THE MARKETS
(VZR PJIRSS ASSOCIATION.) London. December 4. At the wool sales to-day 12,000 bales were sold. Consols 99f . Sydney, December 5. Chaff is soiling at "Wilcannia at £20 per ton, and oats at 10s per bushel. December 6, 12,15 p en.) London, December 5. English wheat market declining. Business weak. Continental depressed, American also changing for the worse. Avorage price of English wheat at country markets, 31s Bd. ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following telegram from their' 1 London office, dated 4th December :— Wool— Greasy has advanced Id per lb, and scoured Id to l^d par lb, since close of last sales, bince the opening of the sales there has been an average advance of 1\ per cent on crossbred on last sales closing rates. Lambs has advanced £d to Id per lb. Buyers are operating with spirit. Up to date, 43,000 bales have been sold. Frozen Meat — Mutton market unchanged ; beef market better. New Zealand beef, forequarters are worth 3£d per lb, and hindquarters B§d per lb.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2006, 6 December 1888, Page 2
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