HAWKE'S BAY SHOW

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2565, 13 September 1915, Page 8

HAWKE'S BAY SHOW

The Hawke's Bay Agricultural Show 'takes'place this year on October 20 and 21, and entries close on October 6; The schedule has been brought thoroughly up-to-date. In addition to the usual ' purebred cattle classes, prizes liavo been offered for champion group of Hereford and Polled Angus cattle. The sheep section has been very liberally endowed Tvitli special prizes, and great competition is anticipated, especially in the Lin--coin and Romney sections. :: COMMERCIAL ITEMS - INVESTMENT SHAKES. I- . In-the investment market .'on.' Saturday, a sale of Manning and Co. at. £4 12s. was reported. The Quotations were as follow:— Buyers, tellers. V £s. d. . £b. d. Ka+ional Bank" 416 .6. .4 17 '6 BkN.Z. (£3 6s. 8d,)...\...10-0.0 " - ' Bif. N.Z. (£6 -133; 4d.) ;... 15 17 0 • ~ National Mortgage — 5 2 5 Well.Dop. and Mort.- ... . — • 0 8 0 Well/ Gas (£10) •.. 16 .0 0. / ~ . Well." tias (prof.) — }J S : South: taitiah Insurance — 415 o Standard Insurance — . . 113 0 AYelL'-.Meat "Export (£5) .6 .0 0 Well. Meat Ex. (£2125.6 d.) - ' 217 0 TJnipn Steam (ord.) ......... 12. V . — Kaiapoi Woollen'-(ord.) ... -5.4. 0 • -Woll."Woollcn'>(ord.): 419 0 . 5 2 6 Well.'!;Woollcii (pref.)',.... 3 .6 0, . •— * WestportrStoclcton ; 0 a 2 0 5 5 Leyland-O'Brien 12 3 — . Golden Bay Cement, — 10 0 - Customs duty collected at -tlie poTt of Wellington on Saturlay amounted to £1602 is. .Id. .. n '. ,\- .... SOUTHERN" MARKETS. l' : ,By Telegraph.—Fre&s Association,. ' . ;; JV Chrlstchurch, September 10. There are some small lots of wheat offering", which had been retained by farm-ers-'for seed, but ore hot required. Thero "are; however, no buyors even at the low prices that would be accepted.. There, are no large lots of wheat offering. The oat market, is also dull, and there is little demand for voatslieaf , chaff.. , The potato market i& easier, >several lines having been 'purchased at £4 10s., and others at',£4,. 15s; and "'£s during -the< last few days, but lower-figures are now "only; obtainable. v .,

. LONDON WOOL SALES.-' " By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Bee. September 12! 5.5 p.m;) London, Soptember, 11. At tho wool sales crossbreis and. good merinos were firm, and for sv.liioli there . wxis keen competition. ,There were fre- . guent.-'.v-it.hdrawals of faulty and scoured., The following are the prices realised for the- flecse-portions : of the clips named:— "Matorangi," to pries "164.V" "average" price 15Jd.; "Kaieto," Isd. • -> There were catalogued to date 39,216'. bales, of which 33,121. bales' have" been sold. Tho' Government' permits . unlimited exportation ;to;the .United States and" the Allies.of:,crossbi'ed.yarns and: piece goods, but the -prohibition.- against the export v of tops continues. •••••- •

,' ,v-; • FROZEN MEAT. ; ' . .... "(Eec. September 12.' 5.5;: p.m.) London, September ',11.': The Incorporated Society of, Heat-Im-porters' Smith field market Quotations;.'for meat 'are based on actual sales .of not 1 less, than one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five Quarters of /beef,; of fair average quality.- The Quotations are not for selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of > tho bulk of the shipments now on the market. The: prices which follow are on the average a faithing per lb. more than the values ex ship,'.this difference representing ■ the aver-age-cost in expense, handling, conveyance; and...selKng of the meat:— Mutton— • • d. - Canterbury, light 73-8 : Oanterwbury, medium- ;. 7i Canterbury, heavy - 74 Southland none offering New Zealand, best none offering New Zealand, ordinary ... none offerins ■ New Zealand, ewes 53 ': Australian, heavy- 55 . Australian,. light'I'.1'. 6 Australian, ewes 5| ■ River Plate, light ; 6J * River Plate, heavy 6J RiveT Plate, ewes 68 Lamb'— ; Canterbury, light ; '.. 8J:, Canterbury, seconds 8 Canterbury, medium i....... 8 Canterbury, heavy 7| Southland 8 . North Island, ordinary ...r..... -11 North Island, selected 8 <' Australian, best ' 71 Australian, fair 73-8 Australian, inferior 71 Kit— Plate, first quality 73-8 Ri\,i' Plate, -seconds 7|. . Beef- . . Argentine, chilled fores' : 63 Argentine, chilled, hinds 11

RABBITS. : Babbits are 'very firm, as supplies are temporarily short. New South Wales bluee, 235. * ' ' ■ ■. ' LONDON MARKETS. (lice.-September 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, September 11. Butter.—Danish is quoted at 1745. to 1765. per ewt. 1 . Cotton.—Septembcr-Ootober shipments, per lb. . Jute—Native first marks, SeptemberOctober shipment, £26 per ton. New Zealand Hemp.—The market is dull. October-December, shipment, £33 per ton. ; Rubber.—Hard fine Para, 2s. 42d. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 4d.-; smoked sheets, 2s. 4d. Copra. September-October shipments are quoted at £22 15s. per ton. Hides are quiet and unchanged.. Leather is. quiet. Best Australian, 17s. '6d. tq 225.' .. . Basils* are quiet. Australians, 15s. to 16s. 6d.;' New Zealand, 18s. to 19s. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 23 9-16(1. per ounce standard. . Quiokeilver. is quoted- at 3355. to 3405. per bottle.

WHEAT AND FLOUR, (Rec. September 12. 5,5 p.m.) London, September 11. - Wheat is firmly held, but the market is inactive. Ohicago-September options, 952 c. to 99* c.; December options, 925 c. to94Jc. The', wheat .'and flour afloat for the> "United Kingdom totals' 780,000 quarter, for the Continent 1,345,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments, 368,000 quarters; Pacific, nil; total, for -Europe, 470,000 quarters.; Apart from about 100,000 quarters from arontreal. Russia sent 10,000 quarters, Argentine 30C0, and other countries 22,000. . METAL HARKETS. London, September 10. Copper.—On the spot, £67 ICa. to £67 los.; three months, £68 12s. 6d. to £68 17s. 6d. Tin.—On the spot. £151 ss. to £153 155.; three months, £154 15s. to £155 ss. , Lead, £23 7& 6d.' and £22 15s. Bar silver is quoted at 23Ed. per ounce standard.; '. *