Commercial News

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 131, 29 April 1890, Page 4

Commercial News

(PER tJWITED PEESS ASSOCIATION.) <?■*• Lom>6is. April 26~ Silver has further "advanced, and- is ?now qu'oted^at ,4s per.^ounqe.;' ■-. ( ; ;,--,-• The frozeni mutton^ by the steamer Star of. Victoria, j from New' Zealand, has arrived in good condition) Her -shipment of- beef :has been stored,, "though B ""thV'; I riiarket i '-'iß- rising/ New Zealand' hindquarters are quoted at •5d per lb. At the wool sales to-day, crossbreds and best greasy merinos were slightly in buyers* favour. • All/ other ißorts were from l£d ito 2d below the prices realised^fat the February sales. J Galvanised iron, Orb brand, is «quoSed a=t £ 18 per ton.

yiTKLLTjiGToi«v April 26-> tJeorge Thomas and Co< report pr,o•duce pieces, as, folio ws : —-The market >iß«quiet," and there are no changes to report. The autumn demand for igraßs seeds 'is almost over, and there 48 now 'only ; casual ' inquiry for large 1 Potatoes have bißen taken Up in considerable quantities, and %ales of considerable magnitude are from Blenheim and district, where outside merchants are speculating for later deliveries. Oats remain •at Is lOd to 2s -per bushel; oatmeal, -£10 to !£ip ss;. Ipaten1 paten sheaf chaff, £3 -15s to £4 ; straw do, £2 10s to £2 15s ; roller flour, £9 to £9 5b .{ fowls' 'wheat, 28 lOd to 2s lid for whole, xand 2s S'd for' broken samples ; wheat;meal, £9 10s ; stone flour, £8 to £8 -ss; majze, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; feed barley :2s 4d te 2s 6d ; pearl do, £18 ; blue peas, 3a 9d ; nplxt peas, £16 beans, •3s 6d to 3s 9d; Derwent potatoes, £2 15s to £3; onions, £4 5s to £4 10s; rgrass -seeds; : nominaj ; Greytown cheese, 4^d to sd ; hams aud bacon"7fd; eggs, r l¥ lOd for freshdescriptions, ; if resh butter, 6d to 7d (over, -stocked)^ salt do, 6d to 7d; honey, -4^d.. The poultry market is dull, and are^Fowls, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; turkeys, -9s; geese, 5s j ducks, 3s 6d. A con•siderable quantity of Australian and local fruit- has been passed though hands this week ; oranges ruling, from -5s to 6s j lemqnsf 12s to 17s; apples, -Bs to 7b; pears, 7s to 15s; quinces, l£dperlb»r ;■'■ 0 —^ '■-.

The Naw Zealand Loan and Mer. 'cantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cable message from jtheir London office, dated 25th Aprilrj — Wool Bince the opening •of the sale superior combing washed -scoured, medium ;ito. good; greasy, merino, has declined, £d p^^ lb. Other -descriptions are unchanged. Market ;is slightly weaker. . The total quantity catalogued •> to date is i 31 ,000 The tcfEal; t[u&ntity withdrawn ■to date is* bales; TallowMarket firmer. Fine mutton tallow is worth £25 per ton. ' -Good beef tal -low is (worth £23 iOs, Frozen meat ; — Mutton,. -:marj£et weaker.- Canterbury mutton isjworth 4§ perjb ; Wellington mutton is worth 4£d per lb. Beef market has a downward tendency 'but quotations are unchanged.