AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16486, 27 February 1914, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. (Received February 26, 8.55 p.m.) - Wheat, 3s Bsd to 8s 9d. Flour, £8 10s. Oats. Algerian feeding, 2s 2d to 2s' 3d; milling/ 2s 6d. Barley, Cape malting, ,2s 7id to 2s 9d. Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £6. Onions, Victorian, £9. Butter, selected, 112 s; secondary, 108 s; Cheese, 6Jd- Bacon, Is. .' ! "ADELAIDE, February 26. Wheat,, 3s BJd -to 3s 9Jd. Flour,. £8 to : £8 ss. Brand and pollard, Is. MELBOURNE, February 26. Hides-j-There was a moderate supply at the , sales to-day and an active demand. Prices were Jd dearer. MARKET REPORTS. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. The following were the ruling prices in yesterday’s markets:— Apples, dessert 4e to 6s 6d per case. Apples, cooking, 2s 9d to 6s per case. Peaches, 2J'd to 3Jd per lb. Pears,. 2s. to 3s per case. . • , Tomatoes, 4jd per lb. Plums, 2s to .3s 6d per cas*. Nectarines, 3d per lb. Strawberries, 7d per lb. Grapes, 8d per lb. . HA WARDEN. : . There was a large attendance at the Hawarden sale; yesterday, and a yarding of 8175' sheep, of which 5070 were fate; 'The prices for fat lambs were equal to those ruling at Addington the previous day, taking railage into account. The best quality realised 17s 9d to 19e 6d, and lighter weights 16s 3d to 17s 3d. Best fat wethers made 22$ td*22s‘7d, lighter weights 16s 6d to 195,: and owes sold to 16s 3d. Store wether lambs made 10s 6d to los ; four-year-old ewes 19s 9d to 21s; sound-