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Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 40

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AUSIRALIAN MARKETS SYDNEY. Febiuary a Wheat Chick 434 3 3d, milling. 4s -id Flour £10 ss. Oats. White, 3s 3d, Algeiian mi !- ing Js 4d Maize. 4s lOd. Bian and po!larJ. 14d. Potatoes. Tasmaman £5 Onion* • Victorian £li 10 o . Butter. 107s to 109.-. Cheese, 7d- Bacon. 9d MELBOURNE. Februaiy 5 Wheat. 4s 4d. Flour. £10 Oats quiet Algerian milling, 3s Id, feeding. 2s lid. Bailey. Cape feeding. 3s 6d , malting 4s; Engiisa 5s Gd. Bran and pollard. 14jd. Potatoes, £2 ss. Onions. £5 to £5 10sADELAIDE. Febiuary 5Wheat. 4s ljd. Flour. £3 10s. Bian and pollard 14d.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKETCHRISTCHURCH Februaiy 5. At the Addington live stock maiket to-day the^e were fairly large entries in most departments and a good attendance. Beef again met with a dragging sale. Store sheep were in stroi.g demand for the south, and fat lambs were firm. There was no change m the quotations for pigs The yarding of store sheep was a very lar^o oi.e, and was made up chiefly of lamb 3 and cv.c- the piesence of buyeis fiom South Canteibur* 1 and North Otago effected a con•ir'eiable .impiovement in the demand, and

pi ices m =ome lines showed an advance of Is iei head, young ewes and lambs for rape being mostly sought after. The yarding of fat lambs was largeT than last week's, and though there were a number of good lots, the bulk were irregular in quality The export buyers were operating fieely at the pfe\ .Otis week's rates, and for light anil unfinit^-ed lambs grazieis weie competing in sympathy with the market for stores. Light lambs improved in puce. The range of values was: Tegs, 15s to 17s; a few extra to 18s ; standard weights, 14s to 15s; lighter. 12s 6d to 13s 6d ; rape lambs, 10s to 13s 6d. Tiiere was a moderate yarding of fat sheep. The entry of fat cattle totaled 266 head, a few pens being very prime The remainder wpre chiefly unfinished heifers and steers. The sale was again a dragging one, and prices were without change. Theie was a moderate entry of fat pigs, ard a few stores. The former sold at late rates, but stores were rather duller of saleChoppers sold at £3 to £4, laige baconers to 555, anj ordinary at 45s to 50s — equa Ho 5d per lb; porkers, 35s to 42s 6d— equal to 5d to 5Jd per lb; large stores, 25s to 30s; . medium. lGs to 20s, and suckers and J bacouers, 10s to 14s-