COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8347, 1 February 1907, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received January 31, 8.39 a.m. LONDON, January 30. At the tallow auction 777 casks were offered and 480 casks were sold. Fine mutton realised 38s 9d, medium ' 35s 6d; tine beef 37s 6d, medium 34s 6d per cwt. The wool sales closed firm at late rates. SYDNEY WOOL MARKET. Received January 31, 9.52 p.m. SYDNEY, January 31. The wool market is firm, and there is good competition. Greasy wool touched 15|d, and scoured 21£ d. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. (Special to the Age). The New Zealand Farmers' Co--operative Distributing Company, Ltd,, Wellington, report as follows: —Maize 4s per bushel. Wheat, .3s lid per bushel, firm. Oats, prime feed, 2s lOd per bushel, market rising. Linseed, whole, £ls per ton. Pollard £6 to £6 10s per ton. Bran £5 to £5 5s per ton. Pig-meal £5 15s per ton. Prime oaten sheaf chaff £4 10s per ton on rails. Potatoes £4 to £6 per ton. Onions £7 10s per ton. Butter, separator BJd, dairy pats Bd. Eggs, fresh, Is ad per dozen, brisk enquiries. Honey, 60's, 4Jd per lb. Porkers, 60's to 100's, 4Jd per lb. Bacon, sides, 7d, hams Bd, rolls 8d per lb. Cabbage 3s 6d to 4s per sack. Carrots, table, 9d per dozen. Rhubarb 3s per dozen. Tomatoes 3s 6d per half case. Plums 2s to 2s 6d per half case, market over supplied. Nectarines 4s 6d per half case. Apricots 5s 6d to 6s per half case, good enquiries. Cooking apples 4s per case. Raspberries 5s 6d per bucket, wanted. Marrows 2s 6d to 5s per dozen. Peaches 5s 6d per half case, good demand. Poultry: Table roosters 4s, cockerels 4s 6d to ss, table hens 3s, chicks 2s 6d, ducks 4s, geese ss, all at per pair. Turkey gobblers lOd, hens Bd, live | weight. Dressed poultry: Roosters | 7d, hens sd, turkey'gobblers lOd, hens Bd. ALFREDTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., held their fortnightly sale at the Alfredton yards, yesterday, when about 3,000 sheep came forward. There was a large attendance, but outside buyers were not |in strong evidence, owing, doubtless, to the Pahiatua races. The entry chiefly comprised store lambs and wethers. Bidding lacked spirit, but practically the whole entry of lambs changed hands. Several lines of wethers failed to reach owner's- reserves. Two-tooth ewes, on account of the Alpass Estate, sold at 14s; other 2-tooth ewes from lis; 2-tooth wethers 10s Id to 13s; best shorn lambs 7s to 8s 6d, others 6s to 6s 3d;f.m. ewes, 8s; 4 and 6-tooth Lincoln rams, 4 guineas; aged rams, 10s.