FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 274, 13 August 1921, Page 10

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

NEWS AND NOTES

AUCTION SALES FORTHCOMING FIXTURES. TO-DAY. Morins Parade, fieatouu 2 p.m,—Furniture sale (Vine and Wilson), MONDAY. Otaki Yards, 12 noon.—Stock sale. TUESDAY. 50 Lower Cuba Street, Wellington, 10 30 a.m.—Sale of unredeemed pledges (Price a.nd | Co.). Levin Yards. 12 noon—Stock sale. 141 Manners Street. Wellington, 2 p.m.— Furniture sale 'Wheatley and Co.) DAIRY PRODUCE IN LONDON BUTTER PRICES FIRM; CHEESE EASIER. London, August 11. The price of butter is firm, and there is a good demand for Australian and New Zealand. It is expected that the Government will raise the price to-morrow by about ss. per cwt. Free Australian butter, ex Ormonde and Kent, is soiling at about a parity with Government, butter. The quality and condition of this butter are good. Cheese ift Alightly easier. New Zealand : White 1325. to 1385., coloured 1325. to 1,3+5.; Australian, white 12-!s. to 1285., coloured 120 s. to 126 s—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRISBANE NATIONAL SHOW HONOURS FOR NEW ZEALAND CLYDESDALES. Brisbane, August 12. At the National Show, champion honours in Clydesdale stallions went to the New Zealand-bred' horses Marshal Fooh and Operator Xl.—Press Assn. LONDON WOOL MARKET Australian-New Zealand OaFle Association. London, August 11. There is but little wool business passing. Prices show no change.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT & FLOUR By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, August 12. The Melbourne Wheat Commission has advised that wheat and flour for export for October shipment are now obtainable at 7s. 3d. per bushel. GRAIN & PRODUCE MARKETS LITTLE BUSINESS PASSING. By Talegrc nh.—Press Association. I Christchurch, August 12. Whilst little business is passing locally in oats, prices remain unaltered. Very few offers are being made by fanners. Undoubtedly a big quantity of oais is still in stack in Canterbury, but the spring thrashing has rarely been heavy and it is . quite probable that a good deal will bo chaffed. . Since the reduction in the freight Home to £3 Bs. yer ton, alxrut 26,000 sacks have been shipped to England, but recently there has been a cessation of export. Recent quotations are 3s. 7d. f.q.b., 5.1., equal to about 2s. 9d. at country stations.

Seeds have steadied. The recent demand took them to figures that slopped speculative business, and although the market is firm there is not much doing beyond seasonal orders. Potatoes are a shade firmer, due to lesser quantities being dispatched recently to the north. The firmness is represented by inquiry rather then by any appreciation in values, which are still from 30s. to 355. at country si.i'iens.

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs. Laery and Co. Ltd., 'Wellington, report wholesale prices as follow: — Crushed barley, ss. 6d. bushel, sacks in; Chevalier, ss. Gel., sacks in; peas, Prussian blue, Bs. bushel, sacks in; peas, feed, 6s. Gd. bushel, sacks in; crushed peas, Bs. bushel, sacks in; oats, seed Algerian, farmers’ dressed, 4s. 4d. bushel, sacks in, machine-pressed ss. 2d. bushel, sacks in; oats, heavy Duns, choice, 4s. 7d. bushel, sacks in; oats, weetoats for poultry feed, ss. bushel, sacks in; ehelled oats for chickens, Gs. 10d. bushel, sacks in; feed Gartons, 4s. Gd. bushel, sacks in; Gartons, A grade, 4s. Bd. buehel, sacks in; crushed oats, 4s. 10(1. bushel; hay, good meadow, £.l 10s. ton; lucerne, .£9 ton; chaff, oaten sheaf, Blenheim, prime, ton lots, .67 15s ton, sacks in, free on trucks Wellington; ricemeal. ss. ton; meat meal, for poultry feed, 20s. 1001 b. bags; calf meal, iEB 10s. ton: peamral, ton lots, J 312 10s. ton, sacks in; barley meal, ton lots, JJII 10s. tor., sacks in; pigmeal, JIS 10s ton; Farro food, ton lots, 4110 ss. ton; shell grit, choice quality. 1001 b. bogs, Gs. 6d. bag; fowl wheat, ten sacks lots, whole, 9s. Id. bushel, lesser quantities 9s. 3d. bushel, sacks Is. Sd.; mixed fowl feed. 7s. Gd. bushel, sacks in; poultry mash. 4112 ss. ton; linseed oil meal, too tote 4)14, lesser quantities 14s. 6d. 1001 b. bags- fowls, hens Bs. to 10s. Gd. pair, heavy roosters 9s. to 12s. pair; ducks, 12s. to 14’. pair; geese. 13s. te Ib’. pair; turkeys. Is. Gd. to Is. 7d. -b.; eggs, fresh 2’ dozen; mutton birds, J asmanian, in casks. Bd. each, N.Z. in kits, cooked, Hid- salted H]«. each; . inaizo, wholA 7*. 3d., crushed 9d. bushel, .acks in: seed maize. "Hickory King and "90-dav” Bs. bushel, sacks in; chicken raiser. 23’. nor hundred ; onions, Victorian, choice brown Spanish, ,£9 10s. ton- notatoe’. Canterbury-grown table, ton‘lots, White’ .£4 12s Gd., Red Dakota, ton. sacks in: seed Deatons, Gamek-pers .£B. Chief .£7, Fstlv Puritans. £8 10’., Dakotas £6, Maori H-jef £7. Scotins ,£o 10’.. Sutton 1 , Supreme .£10; molasses, in cn’ks each aboul scwt„ 565. cask; mangolds, quotation in*” l apßl’cntion.

LONDON MARKETS Messrs. Dalgety and Company Limited report having received Iho following cablegram from their Tondon house nn-d-r date of August 11:— "Colonial Wool AW; Hon agreed with B.A.W.R 4. to offer •> bale? free Australasian to 6 bales BAWR.A. in each London senes, th; arrangement to last until the end ot of Punto Arenas wool "Since our la’t wire the ™tton and lamb market is firm for light and medium weights, but we. expect nnv chang in nrices will be in favour of buyers. Market extremely full, ’cnice1v nnv demand. Fublmjied quotations be recorded ns entirely nominal, and probably misleading.”

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd. renoTt. having condu-ten o most successful clearing sale on account of Mr James Nicholson at the farm Manukau ’on Wednesday There was a good attendance of buyers present and the herd which consisted of mostly well-bred Jersey grades, and in nice condition, mot with a iteen demand, and the herd of 60 averaged (barring 4 cull cows which weie sold from .£5 to £10). ’'ffi We ouote: Cows just calved. £2O to £35 108.; befit springing cows. £3O to medium do.. £24 to £2B 10s j Sent,ember and October calvers, £l7 10sy to £2B Ips.; cows, milked through the winter, and duo again In March, £l6 10s. to £23: aged spring-cart, gelding. £26; light gig. £ll 10s.; yearling heifers’ line. £7. On account of outside vendors dairy rows sold from £B to £27 10«.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS investment shares. A sale of Inscribed Stock. 1933. at £92 2s 6d was made on ’Change yesterday, and a’ sale of Refrigerating shares. 10s paid at 16s. 3d, was reported. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers.

COMPANIES REGISTERED. The ‘‘Mercantile Gazette" records the/registration of the following new companies: "’The Aston Agcnciea. Ltd. Registered Tnlv 29 1921. Office: Coopers Buildings, Willis Street. Wellington. Capital: £2OOO, into 2000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington—J. Aston 1975, S Aston 25. Obiects- To carry on the business ol auctioneers estate, indent, insurance, and general commission agents, company promoters. and general incidental. The Chemists’ Defence Association nt Now Zealand. Ltd. Registered July 30. 1921. Office: 181 Lambton Quay, Wellington The membership is to consist ot .wu members. Subscribers: Wellington-J. C. Barbery F Castle. G. Castle, W. J. Gillies A) G Glenny. B. Johnston. W. S. Wailace. Objects: To support and protect the character, status, and interests and maintain the lawful rights and privileges of registered pharmaceutical chemists to promote honourable and discourage' dishonourable practice, and general Zealand Motor Wrecking Co., Ltd. Registered August 1. 1921. Office: Wellington Capital: £3OOO into 3000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: G. W Lawrence, W. Whitehead, O. J Wilson. G. B. Menzies, A. Christensen, M. A. Lawrence. H. Griffiths 1 share each. Objects: To acquire and'take over as a going concern the business carried on at Wellington by 11. A Lawrence and W. Whitehead, as assignee of A. M. Lawrence, as motor and motor parts dealer, with all the assets and liabilities of the vendor in connection therewith to buy. sdl. exchange, manufacture. and deal in bicycles, automobile motor-cars, and general incidental The Rees-Jones Shoe Co . Ltd. Regist-T--ed as a private company August 3 1921. Capital: £lO 000 into 10,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wanganul-W. ReesJones 9900 f.p., E. F- Rees-Jones 100 f.p Objects: To acquire and take over as a. going concern the business now carried on at Wanganui by William Rees-Jones as boot and shoo importers, etc., to carry on the trade of boot and shoe importers, bootmakers, and repairers, and general Incidental. . Bennett. Ltd. Registered a« a company August 8, 1921 Capital: £6OOO into 6900 shares of £1 each Subscribers: Wanganui—E. D. Bennett 5999. D. I'. M. Bennett. 1. Objects: To acquire and take over as a going concern the business now carried on by E. D. Bennett in Wanganui, to carry on in New Zealand and elsewhere the business of importers, indenters nnd warehousemen, and wholesale and retail dealern in motor-cars motor-cycles, bicycles, rubber goods of all descriptions, and g’eneral incidental. CUSTOMS REVENUE. Cilßtoms revenue collected nt the port of Wellington yesterday totalled £2469 las. M. EXCHANGE RATES. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, August 11. Foreign rates of exchange are quoted as follow:-Paris. 46.70 francs to il; Stockholm 17.45 kroner; Christiania, x. 3.16 kroner- Berlin. 297 marks; Montreal. 405 dollars; New York. 3.65* dollars; Calcutta. 15fid to rupee; Hong-Kong, o2id to dollar; Yokoha»n. 32Jd. to yen. COLONIAL AND OTHER PRODUCE. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, August 11 Wheat is quiet, but steady; Australian ex quay, 775. Flour is dull; Australian ex mill 63s Oats are steady. Beaus are firm, but dearer. Peas are advancing; Tasmanian bbie», 6305. to 6005.; New Zealand, 600 s. to 6i»s. Sugar is firm, granulated being bls. bci. per cwt. PRICES OF METALS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. August 12, 9.40 pm.) London'. August 11. Copper-On spot. £7<l Is 3d. per ton; forward delivery. £7O 6s. 3d. Lead.—On spot. £23 10s. per ton; forward delivery, £23. Spelter.—On spot. £25 10s. per ton; forward delivery. £26 5s ' Tin.—On spot, £157 2a. 6d. per ton; forward delivery, .£l5B 12s. 6d Silver—Bars, 37id. per ounce standard. MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, August 12. Barley, EnEdlsh 4s 7d to 4s 9d per bushel; Cape. 3s. 9d. to 3s. lOd. Oats. 2s. Bd. to 2s. 9d. per bushel. Potatoes, £3 10s. to £5 per ton. Onions, £3 10s to £4 per ton. PRICES OF HIDES FIRM By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright Melbourne, August 12. Hides aro firm in price, but values ere unchanged. Kips are in keen request. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. The following quotations were recorded in the mining market yesterday:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waihi Grand Junction... 0 9 3 010 0 STOCK EXCHANGE. By Talesraicv- Pn-.’s a .nation. Christchurch, August 12. Sales.—Soldiers’ Loan, inscribed, £92 55.; South British Insurance. 365. 3d, 365.; Grand Junction. 9s. 3d. Chrlstchßrch, August 12 Bank of Australasia, £BB 10s. Sale Reported.—Government 4* per cent. Inscribed (1938), £B3 15s. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Australian-New Zealand Cut’e Association. London, August It Broken Hill, 40s. 6d.; Hampton, 4s. 6(i.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Inscribed Stock. 1939 83 10 0 — Inscribed Stock, 195IJ 83 10 0 6 inscribed Stock. 1953 92 2 92 7 6 War Bonds, 1939 83 10 0 — War Bonds, 1938 83 10 0 •— War Bonds, 1930 89 0 0 — Bank Australasia 66 0 0 National Bank 5 9 0 — Bank New Zealand 2 8 12 5 6 12 10 Union Bank v 0 0 Well. Gas lord.) — 9 0 0 Well. Gas (pref.) 0 12 6 Cl 15 6 National Insuranco e 19 0 — N.Z. Insurance 1 9 6 SB. Insurance 1 16 — N.Z Refrigerating- (10s.) Meat Export (£5 12s. 6d 0 16 2 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (16s) ... 0 12 3 — Weil. Woollen (ord.) Wairarapa Farmer* 8 5 0 0 17 - J Whitcombe and Tombs... 2 12 0 —