MINING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 21, 20 October 1919, Page 8

MINING NEWS

WELLINGTON SHAKE MARKET. The .Quotations on Saturday for mining shares' were as under:— ;| .. . Buyers. Sellers. ■ — " - £ s. d. £ s. d. Mount .Lyell 16 0' — Rising Sun 0 15 — Talisman 0 12 3 0 12 9 .Waihi" 2 8 6 2 10 0 ' : ."LONDON STOOK EXCHANGE. <Rec. October 19, 5.5 p.m.) London, October ID. -" Walhi Junction, buyers 12s. 6d„ sellers !... 13s. 6d. Talisman, buyers Bs. 9d., sellers lis, •3dr;"P.'and O. stock, £655.

Private' cable messages from Calcutta .-.Vadvise that the final juto forecast shows a i £0 per cent, larger outturn than last year. . ffho final estimate for 1918 gave the area 1,. Under jute"a's' 2,497.213 acres, and placed the yield at 7,009,606 bales. Considerable 'concern is felt by Nelson •heepowners about the appearance in tho ■ : Kelson district of a loubo technically ■ known aa Haematopinus pedalis, which has • hitherto, as far as iB known, been found rbut twice before in Now Zealand, on Banks, ' Peninsula in 1911,.and in May of, this year 'in the AVairarapa district says';the "Far- : mers' Union Advocate"). Tho loubo affects only tho legs of the sheep. It has been lound in flocks on botJi banks of the Motueka River at Pokororo, and has been traced aB far as tho environs of Motiwkii bMough. It is also reported at Thorpe. Tho local officers of. the Stock Department are taking vigorous measures to combat the pest, with the co-operation of tho farmers. ■ Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd. re- J port on their Jiidu' and tallow sale held ou i Thursday at Palmerston North as follows:—We offered a vory heavy catalogue of hides, calfskins, and tallow to a lull ibench of buyers. Owing to tho issue of a Gazetto by tho Government giving pre- ! emptive right to the Now Zealand tanners to 60 per cent, of all hides catalogued and all tho calfßkins catalogued, at schedule prices, only a limited uiantity was available for tho open market. Tho exporters, however, availed themselves of all auction offerings, and wo quitted tho -whole of tho catalogue at prices well in advance of previous sales. Wo quote auction prices at penco per lb:—Heifers and steers, 24d.; 1 cow, 17|d„ 18(1., 19Jd., 19Jd„ 20d„ 20(d-, 20Jd., 2td., 21id„ 22d„ 2*ij., 22Jd.; cows, cut, 16Jd„ Itjd.; cows, Blippy, 16(1., 16Jd,, 16Jd.; ox, ; 18i<l., 181 d„ 18Sd., ItSJd., 19Jd., 20d.; cow and' ox, slippy, 15fcd., 15id.; ox and cow, cut, r 171 d., j'/Jd.; bulls, 12Jd.; horse, 205., 20s. 6d., aSs., 28s. 6d.; horse, cut, 125.; yearling!, ; 30d., 31|d., 31Jd., 32d„ I2Jd.; calf, 19d„ 20d„ , 24d., 29Jd., 32d,, 34d.; calf, slippy, 18d., 19d., 20d. to 33i; calf, cut, 26d., 28Jd„ 31d.; yearlings, cut and slippy, 16d. to 19t1.; dry calf, sa. to 6s. 6d. each; tallow, in tins, 435. 6d. to 555. per civt.; fat, 28s. 6d.; hair, : per lb., Hid., Is., to Ib. 7d.; rabbit skins, Is. 4d.; tails, Is. sd. per dozen. Dominion Produco t'o„ Ltd. Increaso ol capital registered October 13. Capital of the oompany to be increased by the creation of 7000 new Shares cf £1 each, making the nominal capital of tho wunpany £10,u00 in shares of £1 each. (Wellington.)