COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 19, 15 October 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchukch, Oct 10. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat : Hunter's pearl and velvet, 2s 5d to 2s' 6d, and Tuscan 2s 6d f.o.b. Oats: Milling 2s 4d to 2s sd, short feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d; duns and Danish 2s 2d to 2s2=§d, f.o.b. Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6d, secondary Is Sd to Is lOd at country stations." • Beans : 2s Sd to 2s 9d, f.oJb. Peas : (nominal). "Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller, .£6 15s. Sharps : -£4. Bran : 10s. Oatmeal : £l2 f.o.b. Oatsheaf chaff —35 s 40s at .near country stations. Hay: £2 10s to £2 15s delivered; Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy, town dressed 2s 6d to 3s, cocksfoot 2|d to 2|d, town machine-dressed., 161 b to 171 b old seed 3|d to 3|d, f.0.b., cowgrass 6d to 6|d,. extra choice 7.d,. white clover (5d to Bd, delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4i d to sd, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local, lid, North Island lOd, dairy 9dto lOd, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 6d to 6|d ; factory bacon and hams :)d higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christchurch Oct 11. At Addington on the 10th, there was a good yarding of fat cattle, comprising 186 head. Steers sold from .£6 7s 6cl to £10.10s; heifers, £5 10s t j ,£9 10s ; and cows from £5 7s 6:1 to -£8 10s, these prices showing a drop* of fully Is per 1001 b ; cow and ordinary beef sold at from 21s upwards : best beef up to 27s per 1001 b. Store cattle.—A modei-ate supply. Yearllirigs sold from 18s to 20s ; 15 to 18 months old cattle from 35s to 55s 6d ; two year old steers at 82s 6d ; two year old heifers at 80s : three year old steers at £5 5s to £6 10s ; three year «>ld heifers at £o 2s 6d, and dry cows from 30s to 80s according to condition. Fat sheep numbered 4000, but sales were chiefly to the local trade. Superior merino wethers fetched from 13s 8d to 20s, and cross bred wethers from 17s 3d to 22s 6d ; butchers ewes from 13s to 19s. Export buyers dealt onlh with very tine sheep, for which a. rise of 6d si, head on last week may be noted. Fat lambs.—Only 40 penned. Prices ranged from lis 6d to 20s. Store Sheep.—About 2000 entered, but the demand was weak, and the bulk was withdrawn. Pigs.-—Some 400 were shown. Best quality baconers, £2 2s to £2 17s 6d ; porkers, 27s to 32s ; weaners, 7s to 10s; blips, 12s to 20s. Messrs Freeman R.Jackson (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report on their stock sale at Johnsonviile yesterday that the entry was. under the average, the quality being somewhat irregular. There was n keen demand for. the best bullocks, others selling irregularly. Sheep were in very shoit supply, and fold fieely. An entry of 30 rough "quality pigs came forward, and sold at lower values than ••■ecently. s Ox beef brought from 22s to 23s per 1001 b; heavy bullocks, «£lO to £lO 12s 6d; . prime : medium sorts, £8 17s 61 to 15s: others, £8 10s t>£Bl2.>6l. Sheep—Good wether.--, Ifs ; others 14s ; good ewes, 16-; 3d.; < tuers, 12s 9d t> 14s4d. r..Pigs—Choppers, 32s to 34s :lporkers^ißs- 3 ; s-mall do, 14st.j 15s; stores, Sp,J3J ,to 14-;. ' '"""

FARM akd DAIRY PRODUCE

Mes.i-s G. Thomas and Co. report the following wholesale telling prices on the Wellington produce market : Wheat, 3s Id per bushel ; broken, 2s 9d per bushel; oats, 2s 7d, 2s 8d per bushel ; seed, 2s 9d per bushel ; barley, 2s 3d per bushel; miize, 3s Id per bushel; poliard, £4 15s ; bran, L 4 TOs per ton ; chaff, L 3 10s per ton; hay, L 4 10s per ton ; partridge peas, 4s 3d ! per bushel; Prussian Blue, 4s 9d per I bushel ; potatoes, old, L 4 10s per ton ; j new potatoes, LI 5 to LI 6 per ton ; seed potatoes, L 4 10s to L 5 ton; onions, American, LI6 10s per ton; butter, choice 9d per lb, medium 8d ; bacon 6|d per lb ; hams 7|d per lb ; fowls 3s 9d to 4s 6d pair ; ducks 5s to 5s 6d pair ; turkeys 7s to 12s par ; geese 5s 6d per pair; fresh eggs IQd ; cabbages Is 6d to 2s 6d per sack ; cauliflowers Is 6d to 3s sack ; pumpkins 4s to 5s sack ; marrows 4s to 4s 6d sack; lettuce Is to Is 6d dozen ; celery Is to 2s dozen ; parsnips 2s to 3s sack ; rhubarb 2s 6d to 4s dozen. The Masterton Borough Council, at its last meeting, decided to purchase road making machinery. During a long discussion on the subject, fully reported in the Wairarapa Daily Times, the following remarks were made : Cr Chamberlain opposed the motion [to purchase] on the ground that the machinery was not required. It was an expensive investment, and would cost more to canstruct reads than it did at the present time. He had received figures regard Uig the working of the machinery at Motueka, the person supplying which was an undoubted authority as well as an experienced individual. A stone crusher was purchased and an engine hired to work it at 42s a day, inclusive of fuel, oil, etc. It necessitated the employment of thirteen men, four horses and four drays, and sixty yaids of metal per day was averaged, costing 4s per yard for crushing. There was nothing allowed in that estimate for depreciation of plant, etc., but was the actual working expenses. The jaws of the crusher, which were ridged, were only capable cf crushing four hundred yards of metal, when new ones were required, costing £l2 each. The monthly statement issued by the Department cf Agriculture shows that there was exported during last month 776 cwt butter, valued at £2622, and 2905 cwt cheese, valued at £6746. The quantity and value of the frozen meat exported during the period show as follows: Carcase mutton, 77,741 cwt, £82,914; legs and pieces mutton, 2855 cwt. £2,975; lamb 9701 cwt,.£l3, 891; beef, 13,970 cwt, £15,822. As compared with September cf last year butter shows a shrinkage of nearly £IO,OOO, and beef a falling off of nearly £7OOO. All these other items show increases. T". e Wairarapa Times says : A quiet wedding was celebrated at Masn last week, when Mr C. T. Macfarl.uie, eldest son of Mr C. S. Macf ulane, of Motueka, Nelson, was married to Miss Maggie Gillespie, second daughter of Mrs Gillespie, an esteemed resident of Masterton. The ceremony took place at the residence of the bride's mother, and the Rev. S. F. Prior officiated. The happy couple, who were the recipients of numerous serviceable presents, left by this morning's train, en route for the Auckland District, where Mi- Macfarlane has received a Government appointment in charge of*a. Native school in the Waikato. Their large circle of friends will join with us in wishing Mr and Mis Macfarlane a prosperous and happy future. 'The Takaka Mounted Rifles.go into camp in Mr Frank Page's paddock, at Takaka-, on'October 26th until November 2nd for their annual training.

ANGORA GOATS

The Angora goats which the Agricultural Department recently imported from South Australia are doing well on Scames Island, where they are undergoing quarantine. .Angora goats are already running in several parts of the colony, and are found to be particularly well suited to rough country. They are very fond of blackberry foliage, briars, etc., and several settlers find them of use in preventing the spread of those pests. There is a considerable demand in Ne.v Zealand for the animals but great difficulty is found in supplying it. The Turks have prohibited their export, and the Government of Cape Colony have placed a heavy export duty upon them. In addition of their value in keeping down blackberry, briars and other similar pests, the goat gives a plentiful supply of rich milk, and from each one between 41bs and 61bs of mohair, worth from Is 4d to 2s per lb, can be cut every year. At the present time there are about 4, 000,000 Angora goats in Cape Colony. The Evening Post says:—Farmers well be glad to learn that the ambiguity in the Workers' Compensation for Accident Act is to be removed by making clear she legislature's intention to exempt agricultural labourers from its operation. In this way vague rieks will be removed and much litigation prevented. Captain Langridge and Lieutenants Kirk and Fittall, of the Takaka Mounted Rifles, have just received their commissions, which date from September sth of last year. Major-General Sir Hector Macdonalu is to receive a cordial welcome Avhen he arrives in Wellington. The Gaelic Society has arranged to entertain him at a banquet, and has sent him a cable message welcoming him to these shores* He is expected in Wellington at the* end of this month. On Thursday last, Mr Charles Johnston Pharazyn, of Wellington, celebrated his ninety-ninth birthday. Mr Pharazyn arrived in Wellington in 1841, with, his wife and three children and, with the exception of two or three trips to Great Britain, he has lived here continuously. In spite of his great age Mr Pharazyn is still able to move about, and there is hope that he may be spared to become a centenarian. It is reported that a line of ten thousand lambs from one of the large stations in Hawkes Bay has been sold to a Canterbury buyer at 12s. The cost of transport between Napier and Christchurch is stated to be about 3s 6d. ' That boy can't travel on a half ticket,' remarked a guard on the Picton -Blenheim line to the mother of the boy in question. ' Well I don't know,' she said, 'but it isn't my fault. The train runs so slowly on this line. He was under age when he left Blenheim, but 'eaven only knows what he'll be by the time we get to Picton.' A NEW IMPORTATION. Messrs. Cook Brothers, of Riwaka, have imported the well-bred Clydesdale horse, Pride of Roseneath, which they have purchased from Mr R. Clark, Tinwald, Canterbury, a well known breeder, who has carried off first and second prizes at most shows in the South Island. Pride of Roseneath is 3 years old, i6f hands high, of splendid color, well marked, and was landed in Nelson without a scratch. He has been much admired by all who have seen him, and should be a great acquisition to the district. Messrs Cook intend placing the horse at the disposal of breeders in Riwaka this season.—Advt, Notice to Brefders.—At the request of a large number of settlers in this locality, the services of the well known thoroughbred horse Verseilles have been secured for the forthcoming season. The horse will visit Motueka, Riwaka, Pangatotara, Upper and Lower Moutereand other localities, and as the animal's pedigree is of the best, his services should be in demand.—