FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2318, 27 November 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

MINING NEWS

AUCKLAND A. & P. SHOW (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, November 26. , The Auckland A. and P. Association openod its annual summer show to-day in threatening weather. In spite of the drought and the departure of 60 many district fanners for the front, the entries are quite up to the average,-and the quality of the stock coming forward is winning praise from experts. Only a proportion of the sections were judged to-day. The bulk of the judging will take place to-morrow.

EGMONT A. & P. SHOW

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Hawera, November 26. The weather was threatening all day for the second day of the Egmont Show and later in the afternoon rain fell, : still the attendance was large. The final championships were:—Draughts, entire, E. Short's (Feilding) Meteor; reserve, E. Short's Topagallant; thoroughbred, entire, J. Davidson's (Hawera) Husbandman; mare 8.. Hidks (Hawera), Calceolaris.

OTAGO A. AND P. SHOW.

(By Telegraph — Press Association.) Dunedin, November 26. The Otago A. and P. Show was concluded to-day. There was a large atrtendance, but owing to the heavy rain many people left the ground between three and four o'clock.' The takings for the two days were £4100.

Messrs. W; and Q. TurnbnU and Co.. Ltd., report having held their weekly sale in their Waipoua (Masterton) Bale yards,' on Wednesday. Sheep: Four-tooth wethers, lfe. 6d.; four-tooth eweß. 16s. 10d..;. two tooth wethers, 14s. 4d.. 16s. to 16s. 3d. Pigs: Slips,.l4s. 4d. Cattle: Three and fouryear, bullocks, £9; 18-months steers, £3 133.: yearling steers, £2 14a.: cows and calves. £3 ss. to £3 145.: sprinting heifers. £5 65.; empty heifers. £3 125.: dairy cows on drop. £5 2s. £d. to £6 155.; cows in calf, £2 lis.; Jersey bulls. £3 2s. 6d., £5 2s. 6d to £5 55.; Polled Angus bulls, £16 16s.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. ' . There were bo'transactions in invests ment shares yesterday. The quotations wew as under t— ' . Buyers. Sellers. , £ s.d. £s. d. National Bank 6 3 0 5 5 0 Bank N.Z. (new) ...:...;.„. 15 7 6 - ■ Loan &■ Mercantile (ord.) — 90 0 0 N.Z. and River Plato ... —-• ,200 Well. Trust Loan, Ltd. ... 7 5 0 - Chrietohurch Gas 7 0 0 7 3 5 Napier Gas (£5) 8 0 0 — Well. Gas (£10) - 16 3 6 Ohristchurch Meat 16 0 0 — Union Steam (ord.) 116 — Well. Woollen (pref.) .... - 3.5 0 Taupiri ' .. — 017 5 Westport — 1 11 0 •Leyland-O'Brien 113 — Manning and Co 3 18 6 ■ -.• N.Z. Drue 2 0 0 2 2 6 Ward and Co.~ : 4 19 6 — • .. . *Ex dlv. Customs duty collected at' the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1789 6s. AUCKLAND WOOL SALES./ (By ; Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, November' 26. The Auckland wool sales were held .today. TheTe was a record entry o! 1220 bales. Prices all round showed an increase on the', corresponding sale of last year. Finer wools were in good demand, averaging a-Id. increase. Coarser wools, lid. increase. Bush wools also showed. an improvement, sellers receiving Bd. to 9d. per lb. The best prices of the morning's' sales were 12d., for crossbred merino and Shropshire, and Hid. for coarser varieties.

MELBOURNE WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, November 26. At the wool sales there, was strong competition for all good sorts at 5 per cent, above last week's prices. Inferior were neglected, and were more difficult to sell. MELBOURNE HIDE SALE. (Reo. November 26, 9.20 p.m.) . Melbourne, November 26. At the hides sale there were small catalogues. •, There was excellent competition and prices were very firm. ■; AUSTRALIAN PRODUOE MARKETS.,, ' (Reo. November 26, 9.20 p.m.) 1 .' ■ < Sydney, November 26. Oats.—Algerian feed. 3s. 7d.: milling, 3s. Bd.; Tasmanian, 3s. Bd. to 3s: 9d.; barley. Cape feed, 45.; English, 4s. 6d.; maize. 3s. lid. to 45.; potatoes. Now Zealand, £4 10s. 6d.:, onions, Victorian, 9s. 9d. to 10s.! butter, selected, 1045.; secondary,' 945. to 585.; cheese, 6d.; bacon, 9d. , • Adelaide, November 20. Wheat, 6s. 4Jd.; flour, £11 55.; bran and pollard, £8 10s. ' WHEAT. - London, November 25. There i 3 no , demand for wheat at the present price. LONDON MARKETS. London, November 24. Bar silver is quoted at 23d. per. ounce standard. Copper—On the spot. £65 ss. to £55 10s. 64.; three months, £55 7s. 6d. to £55 10?. Tin.-On the spot, £142 to £142 10s.; three • months, £140 10s. to £141 10s. per ton. ' Sneltor.—£2s ss. to £25 10s. per ton. Linseed Oil—Spot pipes offering at £24 12s. 6d. Turpcntine.-355. lOjd.

WELLINGTpN SHARE MARKET. The' mining market was lifeless yesterday, and there were no transactions. The quotations wero as follow:— Buyerß. Sellers. £ s. d. £ b. d. Talisman — 19 9 Waihi ...» - 1 '7 6 Grand Junction — 14 6 STOCK EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.! Christohurch, November 56. Sales reported;— Union Bank Australia, £51 15s. • '