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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 50, 18 February 1908, Page 4

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UtXIJON MARKETS. l-olldoii, i'Vbitiaiy If). Coj»jn'r--t hi the tspot U.")S 10-., tliii'e j)io11111-s u;>n ;, s . liii (In (lie -pot XI2S J (Is, iluee mi,mills C 127 111,. I "'ad. cl-l r.s. Silver. j I.'l-Hid. An!iiu,my. f|;; ]u,. speller. t2| ij,. 'Hi,, inarkcl i, ven si rung, owing to Corman producers having loriued a syndicate and agreed id restrict priidiietnm.

lli'inp I lie market i- firm, Inn Hal. K'liruary and March shipments 127 I Us.

Rabbits -The market is firm, anil price- are unchanged. Sheep - The market is unchanged. Frozen meat-Lamb: N'oiv Canterbury (all clas-e.) lid, North Island ,-,' /a ,l. Heel: Prices unchanged. .Mutton: I,'ivor Plate -hoop, heavy .'ld. light unchanged. lti\or Plate heel: Prices un- • hanged.

M 'leat and I'lour. -The i|iianlitv ~f wheat and Hour alloat for the t nil-il Kingdom i- -1..'11.-,.iino ,|iiartois: lor 'lie Continent. 2.11711,11(1(1 quarters: Atlantic "'"l 221,11110 quarter-: Pa, ilic. 'io.nou fjuaiiers. llHill Co.MillSSloXKU'y CAULK. Per Press Association. » Wellington, .Mniiilay. The Departniont of Indu-tries 'ami Cuiuiiioree has received the following cable from the High Commissioner at l.ondun. dated Fobruarv 15:- - frozen intMt. - The mutton market is dull. Canterbury is very scarce al J' s d per 11, (nuininal). Southland and W'.M.'e. brands n r :;d. Nurlli Island 3' / :.d, \us|rah'au 2%d, River Plate 3d. "The laml, mcuket i- a shade weaker, but there is a tail- demand. Following are current, quotation*:--canterbury lamb .".7/,] to (id, other than Canterbury ,V/,d to r>"/ s il. Australian 4 1 / ; >d. 'I here iias licei, no alteration in the heef market since l.vl week.

Butter—There is a further general advance ill the butter market.' \ow Zealand is quoted al 150s, Danish J.jts. Australian J4Ss. Siberian 1-Ils.

Cheese—The market i, quiei. lin'. firm. Whitemakes aio quoted al (ils fid. eulurod (!2s li,|.

lleinp. -The market is weak. Following are current quotations: —(iood fair grade €27 las, fair grade .€2O Ms. Tow. Ifts per ion. March and April shipment: Good fair grade i|27 Ids. fair grade C2(i Ills, fair current Manila ,C 27 as per tun. The first shipment of hemp ironi St. Helena proved of good quality, and sold at 127 Ids. Tow from the island realised 13s.

Cocksfoot seed—The market is quiet, but, firm at last week's quotations. \\ ool—l-ollowing are the current quo lations lor liradford tops:—Thirlv-sixo, low Is H'/al, forty-lours lneditiin erossbretls I* 2d. fifties half-broils Is tiftv(pia 1> o%d, uiorinos -2s P/^d.

Iliv* l -' Plate produce.—The following wore 1 in* -diipments from River Philo during the month of .January:- Million: London D2,:i00 carcases; Liverpool, 111 .rjii'S; Hull. l;i.S!)2: Newcastle, 4000; Citnliir. 420: Southampton, IUOO. Lamh; London. (iiMiO: Liverpool, 0841; tlull, !)S7: Newcastle, 200; (.'ardifl", nil; Southampton. 141. Butter: For various ports. lL~>42ewt. LONDON MARKETS. Messrs. l)al«cty and Co., Ltd, Wellington. have received the following cable message from their London house, under date of the l.lth inst.:—

Mutter—Market firm. The Co|wmiollicial is 10 kroner fnlnuif 11k .'id) per "cwt. higher. Tile total imports of butter into the Vnited Kingdom for the week ending Bth inst. amounted to cwt., as compared with 100.000 cwt. for tho corresponding week of 1007, showing a decrease of 27.000 cwt. "Prices -we lxdiove, have reached their lii<*!iest,. Since our last ndvices prices for Australian and New Zealand lnitier aiv miclmngcd. Frozen meat—The market is dull. l>ut prices are unchanged. Tallow.—Prices nro at -par to 3d per cwt. higher.

Mr. Xewion Kin«'* Svdnev ajreni advises thai hides are an lower. A TROUBLESOME OLD MAN Mc(;l;t Dui;.\ s UI.MI'LAIX'J", Tho l!"~>pii;i 1 aud tharitaMe Aid -ioard vi'sterdiiy tiiseu-H«d the cast of iobert Mclruuden, who.se complaint Uic management of tin? Old iVcpleV Jlome appeared in yesterday'* i-«sUe ol tins paper. Air. .Mm McMillan. ,>f UiiiiUii, .M.Criidden's son in-law. on ilie Hoard ill connection with his rei|uest In In* relieved of ilie lial'ilily of keeping ilie old man. stating that he had alreadv paid soiiK 1 US.'. Mild' oIU-riiig a eash pa/, nii'iit of i'liii. l>esides an outlit and Met indden'> fare in Australia to get rid ot tin' liability, lie said lie had seen AleLruddoiih letter to tho '"Daily News, lie denied having scut for AleCruddeiy but slated ) iral some livr» years ago his wile I AlcCriidiicn's daughter) suggested to iiiin t" come over. He came some time afterwards, Imt neither llie speak, or nor his wife knew anything of his intention to do so. Jlelore the man hail been here a month McMillan offered to pay Ids passage money back to AllsIralia to get rid of him. Imt AkCruddoji refuied to go unless Alu^NliLlaii gave him t-'-iwn. He was over DO years of age. 'l'lii' chairman: "What s the best thing lo do with the man?"

Mr. MeMillan: "] don't know (hat you '•an do anything with him.'! Jl<? add-d that MeCnuhlen had been living with the memlxM'* of his own family, hut one liy one they j>a»?>e<l him on. finding it impo><il>k> to keep him. lie lived for -onie time with Me.Millan himself. 'I ho chairman: "And what soil of man was ho then':"

'Air. McMillan: "Ue wa- a; ('rooked as you get then), ITe ha> a vile temper, and once lie threatens! to give me a vlose miU'v, I gave him C"jt)o. Ho threatened my wife, too." Mr. McMillan *airi that he had read the lotter from .\HYudden. and he said ihere wa* no truth in it. As far «i> food was concerned. thev would livver ploa«-o him. MeCrudden had five married and' a son in Australia. «om.* of them fairly wA\ «»fV.

The ehairman: "If I had my way I'd lurn him out. I was nearly doing si thi- nmrmug when I v.uv thai U-LUm\ ITo mu-t he >howi) that the Board intend- to maintain discipline in the Home." Several memlwis of the Hoard exproved ; t similar opinion. C'r. O'Sullivati in partieular ehanu-tevitsing McCruddeH'letier a> being "absolutely incorrect." The Board deferral further until the afternoon, when McOudde:i was interviewed at the Home.

ritimaMy nil was -a: rived ill mnlcr wliidt Mr. McMillan W;i- I ('i i<' \'n 1 uf liilliilily. ;lll<l I lie* r.n;i ' In k'r)i Ji h • <>K| :l- ;ill 11! 111 ;111' of Ui«' lli.lllc.