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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 97, 21 May 1909, Page 4

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LONDON MARKETS. London, May 20. Wool.—At the sales the Wuouitapin clip realised i%d, Pattoka lOd. Acland b 11 ./ B d. The July sales are limited to V 140,000 bales, me September and ..So- w vcinber are unlimited, w Wheat.—Australian wheat cargoes J sold at 43s IVi and 445. A Tallow.—At the auctions 1507 casks T were offered and 1000 sold. Prices are v unchanged. t Copper.—On spot £59 Is 3d, three v moutlis £59 15s, electrolytic £OO ss. 0 Tin.—On spot £l3l ss, three months f £.132 ss. 1 Lead, £l3 7s Cd. t f THE WOOL MARKET. t Received May 20, 5 p.m. * London, May 20. | At the wool market there was keen ' competition at the highest rates of the ' series. ' WHEAT SUPPLY. Received May 20, 5 p.m. London, May 20. The American visible supply of wheat is 38,748,000 bushels. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAS. London, May 19. Western Australia is issuing a loan of £l, 445, 000 at 3y, per cent. A miui- { mum at 96y s is underwritten on tne . usual terms. E. GRIFFITHS AND CO.'S DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT. • Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. are in re 1 - ' ceipt of the following butter market re--1 port from their London principals, 1 Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, dated Bth ' April:— ' The favorable weather conditions con- ■ .tinue, fine, bright days with a fair ' amount of sunshine being general all ' over the country. BUTTER. Danish.—There, is no official change to , report. Orders have been fairly heavy , at a reduction of Is or 2s. I Siberian.-i Stored is selling very sJow- > ly. Holders, while not forcing sales, arc . yet anxious to clear. The freshly-made ', are selling at quotations as landed. ; French.—'Buyers are taking more in- - terest in the salted butters, and we look , for increased business in these in the i course of a week or so. Prices at the , moment remain unchanged, but a drop is i, anticipated- for next week. Australian.—Arrivals have been small, Ii consisting mostly of New South Wales i and Queensland. There has been just - sufficient demand to clear these small ; shipments, but only at a reduction on . last week. .. New Zealand.—There is a little better demand to-day for finest, as' the Ship- , ping Company has decided not to start working the s.s. lonic itotil after the holidays, and buyers are taking a few II extra to keep them going, : CHEESE. ■' New Zealand.—A steady consumptive '' demand during the week, but we anticil" pate a better trade after the holidays. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT, i, [* Mart—On Saturday last we had a big * entry of poultry, every pen being filled. r Poultry of all kinds showed a decidsd 71 upward tendency, pullets and young hens ""■ being keenly sought after. Pullets made ' a record stand, a pen of five purebred -'■ White Leghorns realising lis a pair. '" Prices as under: Hens, old Is 4d to Is Od, H good young Is 9d to 2s; pullets, good J 2a 4d to 2s 9d, extra choice 5s Od each; r roosters Is 4d to H Od, cockerels Is 9d '; to 2s Od, ducks Is 8d to 2s 2d, turkeys '' 4s Od, chicks. 7d to lid. Following the above a lot of drapery was cleared, along with usual auction lines.

Fruit.—Fruit has been in short supply for the week past. Prices as follows; Oranges 0s Dd to 7s, repacked 7s 3d and 8s; bananas, poor, 4s 9d to 0s; apples, dessert, poor, 5s Od to 6s; pears?, halfcases 5s Od to Gs Od, eases 12s Cd; peanuts 2'/ 2 d lb, kumcras 4s Od case, quinces 3s to 3s Od. ' Furniture Sale.—On Monday we held a successful sale of household effects in Brougham-street on account of Mrs. Edwards. L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. Poultry.—On Saturday we had a good entry, over 200 birds being penned. There was good competition for all lines, especially for pullets and fat cockerels. We quote: Hens Is 3d to 2s 2d, pullets 2s 2d to 3s; cockerels, purebred 4s 9d each, ordinary Is 7d to 2s 8d; ducks Is 3d to 2s 3d; turkeys (large entry), hens 2s ftd to 3s Od, gobblers 4* Dd toYs Od. In the mart a large quantity of rattan furniture realised good prices. Sundries sold at usual rates. Fruit.—We quote: Bananas Os lid to 9s,.pears 4s to 5s Od, oranges 7s to 8s (id, quinces (small cases) lis to 3s Od; apples, bushels, Jonathans 7s to 7s Cd, Epp.r •Seedling 0s to 0s 9d, Stunners 8s to Os 3d, Cleopatras 8s to !)s, local (small eases) 3s 9d to 4s, 3d; passion fruit 3s 3d to 3ri 9d, pumpkins 4s Od ewt. NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SKIN, AND TALLOW SALE. L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. We held our usual monthly sale of hides, sheepskins, wool, and tallow on Wednesday, 12th May, and; submitted a good average catalogue. New buyers were represented and competition 'was particularly keen, and everything was Cleared at full market rates'for quality submitted. Taken all round, cow hide's were inclined to ease per lb, while ox hides made a slight advance. There was a good enquiry for heavy ox suitalile for harness, but we had onlv l medium to offer. These sold at full 1 rates. Calfskins sold at late high rates. Wool and sheepskins sold at better rates I than last month, showing an advance all round Competition was particularly keen in this department. We quote:—' •Hides.—Ox (no heavy or stout offering), medium li'/A to"fl'/ 2 d. light !i%d to oi/ B d, very light s'4d to 5%d, sailers dd- to 5%d; cow. butchers' heavy s'/,d to Od, medium ;>y,d to 5%d, light !>%d to o'/id. extra light a'/„d to 5%d; bulls'. 3d to 3%d; calfskins, good ,S%d. medium 7'/ 2 <l. heavy 7d. cut 3%d. slippy horses', os to as Dd.

Wool.—Fine crossbred o%d, medium Cd to filid, cotted and seedy 3%d to 4'/ 4 d. black 3d, lambs' 3%d" to o%d |iK<es :{ ,1, erutchinas 3d

— Halfwools. be,t salted 3s »d to 4s Od. medium :u to 3 S Iflrl. |i..ht 2s Id to 3s 3d: lambs', woollv 2s ll,f to 3s 9d, shorn Is Oil to 2s Id. dry halfwools 3s .id to 4 S 9,i, medium 2s fld to •■!* 4d. light Is !(d to 2s, drv lambs' 2s 8d to 3s 10d.damaged skins 3d to 2s lid. Tallow.—Casks, medium. 22s Od to -'3s 3d: tin*. 19s Od to 20s 3,1. Sundries.-Bones a )2s, eowtails Is Od dozen, horsehair Is 2d lb.