FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2320, 30 November 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

> WHEAT & FLOUR STATEMENT BY THE PRIME v , ; ;-: .MINISTER.; ■.-■■..■ '. (By ".MeETa.p&H'.ress Association.) '.■'■. :-..' '.;'■ "U HaweraJ November '28.' Tho follpjnng ,''statement'■ has been made by the Mime/'Minister:—'Jit is now 'acknowledged in the southern districts of New Zealand that the Doming inn is faced with' a>. shortage both of wheat and ; flo.ur, .and that'we shall,haveto depend mpon'outside sources'for most of our supplies' for l at least two months. The Commission set up uuder th'e Regulation of Trade and Commerce Act of last .session will sit again in', a few days ,to further ..consider v the: prices in. view of the difficulty; th'at .vias arisen, 1 arid also'having'i'egard .to the fact that we have" to import much of the wheat and flour' that is required. X want those .who may hold stocks of wheat to understand the Government will purchase at a fair price, and that they will not be allqwefl to keep supplies'.locked;;-up/.t0.. the detriment of the..population. Supjjlies.'are afloat at the. present time.from 'Australia, and a -further largelconsignmenilwill be forthcoming in:a few weeks f romi'iCanada.' In the meantime-I; want to einphasise the point that the Government will not allow any storing of wheat supplies for the purpose of-ex-ploiting the public." .

■ SUPPLIES FROM AUSTRALIA". : '■;' ■'■; Dunedin, November 28. . .' Mr. S\lassW telegraphs ■ to- Mr. G. M. Thomson: "I am advised by the ■Premier of the Commonwealth that fortj'rone tons of flpufhave been ship<ped per the AVimmer^.for Bluff and sev-enty-five tons for ''Duuedin. ,, Mr. Massey adds: "I have also arranged for an additional 395 sacks of Australian wheat to go. to Dunodin, making considerably over 2000 sacks to reach Dunedin in the next tcii days from Austra- "■■■.. ■ . .■:,:■■-

!i" CHfUSTCHTJRCH RESOLUTION. : v'.;j. Christchurch, ,-No.vember 29. ; ■ r At 'j;3neeting : ; last', night, convened" joy , ;, ;Dr...iThaclcer,;c'; Opposition :-c';iudidate : for .Christchuroh^'lijasty.,a!;rc-solutioU'was-paised'-asking'tlie Gdverninenti to exercise its powers under tho /iFoods Act to fix the price of wheat and . other; staple commodities", and to take such means as are available" to , discover the individuals and firms*, who {are with-' holding supplies, and $o, prevent'- those*, .who are taking advantage..t.of';public, necessities to exact exorbitant profits."

AUCKLAND SHOW

(By Tdegraph.^Press'-Association.) f : 29. . The A«cklaiid^'A"^and«P.'---Society's in fine Weatller/ and with an attendance of over. '10,000. The usual competitions .took iplace, and attracted much attention, and'the parade of show stock, particularlyr.Qf.:librspsland v cattle,;.bore. out: ■the reputation of the province : for ;high quality animals;-;-.-The; profits' of-tho show=are to be'divided ejiially'between ths Belgian and Patriotic EHin'ds, and it is ;expected' that, substantial amounts -.will -bia reached.;.s^.:■>"."-. "v> /::;■'.;

A special jneetiiig.'of "suppUers of 'the Wireaha Co-operative...v' Dairy,'' Company, was held here,-on Saturday, and: was addressed regarding, a.' scheme' to reestablish the bacon-works on the same ■lines-.-as in the Eltliam district, wliero they are run by the dairy company very successfully... Several, speakers strongly supported;the;prbppsafi de-cided'th'at-.a.'.meeting of_■ -various: dairy, companies, be held[in jPahiatua. Messrs. 'Alberths'en,' 'Connor., * and. lAYoodley" were app'ointed.delegates.,.-. :' . ;

. Results, arewhat we are allafter,and we. - ..claim ..to.'be-; ablo >to give T all out cream " suppliers proper reward .for' their labour.; '} ,We have'ho creameries," sell direct to con: '■ Buiners loeallyantl at Home, thereby- sav-- ': ing fully-Vfivo-per. cent, oii.o'ur output.-No ■i.: expense of.smo.tor delivery ,w.agons,-. which, -'cost a: lot pi money ..-to keep going.: We ■ can guarantee you ■ satisfaction. .Write. us : iar fti|rtlier.'..particiiilars. or, rail us' your ■pream'.'to" Sti John's Station, Co. Wanga...jhsi Frest Tood-'aiid"lce' Company.—Advt. (

Youvwant results?-'-Of-course yoii do, and wecan'giyeyou'proof'of our ability , -to be result'producers. -We know tliat if I. you will consign your;-Homo Separated Cream! to ,U3 to : dayy you will'■■never..leave : .us againj 'because yoii: will, get proper test, , correct "weight; , arid a; good' price: ■ Consign to'"St.-John's Station. For'further particulars write ■ Wanganui Fresh 3?ood and'"lce Company—Advt. '

iLIVE STOCK SALES.

N Jfe=rs. Dalgety and'Oompany/'Ltd., Salmerston North; report:—At. our- Feilduig sole on Friday we have to report having a very good yarding of both eheep.'and'cattle, all of'which-changed hands at the .following prices :—Small mised yearlings, 30s. 6d. Jo 35=.; yearling heifers, to £2 18s.; yea-r ling steorE. to £3 53. 6d.; forwoJd cows, £5 2s. 6d.'.-to'£4 lls."6d;;.light fat cows, £5 10s. to £6 55.; fat cows,' , £B to :£8 7s. 6d.; light fat bulloc!;6,"to £10 ss;; Email twotooths; 9E..6d.. 125.:6d.,'12a. 10d. to 135.; twotooth wethera, 13s. 5d., 155., lS's. 4d. to 15s. Ud.; ejtro. goocL two-tootk wethers, to 17s. <!d.; two-tooth crres, to-14s. 9d.; fat shorn cwee, to Ms. ■' ■■■■■; -;•::•■■ •,';:-■■■■• ■■ : :—-

Messrs.' Dalgety * and. Co.-;»litd:,''-report - on • their fortnightly sale; .held .at' Miller'B" fioad, Daniicvif]io,.ia3 ioUpwsirrA good, en-. try of I both ahesp - and J cattle came for'ward. , 'good' rains* thero was a.-hotter ontjuiry throughout .for all sorts of good sound stock, ond with the exception, of a few small yearling cattle wo quitted-our-total-entry at prices in tidvance- of rscent maikot reports. In sheep, * ; ive only offered ono pen of 250 email' two-tooths, which were "sold at 13s. Ud. In cattle we offered end sold as fol3owa:—Seven...yatrling . kaifere, £2 45.;, 5 do., £2 55.; 6 dp., £2 155.; 24 do., £2 195.; 17 do., £3; 21: Tearling ste«rfi, £3 195.; 6 <10., £3 f,s.; 10 do., £3 95.; 5 d 0.,.£3 11s. 6d.; 5 do. (good), £3 15s; , 6d.;1-two-year heifer, £3 143.; % two-year npringing hoifers. £4 2s. 6i.; 2 forward empty cows, £4 10s.; 1 forward bullock, £9 13=..; 1 do., £9 Ife. On account of- E. 0. Webb, we olso offered and sold: 1 fiveyear pedigree Ayrshire bulT at 111 guineas;' 1 two-year—do.-;—SJgns.; 1 two-year d 0.,. lOgns.; l'ido,, ll.Jjr.a.- The two-year pure--bred HcrefbTd bull offered on account of Jlr. H. 8.-Stuckey, proceeds of which were donated to the Belgium Kclicl Fund, realised this-, straight-out price of 13; guineas. '■■ JJcesrs: A-brcLham.'and Williame. Port:—At- Leym-iOU Friday- a. goodv entry of sheep "met' with/ keen coinpotitiori, and recent ..prices .-were , well, maintained. The yarding-of cattle-was -smaller thanusual, ■biddiuj'-for -all lots ,wwa r : 3pirited,-and very few'lote , went out unsold. The following are quotations: Fat wether,?, 235.; tot CWC3..195. to-.-.-2Cs:-<d:; four-tooth wethers, 18s. M. to 18s. 9d.;..tw0-tooth wethers, 15s. 3d., 153. Ud., 16s. 2d., and-.17 6 ; ; store ewes, lte.::4d. A line .ef 161 font-tooth: cwot with lambs raa<lo-.2£a ; , wo'oUy , - forward wethers. -275. Bd.;=woolly two-toothg,- 225.; light fat to -.£7;, forward coirs, £3 m. to £5 55.; light fat bullocks, # Us y« arlln S etoera, £3; yoarlinE lieiffera, £2 Ite.; weancr heifers, .373.j "spriri". ans heifors, £5 5?.- to £6 10s.; ■ springing fovra. £7 10s.; bulls, £6 to £9 lite. Ah entry of 60 pigS 6old at -the. following prices--.Porkers, 275...-to 345.;'-wcanere,-9e. to lls ■ slips,. ..-....'..... L V.^-'. ; Messrs..-Abraham and -Williams, Ltd report on tfiCir'Fcilßfng'ealc, held on November 27:— We had a heavy yarding of both ehesj) and odttlo. All, stock sold freely at current:.rates-.; We nuote: Mixed two- : tooths, llSi 6d.,'-125., 130. 'lOd., to 14s. 7<l • forward S.F. two-tooths, 153. 9d.; fat woolly Jioggcts, 21s. Bd. Cattle: Forward bullocks, £10 25.;. two-year-Bteere, £4 195.,' £5 15a. f-d., to £6 135.; yearling steers,'£3 2s. to £3 125.; forward cows,.£s .35.,. £5 155., to £6 Is.; springing cows, £5 17e. 6d.; yearling grade bull?,:'£2 a=; 6d. to £3 75..63. The Nkw- Zealand-Loan and '-Mercantile Agency..Oo., Ltd., report":—At the-, fortnightly' eolo Held on Friday, in ,the lliller's Boad salcyaTds, ■ there was a good entry of sheen, and cattle offering. AU stock cold well .lip to late rates. Fat cattle especially were eagerly sought after. We nnoteWlcariing heifers, £2 10a 6d. to £2 55.; two and a half-year etccrs, £5 2s. 6d. to £4 195.; fat cows. £8 10s., £7, and £5 Bs. ; Mr. Newton King'e weekly report states: —On November 20, at tho Waiwakaiho yards, "bidding throughout w<lo spirited, all lines; meeting with ready sale at the following- p-rices:—Yearling to fifteenmonths grade hoifers, £2 33. to £2 155.; en?aller, £1 14s. to'£l 195.; good quality iTorecy flftoen-monlhs heifers, £2 12s. to £3 fe'; fiftoen-monthe steers, £2 19s. 6d. to £0 ■ 11b. ; rough eighteeu-moiitha stoera, £5 103.; ■three-year bullocks (small, lino), £8; two-year empty heifers (very few yarded), -£3 .lSa.;. fat; eoyia, from £7 -14a.

to £10 165.; good forward cowe, £6 ss. to £7 10s.; fresh conditioned cove, £5 7s. to £5 155.: good' store cows, £4 lfo. .to £5 6e., ■fair £4 ,Is.. to £4 95.; small-framed, /.'owe, £3 to £3 '145.; springing lieif-irs, improved Inquiry at from £6 10s. to A Iβ. 6d. for good heifers, and-£4 to £5 15s. for small heifers; dairy bulla, from £6 15s. to £10 10a.; yearling Shorthorn bulls, advertised on account of Mr. 0. Toplias, made £8 155.. £8, £7, £5 15?.; Ayrshire bulls, £5 55., £5 12s. 6i1.; yearling Jersey bulls, £1 10s. to £2 .19a.; heavy-weight bulls for canninE, £10 15s. to £12 53.; fair sorts, £7 17s. 6d. to. £8 15a.; lighter bulls, £5 9s. to £6 17s. 6d.; dairy cows, £5 2s. 6d. to £8; fat ewre, 19s. 7d.; ewes and lambs, £1 ss. 6d. to'£l 10s.; fat woolly hoggets, £1 Is. 4(1. At lV;o- on November 23, yearlins; to flfteon-m.-nths heifers made £1 17s. 6d. to £2 45.; s'oarliug steers, £2 IDs. to £3; springing heifers, £5 55.; cows and calves, £5 155.; light fat cows, ■£! Us.; forward cows,,£6 ■Ito £7 55.; fresh-conditionod cows, £5 Bs. to £5 165.; email store cows, £3 16s. and £3 18s. 6d.; empty two-year heifere, £3 18s. 6d.; heavy-weight bulls, £5 10s. to £11 10s.; fat ewes; 18s. 6(1. «On November 24. at Stratford, there was a medium entry, end the demand was improved for all cl(\6ses, wilee' being made at advanced rates as follow:—Fifteen-months .. Jersey heifers (choice cattle), £3~Bs. 6d. to'£J Us.; others, £2 to £2 15s. 6d.; fifteen-months steers, £3 fc. to £3 10s. 6d., and £3 11s. for a very choice line of 60; two-year empty heifers, £4 35.; fifteen to eighteen-months bulls, £2 11s. to £4; no heavy bulls yarded; cows and calves, £5 ss. to £5 18s.; fat heifers, £7,35. to £7 55.; fat cows, £9 lfo., £8 175., ■£816a.,'£8 155., £8 Ms.;, good forward cows, up to £7 175.; good fresh-conditioned cows, up to £6 Is.: good stores, £4 17s. to £5 11s.; smaller framed cows, '£2 l&s. to £4. In the dairy/pens I had a, fair entry. Prices were from £6 ss.' to £8 for best heifers, and from £3 lte. to £5 for email heifers; dairy cows.' £5 55.. to £6 55." At Stony Biver yards on Wednesday,. there was a good entry, aU of which woe -cleared at prices ; which in many cases were well above, vendors' reserves. VTell-grovn fifteen-months heifers sold at-from; £2 17s. 6d. to £3 75.; yearling to fifteen-months heifers, £1 15s. to £2 35.: flfteen-inonths eteers, £3 7.5. 6d.; small yearlings, £115s. to £2 175.; two-year empty heifers,-£3 16s. to £3 195.; eighteen-months empty heifora (rough), £3 3s. and £3 45.; two and a. half to three-year steers, £7 25.; fat heiferg, £6.55. to £6 10s.; fat, cows, £10.75. 6d.,.v£J, 35., £9,'£B 145., £8 135.; fat cows (small), £7 Us.; forward cows, £7 la: to £7' Sβ.: fresh-conditioned good-framea cows,.£s,7s.'"Sdc "to £5 165.;-good store cows, £4 is. to £5" Sβ.; smaller cows, £2 7s. 6d. to £3 Bs. 6d.; yearling Shorthorn bulls, £4 ,17s. 6d.";..-yearling Jersey bulla, £2 He.; dairy bulls;'£s to £9 155.; bulls for canning, £4 17s. id. to £10 103.; dairy cows, £5 17s. 6d.; springing hcifere (advanced values), £7 17s. 6d. to £8 55.; sood sorts, £5 15s. to £6 10s.; small,. £3.12* 6d. to £4 10s.; , Wtianer pigs, 125.; store pigs, £1 7s. 6d.

: ■ PBILDING MAEKET' EEPOET. entry of poultry and a smaJl one o£. pigs cSmo forward to . the -weekly sale held, by Messrs. A. H. Atkinson and .Co., Ltd:, on Friday. .For the former the 'inquiry nvas very, limited, and prices -sho-w----'ed a-decline in consequence; pigs" were more in demand than last week, with a sympathetic rise in values. Quotations: Poultry, at per pair—Hens, Is., Is. 6d., 25., 25.'3d., 2s. 6d., 2s', 9d., 35., 3s, 3d., 45.; roofst-ers,-2s. 45.;-. ducks, 45., 4s; 6d., 4s. 9d., sa. j6d.; sducklingf, Bd.; chicks, Is., Iβ. 4d., 2s. ,'6d.;'■ turkey" hens, 10s. 6d. Pigs: Weanera, 95., 6"d.. 113." 6d.,-,125. ,6d.,'135., 14s. 6d., 175., '■Vis. 9d.; porkers, 31s. 6d., 40s. Potatoes, new, 14s. to 15e. per cwt., Be. to 9s. bag lots, old Ss. per sack; lettuce, Id. each tomato plants, 9d. per doz.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

.'" ■'■ INVESTMENT SHAKES. ' In,'the investment Gharenmrket, on Saturday, sales were reported of New''Zealand end Eiver Plate et 395.; Christchurch\ Gas (£5), at £7 2s.- 6dl, and Wellington Gae (£10) at £16 2s. 6d. /The quotations wero '■■.<■'.".■.' '"• ' , . ' . ■, •. Buyers. Sellers. ■■ ', ■ '■-'''• :■- ■•■■• •■ £ s.d. £s.d. National 'Bank ™;...; 5 3 0 '550 Bank.N.Z. (new) 15 7 6 ,- Well. Trust. Loan, Ltd... 7 50 ' . Auckland Gae'(paid) .;..'.. 17 6 — Gisborne Gas ■. 118 9 ' '. — ' Napier Gas (£10) 16 0 0 - - Napier Gas (£5) : . 8 2 6= - Wellington Gag (pref.) .. 10 0 — Gear <£4) :.'.... 14 5 0 .. - Meat Export (£2 125.-6 d.) .•- ... 215 0 Union Steam (ord.) 1 1' 9 . ■•■ — ■ Union .Steam (pref. , ) ....... 10 6 — • Well. Woollen (pref.) ..... . — 3 5 0 Hikurangi Coal .....';!..... 011 0 ■■-'.■' — Westport-Stqckton, :..... 0. i 0 :■:■'.'■ —' Lcyland-O'Brien ■'•' ...;....:..'! 16 — Taringamutu ■•—■'•■ 2 6 6 N.Z.. Druff.' ...: 2 10 - Ward and. Co. .................. 4 19' 6" ' ■.. —" ■■. Oufftome duty collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £948 10s. 6d.. .'...'■ ■'■ ;,;-.... ;..' . v ■■.-.. '"'LONDON WOOL .MAEKET. ' Messrs. Murray, Roberts and. Co., Ltd., havo received a cablegram from their Lon-don-friends, .Messrs. Sanderson,' Murray and Co .under, date London,: November 27, as • follows:—"Merino, tendency is downwards; crossbred, market firm, with hardening/tendency, for prompt delivery. ''..'.! LONDON MARKETS. . By Telegraph—Press Association— GoDyiiehl : (Eec., November 29, 5.5 p.m.) ,; ■ . London, November 28. . Wheat.—The-market is lifeles3, and tending in buyers';.-favour. ... : Argentine' Wheat'Crop—An nnofflcial estimate' of-, the '-Argentine crop jjaces.'the total at 5;500,COO tons, "with an exportable surplus of 4,000,000;.t0n6.' ... " % Jute.—Native ' firstrinarks, November-De-cember shipment, £15 per ton. : Cotton.—May-June shipments of American cotton '.are offering at 4.2!Jd. per lb. , •• Copra—South Seas. ■ bagged, October-No-,vemoer shipment, £24.'per ton. Rubber—Hard, fine/Para,. 2s; BJd. per lb.; plantation,'&; lid.; 'smoked.;eheets, 2s, ,4d.

.''••■.;. ~ METALS. •'■ Silver.—Bar silver is "auoted at'223d. per ounce sbandaid.' ■ -. .-■ . Aluminium is guoted at £83 to £85. . MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHAKE JIAKKET. There were no transactions in minine shares on Saturday and the quotations were as under:— . . '•,-,■■ "--.■• -~'■. Buyers.' Bellers. .'.■.'■' ■■.-'.. . . £ e.d. £ e.d. Blackwater Mines .; — ■ 017 0 Rose 0 10 0 16 Talisman ....';.'.: >..... 19 3 —. ■Waihi .'.. ..,. - 117 3 Grand Junction — ; 1 4 3 '•';- ~'STOOK EXCHANGE. • . ■" 187 Telegraph—Prae* Association.) ■■■.""='■' ...:■ Dunedin, November 28, TJnion Steams, £1.25. 3d. . Junction, £1 45..3d. .'--. ' .■ DBEDGING RETURNS. ■ Dunedin, Jfovembo 29. Electric NoV 1, week, 560z. 3dwt; Golden Bed, week, 38oz. 2dwt.; Bise and Shine, No. 2, 136 hours, 350z. Bdwt.; Bise and Shine, No. 1, 128 hours, 3loz. ldwt.; Bising Sun, 129 hqurs, 290z. 9dwt.; Success, week, 30oz. ISdwt. _6gr. COAL EXPORTS.' Westport, NoTember 29. The coal output last week was:—Westport Coal-Co., 13,756 tona 9cwt.; coke, 20 tons-lOcwt.;. WestportrStockton Co., 2416 tons'newt.',! iv : '-.::■ '■'-.'■ "MOUNT LYELL MINE. By Telegraph—Press .Association-Oopyrißht ■ -.- , : y;Melbournej 'November 28. '. At', the half-yearly, meeting of ,the Mount Lycll Company,' tho chairman said ho was disappointed to be unable ■to declare a dividend, but it was fortunate tt*t the company was >ble to continue ite opera/ tions, though it did not like to accept low prices.. Since the war began, 3300 tons of copper had been sold at £52 65. and tho company could sell now more than it hod for sale. . '