 3'2s 3d to 36s lOd; medium ! I"?,: 273 to 3Qa 4(3 ! ond light weights, : -3.9 3d to 26s Id. T;he sales made wer©: — Lambs—For T. Dawson, 78 at 26s sd; 1 Whit-erock client, 50 at 30s; A. Stewart 47 I at *V d . Lnin S'. 25 at 225; Miss Phil- [ pott, 8 at 30s; R. Collie j 26 at 23s lOd Ewes—T. O'Rourk© (Fernside), 11 at' 363 . lOd, 5 at 32s 3d; K. Wornall, 7 at 27s 10d, > „ 26s J- Stevenson, 14 at 33a 12 at 27e, 50 at 30s 4d, a at 275; \V. Stalker,- 13 ■tr % ! ; 0d ' W - 37 at 20s Id; I. 1 ltzgibbou, 20 at 25s 4d; T. G. ! Sf r^ U l on ' at 275; clients, 21 at 23s Bd, 1 30 at 2(8 lid, and 40 at 2Gs Id. ' J A ?'° Four-tooth wethers eold at . 23s to 28s 3d; two-tooth at 223 6d to 24a 6d; , two-tooth ewes in lamb at 29s 6d; four, six , and eight-tooth ewes at 255; four and sixf tooth at 223; aged at 10s to 14.1 Od; best ■ « 17s 2d to - 03 ; others, 8s to 10s 9d e TT? ry < T OWS ' £i 10s to £6; cows in pioSt,_ £1- 03 to £14; springers, £12 15s to ■ £14 los; springing heifers: £8 to £12; and ' calves, 15s to 30s. r n Pi F~ Baconers made - 5 109 <o £8: stores, ; oOs to ios; and small pigs, 12 s to 235. In the poultry department roosters sold np j j a cou P !c ' iens 6s, pullets 5s 6d, and ducks Go 3d. In the produce yards chickwheat made 8s a bushel, oats Gs Cd, s»ass seed 3s 6d to 5s o a( ? h °? f 6d a sack, straw chaff 2a 6d to 2a; potatoes 8s to 10s, swedes 3s, parsnips Bs, carrpta 6s 6d, apples and pears as to os 6d a case, onions 10s a cwt. ASHBUKTON MARKET. The entry of fat sheep at the Tinwaid yards yesterday comprised 1850 ewes, 118 ™ , 1 OD d 1%4i lambs. There was a good attendance, and the tone of the market; was firm, at about last week's values. The top pnee for ewes was 363 Cd, for 20 sold, on behalf of Mr G. Spencer, of Carew. Tho J* n 2 e °£ prices was:—Extra prime ewes to 36s Cd, prime 31s 7d to 33s 3d, medium 26s to _ 30s 6d, extra prime wethers to 3Ss Od, prime 30s to 355, extra prime lambs to 32s fv 1 P ll^ o 283 Id to 31s, lighter weights 24s 5d to 27s la. Tho principal sales were: — Ewes—4l at 295, 40 at 325, 15 at 335, 43 at 28s Gd, 40 at 30s Cd. 2i> at 2Ss 2d, 33 at 325, 15 at 32s 42 at 31s, 44 at 26s Id, 29 at 24s 7d, 22' at £7s 3d, 41 at 23s 4d, 20 at SGs 6d, 26 at 31s 7d 20 at 2Ss, 21 at 265, 47 at 28s lid, 35 at 30s 6d, 81 at 60s, 60 at 2Ca, 36 at 27s 7d, 36 at 355, 30 at 29s 6d, 24 at 25s Id, 23 ■at 265, 20 at 29s 6d, 59 at lis 4d, 60 at 29s Sd, 159 at 34s Cd, 112 at 22s 6d, 39 ai 26s 3d, 55 at 27s 4d, *57 at 20s Gd. AV-ethers—ls at 31s, 4at 3Ss 9d, 47 at 34s sd, 4S at 355. Lambs—27 at 245, 19 at 28s, 23 at 23s Bd, 70 at 27s Id, 53 at 26s 6d, 70 at 32s Bd, 69 at 26s 6d, 47 at 27s -3d, 139 at 27s 3d, 100 ' at 283 Id, 86 at 31s, 42 at 26s Gd. 52 at ! 26s 2d, Gl at 26s 3d, 13S at 2Ss, 179 at 28s, j 100 at 255. I Storo Sheep—The yarding- totalled 4737. There was only a limited demand, 2170 were passed at- auction. Sales were: —I<o six and eight-tooth ewes at 26s 9cl, 204 ewe ; lambs at 22s 9d, 126 wether lambs at 21s la, 128 two and four-tooth ewes at 29s 9d, 1-io full and failing-mouth ewes at. life id, 164 two and four-tooth wethers at 32s_7d, two, four, and eix-tootli ewes at 23s Sd, 209 at 27s 3d, 49 at 27s 3d, 58 at 19s 4d, 19. twotocth at 31s Id, 137 two and _"«r-too h ' at 2Ss, 40 two-tooth wethers at 2as -d. 118 1 four-tooth ewes at 33s 3d, 4S mir?d se ■ lambs at 19s Id, 43 fat and ..others 1 ' at 29s 7d, '26 cull laml>3 '2 n : mouth owes at 20s, 89 four and e -v ewes at 325. 11 lambs at 10s ■ , ; . Cattle-There ™ » yardi Mr Y f and Mr J. M. „ *• -cr-„A a The former's steers Hampton, of Hwds ; • TinmDton not j brought £19 to £25 . -^Ul ow bv, i £15 5s to £16 15s. Hr B. Lin, 01 >yu .. got £16 -10s to SI |[ 5 £6d fat cows vealers £4. PPICE OF LAND IN MID-CANTERBURY AT. i. Mr T. Bowling oscred Ahout. a.. yeax -u-r

his Springfield estate, near Mcthven, to tho Government for soldier settlement purposa# at £32 10a per ticro, and stated his willingness to taks' 75 per ccr.t. of tho purchaso money in 4J per cent. War Loan bona3. Tho Government rejected the offer, and the property changed hands privately e- £35 per acre. Since thon oeveral sales havo b«en made in tho district oven in advance of this ■price,. the latest eale being a, farm adjoin, ing the Springfield Estate, which was sold on behalf of Mr J. Stewart at £45 per aero, 01* £12 10s. per aero in advanco of tho prico tho land was offered to tha Government. The Government has acquired for soldier settlement purposes Mr J. Robertson's farm, Hawthorn Dean, at Lynnford. The property was orginallv part *>f the Windormero Estate, and was **old to Mr Robertson about nine yfears ago. The area comprises G65 acres, and is principally dnirvm — country, with a fair -amount of agricultural land. The pries was in tho vicinity of £26 ]0s ner acre. The sale was made by the* New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association. MEAT AND BUTTER. FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE . ' MARKET. (SPECIAL TO ,r TIIE PRESS.") WELLINGTON, June 8. Since tho break up of tho congestion at the London docks thero has ljeen an improved outlook in regard to shipping. So far as New Zealand is concerned, the available tonn-age is teeping up very well, and if the present satisfactory state of affairs is maintained, the amount of mutton in stock at the end of December will certainly not be more than the estimate of two and a half million carcases mentioned at the recent meeting of producers. It is not certain how the butter producers will faro in regard to shipping space. They wanted a freo market, but it is hot certain, if tho Home Government mil buy their output, and the control of shipping is in tho hands of the Homo Government. Thero is not much likelihood that tho Homo Government will give up their control, at least till tha end of this year. They -have never yet stated tho date at which their control will ba given up. Meantime considerable numbers of butter producers are not at all sure that they did the right thing in -voting for a freo market. The moment control prices cease thero seems a disposition for prices of most commodities to tumble down: indeed, a3 time goes on it' l would appoar as if the commandeer was after all the very best thing for the New Zealand producer. In any case, without it ho could not have got his produce to a- market during the war, and the Prime did a great deal, much more than mo3t of them are awaro of, in getting them ship-ping s?aco for the Home market. The commandecr of butter ends on July 31st. Meantime, ft the forthcoming meeting cf those interested in the dairy industry, to be held at Palmerston North, ther? discussed a proposal to dispose of the New Zealand sunnlies in Britain thrcT-igh tho agencv of the Wholesale Co-operative Society 'of Ens-land. The proposal is to form a company, with £100.000 ca-ital, half to bo subscribed by the Co-operati\o Societj referred to. and half to be subscribed here. If the scheme matures a Control Board will Rx the prices New Zealand producers are to receive, and tho middleman will bo largely done awav with. The Co-operative Society 13 a very big concern, dealing with an enormous number of niembei*3 f.nd. consumers, sd the Toolev otrect ocerators: will be up a-ciinst it. Meantime the Government has se->n to it that New Zealand householders will have enough butter to tide them over the winter at a teasonable price. SUPPLY OF SHIPPING. (l'RfcSS ASSOCIATION TELEGEAM.) WELLINGTON, June S. The "supniy of sliipping for frozen produce flora New Zealand ha£ been extraordinarily good ever the British Government began to make its serious effort- to take awfl.. from, this country the accumulations of meat in the cold stores. The Prime Minister said to-day that ever 6ince tho congestion in England was overcome, the supply of ships appeared to have been very good, ar.d it was keeping up very well indeed. Ii the present- rate should sustained, the quantity of mutton in ihe stores "at the beginning of next, season or at the end of the calendar year wouid certainly not be moro than the estimated quantity he had given to the conference o: producers in Wellington some two weeks. :, -S°That estimate was two and a half million carcases, but eome of tho shipping men at the conference had said that they would be able to do better than this. It appeared now that they might do so. Ships in eight for June loading provide for 505,030 carcases, and for July loading 992,000 carcases. There are also a number of ships, some of which have alr<jaay arrived, which are not included in this reckoning. Thev will tako cargo a-lfio in J tme u-nd .July.

RABBITSKIN MARKET, (special to "ma press,") DVN2DIN, Jims S. Tha uncertainty of the rabbit-skin market i» causing Ottigo trumpets to bold their ekin.?, instead of cendias them in to the merchants. Grc-at quantities jr.u:t be accumulating i'.l> country.* Tho ahxiakagc of values h«w driven out a few of tho men who recently rushed in as trappers on tho wave, of tho excitement caused by unusual prices, but tho great majority of tho regular trappers are sticking to tho business, and storing individually, on the> chance of a better demand presently. The immediate outlook is noi very hopeful, judging by London messages, but it 13 a markot that changes, and one can never toll for certain what is going to happen. THE BUTTER MARKET. (SPECIAL TO "THE PItESS.") DUNEDIN, Juno 8. Tho terms of the- new Order-in-Council as to tho distribution of butter is going to hit very hard tho butter factories in Otago and Southland, also tho grocers. The factories will bo quite unable, to make a profit. No date is yet fixed for the coming into forco of the new Order-in-Council. When it does commence to operate l , the consumer will have to pay Is Od per. lb for his butter. All tho South Island factories are' protesting against tho new Order-in-Council, and in their letters the Government will probably find much to think about. CO-OPERATIVE DAIRY PRODUCE CO. At :i/ meeting of provisional directors of ths North Canterbury Co-operative Dairy Produce Co., held at Rangiora yesterday afternoon, Mr L. W. Harlcy was appointed secretary to tho company, Mr E. J. Greenstreet architect and consulting engineer, and Messrs Johnson, Mills, and White solicitors. SUGAR SHORTAGE. NO BYIDENCE OF HOARDING. Sugar is a coin very short, and purchasers are lucky if they can get it, even in ono or ' two pound doles (says Monday's Wellington "Poet"). Allegations are freely roado by an aggrieved public against retailers of hoarding for a prospective rise, but, according to the Board of Trade, there is nothing in such rumours. Investigations are made regularly by officers of the Board, and no case ha 3 yet been proved of hoarding which might constitute an offence- against the Statutes. There appears, however, to be no doubt that private consumers in different parts of tho Dominion have put by email stores —a bag or so—especially in the country districts, against the possibility of an absoluto sugar famine. There is no evidence that grocers are doing anything but carry 011 with stocks, as it were from Shipping difficulties and a genuine short-ago of supplies aro the sourco of the. trouble. A recent visitor to the Colonial Sugar Co.'s refinery at Auckland could find no indication thero of a largo surplus set aside speculatively for -a rise. Sugar ia still about -as cheap in New Zealand as in any part of the world —certainly far cheaper than in Australia, where tho cane is grown and the sugar refined by the very same company which operates in New Zealand. Tho question of a ri3e in prico is, 110 doubt, exercising the minds of the authorities, and the public certainly has to face that possibility in the near future. SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY. A plea for tho cultivation of sugar beet in M-arlborough was made at a meeting of the Blenheim Chamber of Commerce by Mr F. Liesainan, who asserted that anything in the beet line would grow in the A,watere. and it was free from blight. He believed that there was a great future' for sugar beet in that district], they could secure two crops per year. Mr J. S. Thompson, while .■vgreeing that the country was very suitable for the growing of sugar beet, pointed out that the erection, and equipment of a. factory fox the manufacture of sugar would bo a costly undertaking. At th© suggestion o.' Mr Lissaman, Mr Will Lawson, tho organiser. undertook to endeavour to obtain a supply of sugar beet seed for experimental purposes. THE PROPERTY MARKET. Jones. McCrostie Company, Ltd., sold by public auction 3-esterday, on account of the ■trustees in the estate* of the late J. G. % Fraser, a residence of 5 rooms a«d a full quarter-acre 0 f land, situated at No *524 Gloucester -street, Lin wood, to Mr H. Hall for £725. SALE OF DAIRY FARMS. (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELECUAiI.) FEILDING, June 8. An auction cale of Mr E. 11. Saunders's Glen Orona Estate, of 1100 acres, c'ividod into 26 dairy /arms, was held to-day. The highest pric«> was £180 per ocre.for the homeI s.ead block of GS acres, which was jjurchas-

od by Mr W, Mills, of Plot on, Tlia 3ow6ft piics v.-iis £73 per acre, «nd the ,-iverase £10i <ts. This is it detiUns l ea vecent rates for; land, duo tn th? unJcttletl outlcok. j HIDES AND LEATHER. (special to "the mess.") AUCKLAND, Juno 8. The prico of hides and leather was referred to this evening by Mr W. J.' Holds- ] worth, who has just returned from a visit , to Sydney. Ho said iho position of tho maiket in Sydney and Melbourne had altered | considerably owing to their overseas trado 1 ceasing. Australian tanners and bootinanu- | facturers had markets in England, South Africa, ludia, and iho Islands, but owing to the big drop in the j-xic© of leather in England, this trade had practically cecsei. The position set tho "Dresent time was very hard to gauge. While prices j would certainly drop, it was not anticipated that they would reach the pre-war standard. ! Those in the trade who are in tho best ! position to judge do not anticipate a big I drop at on<?e, but believe l that the fall in prices wil be a gradual proc©s3. The j drought has c.TU=cd a shortage, of good hides I in Australia, but tho general trend cf the ma.rket will cause a.n easing .nendfancy in | the prices erf boots in tho immediate future, j Experts ane of the opinion that the new standard of prices for footwear will be somewhere between pre-war rates and tho recent inflated prices. THE CITY MARKET. Report of weekly sale: —Buggy £5 2s 6d, trap £17 10s, 3 sr-ts harness 35s to £8 15s, saddles and breaching £2 2s Gd, v. saddles k 37s- 6d to £5, coop 37s Gd, boiler 21s, mangel pulper £6 10s, 3 bicycles £2 ss, £4 15s, £3. plough £6 13s, do., £7 ss, 300 t-acks chaff Gs Gd to 7s, potatoes 7s Gd to 12s, wheat 17s to 21s, onions Ss Gd to 10s part e-ack, Farrow Food 21s to 22s Gd, ewedes 23 3d, carrots 23 ' 9d, onions 3s 3d jier sugar Ijag, sacks Is 3d to 2s, ferrets 8s to 20s, 24 dogs and pups ! from Gs Gd to 335. goat 18s, gramophone 37s Gd, C chairs '£2 3s, runner 303, table .£2, ; poultry 5s to Gs 9d, cockerels 6s Cd to 9s 9d, i ' ducks Bs, breeders 15s each. Tho market ' showed a. decline. . | Having held a successful clearing sale at Belfast, account Mr Patterson. Dairy cows to £24, separator .-£3 ss, sewing machine £7 10s, 6 chairs £3 12s Gd, suite £5 J.Os, sideboard £4 10s, linos. £4, lieds to £5 15s, wardrobe £3 IC3. Keen competition luled tho day. Also, on account Mr Harper, Fetsry road: Furniture and effect?. Gig £34 1 03, gelding £7 133, piano £44, wardrobe £7, beds £4 10s, suite £3 10«, tablo £3 70s, crockery £2 for part sets. There was a large attendance, and over 400 lots were cleared at prices bevond expectations.—H. C. Smith," Auctioneer.' 6 FARMERS' SALEYARDS. i F. P. Claridgc and Co. report having sold: —Horses: Draughts. £39 10?, £16, £13; others! £10 10&, £8 10s, 3 at £6 each. £3 3s, £4 7s Gd, £4 ss. £3 ss, 8 at prices from £1 17?. 6d to £1. Harness: Sets i'G 10s, i 4 7s Rd, £4. £5 10s, £2, £1 12s; saddles, £3, £1 4s, £1 10s, £1 £s: whins 1 , 4s to 10s; trap lamps £1 10s. £1 16s: br. plate traces, 10s; winkers. 6s to lis; tracer. 13s; h. covers, £2, £1 13s, it, 9s Gd; stark cover, £1 16s: • tent, 13?: pr. hames l-ls Gd; b. "l.ands and I chains, 17s. 18s Gd; s. trcM, £1 lis, 10s; I dehorner, £1 123 Gd: lot odd harness; dray j and frame (dam.-vjed), £14 :ss: gig, £15: plough, £5 10a ; Pl;;net Junr. &eed eower, £2 j 12s: hoe, lis: cultivator. £3 Is: harrows, | £1 3s; concrete board. 8s 6d: kettle, 18s 6d; epray pump, 17f=; wring-era, lis, 183; brush, lis: bos?, £1 ss; scythe, 10s; bicycles, £1 | los, £3 10s; lot tools and sundries; largs 1 quantity damaged chaff from Ss Gd to 7s 3d : p-;r sack; quantity chickwheat, wh-eat and tares, peas, apples, onions, and potatoes. "Pigs: Small weaners. from 8s Gd to 153; T)og°, 13s, 16s. Poultry (Saturdav): Hens, 5s Gd to 7s: roosters l . Gs Gd to 83, ducks 7s.— F. P. Clpridgo and Co., Tuam and Sf. Asaph street 3 "West. * G | CEADDOCK'S AGENCY CO.. LIMITED, j PROPERTY SALE REPORT. I The property of Mr Menzies, in Bury 1 street, Sumner, which was. passed in by aucj tion at the company's auction sale on SaturI 1 day, at £930. was cold bv them privately for iSSO, yesterday, to Mr Barclay. G j _ THE EGG MARKET. I TLe weekly egg eale of the Canterbury ' Egg Farmers' Co-operative Associitioc was held at the room 3 of Messrs Hanis Bros., 13S Hereford street, yesterdaj- afternoon. There was a very large offering of eggs, and | a. splendid attendance of buyers. Bidding was exceptionally keen, and all lots- -"-ere disposed cf at the- following prices: —First grad<» hen eggs from 2s IGd to 3s, sccond grade hen eggs from 2s 9d to 2s lid, ducks' 2s lOd, Utility Poultry Club 2s lid. G ~ CHRISTCHTP.CH STOCK EXCHANGE. I YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Sales reported:—N.ii. Refrigerating ~ (£1

paid), id e«; N,2, Ikfrlgvre.ting' (10s tiaid), £1 C§; N. 2, Cosp. (£3 piwd), £) 10a< LATEST QUOTATIONS, Buyor*. «Seller«. £ a. d. £ •, <L

AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET". (SPECIAL TO '{THE PRESS.") AUCKLAND. Jun« 8. Sales reported:—Bank of Now Zealand, £23; New Zealand Refrigerating, 48s; Grand [Junction, lis Gd; Northern Steam, 16s lid. Quotations:I—National1 —National Bank,' Boilers £7; ; Bank of New South AValos, sellers £35 15s, i buyers £35 10s; Bank of New Zealand, ' sellers £25 7s Gd, buyers £21 15s; New Zea- | land Insurance, sellers £1 14s 6d, buyer® £1 13s 9d; South British, buyers £9 lis; P. and O. (deferred), sellers £500, buyers £485; Union Steam (pref.), buyers £1 Cs Gd; N.Z. War Loan (IS3B, at 4J per cent.), sellers £9S 3s; N.Z. War Loan. (1941, at 4$ per cent.), EellcT3 £96; Talisman Consolidated, sellers 8s Gd, buyers 7s fid; Waihi, sellers £2 Is 9d, buyers £2 Is; Waihi Grand Junction, sellers lis Od, buyers lis 3d; Mount Lyell, Ecllers £1 Cs 6d. DUNE DIN. Sales on 'Chajjge :— Dominion Rubber, 40*. j Sales reported:—New Zealand Drug (cont.), i 30s par.

DEBENTURES— N,i£. Govt. <2 per oent. Inscribed, 1038 .. 90 5 0 90 15 0 N.Z. Govt. S per caat. Bonds, 1027 .. 87 10 0 — BANKS— Australasia, (fractions) 17 0 0 — Commercial of Australia (4 per cent, cum pref.) .. .. — 7 5 0 Royal Bank .. ... — 1 13 9 National .. .. — 3 18 0 New Zealand - < 1 14 0 — LOAN AND AGENCY—. j National Mortgage .. — 6 10 0 | FROZEN MEAT— i N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 j paid) ' .. — 2 6 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (103 o 1 paid) .. — 16!) North Cant. Freezing.. — 4 7 6 COAL— Taupiri .. . ..• — 0 13 3 Westport-Stocktoa .. — 0 9 3 MISCELLANEOUS— Beath and Co. (Old) .. Ill 0 1 15 I Cant. Farmers' Co-op. (Tiinara) .. 316 0 — JXI.C. .. .. 0 15 0 — Mason, S truth era (lis paid) #. .. O 18 6 "WTiitoombo a ad Tombs 3 IS 0 — Hayvratd's Pictures (cum div.) .. — 10 0-