COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2563, 10 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■LONDON WOOL "SALES. ■/' By Telegraph—Pices Association—Copyright London, '.September"B.' " At the-wool sales there -was' spirited competition; All 1 good wools sold at lull .opening rates. ."..Fine crossbreds aro'hor- '. dening. lnrgeiyT in responea to American bidding. : . .■ , „ The following pnceß were realised for the fleece''portions of the clips named:— , "Hanerdo," 1 top ' price, Wd.; average, 13Jd. : "Obeirne,"-:'22d. and , 215 d; r . New. Zealand: n' "Tourere," 18d.-: and 16d.; "tJgbrooke " 19d. and 17»i. ■ , ' ' " ' ' Messrs..'Dalgety.and Company, Ltd.,' Wellington, have received the following cablegram from-their London office, under date . September i 7"The sixth . series of wool 'sales opened ..with a,, fair, selection, -and a . Good attendance of buyers. Competition wag animated for; all'.desirable lots. Good: merinos were very firm, but. faulty were Irregular, bein;;' generally: ■ 5 per cent; ' . loner. Good bright'crossbreds showed .an advance of 5 per cent.; and were bought presumably for America. Other sorts were unchanged.": Slipes 'were,.from 5 per cent, to 7| per Cent, lower." . ■ WHEAT. ■ L » By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, September 8. .', Wheat is. being • sparingly offered. ■ i ; LINSEF/l) OII..AND TURPENTINE. Linseed oil,. £25- 10s. ... . Turpeintine,- 345; 3d.'., METALS. London, September 8. Copper.—On the spot, £67 2s. 6d. to £47 7e. 6d.; three, months, £68 76. 6d. to £68 12s. ' , fd. ' -Lead, £25 s©. and £22 12a.6d. ' ARGENTINE MEAT. London, September 8. • Argentine' shipments of mutton for. the V .week .irero 97,000 carcasses; lambs, 30,000 ■ OEurcasses;- frozen beef, 175,000 quarters; chillod. beef, 90,000 quarters.. ' TALLOW. At the tellow sales 1630 casks. were offered and 1529 sold. • Ericeg realised:—Mutton, fine 3fe. 9d„ medium 345.; beef, fine i7s„ ■ medium 335. 6d. HIDES SALE. (Rec. September 9, 9.50 p.m.) Melbourne, September 9. At the hides sale there were fair supY plies and good competition. Prices were g»ractica!ly unchanged. , ' ' AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. September 9, 9.30 p.m.) ' Sydnoy, September 9. Oats, 4s. /3d.; 'Algerian, 3s.

9d to ; American. 4a. to 4s. 2d. Maize, 5s to ss. 3d. Potatoes','£9 10s. to £10; New Zealand, £9 to £9 10s. Onions, Victorian, 95.; New Zealand,. Bs. Butter, selected, 1435.; socondary, 1355. Cheese, lOd. to lid. Bacon,' 10d. .., „ Adelaide, September. 9. Wheat, Bs. Flour, £18 to £18 10s. Bran, to la. 3d. Pollard,, Is. sd. to Is. 7d. Oats, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d. Oustoms duty collected, at the port of Wellington, yesterday amounted to £1484 2s. Id. ,