THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11500, 5 February 1903, Page 6

THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

SYDNEY, February 4. Wheat, milling 6s to 6s Id, C'alifornian 5s 3d: chick. South Australian 5s lCd to 5s lid, New Zealand 5a 6d to Sβ 9d, local 5.s 6d. Flour, £12 to £12 6s per ton. Oats, feeding, New Zealand and Tasmanian 3s 9d to 3s 10d, local to 5s 6d. Barley, prime feeding, New Zealand 4s 6d, malting 4s 9d to ss. .Maize, 5s to 5s 6d, Argentine 4s 7d to 4s 9d. Peas, blue 83 to & 6(1. Bran, Is 4£d. Pollard. ls 10d. Potatoes, £5 to £6 10». Onions, £5 5s to £6. Butter, Utst IOJd to Hid. Bacon, lid to Is Above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker. MELBOURNE, February 4. Wheat, 6s 3d. Flour, £12 10s per ton. Oats, Algerian feeding to 3s 3d, milling 3s sd, seeding to 3a 10d. Maize. 4e 10d. Bran, Is 6d. Pollard, Is 10d to Is lid. Potatoes, £3 to £4 5». Onions, £3 to £4. ADELAIDE, February 4. Wheat, sales 5s 10£ d. Bran, Ls 6d. Pollard, Is 9d. Messrs Da'gety and Company, Limited, have riceivevl the following cnble message from their London office, hikW date 3rd inst.: —'The utmret value of .al-est steamer arrivals of best brands of Victorian butter is 100s to 102s per ewt. Wo see- no prospect of any improvement in the near future." (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, February 4. The following cablegram has been received to-day by the Department of Industries and Commerce direct from me AgentGeneral, London:—"The wool talcs liave closed. During the last few days tie crossbred market hae declined. Fine crossbreds of all grades are now about par; medium crossbrede of all grades and coarse crossbreds of all grades arc a farthing dearer than in December. For sound merinos the market closed etrong. Prices were sustained at the close. AH lambs showed a halfpenny advance. , ' I