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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 149, 15 June 1908, Page 4

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LONDON JIAKKKTS. London. June i2. Wheat—Hot weather has weakcucd all the wheat markets. Buyers are very scarce. An Australian cargo sold at 35s 3d. tSteaiuer parcels. May ami June, are offering at 3(is 3d, Australian on the spot 38s to 3!)s fid. Flour—The market is dull and weak. Australian was pressed for sale at Ui-as-gow at 275, but there were no buyers. topper—On the spot iTI2!J 7s «d, three months £l3O 2s 0,1. J>ead. tI2 12s lid. Imports 17,057 tons. Australian imports 41 jl tons, exports 6631 tons. Iron, 51s 3d. .Sugar—The market is quiet. German lis 3d, fir.it marks 13s 3d, Wool—On the Bradford wool market there is limited business. Prices are unchanged. Butter—The market is ijuiet but linn. Danish 112s to 114*, choicest New .South Wales and (Queensland 102s to 104s, New Zealand 110s to 112s. Kauri gum—At the sales 675 cases were offered and 130 cases sold. Prices are unchanged."

DALGETVS LOXDOX EEPOI.'I. Dalgety and Co., I,td.. Wellington. liavi' received tile following cable messages from their London limine, under date of the litli hist.: Butter—The market is firm. The Copenhagen offieial quotation is two kroner* (about 2s 3d) per cwt. higher. The total imports of butter into the diked Kingdom for the \re< k ending (ith mst. amounted to (ifl.lKlOewt., as compared with 84.mXV«-l. for the corresponding week of IW7. showing a decrease of la.OOOowt. Finest. 101s per cwt. Frozen meat—The market for frozen lamb is firm, without any change in prices: Prices for frozen mutton are unchanged, hut the output is limited. Frozen beef: Prices are a shade easier.

youXf!, HOBBS & CIVS SKIX, HIDE. ETC., REPORT. On Tuesday. Dlh Inst., we held our monthly wool, skin, hide and tallow sale. Hides and tallow were on a par with last month's rates. Sheepskins and wool (particularly the former) showed a marked improvement on previous prices. We catalogued 2ao hides. 350 sheepskins, four casks tallow, besides cowtails, calfskins, etc. We quote: Hide?— Butchers' cow. medium 4d (o 4V,d. B. ox light -»%< l to 4-";', d. settlers' cow .t'/ 4 d to 3y,il. cut and slippy 2%d tn 4".d, readings 3'/ s d to 3"/, d;' horse -I- fid. Sliecp-kins—Woollies 2s 2d to 2s fid.' short-woolled Is Sd to Is fid, salted medium woollies lid to 2s Sd. good pelts Is 7.1. Wool—Fleece 4'/-d. Calfskins—fiood 5%<1. cut and slippy lKd. TaiU. Is 4,1 per dnz. Tallow—ln ea=k, 225. in iins 18s.