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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 248, 10 March 1913, Page 2

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LOXDOX MARKKTS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London. March 7. Wheat. —There is little demand, but cargoes are fairly steady. Liverpool .March flO'/a cents, May 80% cents,. July SC>!/>, cents, September SG% cents, October 85% cents. Australian and New Zealand spot are not offering. flour.—Quiet and unchanged. Oats. —Poor demand: La Plata March-. . April 13s 4'/ a d. lieans and Peas.—Dull and unchanged. ■) Copper. Spot ffo JSs !)d. three I months £GG 3s od, electrolytic £O9 2s (id. { Tin.—Spot £217 10s. three months £214. 1 Tig iron. 03s 4d. I Lead. £ls 15s. { Butter.—Dull, owing i 0 the warm weather. Danish unchanged; choicest Australian 108s to 1 IDs. a lew lines at : 112s, unsalted 114s to litis, secondaries IOO.s to 100s; choicest New Zealand 114s to 110s, unsalted 110s to 118s, secondaries 10(is to 110s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney. March G. Wheat. 3s fid to 3s 7d nominal. Flour. £S 15s. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard. £5 15s. Oats.—Tasinanian Sparrowbills 3s 2d New Zealand Algerian lis 2d. (limits 2s lid to 3s. Cartons A 3s. IP 2s lid. Maize. 4s 2d to 4s 3d. Barley.—Cape malting 3s 3d to 3s 3d. Potatoes. —Tasmaniau £0 10s to £7 ,15s. Onions. —Victorian £S 10s. Butter.—Selected Otis, prime !)0s to 925. Cheese, o%d. Bacon, S'/ 2 d. Adelaide, March 0. Wheat, 3s fid to 3s 7d. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Bran and pollard. Is 2d. Oat% 2s 2d. Melbourne, March 7. Wheat. 3s 7d to 3s Sd. Flour, £8 15s. Oats, 2s fid to 2s 7d. Barley.—English, :1s !!d to 4s 4d. Maize, 3s lid. Bran and pollard. £5 15s. Potatoes, £4 to £5 10s. Onions, £7 ss. Hides. —Moderate supplies. The market is firmer and has recovered from last week's fall. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follows: — '

Oil Wednesday. .Illi ins!., we yarded sit, our To Worn sale -2150 slioop anil 2<i cattle. There was ;i good attendance (if buyers and bidding was fairly keen at a somewhat lower range of prices than previously. Fair store lambs 7s lid to its Id. cull lines 4s 7d to lis lid. 2-tooth ewes up to 15s lid. f.f.ni. ewes 7s 7(1 lo 0s 2d, 2-tooth wethers Ms Sil. l-tooih wethers 14s (Id to 15s-fid. There M as a fair yarding of rains, and culls made from 4s lid up to'n guinea, while any tiling of fair quality and of useful type made up to 2'/jgns. Store cows brought from £1 15s to C 5 2s lid, IS-months steers Cos to 72s (id.

Since our last report- we have put through a considerable number of private sales at the following prices -.—Cull lambs lis lid. rape lambs (fair quality) 8s (id to lis. f.m. ewes <Ss lid to lis 3d. 4-tooth ewes 15s. 2 and -l-tooth ewes up to 10s for jrooil lines. 2 and 4-tootli wethers 14s (id (o 15s (id (demand slacker), rums up to 3gns: mixed weaners 35s to .'!7s (id. colored wenner heifers (still in demand) .'l7s fid to 50s. •2'/o-yc!ir heifers in calf (good quality) ii]> to 107-s fid. LOXDOX ARRETS. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under dale stli ins(.:~ Wheat,—"We have sold an Australian cargo at 38s c.i.f. The market is very dull, and there is very little demand. owing to increased supplies. The market is likely to decline. Oats—We quote (lartons at 24s fid, Tho demand is restricted. Tallow—flood mutton, 3(i.s fid per ewt; good beef. 355; mixed. 335. The mutton market is dull.