RABBIT SKIN SALE

Otago Witness, Issue 4033, 30 June 1931, Page 32

RABBIT SKIN SALE

The Dunedin Stock Agents and Woolbrokers Association (Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Donald Reid and Co., L,tdStronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd- New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd- Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., Otago Farmers’ Co -operative Association, Ltd., and National Mortg.- ge and Agency Company, Ltd.) reports as follows:—Catalogues at Tuesday’s showed a considerable increase on previous sale quantities. There has so far been very little inquiry from countries other than America, and as so far the London market has shown no sign of improvement tlie bulk of the demand at yesterday's sale had to come from American buyers There was again a very keen demand from this course for winter bucks, which sold extremely well at prices slightly higher than last sale’s rates. Similarly, good autumns and incomings were firm, but winter does were about 3d lower. There was a poor demand for spotted grades of autumns and incomings, and these were anything from 3d to 12d per lb lower. Inferior sorts were Id to 3d lower.

The following are the prices realised: —Summer broken, 3d to 3sd; autumn broken, 7d to 9Jd; first winter broken, ll|d to 144 d; runners and tuckers, 2Jd to s|d; summers, 4d to 6Ad; light racks. 7d to BSd: prime racks, 5Jd to 7£d; dawny autumn. 6?d to B£d; early autumns, 15d to 19£d; autumn, 30d to

38Jd; second incoming, 20d to 22Jd- incoming winter, 40fd to 491 d; early winter bucks, 7C4d to 782 d; does, 36|d to 431 d; first spotted winter bucks, 40d to 51d; does, 18d to 19jd; second winter bucks, 63Jd to 71-Jd; second winter does, 28d to 37}d; first winter bucks, 83£d to 87Jd; first winter does, 46d to 54d; prime bucks, 84Jd to 89d; prime does. 52d to 57§d; outgoing, 15d to 29d; springs, 6Jd to lOd; milky, 4d to 8d; fawn, 20d to 41d; winter fawn, 50d to 70d; summer black, 2£d to 8d; autumn black, 8d to 14d; first winter black, 16d to 20d; second winter black. 1-Od to 14d; hareskins, 2d to 4d; horsehair, 14d to WAIAREKA SALE There was a small yarding of stock and a small attendance of the public at the Waiareka sale on Tuesday. Seven lightweight steers were yarded in the fat cattle pens, and sold at £7 to £B. No store cattle were yarded. In the store sheep section three pens of lambs were passed, while two pens of halfbred wethers brought 6s 8d to 7s 6d; one pen aged ewes, Is sd. Three pens of fat ewes were passed. PORK FROM AUSTRALIA PIG BREEDERS ALARMED. CHRISTCHURCH. June 23. Canterbury pig breeders are seriously corcerncd regarding the effect upon the local market of heavy importations of pork from Australia at depreciated prices and subject to only a Email duty. T, he , “ a££er bas been taken up by Mr IL Hawke, M.P., who recently communicated with the Prime Minister. Mr Hawke has received a reply from Mr Forbes stating that under the tariff agreement between the Commonwealth and the Dominion, meats fresh, smoked, or preserved by cold process, the produce of Australia, are dutiable on importation into New Zealand at the rate of 11 per cent, ad valorem, including primage duty. “You may rest assured.” Mr rorbes added, “that pork is not admitted into New Zealand from Australia free of duty.” Commenting on Mr Forbes’s reply, Mr Hawke said this morning that the 11 per cent, duty as it stood to-day. with pork at only 2d a lb in Australia, was not sufficient to give the New Zealand pig breeders a chance of supplying the local market. “ Since I sent my telegram to the Prime Minister.” he added, ■ I have received definite information tiiat 3000 pigs were imported into Wellington from Australia, and that 1500 of them cam<’ to Christ'hurch. The trouble is that the tariff agreement with Australia cannot be altered unless six months’ notice is given on either side.” LORNEVILLE STOCK SALE INVERCARGILL, June 23. Smaller yardings were forward in all sections at the weekly Lorneville stock sale to-day, particularly in the store sections, which were the smallest for many months, heralding a dull winter season when trading is confined largely to dealing in fat stock. Prices for stores showed no variation, and the smaller offering did not result in any increased animation in the market. Only two races of fat cattle, just over half ot the previous week’s entry, were forward, and this diminished quantity may have been responsible for the definitely improved tone in the market, which was reflected in a rise of about £1 per head for best qualities. The general standard of the entry was not very good, and in consequence there was a scarcity of prime qualities. The fat sheep section did not bring forward much good quality, and generally speaking the yarding was a poor one. Prices remained much about the same, except in the case of prime quality wethers, which showed some slight improvement. The entry of lambs was a poor one, and no alteration in values was apparent.

BRADFORD TOPS MARKET LONDON, June 22. The Bradford market is slightly better, and quotations are slightly higher. DOMINION PRODUCE HIGH COMMISSIONER”! REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated June 20, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London: — Tallow.—There was no auction sale this week. The market is 'Steady for spot, with a little more inquiry for shipments. Spot quotations nominally are unchanged. Hemp.—The Manila market is irregular, closing easier. “K” grade, JuneAugust shipment, has been sold down to £l6 10s and July-September shipment to £l6 17s 6d. The sisal market is steady. Small bm incss has been done with No. 1 fair average quality for June-August shipment at £l5 7s 6d to £l5 10s. and No. 2 is quoted by buyers at £l4 10s. The Mexican situation is unchanged, and no sales have been officially reported. New Zealand is offering on the basis of high fair June-August shipment £2O 10s, fair. £lB ss. A little more trade inquiry is noticeable, resulting in small sales. Common and rejected are wanted, but supplies appear to be exhausted. Fruit.—The market is firm, for continued dull weather has delayed strawberries. The Tamaroa shipment has been cleared. Stunner, lls to 13s. The Somerset arrived yesterday with mainly Otago fruit, which is selling at about last week’s prices. Cox’s Orange, 16s up to 30s; pears, ex Rangitane, Winter Nelis, 12s to 15s. DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their head office, London, dated June 22:— Prices for butter are Is per cwt lower. Quotations: —Danish butter, 115 s to 117 s; New Zealand finest butter, 108 s to 110 s; Australian finest unsalted butter, 105 s to 108 s; Australian finest salted butter, 103 s to 106 s; Australian finest G.A.Q. butter. 90s to 102 s.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE CHRISTCHURCH, June 24. To-day’s sale at Addington was conducted under the wintriest of conditions, and the attendance of operators in the Store stock sections was the smallest for some years. There were only a few pens forward of store sheep, store cattle, dairy cattle, and store pigs. Fat Lambs.—There were 2600 penned. z The schedule for export has been reduced during the week, and values were easier by Is to Is 6d per head. Extra prime lambs made to 23s 4d; prime, 18s 6d to 20s; medium, 16s to 18s; light. 12s 6d to 15s6d; store, 9s 6d to 12s. Fat sheep comprised another heavy yarding of 6600 head. The schedule for export for wethers has improved during the week, whilst that for ewes has receded, and the consequence was that export buyers bought freely, but with less keenness than the week before. Best Wethers made to 4d per lb, and ewes to , 2fd. Extra prime wethers made to 25s Id; prime, 17s to 19s 3d; medium, 14s to 16s 6d; light, Us to 13s 6d; extra prime ewes to 15s lOd; prime, 12s 6d to 14s 6d; medium, 9s 6d to 12s; light and aged. 5s 7d to 9s. Fat Cattle.—Two lines from the North Island of 28 and 29 averaged £ll 2s and £lO 2s respectively. The average of a prime draft of 24 local steers was 13s 3d. Generally the sale showed an easing tendency, though some of the better steer beef showed little change. The best of beef sold at about 29s per 1001 b; pnffiie, 25s to 28s; and secondary down to 19s per 1001 b Extra prime heavy steers made to £l5 2s 6d; prime heavy, £lO to £l2 10s; mediumweight prime, £7 5s to £9 10s; ordinary quality, £5 15s to £7; light to £5; extra prime heifers to £lO 2s 6d; prime, £6 to £7 15s; medium, £3 15s to £5 15s; light to £3 10s; extra prime cows to £ll 12s 6d; prime, £5 5s to £7 10s; medium, £3 5s to £5; light and aged, £3. Fat Pigs.—There was an irregular sale for fat pigs. Choppers made 40s to £4 Us; baconers, 47s 6d to 66s 6d; average price per lb, 4Jd to sd; porkers, 25s to 48s 6d; average' price per lb, 5Jd to 7Jd.

OAMARU MARKETS . 'OAMARU, June 26. Practically the whole of the wheat has how been delivered. There are no oats - offering, and the market, if anything, is a shade weaker. Stocks, however, are on the light side, and most of the lines in store ar being kept for seed purposes. There is a fair inquiry for enaJ at £3 to £3 5s a ton on trucks, and also for lighter chaff suitable for sheep feed up to £2 15s on trucks. Cowgrass is coming on to the market, and is inquired for at 6d per lb. The following private sales in stock were made during the week:—Fat lambs. 17s; fat wethers, 15s, 16s, 17s; fat ewes. 10s, 10t- 6d, 12s 6d; extra prime ewes, 15s 6d; fat heifers, £5 15s; fat steers and heifers, £6 10s; 18-months-old mixedsex cattle, 32s 6d; mixed-sex calves, 22s 6d. SOUTHLAND MARKET REPORT (Fkom Ona Own Correspondent.) INVERCARGILL, June 27. In shipping business there is little move ment in oats, except in good undergrades, which have been selling at from 2s 8d down to 2s 61d for what may be termed low grade, these weighing 42/431b per bushel, and the better quality' either 40/411b. There is virtually no business to report in so far as A’s and B’s are concerned, values of which are nominally 2s lOd, 2s Bd, f.0.b., s.i., Bluff. Though a certain quantity of the crop in Southland is coming to hand in a somewhat damaged condition, the majority of the oats are of fine quality, but unfortunately just a shade dark in colour to accord with the the New Zealand standard grades. Seeds generally are almost at a standstill, but it is expected that with the advent of spring a demand will set in from northern centres. Chewings fescue is getting into small compass, the majority of the crop having changed hands and merchants’ holdings are by no means consider able, the demand from overseas having been virtually strong throughout the season. Values have, however, somewhat receded as between merchants, to-day’s values being just a shade better than lid per lb, f.0.b., for exportable quality seed with a suitable germination and purity. Prices to growers have consequently somewhat receded. As with all other seeds, there is no demand for crested dogstail, and few inquiries from Britain and elsewhere, and only a nominal value of 7Jd per lb for exportable quality can be given. A few sales of ryegrass have been recorded with northern centres, 26/27ib machine dressed seed at 3s 9d, 28/291b seed 3s lid, 30/321b at 4s 3d'per bushel, f.0.b., Bluff.

“ OVER-SUBSCRIBED ” SHARE ISSUES During the time of “ bubble ” company registrations in England in 1928-29 published announcements of “ over-sub-scription ” of share issues were notorious factors in the market manipulation of worthless scrip? In many instances, it was shown subsequently that public response having been poor, the engagements of underwriters in connection with issues were counted as “ subscriptions,” and frequently the. public learned later that weak underwriters had failed to meet their commitments on issues alleged to have been over-subscribed. To prevent recurrence of such instances it has been arranged between the London Advertising Association and the secretary to the issuing department of the London Stock Exchange that there shall be no publication in the British capital of over-subscription announcements which are not attested by statutory declarations. Such declarations, it is stipulated, must be signed by one director and the secretary to the company making the issue, and must show the name of the issuing house. They must also indicate, where such is the ease, that apart from applications from “insiders” (whose identity is carefully defined, the applications received exceeded the number of shares available for allotment, and were accompanied .by appropriate remittances. Wilful misstatements will involve the danger of proceedings at the instance of

the Director of Public Prosecutions. The arrangement, according to the May Bulletin of the British Department of Overseas Trade, took effect as from March 30 last. GENERAL MOTORS PROFITS Advice has been received from the head office of General Motors Corporation at Delaware, United States, that net earnings of the parent organisation during last year amounted to £28,323,226 (conversion being effected at the rate of five dollars to the £1). That figure compares with £49,656,451 in the previous .year. Inclusive of operating and non-operat-ing items, earnings last year totalled £30.219.604. In its report, the board mentioned that the corporation is “ involved in an important way in the business of nearly every country in the world, and its operations last year were affected adversely through the economic situation being out of adjustment." Not long ago, the directors added, the industry .had passed materially from what had been regarded as a luxury to a basis industry in trans 4 portation, and the interest of the public 1 in it had been substantially undiminished. HILL AND PLUMMER At the annual meeting of Hill and Plummer. Ltd., Auckland, Mr W. Bali presided. The chairman stated that the past year proved a very difficult one under the abnormal conditions prevailing, and it was considered wise policy to consolidate the position by very fully depreciating the assets. This had been done, and the balance sheet then showed no profit. An interim dividend of 3 per cent, was paid in November, and it was decided to pay a further 2 per cent., making 5 per cent, for the year. This was being paid out of the reserve account. Mr G. 11. Plummer, the retiring director, was re-elected. In recent years the dividend had been at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum.

MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD The returning officer of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board announces that he has received the following nominations for the three vacancies for the producers’ representative on the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board:—H. D. Acland, Christchurch (sitting member); James Carr, Methven; J. O. Coop. Ataahua, Little River; J. S. Jessep, Wairoa (sitting member); William Perry, Masterton (sitting member). The election will take place on August 27, when the delegates who will be elected to represent the various districts throughout the Dominion and who will consti tute the Electoral Committee will assemble in Wellington to consider the ninth annual report and statement of accounts of the board, and to elect the three producers’ representatives on the board. Nominations for delegates to the Electoral Commitee close at the board’s office at noon on June 30, and a postal ballot will then be conducted amongst the sheep farmers in the districts where the nominations are in excess of the number of delegates required. IMPERIAL AND INTERNATIONA! COMMUNICATIONS. LTD. WELLINGTON. June 26. The estimated traffic receipts of the Imperial and International Communica tions. Ltd., for April. 1931, total £386.706. and the estimated traffic receipts ’or May, 1931. £371.704. The aggregate for the five months—January to Mayamounts to £2.009.447, and for a similar period in 1930 £2.394,252. AUSTRALIAN APPLE EXPORTS Figures . relating to the shipment of apples this season from the Common wealth, issued by the Minister oi Markets (Mr Parker Moloney) show that there was a marked decline in the quantities available for export in Victoria and in South Australia, but New South Wales and Tasmania were not much below the quantities exported last season. We.-t Australian growers this season more than trebled their exports compared with last year. Details are as follow:— Apples. 1930. 1931. States. Cases. Cases. New South Wales .. 54,944 51,416 Victoria 877,469 361,234 Queensland .. .. — 3,134 South Australia .. 647.320 28,230 Western Australia .. 159.214 473,260 Tasmania .. .. 2,635,886 2,309;238

Totals .. .. 4,374,833 3,226,512 Denmark, South Africa, France, through Dunkirk, and Sweden were the only countries which took greater quantities this year than last. INDIAN JUTE POSITION According to advices from Calcutta, dated May 23, weather conditions in the jute-growing districts of India were favourable to the crops. The rejection by the majority of members of the Jute Mills Association of proposals to curtail mill production of jute goods had had a depressing effect on the market. There had been very little demand for heavy goods from consuming markets for some time, with the result, states Hoare, Miller, and Co., Ltd., that the price of these goods showed a loss to the majority of manufacturers on the average cost of jute held l>y tljem. At April 30 stocks of unsold jute in Calcutta amounted to 400,000 bales, but this quantity was apart from the hqp.vy supplies held by the mills. AUSTRALIAN BORROWING HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT. Although recent events have branded indelibly upon the public mind the staggering total of Australia’s indebtedness so that now almost any schoolboy could give the exact figures from memory, few people (says the Canberra correspondent of the Sydney Sun) have more than a vague idea of the purposes for which this £1,153,000,000 was borrowed, where and

how it was borrowed, and what are the assets the nation possesses to show for it. The Melbourne discussions invested these questions with increased importance, and figures which have been prepared give the information in nutshell form. 0 Of the total debt at the moment, £599,000,000 is owed overseas and £553,000,000 in Australia. The portion whicii can be classed as war debt is £279,000,000, of which £9j(),000,000 is owed overseas to the British Government and £188,000,000 in Australia to private investors. Apart from the war debt the Commonwealth owes on its own account £110,000,000 —£85,000,000 overseas and £25,000,000 in Australia. The rest of the money borrowed, namely, £764,000,000. has been spent by State Governments, and is made up of £324,000,000 borrowed abroad and £340,000,000 in Australia. In 11 years Australia will be able to celebrate (fittingly, it may be hoped) the centenary of our first Government loan. New South Wales was the first State to choose this manner of supplementing revenue collections. The interest rate on the first loan ranged from 2J<l to 5Jd per £lOO per day, or approximately from 4 J to 8 per cent, per annum. This and nine other loans prior to 1855 were all raised locally. In the last-men-tioned year Australia first approached the London money market. New South Wales placing there the first instalment of a 5 per cent loan for £683,000. Victoria first appeared as a borrower in 1854, South Australia in 1856, Queensland in 1861, and Tasmania in 1867. Western Australia had followed the New South Wales example in 1845. The cracking pace which was set in the last few years before the London market became unfavourable is shown by the fact that between 1924 and 1929 the public debt of the States, taken as a whole, increased by £125,000.000, or at the rate of £31,000.000 a year. New South Wales in this period easily outdistanced her sister States, borrowing £54,000,000 of the total. Now as to assets —this is how the States, regarded as a whole, have spent the money that thej’ borrowed:—■ On railways, £324,000.000. Tramways, £13.000.000; telegraphs and telephones, £4,000,000. Water supply, sewerage, and water conservation, £111,000,000; harbours, rivers and lighthouses, and roads and bridges. £75,000,000; defence (pre-Commonwealth), £2,000.000; State schools and other public buildings, £26,000.000. Immigration, £4,000,000.

Development of mines and mineral resources, £3,000.000. Agricultural banks, £8,000,000. Advances to settlers and land purchased for settlement, £82.000,000. Loans to local bodies, £11,000,000. Rabbitproof fencing. £20,000.000. Electricity supply, £20,000,000. Other public works and purposes, £51,000,000. The main heads under which Commonwealth borrowings have been spent in the creation of assets include:— Telegraph and telephone construction, £29.000,000; post office buildings and land, £3.300,000; railways, £15,000,000. War service homes, £7.000,000. Ship construction, £8,500,000. Canberra, £7,70’0,000. Naval bases, depots, etc.. £1,500,000. Lighthouses, £550,000; Murray waters project, £2,000,000. Shipbuilding yards and docks, £700,000. Air services, £500,000. Munition works and building. £1,100,000. Fleet construction. £350,000. Drill halls, barracks, etc., £400,000. Immigration (exclusive of loans to States). £1.700,000. London offices, £900,000.

BRITISH ENGINEERING Mr L. A. Paish, British Trade Commissioner. has received advice from the Overseas Trade Department to the effect that engineering contracts recently secured by British firms include m the following: — Electrical gear for Upper Egypt, £8000; an electrical steel rolling mill for Spain; 10 autobuses for Montreal Tramways. Canada; plant for electrification of Hungarian railways, approximately £600,000; wireless installations for Egypt, also for the two Rhodesias, Uganda, Kenya, Tanganyika, and the Union of South Africa. Extensive harbour works at Famagusta, Cyprus, have been contracted for by Sir Lindsay Parkinson and Co., Ltd. New railway contracts for Egypt amount to £365,511; electric cranes for Durban, and fire floats for use in Belgian Congo are included in new business. With regard to engineering supplies for Russia, the commissioner is advised the following joint statement has been issued by Mr S. G. Bron, trade representative of the U.S.S.R. in Great Britain, and Mr Greyille Maginncs, chairman of Associated British Machine Toolmakers, 13 Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.: In view of the very satisfactory manner in which the agreement signed on November 17, 1930, between Mr Bron and Mr Maginnes was carried out, it has been decided to extend the original agreement for an amount of £600.000 for the supply of machine tools to the U.S.S.R. to £1,000,000, with provision for further extension. In finite of all the difficulties of last year, the total exports of British-made machinery averaged 40,000 tons a month. It was greater than in 1922, 1923, 1924, or 1926. Values were £1,100,000 a month, or 40 per cent, above the figures for 1913, a year of special prosperity to the industry. DRUG HOUSE MERGER At an extraordinary general meeting of the Australian Drug Co., Ltd., in Sydney, on June 12 the action of the directors in arranging, for the sale of the goodwill and trading assets of the company to Drug Houses of Australia, Ltd., was unanimously confirmed. The purchase T>rice is £295,131. Payment will be made by the issue of £169.026 £1 shares in the capital of Drug Houses of Australia, Ltd., the balance being satisfied by Drug Houses of Australia, Ltd., taking over and assuming liability for the trading debts of the Australian Drug Co., Ltd. COLOMBO TEA SALES

Cable news from Colombo, under date June 10, advises that the tea auction finished on that -iay with a catalogue of nearly 2.500,0001 b. Better, grades were neglected, and values declined slightly owing to buyers turning their attention to cheaper types, such as Pekoes and

fannings, as well as the general line of tea known as commons. All these teas kept their previous values, and the market closed firm, with indications tfiat the following auction would see a repetition of the demand. FAILURE OF STATE ENTERPRISE Mr C. 11. Hoskins, chairman of directors of the Australian Iron and Steel, Ltd., speaking recently at Lithgow, declared that Australian costs of production, as well as the cost of living, must come down. He condemned State enterprises, and asserted that if the State mine was closed to-morrow and employees distributed in other collieries, the country would save £60,000 a year. The railways had built only to buy votes. The Broken Hill line had cost more than £2,000,000, and lost £BO.OOO a year. In the past five years railways in the Commonwealth had l° s .t £31.000.000. The Sydney Harbour bridge in which there were 3000 tons of Lithgow steel, contributed nothing to the national wealth. These and other works were beneficial to the steel trade, but they must l -t-k at the question from a national aspect. He pleaded for the breaking down of legal and Arbitration Court barriers between employer and employee. TIMARU GAS COMPANY Advice has been received by the secret!lryof l l le , Stock Exchange Association of New Zea and that the Timaru Gas, Coal, and Coke Company is increasing its capital. At an extraordinary general meetin" held on May 21 it was resolved that the capital of the company be increased to £60,000 by the creation of 22,500 new .shares, of £1 each. On June 9 this was confirmed and the directors were empowered to issue the shares to such persons upon such terms at such times and in such manner as they think fit. The capital of the company at present is £37,500, divided into 37,500 shares of £1 each, fully paid. Reserves and undivided profits at the-close of last year amounted to £26,244, and the last dividend was at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum. The shares seldom come on to the market, at any rate no sales have been made for a very considerable time. The selling quotation is given as 22s in the Official Record. BUCHANAN-DEWAR The accounts of Buchanan-Dewar, a company, controlled by Distillers Company, show that profits for the year ended March 31 last amounted to £1,353,776, compared with £1,367,248 for 1929-30. The preference dividends absorb £253,490, and the ordinary distribution for the year, which, with the final payment of 25 per cent, now recommended, is unchanged at 35 per cent., takes £1.096,666, leaving the carry forward slightly higher at £110,217 (against £106,598). The balance sheet shows that investments in subsidiary companies are unchaflted at £4,103,072, but advances to them have declined from £3,569,861 to £2.393,657. On the other hand, advances to an associated company have been increased during the year from £1,868,972 to £3,122,227.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Reilly’s report selling:—Narcissi: Cream, 3s to 6s per dozen; Sol de Or, 9s. Violets: Large, 2s to 3s. Freesias, 4s, 6s. Section honey, 10s 6d; bulk, 5Jd; 101 b tins, 6s, 6s 9d; 51b tins, 3s, 3s 63; Alb pats, 4Jd. Cabbage, 2s 6d, 4s sack. Cauliflowers: Choice, 8s 6d to Ils; medium, ss, 8s; others, 2s 6d sack. Marrows, 10s 6d cwt. Pumpkins, 9s, 10s 6d cwt. Swedes, 3s cwt. Carrots, 6s. Australian piemelons, 14s cwt; locals, 10s. Beet, Is 4d. Lettuce: Choice, Is to 2s dozen. Eggs: R.C.P.M., Is Bd, Is 9d; presrved. Is 4d, Is sd. Mutton birds, 6s. Butter: Pats, lid; milled bulk, lid. Lard, 6d. Bacon: Choice, Ud. Peanuts, 4d. Walnuts: Choice, 7d, Bd. Cheese: Medium, 6Jd; loaf, 7d. Tea: Orange Pekoe. 2s 3d. Onions. 9s; Canterbury, Bs. Tomatoes: Timaru, lOd, Is 3d. Potatoes: Stirlings, Oamarus, £3 10s to £5. Apples: Jonathans, choice—ss 6d, 7s, small—3s, ss; other varieties, 4s 6s; Sturmers — choice 6s, Bs, small—4a 6d, ss; cookers, 5s 6d, 6s 6d; Delicious. 6s, 10s, small, 4s, ss. Pears: Winter Coles, half cases, 2s 6d, 3s; over-ripe and small. Is, Is 6d; Winter Nelis, half cases, 2s 6d, 3s 6d. Beeswax, Is 4d. .-Horsehair, Is. Porker and bacon pigs, 5Jd, 6Jd. Californian oranges, 37s 6d; Australian navels, 10s to 15s, according to sizes; Poormans, Ils, 13s. Mission lemons, 50s; Australian lemons, 15s, 16s. Californian grapefruit, 365; Australian grapefruit, 12s, 14s. Passions: New Zealand wanted; Australian, 18s. Mandarins, 14s, 15s. Pines, 15s to 21s. Bananas: Choice Samoans, ripe, 255. Coconuts, 14s sack. Special Pippa grit, ss; oyster grit, Bs. Tallow, 8s cwt. Woodwool, 28s bale. Fruit wraps. 3s 3d ream. Champion egg crates, 16s. Rockland garden manure: 121 b trial bags, Is 6d; special quotations for lewt and scwt lots. Vallo -JJiraffe lime sulphur: Cases 4 gallons, 2s 3d; barrels, Is lOd gallon. Black leaf “40”: 101 b tins, 525; 51b, 275; 21b tins, 14s; lib, 7s 6d; Jib, ss. Semesan and Grariosan: 51b, 555; Jib,’ 7s; 2oz, 2s 3d. C.M.W. Knapsack sprayer: Improved type, £5; bucket pumps, 22s 6d. Wheat, ss, 6s. Partridge peas, 4s to 6s. Oats: A Gartons, 2s 9d; B, 2s 3d. Peameal, 12s 6d. Crushed barley, 16s sack of 1501 b. Ricemeal, 10s. Crushed oats, 12s sack ot 1101 b. Meatmeal, 17s. Oatmeal: 251 b bags, 6s. Oat pollard, 12s 6d. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6. Straw: Wheaten. 60s. Oatsheaf chaff, £4 10s. Firewood: Blocks, 2s 6d bag delivered. Poultry: 130 hens at 3s to 6s 2d: 57 cockerels, 4s 2d. 8s 6d, 14s; ducks, 6s 2d, 8s 2d; 27 pullets, 4s, 6s; 10 pigeons, Is 4d, Is 10d; all at per pair; and 52 turkeys, 9d to IOJd per lb. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin.

Seated at one table at the quarterly meeting of the Taranaki Justices of the Peace Association were four old justices whose ages totalled 318 years. The four men were Messrs R. Cock, G. Browne, F. J. Morris, and W. Birdling. They spent a very happy evening talking over old times and. old acquaintances.