WHOLESALE EGG MARKET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2839, 2 August 1916, Page 8

WHOLESALE EGG MARKET

N.Thb New'-mtaiidSPoultry Industries, : ' -ltd.'':(Bray-Bros;; agents), report as follows:—"Supplies are not equal to. tho demands, and we" report a very firm market at Is. 10(1. per doz.- for guarantoed-quality as from July 31. Pre- ' . [ served eggs are practically off tho market, . -but are nominally worth Is. 7d. per doz." ; ' 'The suppliers of the Rahotu Dairy. Co. ? ''■■'■' en Monday decided to support the scheme ,-.■■■ -outlined by Mr. A. Gray, technical organiser, for the payment of a subsidy, on the', basis of 6d. per ton on cheese and Is. • per; ton on butter manufactured, towards ... the' salary of an agricultural instructor and lecturer?whose> services will bo available to farmers.' ; .v.;'-.;;; live stock sales v • ■-"■ The N.Z. Loan and, Mercantile Agency '- : ■>.'.-'■' 00.. Ltd.. report:—At Bimitangi on Mon- , dav we had a good yarding of both sheep '. . : , and- cattle, which sold readily at late .rates. Aged ewes, 10s.; f.m. ewes'.ln lenib, 245.; mixed yearlings, £2 IBs.; 20- ■',-- month steers discoloured, £5 145.:. good 'forward cows, £6 3s. 6d., £7, £7 lis.. £7 "'■ ■ .'-Us.; £7 153.; fat cows, £3 10s.. £9: heifcTS, •r.w.b.. £4 75.. 6d.; springing heifers, £6 '6b. £6 7s. 6d„ £7 10s.; springing cows, £5 ■'•':■ Ub to £10.' ~„- . '■"■'■ Mosbtb. Wright, Stephenson and Co., ■ . Ltd., report having held a successful ■ 'clearing salo on Monday, when they sold, 'on account of Mr. E. J. Wright. Te Ore ;■'. Ore, the whole of his dairy herd, horses, : i-pigs, etc. Competition for young ' cows .showing good condition, and close to pros' ■"'"'■ fit, was fairly keen; but for oowe in backward condition., and coming m late, there - '''was: very little competition. Following ore some of. tho prices Tealised:—Cows in "•-'■'■' milk, £8 155., -£12 .to " £15 55.; August •calvers. £9, £9 10s„ £12 to £16; September • and October calvers, £5 10s., £6, £7 to £7 <" ,10s.; sprineing heifers, £6 15s. to £7 55.; ■-.■': .Jersey bull, £7; weanor heifers, £2 155.; <-year trap horse, £13;' sow, and litter, . "£5.25.; slips, lis. to £2; stack of hay, £30. "- "-■:., ■.'.' COMMERCIAL ITEMS f : ; ■.'-: ?~: '■■ '.' INVESTMENT SHAKES. - :,, .; Prices of investment stocks, yesterday "were-as follow:— : - '■■"" ' . Buyers. . Sellers. v 7 -■ '■■;-: •: £ s.d. . £s.d. .-""Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd...: ■ — 7 0 0 ■'-■•■ Napier Gas (£10) .............1.5 10 0 — . N.Z. Insurance : 5 6.0, — . .': ,•-' Well. MeatExport'(£s)\..' 6.2 6 . ..,-. , Huddart-Parkcr. (ord.) ...- 15 0 ' ,: — ■■■■'■■ Onion Steam'.(ord.) .-.-■— 2 3 9 ; ' "Union Steam (pref.) ...... 1. 010 : - : -Well. Woollen (ord.) ...... 6 0 0 — '..' Waipa Coal 0 18'4 . — > iWestport Coal 19 0 - ; '■■' Leyland-O'Bricn 12 0 — ;-.'.. N.Z.Consol. Dental'....... 1 J <v - :' ' N.Z. Drug ....' 2 6, 9 - :, : 'Golden- Bay Cement ■ — 13 6 :■' Sharland: (ord.) .'.... 15 6 — ■ .'.; '■ . Shorlarid (prcf.) .':...:..'.... 1 5 6 — .. Customs duty collected at the port of yesterday amounted' to £3064 6s. 2d.. . ;/>':'. : HIDE AND SKIS SALE. • , .'- Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, '..; T Palmerston North, report that at their ■...second special' oratching sole, held on'y. i July 28. they offered a fair catalogue. 5..•'-. "Owing, however, to. the absence of Japanese •competition, prices offered were, considerably helow -."laet sale . rates, and in view.vof their, anticipation -that the mar- ; j. iet will improve'when these buyers, re.Bume" operating, the firm passed in. tho bulk.of the catalogue, in expectation of :•' 'better: iprices being forthcoming at tho ;.:.;•■ next-sale. A full catalogue of.shcepv skins,'.hides, etc.,--was offered, .which met ■''' ■ w-itli; keen cnmpetition/'Qhd realised high f . ..pi-'Ces. ;■ ~" v. Wiiol.—Crossbred, inferior land seedy, !. ;10Jd. to IZJd.; .lambe, 12d. to 12' M.; ditto, j- "inferior, and seedy, 6d. to 9Jd-; dead wool. i: lid. to. 12d.; black wool, 10d.; locks and ■ pieces; 6d. to 6Jd.; locks, sd. to 6d. :'. ' .'■-Sheepskins.—Crossbrcd full-wool (coarse), rOd.to 11W.; ditto, medium and line, UJd. '■ -to iyd.; lambs and hoggets, 10Jd.-to ll^d.; '. ditto: short and shorn, BJd. to 9Jd.; quar- ' '"ter.-to half-wool, crossbred. Bid. to ,9}d.j dead, Bd. 'to.Jd.: ditto, hoggets, 7{d. to '. . B"'d.: -inferior and damaged. 6Jd. to 83d.; ~ ditto; pelts and short-wools, 2d. to 6d. i ■' -Butchers' part dry and'salted, at each: '■■' :jlest. -heavy lines, 10s. to 125.; medium to :•-.• \-.-.800d.' Bs. 3d. to 9s. 6d.: light. 6s. 9d. to ; ,<-..75. 3d.;; hoggets and lambs, 4s. 6d. to 6s. 9J. .: - : «'Hides.—Ox hide? (heavy). UJd.; medium, ' lld.Y'cow hides ;(best linos), lOd. to'.lOid.; ••medium to', good, 93d. Ho 10d.; inferior .':".• -.'ind:'r.ouglK"'B}d.'-to 9d.;cut. slippv. and -, . 6id. .tp.s'B}S.'; -yearlings. 85d.. to . •■ 9d.; yearlings, cub and damaged. 6§d. to 7}d.; calfskins (sound), llld. to 12d.; cut ~ ond damaged. 63d. to BJd. ', .- Tallow and Sundries.—Tallow, in this, 245. '■ ' to 28*. 3d. Eahbitsitine, 12Jd 'Horsehair, )'..' Is. 2d. • . . v';-'' SOUTHERN MARKETS. ' '. By Telegraph—iVfss As-oc?ti.-'n ' Christchurch,. August 1. .' The fixing of: the price of Australian wheat for export at ,4s. ,9d. hos relieved .".the situation in the (wheat'market, as it , was reporfed that the .price might be re- \ dnccd to As. Whether the local market ;:'■ , will again open at' the/rates ruling when millers and merchants, ceased operations

remains to be seen. There hns not -rot been time to consider' tho position. Wet weather has caused a. little better inquiry for oatshcaf chaff, but tho demand is limited. Primo chaff is worth £5- at couutry stations. The potato market shows signs of recovering, as inquiries are now coming, to. hand again from Auckland. Buyors have been' offering £6 to £6 55., but there are- few sellers at present. ' SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Australian-Mow Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. August 1, 10 p.m.) Sydney, August 1. The new wool sales have opened on a strong market. The better classes ■showed an advance of 5 per cent. Greasy tops, crossbred, 18jd.; scoured, 3J2d. THE METAL MARKETS. (Rec.-.August 1, 7 p.m.) London, August 1. Coppev.-Spot, £111 ss:; three months, £109 55.: electrolytic', £125. Tin.-Spnt, £168 12s. Cdl;'three months, £169 7s. 6d. Lead.—hpol, £28 55.; three months. £27 OS. Spelter, £60, £50. Silver.—Bar silver, 30 9-16 d. per ounce standard. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Yesterday's quotations for mining shares were as under: , ■ Buyers. Sellers £s.d. £ s.id. Dominion Developing ... , — 2 10 Success Dredge — 110 0 Talisman — 0; 10 3 Waihi' 117 3 — STOCK EIOHANGE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, August 1. Sales —Talisman, 10s. 3d.; Paper Mills 18s. (two parcels; Ohristchurch Meat, £20; Union Steam,'39s. , THE HAURAKI REEFS, LTD. The mine manager. of the Haurakl Reefs, Ltd., reports, under date July 28:— "Stoping has beeu in hand during the past week over the No. 3 level,' and the quartz broken was saved for treatment. The No. .3 level face is now passing through more settled ground, and the reef also is appearing more defined. In tho Wynyardton workings driving east and west on the reef at the intermediate level is in hojid, and the prospects in both faces are encouraging." , We note w.ith interest that all the best prizes for cheese at tho Palmerston Show and the best prices in the London market were obtained by those makers who use Victor Vats. These famous vats embody a new principle of middle drainage —worth while investigating. A. J. Parton, Dairyman, Carterton.—Advt NEW ZEALAND MEAT .. .. — : *— OVER .-£11,000,000 IN SEVENTEEN MONTHS'., The Imperial Ciovernment Supply Department has established a fresh nn its purchase of meat for Imperial Government supplies, tho payments made during July last to the freezing companies and producers exceeding a million Is. Id. to be exact. The total payments since the Department commenced operations (i.e., March 3 last year)-have now reached the huge sum of ,£11,203,3Gi Is. Gd., and there have been shipped -to date: 575.517 quarters 'beef, 3.G73.2W carcasses mutton,. 5,461,015 carcasses lambs,' and quantities of boned beef, pieces'of mutton and lamb bave also been shipped. . No less than 115 large insulated steam-ers-have been concerned in the carriage of this meat, 95 of which have arrived at their destination with: 719,129 quarters beef, 3,069,100 carcasses , mutton, 4,155,508' carcasses lamb; and 16 are at present en rou,te, carrying 139,159 quarters of beef, 518,500 carcasses mutton, 883,989 carcasses lamb; and \ are loading meat in the Dominion. Only one, the Clan MacTavish '(the vessel which put up such a gallant fight with the. Moewe) has been sunk by the enemy. The Clan JfacTavish carried: SBS3 quarters beef, 12,749 carcasses mutton, 7989 carcasses lamb.; There are about 1,759,000 carcasses, equivalent to 601b., in ths Dominion freezing stores at the present, time, and indications point to a clearance of these stores without interference with the new season's. operations. ' ' | In addition to meat the Imperial Ciovernment. Supply Department has handled all the cheese-purchased for Imperial Army purposes; 13,50-i tons have been ! shipped to date, costing ,£916,657. Schcelite has also figured in the Department's purchases, 21S tons haying been shipped up to the present, against which advances to producers amounting to 324 Have been made to date. ■ Large quantities of butter and cheese have also been distributed by the Imperial Government Supply Department to . New Zealand camps and troopships, and the Department is also interested, in "the control of the New Zealand ment's operations in kauri gam. . <