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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 163, 9 January 1914, Page 2

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LONDON" .MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, January 7. Tallow.—One thousand ami fifty->>u;-cask* were offered and 1177 were sold. Mutton, line lifts (id, medium 345; beef, fine 358 9d, medium 345. Wheat.-—Steady and unchanged. Tins American visible supply in 127,5,i5,000 bushel*. THE I'XIOX IS A. NIC. London, January 7. The. Union Hank has declared a dividend of 10 per cent, per annum and a bonus of 2 per cent, for the half-year, making the. total ltite 14 per cent, per annum. The directors appropriated HBfiOO to meet the interest on instalments on the new shares, added £30,000 trt the reserve, and carried forward £44,000. ANTWERP 'WOOL SALES. Antwerp, January 7. At the wool sales there w.ih uu or demand for fine merinos, and cro.isbreda receded five to ten centimes, medium and coarse fell 15 to 20 centimes. There were 3321 bales of La Plata offered, and 1423 sold. AUSTRALIAN WOOL SALES. Sydney, January 7. During the first half 0 f the current wool season sales in the Common wealth totalled 1,180,869 bales, compared with 1,081,721 in the same period of 1912. LOCAL MARKETS. SELLING PRICES. GROCERIES. s. d. Sugar— No. la, per bag 10 0 No. 2 10 3 GRAIN. ETC. Oats— Gartons, per bushel 3 3 Duns 3 3 Crushed 3 0 BarleyCape 4 0 j Epglish 4 fl Crushed beans , 5 6 Pollard, per 1001b, 7s fid; 2001b . .15 0 Bran, per 1801b bag 10 0 Wheat, fowl, per bushel 5 0 Maize 0 6 DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. Butter— Factory 1 3 Beit Separator 1 2 Seconds 1 1 Dairy 1 o Cheese 0 9 Igg* 1 2 Bacon (rashers) 1 o Hams 0 11% Rashers 1 0 Milk (quart) 0 4 I FRUIT. Pineapples Od and 1/Bananas 3d and 4d lb Lemons ; Is Od doz Apples Gd and 8d per lb. Figs Cd per box Walnuts Is lb Oranges, 2s Gd to 3s, according to size Pears 4d and Gd lb VEGETABLES. Cauliflowers Gd to li. Carrots 2d bunch Turnips 2d bunch Parsnips 2d bunch Leeks 3d bunch BUYING PRICES. 8. d. Factory butterRolled 1 l'/a Rest separator, reg'd dairies.. 011 Farmers' separator 0 10 Dairy o 0 Eggi 1 0 Bacon 0 !l Hams 0 10'/ 3 Fungus : 0 3