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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 10, 5 February 1909, Page 4

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London Markets. Loudon, February 3. Wool.-—The sales are more animated. There is brisk American bidding for crossbred*. Rest merinos have advanced and best cross-bred* are now .*> to V/ :: per cent, above the opening-prices. The clip ICS. over T. sold at o'/ s d, Matawu !J%d, Akitio 10% d . Wheat. -The Australian March-April wheat sold at 375, and Adelaide January at 37s l'/.dTallow.—At the auction 832 casks were offered for sale and 103 sold. The prices are unchanged. Copper.—Oil the spot 158 ss, three months l'so 2s Od, electrolytic CO2 15s. ! Tin.- On the spot .Cl"j> •is, three I months £127 2s od. I Lead, £l3.

COLONIAL STOCKS. Sydney, February 4. Ihe Hon. T. Waddell, Treasurer for New South Wales, in a .speech at Grafton, complained that New Zealand and other States were, exploiting the market by selling their stocks up to 4 per cent., and that the Government had not increased the rate of interest paid for stock issued by the Treasury. While realising the vital importance of traders and other keeping the interest rate low, if neighbouring Oovernmcnts continued to exploit the market by outbidding in rates of interest, he may be forced in self-defence to raise the rates.

AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. London. February .f. The American visible wheat -supply is 7o.7Sl,OOl) bushels, NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. Messrs, L A. Nolan and Co. report for week ending February 3rd: Poultry— l We had a good entry, young stuff especially being iu good supply. Prices were a little Jirnier. We quote: Hens Is lid to 2s Ud, cockerels Is to 2s 4d according to size, roosters Is 4d to 2s Id, ducks Is ud to 2s, ducklings 7d to Is Id, geese 2s Ud, turkeys is, chickens Id to Is Id. At the iwart a large quantity of furniture and .sundries realised satisfactory

Fruit,—-Apples, cooking Is fid to 2s lid, dessert 2s Ud to 4s, -apricots 5s to 7s 3d, bananas 8s to 10s ea-se, cucumbers 2s 3d to 2s !)d do/.e!i, grapes lis V/od per lb, peaches *ls (id to Us (id, plums, Japanese ,1s Shi to 2s t)d (according to weight), English plums 2s !)d to 3s tid, pears ,4s (id. to .Is (id, nectarines, 12lb bo.vcs •Is !>d, 2Ulb boxes 5s to 5s Od, lemons 7s to 8s large cases, tomatoes, 121b boxes 2s to 2s Dd, 201b to 241b cases as to 5s Ud.

WEUSTEIt BROS.' ItEPOKT. At our mart on Saturday we had a fair entry of poultry. Prices still remain about the same. Chicks made 5d to H)d, ducklings Is Id to Is 7d. ducks Is 8d to 2s, pullets 2s to 2s 4d, fowls U 4d to Is lid, cockerels Is (id to 2s 2d. .Sundries sold at late rates. fruit.—AYe have had very heavy shipments come forward for the week past, tomatoes aud bananas being fully marketed. Prices for good sound fruit still remain high. Prices as under, varying according to quality and size of box: Plums, Ogons Is 3d to 3s, Hurbanks Is 3d to 3s 3d. Satsiimas 2s to 3s. Char-hots Is (id to 2s (id, Diamonds 3s (id- to 4s (id, Orleans 3s (id to 4s (id, llotan Is i)d to 2s (id; a,pples 2s to 3s Od. lemons (is to 7>; [teaches-, good 'is (id L"; 7*, seconds (id to lis 3d, thirds Od. to 5s 3d: nectarines 5s to 0> Ud, do Goldmines 4d lb; apricol>. >hori supply, Od to 7s Ud; cucumbers 2s tu 3s Ud. prunes 3s to 3= Ud: bananas, Rarotongau 0s 0d to Ss tid, Fijian 7s 0d to t)sj tomatoes, sauce !hl to Is !)d, good 2s to 2s lid. choice 2s lid to -Is; grapes, Golden Queen 'Jd, Hamburg lOd to la per lb; gages 3s Ud Til Is Ud. pears 2s Oil to ss, raspberries O'.'.d to 7d lb. green peas 5d to peck. LOCAL MARKETS.

Each. S. D. S. D. Boosters ... 1 7 to 2 1 Hens ... 1 8 to 2 8 Ducks ... 1 I! to 2 0 Ducklings ... 1 0 to 1 8 Cockerels ... 1 -1 to 2 :) Chicks ... 5 to 1 1 Bl ViNG 1'llICES. Dealers o/l'cr for farm produce: — Butter, factory, in rolls D. 1 04 „ dairy „ li „ .separator 10 Cneese, factory 7i „ dairy 64 Bacon 7.'. to 8 Hams 8J Eggs. ycr doz. ... 1 0 Cash Retail Selling Prices. Butter. factory, per lb. B. U. 1 2 separator 1 I) dairy 10 Cheese, factory, jier lb S dairy " ... 8 Kggs, per doz. 1 2 Bacou, ])cr lb. 10 Hams 10 Flour, roller, 1001b ... 13 0 Flour, 50lb (! 9 Oatmeal, 251b bag 3 ti Oats, white, per bushel 2 (i " Duns Oats, crushed „ 2 a 2 11 Jarley ;s « Maize, uomiual 6 y Wheal 5 6 Beans / 5 0 lies us, crushed 5 ti Pollard (sack) 15 0 Bran (sack) ... 10 0