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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 June 1916, Page 3

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9 JUAVJXXX SHJiiilFtMv i_\ riALJi JJaigety and Company, have received tJ10 following cablegram I jum their London Office under date oi the lind instant:— "At the sheepskins saie.s 1000 bales were oflered, and piactically am oiu. -Ls compared with rates ruling 111 Apiii merino combings snowed an advance 01 Id to lid ]Kr lb., ami clothing ski us Jd to Id ; croesbreds, comuingh wer e Id and, clothing Jd to Id Higher. La mo* skins advanced Id per lb " boUiHEKX GRAIN AND PRODUCE Christchurch, June o. I tie wheat market has firmed luring tfie paat few days. JNorfch Island, limaru, Oamaru and JJunediin millers liave been in the market and several

lines of wheat have been brought in Ash burton district to go south. Pearl wheat is scarce and 13 now firmly held It is stated that 03 has been oitereu end refused;. Tuscan is worth Trom 4.s Id to 4s 2d, and Hunters 4s 2d to Js t>d at country stations. The arrival of flour 111 the .North Island from Tasmania whicn is oeing sold a; under loca> prices is' disturbing the market. Tasmania is not included in the Commonwealth wheat scheme, and therelore millers there are not bound down by fixed prices. There is nothing fresh to report regarding the oate market, and as is the case with wheat tlitM, l is little offering locally. The potato market remains without change, the present price being £5 at country stations for this month'-, delivery, ggjiML 'MIMULm j