FARM & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2815, 5 July 1916, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL

• HAWERA WINTER SHOW , 1 By Telegraph—Press Associa;ion. Hawera, July i. ' ' " . The seventh-. annual, dairy show; was officially opened, by His Excellency the ■ ■■■' Governor this. afternoon. The leading features are the" machinery exhibits, tho ■'. -Agricultural 'Department's display, and '' the exhibition of .dairy produce. Th& " butter . classes were win by Xeviti, while Aloa secured the Taranaki championship. , - LIVE STOCK SALES The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile - Agency 00. report:—At Himataugi on Mon- . day we had a good yarding of stock, all ■X of -which met-with. a ready sale at lata rates. Small weaners, 205.; yearling hei- ' fcrs, JOB.. 375., 395. 6d.; yearling steers, £i Ma. : eighteen-month heifers, r.w.b., £4; - twenty-month steors, £6 155.; cows in calf, £4 10s„ £5: 55.;- forward'cows, £5 8s; 6d„ ». £6 65.; fat'cows, £8 145.; springing hei- ; \i fers, backward, £5. £6 Is. .id.; springing heifers, early, £7, £9 ll6.;"good early cows, .-V £9 10s„ £13. .A parrot presented by Mr. " Wm. Moffatt, Oroua Downs, and sold and " tcsold on behalf of the Widows' and Or- • ihansj Fund, realised £8 15s. COMMERCIAL ITEMS i — : , 'i INVESTMENT SHAKES. •• Prices of investment shares on the Wel■i lineton Stock' Exchange yesterday were jas follows:—; - ■ ' Buyers. Sellers. " ' £ 8. d. £ a. d. * Bonk of Australasia 117 0 0 — • - Anobland Gas (paid) 110 .0 "• — - Ohch.' Gas (£5) ................ 710 0 ' ■ ..< Well. Ueat Export (£2 12s. „ 64.) ... - 32 6 ;• . Union' Steam (ord.) ......112.0 . 112 9 Union Steam (pref.) ....... 1 0 10,. . Well.. Woollen, (ord.) — 6 0 0 " Taupiri Coal .'— .;' 014 0 - 1 , Wostport Coal 18 0 — - Leyland-O'Brlen :.... 1 11 — •' •• Customs duty collected .at 'the port of > Wellington yesterday amounted' to £6843 is. 6a. 1 SOUTHERN MARKETS. '•••••' By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, July 4. The wheat market maintains its firm-. Doss, but it is, reported that there is very little business doing, and oll'erings from tho country have fallen,off. Most of the business in wheat appears toibe doing in ' South Canterbury, whore some'large'Bales "between merchants and millers have taken ; place. Oats andchalfi'are firm, with no change in prices. Potatoes have hardened further, and'are now quoted'at £6 6s. to £6 10s. at country stations, and offerings a,ro more scarce. , ; LONDON WOOL SALES. . Messrs. Dalgety. and Company, Ltd., hare received'cable advice from their .London office that for the fifth series the dates of their own -sales: have been-filed as follow:—July 12, July-20,. July 25. LONDON - MAItK'ETS. . . Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. . London, July 3. • Wheat.—The market is firm. Supplies sparingly offered. V, . ''I'in.-in .stock, 21,£64 tons: on tho spot, *1/62 tons; afloat, 5625 tons; deliveries, , -.2018 tons. - Oopper.-Supplies, 44,526 tons; deliveries, - 44,460 tons;.in stock, 7603.t0n5; afloat, 4COO toiis: visible, 13,828 tons. - -Tallow:—ln stock, 5123. casks'; imports, '1148 casks; deliveries, 2801 casks. (Reo.-July 4, 6.0 p,m.) . - V 1 London, July 3. Copper-Spot, £102 : per . 'ton; three months, £97 17s. 6d.; electrolytic, £132. Lead.—Spot. SUZ per tou; forward'dell very, fM 15s. . ' Tin.—Spot. £172 7s. 6d. per'ton; three • -months', £172 17s. .64. • ' • -• Silver—old. per oz. standard, bar silver. . »<-: LONDON QUOTATIONS.. : Zealand Cable' Association. ■■ ■? . London, Jnly. 3. Share market quotations include:—British Broken Hill, buyers 255. 6d... sellers . ' -265. 6d.:. Broken Hill- North, 475.,.''485.; -Waihi,.36s., 375.;'. . t. , : . : MINING NEWS .STOCK EXCHANGE." . By .Telegraph—l'rvss Adaptation.. Christchurch, July .4. .Sale* reported: Wcstpbrt-St-ockton Coal, 6s. 3d. Machinery taken care of lasts twice-as long. Those Milking Machines, and En- , sine now lying idle should be thorough.3s overhauled. Let X'arton. undertake the job. Expert work and very low charge . are' sureties. Call or write for details. "A: X PARTON, Plumbing Works, Pem'broke Street, Carterton:—Advt.