AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 265, 5 August 1919, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

,'.' FOKTHOOHINQ FUTURES. ( ■,:.■.;■...! TO-DAY. ' '' tißTin Yards, 12.15 p.m.—Stook salo (Abra- ' ham and Williams, N.Z. Loan Co., and Dalgety and Co.). 69 Hopper Street, Wellington, 1.30 p.m.— " Furniture: sale (A. T. Trendle). '■ 45 Manners Street, Wellington, 2 p.m.—Furniture salo (Radford and Co.). 294 Lambton Quay, Woliiugton-Salo of . shop fittings «3. 6. Nathan and Co.). '.-...- TO-MOKifiOW. I Kdi 4 Line, 6 miles from Palmerston North, 11 a-m—Stock salo (Abraham and Wil- ■ hams and. Levin and Oo.). To. Eoro Yards, 12.16 Pjin.—Stook salo (N.Z. • Loan Oo.). j Shannon Yards, 1 p.m.-Stook sale (Abraham and Williams). . ' Town Hall, Eongotea, 2.30 p.m.-Land sale (Levin and Co.). THURSDAY. • Levin Yardß, 1 p.m.—Salo of stock and implements (Abraham and Williams). Drill Hall, Feilding, 2.30 p.m.-Land sale (Levin and Co.). SHEARERS'DISPUTE OWNERS' APPLICATION FOE NEW AWARD. Another effort to bring about, a «atis- '. factory settlement of the shea/ers' dispute is being made by the llawke's Bay Sheep Ownors' Union, which has cited the Wellington Shearers' Industrial "Union of Workers for.a new award. The hearing of the disputo is set down to lake place at the Conciliation Council ■on September i. A brief summary of the suggestions made by the applicants, ;vho have recommended Messrs 11. jJlorison (Greytown), A. D. M'Leod (Martinborough), and Henry Gascoyne (Maraekakaho, Hawke's Bay) as assessors, is as follows :— Kates of Pay—Shearers: Not kss than : '£l ss. per hundred, with rations; in addition a war bonus of ss. per hundred. In cases where shearers find themselves in ■ rations this rate shall bo incrensed by. is. por hundred. Tho rate for stud sheep shall bo settled by agreement between tho employer and the shearer, and the rate for hogget ram's shall.be time and a half, and for other rams double ordinary rates. Other workers:'' Pressers and wool-rollers (when engaged. by tho week), £& 7s. Gd. per week; all other shed hands (when . engaged by the week), .£2 ss. per week;, cooks, .£3 Ssi per week; cooks' assistants,- £2 ss. per week. All weckly-wago' hands shall receive an additional 10s. per week war bonus. When not employed,by the week pressers and wool-rollers shall bo paid Is. sd..per hour, and. other shed hands Is. 4(1. per hour,, with, an additional 3d. per hour war bonus. Hours of Work—Tho hours of shearing shall be from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m., or from 5.30 a.m. to .5.30 p.m., with intervals for meals and smoking. Shearing 'Fhall.stop at i p.m. on Saturdays, except in tho case when 48 hours and 20 minutes work shall have been done. Provision is made that "each shearer shall shear .with all reasonable dispatch the sheep the employer or his agent requires him to shear, and in good time and in a workmanlike manner, to the satisfaction.'of his employer or agent. The number to 1m shorn shall be agreed ■upon approximately between tho employer or his agent and the shearers before the commencement of the shearing." Also, ;io shearer shall bo' bound to shear any cankered sheep, nor shall bo compelled to shear slif.ep he lias reasonable ground to consider wet. on reporting same immediately. Anion? other matters,/the careful handling of 6heep is also provided for. In tho settlement of disputes a representative shall be elected by the shearers',, to'act .Avith the person in charge of'the-shed. , . It is'further proposed that the award shall come into force as from September 1, 1919, and shall continue in force until. February 28, 1922. . , WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Messrs. Laery and Company, Ltd., Al-. leu Street, reports wholesale prices as follow:—Fowl wlieat, choice, 7s. 3d.; feed, barley, ss. 9d.; feed peas, Gs. 9d.;' blue'* peas, 12s. 6d., for boiling; oats, feed, Algerians, 5s to ss. 2d.; oats, feed, Gar-' tons, 'ss. 3d. to ss. 4(1.; oats, Dun, Gs.; Raukura. oats, seed, ss. 3d., all-at per bushel,' packs extra;' chaff, oaten sheaf, good, bright, ilO 7s. Gd. per ton, sacks in, on trucks or f.0.b., Wellington; flour," in sacks, J!l6 ss. per ton; pollard, ,£lO ss. per.;ton; bran, X 8 per ton; hay, lucerne, £9. per;ton;.hay, clover, ,£8 10s. per ton; •potatoes, whites, .£lO 3 03. to .£lO 15s. per ton, sacka included; Dakota/), Jill to ill . r ).s.'j)W ton; oatmeal, 25's, i2B; walnuts (N.Z.), is. 3d. per lb.;, potatoes, eeed, Northern Stars, ,£8 10s. per ton; Gamekeepers, i£B 10s.; Up-to-dates, <£S) 103. per ton; JBrceze's Prolific, .£9 per'toa; Aorau Chief, 1 iB- 'por tou; British Queen, ,£lO per ton; Factors, .£0 10s. per ton; onions, 17s. cwt.; fowls, Gs. Gd. to 7s. Gd.; choico roosters, 7s. Gd. to Bs. 6d. pair; heavy birds, 9s. pair; ducks, 9s. to 10s. pair; white ducks, 12s. per pair; geese 9s. to 10s.; turkeys, Is. 3d. to Is. 4d. per lb. deadwoight; butter, fanners' separator, in bulk and in lb. pats, Is. 5Jd.; eggs, fresh,..crates, 2s. 7d.,; fresh cases, 2s. Gd.; preserved 2s. 3d. dozen;'dressed pork, choice, 70's to-.9o's, lOd. to'lllb. per lb., 90?8.t0. 1 120'6,, ! 9{d.; choppers, sd. to 6d.j b?eswa3, , 2s. ;4d. to 2s. Gd.; cheeso, factoryi: medium, case lots, lljd. lb.; carbide, splendid quality, in 1001b. drums, 40s. drum; bluestone, ,£3 15s. per cwt.; fait, course (12 sacks to ton), ,£<>.'lo9. per ton; salt, fine (cwts.), ,£8 per ton; seaming twine, 5 ply, Is. Id. lb.