COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 34, 23 January 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

Mr. Newton King’s Stratford Weekly Report. At the Haymarket on Saturday there ■was a large attendance, also a heavy yarding of pigs. The market opened up will and prices ruling were on a par with last sale. I quote:—Slips and weaners 11s, 13s 6d, 15s to 17s j small stores 19s to £1 8s; medium do £1 10s to £1 17s 6d; porkers (good to heavy) £2 to £2 10s ; set harness £-1 os; mowers £1 to £5 15s. At the Mart.— Poultry: Pucks Is 9d to 2s; cockerills 9d to Is; potatoes 7s 6d cwt., green, peas lOd to Is 3d peck. Furniture, sundries and crockery at usual rates. Fruit: About 350 cases assorted fruit came to hand during the week, prices ruling: Peaches ■No. 1 4s 9d to 5s 6d, No. 2 3s 3d to 4s 3d; apricots 6s 6d to 8s; plums, Eng. 4s to 4s 6d, Japs. 3s to 3s 9d 4-bushel cases; Jap. plums Is 9d to 2s 6d per 121 b case; apples 2s to 3s 6d, all 4-bus. cases; apples bus. cases 6s to 7s Gd; tomatoes 4s 6d to os 6d per 121 b case.

STRATFORD WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE.

Young, Hobbs and Co.’s Rspoi t.

On Tuesday, 16th inst., we held oui usual four-weekly sale of above pi oduce before a representative attendance of buyers. Owing to the wet weather which has delayed shearing several clips have not come forward. Wool and Sheepskins: Prices tir,m at last sales rates. Hides were part to i<l lower. We quote: Wool, fleece oci to 7 id, dead 5d to 7d, pieces and locks 34d to 6d, crutch 3fd to s|d. Sheepskins: Full wools 5s lOd to <s Bd, half wools 4s to 6s 4d, salt full wools os 4d, pelts Is Id, 3s. Hides; Ox 6 h d to 7*d, cows 5Jd to 6fd, yearling o’d to 7d. Calfskins, 6d to Bd. Tallow: Tins £1 Is. Our next sale will be held on Tuesday, 13th February.

FROZEN MEAT MARKET

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 19th inst. :—Frozen meat : There is more enquiry for lamb, and the market is steady for beef.

'beet sugar production

(Received 23, .9.20 a.m.) . London, January 22. Professor Licht estimates that the production of beet sugar has decreased by 1,576,000 tons, but the total for the season will be unaltered.

WOOL', SALES POSTPONED

(Received 23, 9.20 a.m.) . ; . - t > i'London, ! January 22.' The wool salfeg have been postponed . 0.1 ...u Cl I :’' ' i ' owing to..£pg, t .. ,(10.1 . . fCU'.ii'n . : I I