THE MARKETS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9477, 21 June 1909, Page 5

THE MARKETS

SECOND EDITION.

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. Per Press Association. Wellington, June 21. Following is the High Commissioner’s cablegram dated London, June 19th The mntton market is firmer, with better demand. Shipments are. he’ng made to America. Canterbury 3d, North Island 23£d. The lamb market is weak, stocks on hand being heavy and widely distributed amongst agents, who are pushing sales. Canterbury 4£jjd, North Island 3%d. J The beet market fis quiet. Stocks of New Zeaalnd beef on baud are light. New Zealand hinds 4Jj£d, ofres 2%d. The batter market is quiet, but firm. There ip a very limited supply of Ndw Zealand butter. New Zealand choicest 106 s. Australian 100 s, Danish Ills, Siberian 100 a. The cheese market is weak and inactive. New Zealand White 60s, coloured 625. The hemp market is quiet, but steady. New Zealand good fair grade on spot £23 5s per ton, fair grade on spot £22, fair currant Manila on spot £22 10a. June-Augnst shipments of New Zealand good fair grade £23, fair grade £2l 15s, fair current Manila £22. The Manila output was 28,000 bales. The cocksfoot market is very quiet and nothing is doing. It is impossible to give quotations during the present conditions of the market. The wheat market is firm, but demand only moderate. New Zealand long-berried wheat on spot ex granarv per quarter of 4981bs 46s 6d, New Zealand short-berried wheat 45s fid.

The oat market is firm owing to reduced supplies. New Zealand short Sparrowbills ex granary on spot per quarter of 3841b5, 26a 6d; New Zealand oats Danish ex granary on spot per quarter of 3201b5, 19s. There is general and active demand for beans. New Zealand beans f.a.q. old crop per 5041b5, 36a 6d. Peas: The market is steady and holders firm. New Zealand peas, partridge, per 5041b5, 3os 6d. The wool market is quiet and prices slightly weaker. 36’s (low crossbreds) Is, 40’s (low crossbreds) Is Id, 44’s (medium crossbreds) Is 2d, 50’s (halfbreds) Is (quarterbreds) Is lOd, 60’s (merinos) 3s 3^d.

Napier reports the death of Mr Robert Holt, sawmiller, a very old settler, aged 76.

According to Jells factory authorities It requires a supply of not less than 650 cows before it would pay to instai a cheese plant; Kaupokonui say 700 cows.

In reply to a- question as to the amount of honey which should be produced daring a year by a colony of bees, Mr Gibb, Government apiarist, told a gathering >t| Stratford “that a 'good colony should produce about 60ih in the vear.

The Wellington Gas Company has withdrawn a proposal made some time ago to the City Council for the purchase of its works and plane by the city. Protracted negotiations had taken place, and as there appeared to be little prospect of reaching finality, intimation that the offer made to the Council had been withdrawn was sent to the Mayor. The uonneii’s idea of values did not harmonise with the company’s notions.

The Mayor of Auckland telegraphed to the Acting Premier fco-day : “Another deputation waited on me this morning with the names of 180 wanting work, representing that many were on the verge of destitution, and chat urgent measures were necessary for relief. The men are earnestly desirous of work. I estimate the-number of unemployed at from five to seven hundred ; can the men be engaged for the North Main Trunk Railway now the route is decided? A young fur seal has been about the western side of the north mole of the Timaru Harbour for a few days, spending a good part of the day among the rubble of|the mole,backing itself into a crevice for shelter and safety. It is about feet long, with a bead about as big as a terrier’s, but with much smaller teeth. It has a short, gruff, quick bark, much like a dog’s, and a snarl still more like a dog’s wfcen disturbed. It bears soars of wounds of some size on its back, and several small snots of for have been grazed off i*s head. One unsatisfactory feature in the past, in connection with the Government poultry farms, has been the erection of buildings which were of far too costly a nature, said Mr D. Hyde, Government poultry expert, speaking at the Ashburton Winter Show. This drawback, be said, would be remedied in future. He had, at the uhow, a model of a new and improved house to accommodate 40 birds which could be erected at a cost of not more than £5 ss, as compared with houses which had been erected in the past at a cost of something like £4O. The new model house was in every way superior to the more costly structure. The Evening Post says:—“A number of Liberals and members of the Wellington Labour Party waited on Mr A. W. Hogg, ox-Minister for Roads and Bridges, and asked him to address a public meeting on political questions. He agreed to do so, and the deputation secured the Town Hall for next Thursday night, when Mr Hogg will folly explainjthe reasons which led to his retirement from the Ministry. Mr Hogg states that be has received telegmns from all parts of New Zealand applauding him for his action. He has also received letters, of which he is exceedingly proud, from the officers of the departments over which he had control. Counsel, when testing the memories of some witnesses, sometimes meet with unexpected answers, and such was the experience of Mr Q. McGregor, in cross-examining the defendant in a case at Auckland Supreme Court recently. “Have you a good memory?’’ asked Mr McGregor.

Xne aeieuuauc, u *aiubr, inamiug Mamaku, did not altogether sea what counsel was driving at, and intimated as much. “Have yon a good memory for everyday things, I mean?” said Mr MacGregor. “Oh, yes,” replied the defendant, “I remember coming with you down Franklin road four years ago, and telling*you that you were going to be !one of the big ones one of th« e days. The reply was received wi:h chorus of laughter, and needless to say counsel did not test the defead-