COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10607, 4 June 1920, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

LONDON QUOTATIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received June 3. 9.30 p.m.) LON LON, June Waihi, buyers 37s ud, sellers IDs: Taiissnau, is Cd LONDON Wool, SALES. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association, iii tv five,! June 3, 9.30 pm.) LONDON, Juno 2. At tl'o sales (hero was a better lone ail iouud, and withdrawals were IHU.'!'- tone.-, being ioutiuo'l mostly to interior qualities. There was a lit rue > tenaeney for both merinos iiad crossbreds. i 1 1 nee were slightly dearer. New 1 Zealand lots sold I: if hid e FAUling. _ Sljd. It is announce .1 that tut' series a’ill bo cm tailed bv a week. Nest week’s offer-. m ; Ts will be reduced. TIDE HUMP MARKET. London, oilers a good market for New Zouidutl hviiip. but tbe difficulty iu lira way is sbortago of snipping space, aid biivcrs are accordingly shy of doing any business. They are standing off appeieutiv until tonnage improves. America is mi indifferent buyer, although ample jpaco is oiferiixg lor that market. Millers tie. however, not concerned about the position iu the nicaawhno. us stripping « practically stopped in the Mauawatu district, the "fibre being in the paddocks. Approximate export f.o.b. prices to-day ate as follow; —Good fair, .1135 per ton, high fair.-4.-J3: low fair, ,629. Tow, No. I, All per ton; No. 2. ATI). . Xho I’rime Minister has been advised by the High Commissioner for Now- Zea (and. London, dated 27th inst,, as follows :—“Official pnee of gold to-day A 5 6s Cd per ounce shipment to India and South Africa ’* As the requisition by the Imperial Government of sheepskins will end on June 30th the usual sales will be resumed in Wellington and elsewhere throughout the Dominion in conjunction with the hides sales, as formerly. To April 30th the Imperial Supplies Department had purchased 6.502.080 skins, for which it had paid out to those concerned .£2.611,7(55 since February sth, 1317. The skins were distributed to Dominion fellmongers for treatment, the wool and pelts being the property of the Imperial Government.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE ■WELLINGTON MARKETS. Moderate consignments of passions eonuaua to arrive from the Auckland district, and lor choice quality un exceptionally good demand is being experienced.' Capa gooseberries are also la demand, but the season for this fruit is now drawing to a close, and supplies are becoming scarce. Marketings of apples from the X\elson district continue heavy and low prices are being obtained. Fresh sliipments of pines, mandarins, and passions are due from Sydney on Wednesday and should be available for Friday's auctions.

Apples, choice dessert, Sa to 6s; prime. 4s to 4s 9d per case; cookers. 3s 6d to 4s: peais, choice dessert, te to 10s case; prime, Gs to 7s 6d; stowing, 4s 9d to 5s Cd; quinces, choice. Ss Gd to 9s 6d case; good, 7s 6d to Ss; tomatoes, choice Hutt grown, 12s Gd to 15s hair case; prime, 8s to lls 6d; medium and inferior, 4a to 6s 6d; passions, choice Auckland, 7s 6d to 9s half case; good, Gs to 7s; Cape gooseberries. 6s Gd to 7s Gd half case; grapes, choice large berries, 3s 3d to 3s 9d lb; good, 2s Gd to 3s: walnuts. Is to Is 6d lb; chestnuts, 45d lb; lemons, Messina, 25s to 27s Gd half case; Californian, 46s to 4.3 s case; rhubarb, Ss to ICs Gd dosen bundles. POTATOES AND ONIONS.

Heavy supplies of potatoes have continued to arrive from the south and elsewhere, and values have suffered a further decline. Tiio market for onions continues steady at prices which show no alteration on those lately .quoted. Potatoes, prime, A 8 Kfe to AB 15s per ton; good, £7 10s to AS; onions, choice Canterbury, Al2 10s to £l3 per ton; good, All 15s to £l3 ss. OTHER VEGETABLES.

Choice cauliflowers ami cabbages continue in good demand owing to the fact that supplies at the moment are somewhat short of requirements, and prices being obtained should prove remunerative to cron-or,--. Supplies of beet, marrows and cucumbers are now less plentiful and values for these* lines have advanced. Kumeras are being inquired for and early consignments would sell well.

Beet, os to Gs Cd sack; cabbages, choice, 13s (id to 15s sack; prime, 9s to 11s 6d; medium, 5s to To Gd; cauliflowers, choice ITs Gd to 21s; prime. IDs to 15s; medium, IS ,to 9s; turnips, 2s 6d to 9s 6d; parsnips, 5s to 6s 9,1 sack; carrots, 4s to 7s; marrows, Us Cd to Gs Gd sack; pumpkino, choice, Gs Cd to 7.s Gd sack; good 5s to Cs; pie melons, 6s to 9s sack; green pc-as, 12s to 17s Gd part sack; Trench Deans, 10s to 12. s 6(1; cucumbers, 7s to Bs. Gd bushel; lettuce, 2s to 4s Gd case; spinach. 4s Gd to 5s Gd; celery. Is Gd to Is 9d bundle; leeks, lOd to Is bundle. EGGS. Supphcg have again become scarce and jho market in conecquence has advanced. Best brands of fresh are realising 3b od to .Is Sd per dozen; preserved 2s 7d to fe 9d. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES.

jnaerv and Co., Ltd., Allen street, report wholesale prices as follow:—Oats, seed Algerians, 6s 8d per bushel; oats, A grade Gartons. Gs 9d per bushel, li grade Gartons Gs Sd per bushel; chafl, oaten shoaf, good bright, JcVJ 12a Cd ton, sacks in. A!l2 12s Gd sacks returned free on trucks or f.o.b. Wellington; (arro food. £ll 15s per ton; flour, in .sacks, .£l9 5s per ton; oatmeal, 25’s, iSG to £3O per ton; hay clover. £lO 10s per ton; lucerne, £ll ]os per ton; potatoes. table (Canterbury) £3 15s per ton, sacks included; onions’, Canterbury, choice 13s prr cwt; fowls, bens €s io 7s pair, choire young roosters 7s to Ils pair; ducks, Runners, 8a to 9s 6l pair, win o ducks lOu 6d to. 13s pair: geese, los pair; tnrkeys. Is Cd to is 7rl per lb, dead weight; butter, farmer*' separator, milled or dairy, in bulk Is 5d to Is old per lb; eggs, fresh crates Cs Cd to 55 ad dor., preserved 2s Brl per dozen: dressed Dork, choice 70’s to 80’s lid, ICO's to 110‘s lOjd to 11 per lb; choppers. Gd to 7d; cheese, factory medium case lots 11 Id, loaf cheese Is Id per lb; oyster shell grit, ,£7 15s; mangols 42s Gd per ton. “

Colonial shareholders in Waihi Company receive .£9973 out of .£2i,795 paid to-day in dividends. Thp value of cream-grading was stressed by Messrs 0. \alintlne. Government Dairv Instructor, and W. Dempster, of the Government Dairy Division, at a recent conference of dairv farmers. The former said that cream-grading improved the quality of the output from. far. fcorien was steadily imnroving, and in substantiation quoted figures f or u lp season iust ended. The latter said that one of Ihe chief obstacles to the produc Hon of (he hivh »>••,<• class butter was that a great amount of the cream received a) the factories was just up to tho minimum standard of first-grade cream.