NEW ZEALAND MARKETS

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2084, 14 November 1885, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND MARKETS

TllK New Zealand Loan and Meicantile , Vgemv (Jii (liilllltid) Iv p<>lts i-, Itillnv*- . n fie l'lndillf Mil Kit-, "f N>w Zedmd, under r J.i lt* ">tli Xovombu, lsh*> . — Wool. l>\ tin 1 Mctulu-i San Kuru-CM mill wv .lit in p »«e -i->!\ >>f piicul < itdojrnes i>f the September •.oiio- up to tin- !lth of tint •ninth. The fuithei detline in pi ices, ad vi-ivl liv cable iliiimur the progies* nf t|i« September s.ile*, w fully confirmed l>y these < it i1.11.M1-., isweimte .1 general le'lUCtlnll in |u<c. - on t'n» Juno July senes nf t',d t • 2d pel lb, except in the ca«e of superhne long ci-mbmg Merino. The Shipping Com pmies Imm) token these, low pticj* into consideration, and we «ue glad to rec.nl th.it fi eighth on wools have b'.en reduced id per lb. (, uu\\- Chi i-trliurch : There has lv>en re it In n q of mipoitoico tMH-fiirimr duiiu/ tin- pist iiiniith. Tht> weather has been favxu.ihle for the glowing ciop.s, winch .air geneially looking very healthy. — Wnv \i Deliveries of .spiing threshed have not been nn so large a scale as was expected, and choice bufs buns extreme rates. Pi line winter varieties are much sought after at up to 3s 4d f.o.b. Tuscan has had pond enquny at up to 3s 2d. Cluck wheat is acaice. and is bought up very freely at an advance of Id on last month* rates. In\ Kite umjiix.— Wheat: Piime white velvet is worth 3s 3d to 3d 4d f.o.b. llun ter's whito and red straw, 8s to 3s 3ti f.n.b; fowl wheat, 2s 3d to 2s (id f.o.b.Oats— The weakening tendency noted in our last lepoit has bi'cn nmie pionounced throughout the month, and f.irmeis' [witcK of t-hort feed have gradu illy ?ecedrd m value fi.uii l-i lOd to Is «)d fo.b., Mutt. IJumis the earlier pnit of tho nioiitli Uhtc was a maikcd absence of speculative on (inirv. Australian buyers, particularly, -how ing a disinclination to opeiate to any extent for forward delivery; but se\iual transactions in shipping parcels hive even tv ited iust lately, and at the moment then" is a fanly brisk enquiry from tmtsido maiki'K The month's shipments c<«\ei some 27,000 .sacks, bringing the total f\|).)it>foi the BCts.m to date, up to about 2W.000 sacks. We quote f«i farmers' pai eels— nulling, Is lOd ; short feed, Is !)d ; medium feed, Is Sd, f.o.b. Aucklvnp.— Wheat : There has been \eiy little business doing in this ceieal dining the i>ast month, and in the face of uumcioiH low quotatinna from Southern markets we cannot see any prospect of improvement in value». The arrivals fumi the South to this ptirt have been far les-, tins month th.iv for home time past.— Oat-. Last quotations are unaltered, but the dcmard is easier and may lead to lower lates unless stocks become less-ened. — BnrltM.— Business is peifectly stagnant, and i>nt.es purely ii'iininal.— Maize : There is a good demand, and the supply is quite inadequ «te. Pie.sent quotations are from 3s to 3s 3d per bu-hel. Tim vnr.— During the past month we have hid some much needed -iwmeis of rain, and the icsult is that the imps thioughout the di«ti ict me looking .«plendid. Wheat ; We have placed s»\eial hues, foi velvet up to 3s Id; Tus"in, up to '.U 3d; red straw up to 2s lid ; and led clialf up to 2s 10J, all e\ stoip. Fowl wheit is in gonil demand, at up to 3s 3d ex stoic. The ship mentd of wheat for past month h.ive amounted to 2,038 sack*. KHO/.KN SIEU'. Tlie pi ice realised for om 1 mutton in the Home inaikets still lemanis very low ; it is quoted in Litest Cn.bl-5 advice^ .it 4',d In consequence of this continued low lev el of prieo^, tliu compann^ have reduced the freight for fio/.en mutton per steamer to IVI ])er lb. In \i"\» f of the competition from Australia anfl South Amciica, this step tovv.nds minimising tiausjioit chargi'H is one m the right dnectmn, and will no doubt Pf)uduce to a fin ther expulsion of the trade. DfNT.ni.N. — The «.s. Aniansi h now lmdlng, and will take over .">,OOO r»ici>cs mutton. When this shipment is huished, the vvoika at Uu inside will be stopped fir about a month. The next vessel to load will pi nimbly be the s.s. Eldeishe. Cinti-.i'c'iKßcri.— The export fr the month from Jjyttcltnn ■uu >unts to 8,001 caica-es mutton 'hipped by the Ii.M.S. Tonganro, which left this poit on the 12th Outolvr, sailing for London \u Wellington and Auckland. At the Belfast F.ietnv, free/ing was suspended from Octobei l'ith to 2ntti to enable the workmen to proceed with tin 1 new extensions. Opeiations were ' re-mni'd on October 2<ith, and a shipment of 5,000 carcases mutton is being piep.irud foi the 11.M.5. Aonvngi, which is expected to leave Lyttelton on the 14th inst, for London via Wellington. AICKI. \ND. — The Kew Zealand Fro/en Meat and Storage Company has been bu«dy engaged dining this month pu piling shipments {or the s.s Aiawa and Tonguim. J'.ith ste.-nuet.s c vine alongside the wh.uf, which is dnectly connected with the woiks, and the shipping of the fro/.cn me it was dono with dispatch and a miniinum of handling. The <*.s. Tongaiiio sailed direct fur London on the 2"3 th October, with a cargo of I , .*> 10 Ciircabcs of fro/.en mutton, t,Vll backs of mutton, 2,-"i00 pieces of beef, ."0 lambs, besides about five tons of buttei. The «.s. Arawa left here for London direct on the 21st instant, with a shipment of 400"> cvrcases of frozen mutton and lamb, and five tons butter, also 1,000 cases of pre-erved meats weighing 7.34(> lbs. Wi i uv(.io>.\— The H M.S. Tonguuo nailed on October 18th \ki Auckland for London, with 2,."500 encases fiom this poit. O\m\ku. — The Ma rib' trough will loul heio for London in thecour-»e of a week or so. Tim \m\— The local works aie now com pleted, all the building-, inachinciv, and necessaiy fittings being constmcted and ai ranged on mobt appioved jilans, they must be pronounced peifect. Operations will commence on the 10th inst , w lion n caigo of 7,000 carcases will b* prepired f«u the ')hi]> Cautcibmy, which is expected to sail from this p<.it<ni the 10th Ueceinber.

" Prn\" in tlie Press, writes : — Did you hear how a cute detective was ii.ul the other day ? No; was one of tlio-e conglomerations of shiewdncss had? So I'm told. You've Ie ml of tlr row among the expressmen : they want to he allowed to carry passenger, anrl some of them .lie defjing the law ! Well, our dettciw, stick in hand, jumped into an express recently and asked the unsuspecting jeliu to diive to the Exhibition. He wj.s driven to the doors and then asked what iic lia>l to pay. " One shilling," pioir>|>tl\ replied the whiptncldcr. " Very pood,' crys the sharp 'un, "what's youi naiiK ami number ? I shall fitie3'ou fortanyirg passengers without a licence ! " P.i&sm geid lie blowed !" .'aid the libbon holdct "I only charged for cairying your walking stick ?" "Civirf," in the Otfi«o Witness, writes:— "Not understood," is hentc foith to be the timtful motto of the Lyceu mites. "The Fiecthinkcr," re mnikcd the Hon Robert Stout, plain tively. the other ni«ht— " the Fieuthinker is often, I might almost si\ generally, misnnderstood." A shallow, \\ion«-headed, and prejudiced griiLr.ttion has hitherto failed to see in the Fice thinker the guardian of its teligioiis liberties, the me«enper of piacc, chaiity, and goodwill towards men. On the contrary, he isgenerallyreg.u (led, continued Mr Stout, "us a poison whose sole object in life is to attack other puoplu's lieliefi." Jfowr s,id ! how tiuly sad ' After this I shall learn to pick out a Freethinker from other men by Ms pensive look of silent nmtyidom as he mentally hugi himself on the Pieniier'^ assurance that he is "not undeistood." Yet, when one comes to think of it, th<obtiiseness of this shallow-, uion^ headed, aad picjudicud genciation n not ftlt^gtther without e^eu c. Wo onto had in Dunc'lin n small h<n tlionyht weekly culled the Kdio. Mi Stout ie members ifc, I daic tay ; nay, I'll )><• bound, possesses a complete file of it still. What uns the Echo's tone tow.ucK other people's belief? W lint \>as t lie tone of that f.imous srno-comu. Fieethonght New Testament entitled the "Lyceum Guide?'' Does Mr Stout ic-, collect its ever-memoiable parody of the Sermon on the Mount ?— " Blessed are the faithful — the dutiful — the punctual ; blessed are the p'ue in heait, for then > is the republic of heaven!" Then we have had some eminent Fiecthought lecturers, with Mr Robett Stout ai their sponsor and patron— Chailcs Blight, to wit— one of his advcitiscd Sunday even ing lectures was, I icinember, "'J'hc Rock of Ages floating with the tide " — and, latet, t\v s.uiitly and etudite (.'erald Mi^sey, w ith lecture titles moic piijiiant still. We aic a pig-headed generation, no doubt, but our obstinate misinterpretation of the Freethinker is not altogether without excuse.