COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2230, 17 August 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

.;. i'.;. I'KILBINO jaEKEI-iREPOraV ; vi :' ■ Atkinsbn"nnd-Co.,'LUl., to-. 'jiortMs on.'their, weekly sale, give the following 1 , quotations : at' per. pair: Jims, -3s. '6a.,-. 4s. 3d., 4& 6d. to 6s 3d • •roosters.--m. M. to'fe.; cockerels,'3s' si'--' ccese,,63.: turkeys, heus 75., Is. 9d., Eohblers 6s. 6d.,'W..-6d„ 10s. 3d; Pics- fcnw. ife. 3d.. jZs:'.'9d...Ms. M.-, iss 16s" 3dl • SSll' : .18s 18s. M..--W,.; 6d., 24s 9§ : .Porkers. 365., 365..'6 d., 3fc. 6d."Produce : Potatoes, pig, 2s. 6(1., 3s. 6d.; seed 4:' '.table. 69.7>75. to Bs. 6d. per'«ack-'S>,S' . anetiorf realised .£2O 35.,'• which sum -i-il be devoed.to the Mayoress War Fund Any Kilts brought, in while this fund 'is . open rail lie ouctipnetUfreeof cost. . . .Customs duty' collected at-"the nort of tfc!lingtoa : on Saturday amounted to £16°2 . : JItOZEN MEAT. ';'■. . ByTelegropliSPrees! -'(Itec,'""August" 16," 5.'5' p.m.)".' '' '" • , • ' .';' London) August 15. The Incorporated Society of Meat ImportMs' Smithfield .market quotations for.the ' undermentioned classes of -frozen meat'are based on actual sales of not less than one hundred ca.Tca.s6es of mutton or lamb, or twentyjflve quarters 1 of beef of folr-aver- • age quality. The quotations are not for selected lines, but for- parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now on the market,: The prices which follow ; r are'on. the average a- farthing' per lb. moro than tho values ex- ship, this difference icprcsentins tho averace cost in esponse, handling, conveyance, and selline , the meat:— Mutton— d. .Ncvf Zealand, Ewes... ~„,; % Lambs- 1 - ' --, ;. Canterbury, light",... J "' '-.; Canterbury, light, second quality 6i C"-"tmhaf/ A . medium ~.„.,„ <J

Tlivor Plato, "flret 6.1 • - North-Island, selected 6 3-8 .".'-'-North. -Island,, ordinary 6J ■■- River■ Plate-first '...'.'. 61 .^■-,-Itiver:->Elatc;vsecond- ,:......; S3 ■:..;.• .i:;c_r .-'; ■ 'New Zealand; oi 10re5.....'.; 5} '. i.,N>w,AZeaJand,'ox. hinds :......::.•...-.;■ 6i' _-• - Australian, -ox fores 51 ~-.Australian,-ox' hinds ......: 61 •~ -River.Plato, ox;fores > ...;,;:. 61 ~ River Plate, ox fores 6J -. - Uruguay; frozen fores ...........: 5 -;-Uruguay,frozen" hinds ...61 ;. ■ Rivor Plate, -'chilled-fores 45 .:. .'River Plate, chilled'hinda 53-8 ; Tlici'Vmarkct ■,-is ■ ■ qniet for nil sorts of mcaft '■■■■- •High-:'prices are' checking the'dc'inan'd'for tinned;meata little trade doing. Now 'South ; -AValcsi bines, ex store, are about IBs. "The' prospects' are good for. trade when now 'season's- arrived. V'-.,. v . . LONDON MARKETS. '•'' :'':.-■'.,.. ■:.;'.' London; August 14. ,;..-Tlip:.vhoat market is quiet. Tor parcels jof-South-Australian' afloat-423. 6d.is asked, -i■ 'Flour .'isj-flrmly held, and litt-lo is doinc 'AusWalia-n; >in-store, 38s.' to 40s. ''- ■'-. Oats.-rrThe market is very firm. Now Zcaland ,afloat;" 2*3.' 6d. ... ;■;■•'. ]:;Pcqs; dhd .'beans . are firm, with little ■pf«aringtv-•-.'.« •.-.-' , •'.!■■ '' , ; ■'; \ iv'-SjOAP; COMPANIES' AMALGAMATION. : '''■£'■'- v '!"'}'''V-'-"- : '-'-■ London, ' ■''Pears..-shareholders have approved of the proposal foramalgamation with Lever :Bros;; ■ ■ '.;■'■ v > '■ .'.-.->..■.