BURNSIDE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 38, 8 November 1917, Page 8

BURNSIDE MARKET

By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, November 7. ".'At Burnside, 232 fat cattle were yard- \ ed, a larger entry than for a few weeks. operating for unfinished, •'kept the market firm at about 15s..'per :head below last week's values. Primo (bullocks, 419 to £2i 10s.; extra, 427; ■medium, i!I6 to J3lB Us.; light unfmish''ed, JBIS 103.; prime heifers, .£l7 10s. to '."law 103.; extra, £21 2s. fid.; medium good, £U to ,£l6 55.; light and aged, "£,ii 10s. to .£l3 10s. The number of 'sheep, penned wag 1761, which proved 'short of requirements. Prices were quite 'us firm as last week. Prime wethers, '50s. '3d. to 555.; extra, 555. 9d. to 605.; ■good, 455. to 495.; lighter, 40s. to 445.; shorn, 38s. 3d. to 38s. 9d.; prime ewes, 7495. to 54a.; extra heavy, 595. 6d.; good, UOs. to 4Gs.; others, 38s. There were 62 .lambs penned. Prices for ell but exceptionally good declined 3s. and 4s. a head. 'Best, 303. 3d.; medium to good, 2Cs. ■'An industrial union, including the employees of dairy factories throughout the northern, industrial district, has been registered, and the secretary, Mr. Wes- •' Jey Bichards, lias within the past few days served a demand on the companies ■ concerned (says the Auckland "Herald"). It is understood that many of .the com- , panies are • notifying their dissent fi»m the wages and conditions proposed, and 'ttie matter will probably -come before a Conciliation Council. An early meeting of directors and managers of dairy companies will be held to discuss tho de- ■ taands, and to take such action as may '•be considered necessary. ' It is stated that within the last three .weeks over 800 yearling cattle have been ■ sent from Taranaki to various parts of •the North Island. The majority were ;]ieifefs, one line of over 100 Jersey heifers being sent north to start a dairy herd. A complimentary dinner was tendered to Mr. A. A. Eoss, Auckland president of the Farmers' Union, on Monday, by the joint directorates of the .Farmers' ■iTJnion Trading Company and the Farliners' Fertiliser Company, at Cargen. ,Mr. J. Boddio presided, and there was a fairly large gathering oE faxmers and city business men. In proposing the Uoast of the evening tho chairman paid a high tribute to Mr. Eoss for the part he had taken in promoting the interests of the farmers. The magnitude of the '■undertakings which he represented was '.indicated by the facts that during the second year of its existence the Trading ■ Company had n. turnover of .£250,000, 'and the Fertiliser Company was making a capital expenditure In plant and buildings of .£150,000. Both concerns would exert a powerful influence as they stirnii- • ' Jatcd commerce and added to production, lltr. Eoss said he was proud of his con'nection withi tho Farmers' Union, Tiie, Trading Company and the "Fertiliser Comnany were offshoots of that body. 'He believed the farmers would shortly conduct all their own business, and handle all produce from its source of origin till it reached the consumer.