COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2943, 1 December 1916, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■ Customs dutifs collected al the port nf Wellington yesterday amounted to £6661 Is. lid. ■ ■ j : ■ LONDON, w/oqii SALES?. POSTPONBD. • Messrs; DaVgety and Company, Limited, have • received. the following ' cablegram from their London house, under data of November 29:—"The wool sales have been postponed one.week owing, to Government action.;'., ■ , I The,' above. refers, to' the eighth , series of sales previously fixed for December 5.] ■ LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian-flew Zealand Cable Association. • {Eec; November 30 t 8.15 p.m.)/ - .London, .November<-29. A.t the request of the authorities ; the next wool sales have been postponed for a woek provisionalirr. . ... ' TALLOW SALES.' (Rec. November 50, 8.15 p.m.) ! ; London, November 29. !, At the tallow sales 1710 bales were offerZed, and 1579 were sold. Mutton, finest, I 575.; medium, 495. 6d.; beef, fine, 555. 6d.; [medium, 495. 6d." ' r BOOK IN- RABBIT SKINS. {Rec. November 30, 8.15 p.m.) London, November 29. f Annings Teporfc that 836 bales of mbbit slcins were offered and sold, with most excited competition and at record priees. Owing to the probability* of little offering for a long time, Australian furriers' sorts have advanced 50 per cent., and -others from 20 to 25 per cent. New Zealand avoraged fully 50 per cent, advance. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. ByTe) '" ,n TiV (Rec. November 30, 9.40 p.m.) Sydney, November 30. Oats, Algerian, feeding, 2s. 7d., 2s. Bd.; milling, 2s. lOd.; Tasmitaian, wflite, 2s. Bd., 2s. lid. Barley, 35., 3s. 6d. Maize, 3s. 9d., 3s. lCd. Potatoes, l'aamanians, £8, £10. Onions. £9. i Adelaide, November 30. Oats, If. Bd., Is. lCd. ' " HIDES. (Rec. November 30, 9.40 p.m.) Melbourne, November 30. .Hides.—Moderate supplies and fair competition, with prices unchanged.