LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3163, 15 August 1917, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES

Messrs. Dalgety "md Company, Limited, Masterton, report having held their, weekly tale a,I Carterton on Friday, when there was a, fair yarding of stock, which met with keen competition, ; ajid.a .total ance was made at. the following prices:— Sheep: F.m. ewes in lamb to Lincoln rams, 235. Id.; cull ewes, lis.; potter rams, 10s. £rj. to 17s. Cattle: Empty 18-months heifers, small wea.ners, 295. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, i'a-lmerston North, report having a. very

good entry of sheep at their Jfarton sale on Monday, when a good clearance was effected at the following price?:— Medium hoggets, 225. to 245.; very fair hoggets, 265.. 265. 3d., 265. 6d. to 275. Id.; good hoggets, to 305.; wcanc.r steers, £3 145.: fat cows, £12 4s. 6d. j ■ The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:—At Himatangi, on Monday, liad a good yarding of both sheep and «ittle. .Sheep failed to make vendors' reserves; cattle sold well. Quotations:— P.m. ewes, 205.; aged store cows, £4; good' itore cows, £7 10s., £7 175.; forward cow ? . ' '£9 135.; yearling steers,. £4; guaranteed dairy cows, £9 10s., £10 17s. 6d., £11 17s. 6d.. £12, £14; 2-year S.H. bull, £9 55.; 2-year Jersey bulls. £6 7s. 6d., £6 155., £7 55.; store pigs, 205., 225„ 255. NEXT TO NATURE'S CALF FOOD COMES "CEREMILIi." The natural food for tlie new-born calf is tjie cow's milk, After weaning their calves, hundreds of farmers use "OBI?K----MELK," which invariably builds stronger, , .healthier stock than is produced by homemade or imported foods. Mr. J. Swallow, 'Matamau, says:—"There is no need to give any new milk to the calf; from the day . it is taken from' its mother, when •using 'CEREMILK,' and again in all my len years experience 'CEREMILK' is the best Calf Food I have used." At all stores Bnd. factories. Fleming and Co., Ltd., '.Tervois Quay, Wellington.—Advt.

A. .T. Parton reports that orders are ■booking freely for Hie famous Victor Cheese Vat. The 6heet. steel shortage, however, still continues; and so orders are .being executed- iii /rotation. The Victor Vat embodies a new principle of middle drainage, and has'a- sloping bottom. TVrito for full details this very (lay, and boot you,r order. A. ,T. Parton, Sheet Jletal and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterton—Advt.

llveTybody's praising it—NAZOL. Better than mixtures or syrups for relieving toughs and colds. Ready-tor-use in office, shop, or home. Sixty doses Is. 6d.—Advt.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS INVESTMENT SHAHEB. Yesterday's Quotations for investment shares wero as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ b. d. National " Bank — 5 10 6 Bank N.Z. (old) - 1217 6 Bank If.Z. (new) 17 4 0 - Union Bank — 5512 6 Well. Trust and. Irtau — 7 5 0 Napier Ga.s (£5) — 6 10 0 National Insurance 217 6 219 0 S.B. Insurance — 6 10 Auokland Trams 119 — Hudart-Parker (ord.) ... — 1 *■» 0 N.Z. Shipping (pref.) 10 10 0 — Union Steam (pref.) 112 116 Well. "Woollen (ord.) 6 15 0 7 0 0 Waipa Colliery 018 3 019 0 Ward and Co — 5 11 0 Customs duties collected at (he Port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4365 os. Id. ■ KAIAPOI WOOLLEN ' Tbe directors'-report- of the- Kaiapoi Woollen Company for the twelve months ended June 30, 1917, states that the* year's working had been satisfactory so far as tho circumstances caused by tlic war permitted; The demand-for the company's own productions was very encouraging to the directors, and but for the limited supply of labour the output would have beeu largely increased. The question of supplies of raw materials which cannot at present be produced within the Dominion is. becoming very serious, but the directors >have-so Jar succeeded in obtaining a sufficient quantity of the most urgent lines required by both the mill and the factories. The future outlook for supplies is not by any means cheerful, prices are enormous, and shipping: facilities very uncertain, but everything possible is being done to provide for the continuance of the company's maximum output. During tho year the Teserve dividend equalisation fund has been increased by the mm of £3045 6s. 9d.,-*md now stands on the balance-sheet at £15,117 16s. 9dThe . directors feel that it is -most necessary to this special fund. Tho annual valuations 'of the company's plant and premises have been made, and £4215 lfa. 9d. has been written.off as depreciation. Siooks have been dealt with by tivj expert officers, who have checked the Quantities and the.value of same, special attention being 'given to every class of good*. a view of stearin?: all doubtful lines—tlrifc ' was done before 'Steeletaking-. The stocks arc higher than lasL year, hut tliie is the resuH. of the nolicy cf giving instructions t:> cancel all delivery dates and to dispatch all gor.ds on order -whenever' shjpp'ng was available; this' has proved to havo been a sound policy. . After providing for depreciation, the balance credit for rear is £36,615 15=.; of this amount the directors recommend a- dividend'to ordinary shareholders of fl per cent, and a- bonus of 2 per ccnt., and to shareholders rf 7 ner snd u homi? of 2 per cont-.. less the Amount alnvidy paid interim dividend, providing;-"for the dividend, thfire a balance of 19®. 6*.. vMMi the directors recommend should he dealt with as follow?:—To reserve dividend enualisation fund, £1882 3s. 3d.: to genemi reserve, £500<1: brought forward. £5731 Ifc. 3d.: total. £12.613 19s. 6d. The retiring dirotors. Messrs. Wm. Sansom aTid "R. M'Dotigall. submit themselves for* re-election. '

STANDARD INSURANCE CO. By Telegraph—Press Association. Duneriln, August 14. The directors of the Standard Insurance Co. lia.ve declared an interim dividend of Is. per share for tlic half-year ended June 30. T'HR METAL MAKKETS. ' (Australian-New Zealand Cable Association.) (Ree. August 14, 7.15 p.m.) London, August !5. Tin—o" —" ""'K 15s. per ton; three months, £237.75. 6d. Bar tjiivcr.—i-i«d. per'ounce standard.