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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8031, 18 January 1906, Page 3

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LONDON HEPOKT. I'KK I'KKSS ASSOCIATION. Received 17,5.28 p.m. London, January Hi. The wool sales opened brisk. Prices arc unchanged. The total wheat aud Hour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,125,0011 quarter*, and for the Continent 1,250,OUO quarters. Atlantic shipments amount to 251, 000 quarters; Pacific, 100,000 quarters. Banks shares are quoted: Australasia, 1)2 to S)3; New South Wales, 101 to 41 5 ; Union, 19 to 50. , SYDNEY WOOL MARKET. I'EU rBESS ASSOCIATION. Received 18, 1.17 a.m. Sydney, January 17. Good sorts continue to be animated. Medium, firm: Inferior, a little weaker ; Greasv touched 1 i.j d; Scoured, S3jd.

BURNSIDE CATTLE REPORT. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION I)i*xi:dix. January 17. Fat cat lie.--2 ili heal yarded; bidding wi; fairly good throughout, and price.-, particularly for best beef, were about equal to late values. Best bullocks £9 to £lO 10s; extra heavy, £ll to £l2 15s; medium to good, £0 10s to £H 15s; Dest eows and heifers, £6 to £8; ordinary £ I to £5 Ilk. Fat sheep, IS7O were penned; a large proportion were good to prime. Wethers supply proved too great, and wethers suffered to the extent of Is Od per head, while for ewes the reduction was even more pronounced. Best wethers, 19s to 21s lid; extra prime and heavy, 2ls 3d; medium to good, lis (id to 18s; best ewes, 17s to to 20s; medium, lls to 10s; light and aged Ills to 13s. P'.gs, IST yarded. All forward suckers and slips were strongly competed for, and sold at advanced prices, but porkers and baconcrs were iu over supply. Suckers (is lis to lis; slips 12s to 17s; stores, IDs to 255; porkers, 20s to 3 ts; light baconcrs, 3(is to 12s; heavy, lis to 18s; choppers to 525. DALGETY'S LONDON REPORT.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received (lie following cablegrams from their London ollice, dated the lOlli inst. : Better demand for frozen niutton, and prices are tending upwards. Market for lamb linn, but not much demand. Market For beef, no demand, as arrivals from Hiver Plate are likely to be heavy for some time. We (juote:—>"cw Zealand prime crossbred limb, Canterbury (heavy) Id, North Island Id. New Zealand prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury (heavy) :Hd, North Island 3jjd. Prime ox beef, fores and hinds, quotations nominal. New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury (light) Ijd, North Island I\d Mutton, Canterbury (light) J Id, North Island Jd. Butter.—Market weak. Buyers are operating less freely. The Copenhagen oilieial quotation is ;i kroners (about lis Id) per cut. lower, and we expect lower prices. The total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the weekending the t'.th inst. amounted to B!l,OUOewt., as compared with HI ,000 feir the corresponding period of last year. Since our last telegram, talluw i:i general is at piv to '.ld higher. HOME MAKKETS.

London, January l*i. Copper,—Spot t'7! l , three month: £77 17s -id. Lead. £lO 1 -ss.

Speitcr, £2K, Wheat.—s2,ooo quarters of Australian .Januarv-February shipment Bold, running f l ' : :tis iul to 3!s ltd, and the Bel ford's cargo at 31s 'Jd. I