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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 11, 10 May 1912, Page 6

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BABBIT SKINS. (By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.) (United Proas Association.) London, May 0. Babbit Skins.—One thousand eight hundred bales were offered, and 1750 sold. There was a good market. Summer parcels are unchanged, and winter are a half-penny dearer. MELBOIJBNE PBODUCE. (Beceived 10, 8.45 a.m.) Melbourne, May 9. Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 3id; flour, £9 sa; oats, Algerian 3s 5d to 3s lid, whites’ 3s 4d to 3s 5d ;maize, 4s 8d to 4s Sjjd; bran, £6 15s; pollard £7 ss; potatoes, £6 10s to £8 10s; onions, £lO to £lO os. MOUNT LYE.LL DIVIDEND. (Beceived 10, 9.25 a.m.) Melbourne, May 10. The Mount Lyell Company has declared a dividend of Is 3d per share, payable on Juno loth. THE BANK BATE. (Beceived 10, 10.5 a.m.) London, May 9. i The bank rate has been reduced to 3 per cent. Mr. T. Lamason’s Wookly Report. Last Saturday I held my usual weekly sale, when a very good entry of goods came forward, poultry and vegetables especially. 1 quote as follows: Pullets 2s to 2s 6d, hens Is to 2s, cockerels 8d to 2s, roosters Is to Is Od, ducks Is 6d to 2s. Vegetables and furniture sold at usual auction rates.