COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2232, 19 August 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

': '■'"' ~■ ;.IKYE9TitENT SHAKES.' Ho'-business' if as done" in investment Bharce. yesterday, but at ie obvious that ■ confidence.is. beinsjestored, as. bny«re ; me now coming into .the-;market... Yesterday;? Quotations wero as .raider:— '■ ~' , \- . .'■• .'Buyers. '• Sellersv : :."■■ •'■ ' --■•■ £e. fl. £.8. d. B«iikof -N.Z. (.«. 13s. 4d.) 14 15 0 , ■— . Jf.Z. and It, Plate ......... 1H 0 210 Wcetport, Coal"..;» •• ■ _ „: .■-:' 1 ..'.-»/ YWestportrStockton ..' '. 0.2 4.•-... -~ Leyland-p'Erien :,..-....>.: .-. / .:.->.£-5Manning and'C0.,......... ■*».,». •- ..•-■.■■'" Consol.. Dental i':...-...:....-.0 1« ">' - ■ — : Sharland (pref.). .'Z''*"WaTd and 06.--V...i.w....,..- 4 : 1? 6 . — :' Customs duty 'collected, at-.the- port- of ■Wellington 'yesterday amounted-,to. £M 69 .12S.'>6d.v;--. ■ •■■■ ■'■■■■■ ■•■:• ;■;. ; .:•■ : .. ;.'v.■:'• '"'>:SOTJTHEIIN; HAEKETS. .-,->;f/ :. . l(By .Tclegrapii-r-Prees".'Association;) ■ -ChristDhuroh, August 18. ' Outside of the business: bring done in eeed wheat," there ■ appeals :t<» ;be ifttle doing in .tills cereal/'and it is,difficult to Edy what" tho Tuling.- prico is.. Now -that there is no. prospect of .om .abn»rme,l;ri6e in 'the. prico of Houri. the ■ market is luioil by tho imports from Australia, and local millers ate therefore ~aneblo. t<> .give ci■'treme price 3. for..wheat.. Holdere,.on..the. ■v>ther-han<3,-are very, firm, ana-there^ is praeticaUy. nothing offeTing. Irom the oountry. - Besides tho denwnd for oat* for tho mounted Expeditionary...Forc«, » eoneideliable quantity of which .supplies .are "being •voluntarily: given by_ larmer«;.;.theri>. fiiir quantity Bluppeii by "the Orarf ond-Euapehu. These eiport lots uire-mostly , coming out of.stoiee, .together 'wUhnWhat linct) merchonts have been able. to- secure from farmers. Prices: are ruled •mainly by the immediate'conditions,-anti-whe.ro oats wore urgently wanted Jughor figures have been paid, Tho nominal vftlue, however; Iβ about' 2e. Jd. for "A... nrada -aifd"2s.-.-id. to--2s. 2d. for "B" grade: at country.stations, "A" grade beinff scarce. '!Htore,has bsen d. large local demand for potatoes during the past fortnight, fe : no-w eaeing off; Inquiry from the.'north haS,*lso' been better, but prices have only firmed to a small.eitentr A few.sales have been made up to £2 Sβ. at country.etatione,: but "lor 'immediate' delivery some buyers are not offering; more than £2, as it is expected that'now .fho immediate demand 'rroiff-householders to Jay.in supplies hae eased.off. prices may weaken again. The supply of onions in *ny quantity in grow,ers ; ; 'han.ds ie now,- about exhausted. •■;- ,■' THOZEK. .MEAT ■ MAEKET. ■■ ■■■} > • Messfe. vOilbert,' Anderson, and '-"Co.-(Ifesrs.-Mellsop,■.'.•Elliott 'mi : Co.,- .local 'agents),'vrriting on. the frozem meet mar- • Iteto'TMider date London,' July 10, report as 'JoUows:—.■■:■■■■■ ■■'■' ' "■'"■.' ■ • ; -_' ' ' Home Grown.—Good -prices continue- te be made for the moderate supplies. Scotch beef-(Bidcs) 63d.-7id., English 61d.-63d., Irish Hd.-61d. Mutton—Scotch " 85d.-9d.. English '7ia. , sC i ßutch' 7d.-Bd. Stoteb ■ teg* 9d.-9}d..' English Bd.-83d.: Lambs—Scotch 9jd--105d., Englislf- - Idl-10d.,-' .Dutch 7id.-9Jd. Teal, Bd>Bs<JwS-Pork£'siU3(l. Froren »uttoii--Tlrere~is an~improy«d tone, deirer chilled heef beinj responsible to some extent for thisi-nHcavy carcases ', aTe moving, more freely.' Canterbury,' <8-56. 43d.; 56-64. 4 J-16e.j----64-72. 3 4.5-16E.' M-64, <tjd.-j e-rdinaTy;Mß-64? iU : . ' Ewee, 48-64, 3Jd. Atibtralian wethers, 40-60, 33d.- Second cfuality, ■35-55,"~3'a."Trwes. 30-50, 384. South AmcHrtm wethers, 56-72, ,3Jd. Ewes. 48-65,. 3Jd. !:Ero2eS3ftihb-TThe output'ha.3 been. stimulated by ths cooler we*ther. ■ Light-weights remain unchanged; and '.continue in good demand. Grades over 361b. l-16th-to. en fd. lower. Canterbury lambs,. u-M, 6Jd.j 36-42, 5 13-165.; 42-50.' std. ' Selected North Island?, 28-42, 5; 15-163. '.flouthland*, 28-42, SJ?. Ordinary, 28-42.- 5 .13Jfe.-.' Aurtralian best, 28-42. 5 U-16s::" f air, U^,'sJd.: inferior (small), 5Jd. South American, 28-36, 53d.; 36-42, 5Jd. Beef—Chilled'beef supplies ere fljiivarrivinp in moderate 'quantitke. and rii-classes of beef:have'improved. Chilled. Aftfftitinc fores 3 3-Sd., hinds 6d. Protcn .TOw; Zealand fores. 3' 3*1.; ..hinds. 4!d. •■ATiafn'aliftii oroDS. 3'3-Bfi.:" hinds. '4.3-Bd.' 'AtstcnHntlforcs. 5 3-Bd.: hinds, 4 3-Bd. Uruguay foress|id.; hinda, 4Jd. ;. ,- ■ ~.;...,,- .. : ;'Sf > .SlL7BE..'...:'.:,' : ;'"';'=":''"■"■■■ By Telegraph—Prcs? Astociation-Copyright '' ' ■''•'' t" { '^ n ," nat ' !l ' i 2 T , :™-),"'' : ' "' .;■ ■ -.'.....i,-V ' v ' ; Lehadn, 'August 17:' ■- quoted.at;'.' 27id. 'ler.'ounc* -standard. i .■■■•; ri ■.'■'•,.."'•';. '■' '" ■• '■■■■_ ',' VvVv"' BEAN AND,.POLLED. ' ,s (Ere. August 19, _0.30 a.m.) ~ 7/ ;.';.' ' Sydney,' August ■Iβ. Bran 'h-as-'idvanced S^,;'and is now 8* ,£5 has increased 10s., and 'is-.-.quoted-atilSßiySs." - '■.-■<';■ ■"-. ■•''• -.. ■