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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 152, 23 July 1909, Page 4

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LONDON 11AKK.ETS. By Gable. —Press Association. —Copyright (i< London, July 21. Lamb.—,Tlie price for crossbreds lias ' declined '/Vd to Id. Copper—On spot £SB lis 3d, three mouths j;5!) Us 3d. Till—On spot, £l3l 15s, three months, £133 ss. ;i Lend, £l2 12s (id. Tallow—l2,ooU casks were offered and j' 550 sold. I'ricL'tj were unchanged. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. " I By Telegraph. —Press Association. !j Wellington, Thursday. The High Commissioner's cable, dated July 21st, is us follows: _ ' _ v Tile woo! s:iles closed with comp'eti- t , tion not quite so keen as at ' the close j of the ilay sales, Americans not buying , so freely, and purchasing only light, line ( grades. The prospects are favorable. ; Tlie estimated values, according to con- t dition, were:—Superior merinos, Is to , Is 2d; medium merinos, lOd to H'/jd; , inferior merinos, 8d to O'/Ul; fine crossbreds, all grades, Is to Is 2'/ 2 d; medium crossbredrt, all grades, lOd to Is Id; | coarse crossbreds, all grades, 7d to llVad. :L. A. XOLAX & CO.'S KEl'OllT. Poultry.—On Saturday we had a good entry in_all classes. Prices throughout were satisfactory, especially for ducks, for which there ivas a keen demand. Hens, ordinary, 'brought Is 4d to 2s 4d, ■ purebred to 2a !)d; pullets, ordinary Is 7d to 2s 2d, purebred up to 3s Id; ' roosters, Is Id to Is 10d; cockerels, Is . l»d to 2s 3d, purebrals up to 3s Cd; i ducks, Is lid to-2s 7<l; turkeys, gobblers ■ as and 5s lid, hens 4s Gd, In the mart we had a large attend- , a nee. Prices as follows:—-Pumpkins 5s ; per cwt, broccoli 3s Cd dozen, seed pota- ) toes 7s (id cwt, eleagnus Cs per 100, . liv.icrocarpas 3s dozen. Ornamental t shrubs and furniture sold well. Fruit.—Prices are on a par with last j week's, quotations. Nelson consigner mcnts found a ready market. Bananas r Ss to Us 3d; aipplasj cookers 7s, Washs ingtons 7s 6d, red dessert 7s i)d to Bs, s oranges Cs 'Jd to 7s Od. ® WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. | Mart.—At the mart on Saturday we j bad a fair entry ol poultry, and prices , r showed ait advance on. last week's prices. ° Good young lions brought from 2s to , 2s Od, fair Is (Jd to Is !)d; cockerels, fat , 2s 3d to 2s IM, fair Is Otl to '2s, old I'oostofs Is Od to 2s; pullets, good to 3s ad, fair to 2s 6d, poor to Is lOd; chicks 'Jd, ducks 2s- to 2s 'ld. J 1 Fruit. —■ 'lsllnndi consignments liave 1 come forward in large supplies. 0 ran go 3, 10 good prime fniit, brought 7s Od to Bs, ls poorer class 5s to Gs Od; mandarins, 8s; -' s bananas, poor us Od, good to, 8s Od; rc apples, prime dessert to !)s, seconds 7s h* Od, poor (»s to fis Gd; passion fruit, 4s 3d in to ss; broccoli 8s Od sack, marrows ls 7 tlii. pumpkins 2s Od -small sacks.

Furnilurn Sale.—On Tuesday, at tlic mart, we .held a clearing furniture sale on account of Mr. .'i\ J. Broughton. Prices realised wove satisfactory. ■DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs E. Griffiths ancl Co. are in receipt of the following butter market report from their London principals, M(Ws Mills and Sparrow, dated 11th June, 190!): Weather continues very cold and cheerless. Sunshine is badly wanted in the country. 1 Danish: Buying at the reduction was i free, and the quotation has been advanced two kroners (2s 4d). The "tinners" will soon be in the market and it will not surprise, us if there is another advance within a very short period. Siberian: Aliout (1500 casks have arrived this week, and the finest is clearing at an advance over last week, but the general run of quality is none too good. Next week arrivals are expected to total 10.000 or 12.000. I ( winch: Market is firmer. Quite a few orders remained unfilled' and an advance on best grades is to he expect ed, unless quantities show a material Increase, which is scarcely probable. Australian: A very much better fooling prevails and agents are holding the rew butters which arrived by the Marmora for full rates. >.ew Zealand: Last week, on account of the general depressed feeling, New Zealand was neglected, but in sympathy with other grades, prices have slightly hardened, and buyers are again showing interest.

_ Cheese.—Spot trade for 'both Canadian ami Xew Xi'uljiTiil is quiet, buyers sliowing 110 disposition to take hold of any quantity at the quotations ruling. Trade is of n consumptive character and limited. Cable reports from Canada are that receipts arc very liijlit. LOXDOX WOOL SALES. iDiilgety anil Co.. Ltd., report having received the following cable [message from their London house, under dale of tile 20th inst.:—lV 00l sales closed firm. As compared with closing rate of Inst series greasy merino wools of good quality and condition, crossbred wools (jSreasy), of fine quality, and greasy crossbred wools, medium quality, light condition free ov nearly free, "arc"all unchanged; scoured merinos and, line crossbreds are 5 per cent, lower, except short faulty merino wiools (scoured) which are spp r cent to 10 per cent, lower; greasy merino wools, heavy, earthy and wastv are 5 per cent, lower? crossbred wools of medium quality, and coarse crossbred long, light and'bright descriptions, are 5 per cent, lower; seonred crossbred wools, medium and coarse quality, and greasy crossbred wools, coarse, dingy and eotted, are 5 per cent; to 10 per cent, lower. The total net quantity available (including 10,000 bales not offered in previous selies) amounted to 152,000 bales; 0000 bales were sold to America, 75,001) bales for liome consumption, and 52,000 to the Continent, leaviijg Hi.OOO bales to be carried forward to September series.