Commercial THE RIALTO

Southland Times, Issue 24818, 10 August 1942, Page 2

Commercial THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co. Ltd. report as follows for the week ended Saturday:— Pigs.—A keen demand and a very small entry. Weaners 411/11/6 to £l/15/-; small stores £2. Poultry.—Hens 1/7 to 3/6; heavy breeds 3/- to 5/-; ducks 3/- to 4/3; pullets 3/3 to 7/6; Turkey gobblers 11/- to 12/6. Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights. 1201 b to 1501 b, delivered at abattoirs, 7d per lb. Produce.—Table potatoes, King Edwards £ll/10/- a ton; chaff £6 to £6/5/-; straw £4; hay £5 to £5/10/-: wheat £l/2/-; oats 12/- to 14/-; crushed oats 14/-; Farrafood 16/6; meat meal 11/-; poultry pellets 12/6; rock salt 12/6; calf nuts 12/-. Moose meal £l/1/-; Moose nuts £1; oyster shell grit 6/- per cwt. Miscellaneous. —Pumice boilers £lO/3/6; pumice washtubs £3/2/6; timber £l/5/-; droppers £l/2/6; fencing posts £8 to £lO a 100; horse covers £2/15/-; cow covers 13/6. Vegetables.—Cabbage 3/-; cauliflower 12/a dozen; carrots, parsnips and beetroot l l ,id to 2d per lb; Brussels sprouts 5d per lb.

CLEARING SALE AT GAP ROAD

The National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., report having held a successful clearance sale on the property of Mr G. A. Pearce, Gap Road, implements selling at much above ruling rates. Prices were as follows:—Two-tooth ewes 41/6, four-tooth ewes 43/6, six and eight-tooth ewes 37/6, full and failing-mouth ewes 25/-, horses from £lO to £2l.

CHARLES BEGG AND COY.

Net earnings of £3566, compared with £4293 last year and £7875 in 1940, are shown in the accounts of Charles Begg and Company, Ltd., Dunedin, for the year ended March 31. There is £11,109 available. The directors recommend a’ dividend of 5 per cent., unchanged, taking £3500, leaving £7609 to be carried forward, against £7542 brought in. The company paid 14/- in the £ for security and income taxes and’ another 1/7 for land tax. The subsidiary, the Dominion Radio and Electrical Corporation, showed a profit of £197 after providing for taxes.