Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 125, 7 November 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

GBAIN MARKETS. The North 0 ago Time'* reporfs a* follow*:—Millers and agents that, the past few weeks have bt>en the Quietest experienced for a long while; and according to one tha loo*] wheat market has o me to a standstill* Small lines - for miiing purposes have b"en sold at quotation!. Ths dry w ather has dused a. great deal of anxiety about the coming harvest, and the high winds of the week jiipt ended have greatly increase! the concern, and already one or two offers have bwn declined b*cau«e holder* wish to oee what. the weather would bring. There is a small buml-to mouth business doing in fr- d oat* for purely local purposes, but pri-es keep fi m. Potatoes hive weakened a good (l eal in consequence of some Caverbury lines having been placed nn the Du edin market, and alio on acciunt of the arrival tram Auckland of af w early kidnevs. B*les are variously repot ed to-day at' 72s 61, 77s 6', 80s and 82s 6d. Wheat—Prime Tuscan, 2ss|il ; fo*l wheat, 2* 2d to 2s 3'l; seconds, 2s Id. Oa s.—Danisn, '2a to 2s Id ; duns, nominal ; prime short, 2s 21; milling, nominal; Garton's, 2s ljd. Barley •—Pi i'"fl samples, 2s ; I ordinary samples, Is 101 (nomial). the esglish MiRKEr. The Agent-General's cablegram, dated London, November 2, reoi-ivtd at W*llmgton yesterday, is as follows:—" The prices on the spot to-day are—Ca••*«• bury mutton 3fd : Diinedin and South-., land, 3id; North Island. 3Jd; River Pl.it*. 3sd. The market i.« weak, a great . number of a ale Ureases placed i.o the market. There is-scarcely any demand for lamb. Canterbury, 4{i ; other brand", 4£d. Bref is qui-1• New Zea'and hinds, 3|.1; fores, 2£d. Ba ter. market is fi m for choicest. A ■mall -hipment of Au-tra'i-n ha* arrived and has been at 116 s. Ohe»se.—• The market is unsettled ; good is quoted at 45*. ■ Hemp is firm ; good fair Wei - iigton, £34; January-April. £32; fair current £47: sir pm' nts of hemp «r« exn-ete'l frnm M'-nila."