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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 16, 12 February 1909, Page 4

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AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. Loudon, February 10. The American visible supply of wheat is 73,0DU,000 bushels. LONDON MARKETS. London, February 10. At the tallow auctions ÜBO casks were offered for sale and t)U sold. There was a sixpence decline. Cargoes of Australian wheat sold uu j to 38s lid. Copper—On spot £SB Us 3d, three I inoiitlis .Col) 10s, electrolytic £«'J ss. Tin On spot £I2U 7s Ud, three months £l2B 12s Ud. Lead, £l2 18s, 9tl. Silver, 23 15-10 d. THE MONEY MARKET. London, February 10. Consols are quoted at £Bl. Hank Shares. —Australasia: Buyers CllO, sellers £lll. New South Wales: liuyer* £-1-1 10s, sellers £45 IDs. Union j Hank: Buyers £«0 10s, sellers £Ol 10s.

PRICE OF FLOUR. Sydney, Wednesday. The Millers' Association has raised the price of Hour by 10s. The best city brands are now '£lo. WHEAT RECORDS. Adelaide, Thursday. The estimated wiieat yield is 22,2o0,0l«) bushel*, and the average yield 12,500,01)0 bushels. The exportable surplus is estimated at 13,0-10,000 bushels. All these figures are records.

WEBSTER BROS. 7 REPORT. Ouiata Yards.—On Friday last we had a very fair entry at our yards. Bidding was brisker than of late, anil nearly every pen was cleared at the hammer. Weaiieis (poor) Ills, store cows £2 7s iu 12 10s, fat do, C 4 lis (id to £4 12s, hulls £2 Ills to .C2 Ills, 2-vear steers (poor) lids, springing heifers* £3 2s Ud. Next sale Friday. Illth February.

Mart.—On Saturday we had our pout' try pens well lilled with a large variety of poultry. I'rices are on the upward tendency, as under:—Chicks 7d to Ud. young ducks Ud to Is Bd, ducks Is lid to 2» 4il, fat hens 'is to 2» Sd, old do. Is 3d to U Ud, laying pullets 2s to ■is (id, white Leghorns 2s KM, silver Wyandottes 2s 8d to 3s, hen and" - chicks Is Ud. Following the poultry, furniture, etc., sold as usual.

Fruit.—We have had an exceptionally heavy week during the one just past. Kach week-day excepting Thursday we sold between 200 and 300 .boxes, and on Saturday no less than IUS7 boxes were catalogued. With the exception of about 10 boxes all were cleared at the hammer. We think Saturday's consignment of fruit easily constitutes a record for .1 ouo-afternoon's sale. Prices are still .leing well maintained for good; samples and firm fruits, tomatoes and plums being the cheap lines at present. We quote, all according to quality and size if boxes: Apricots, choice 7s till, prime .is lid to 7s 3d, ordinary 5s (id to (is (id; jieachus, 4s (id tq»Us; 'nectarines, Goldmines 3d to 4d lb, others 3s (id to is 3d jo'X; tomatoes. Is 3d to 3s 3d, smooth do. 2s (id 121b boxes. Nelson 3s (id to Js 2411), sauce tomatoes !)d to Is; plums. Diamond 2s S)d to 3s Ud, Satsiunas Is (id io 2s Ud, Ogons Is to 2s, Hurbanks Is 3d .o 3s, egg Is lid to 2s 3il; yellow gages is to 2s Ud, green gages 3s'3d t0,.4s Ud, apple- 2a to 4s 3d, lemons 4s to (is !)d; iiears, Fertility os Ud, Don Crelian Us. Ud .0 Ss (id; bananas 3- lid to Us Ud, cuciunoers 2s t«_2s Ud, grapes ltd lb. We would idvise intending jain-makers to secure their fruits by end of February.

L. A. NOLAN &. CO/S REPORT. Poultry.—\Yu had a good entry in nil' -dassis, especially cockerels, which realised satisfactory prices as under:— Hens ;ls Oil. to 2s Id, cockerels 7(1 to Is lid (iii-cording to size), ducks Is 4d to Is lid, turkeys 4s, ducklings 7d to U Id, •chickens 7d to lid. At the mart the usual lines were- ilis- ; posed of at satisfactory rates. Fruit.—Apples, cooking Is till to Ife lid, dessert 2s to 5s fid.; apricots 5s to. Ss (according to quality), bananas 7s to :M per case, cucumbers 2s to 2s Oil per jase (about one dozen in case); grapes, ■' !<jl«leu Champions Is pi/jd per llv, Black Hamburgs Is per lb, locad 7d to Sd per lb; iiceta-rims, 121b cases 2s !)d to 3s, large eases 4s 3d to 5s (id; peaches, 4s 3d to b's 3d. according to cpiality; plums, Murlianks Is lid to 2s (id, Ogons Is fid to 2s 3d, Wieksons Is to 2s (id, lllaak "Diamonds Ss (id, damsons 2s to 2s (iiii; pears 5s 3d to lis per case, raspberries (id to (i'/pil per lb (buckets extra); tomatoes. J2lb cases Is lid to 2s, larger cases 3s !)d to ss.