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Taranaki Daily News, 6 November 1920, Page 3

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P. AND 0. DIVIDENDS. By Telfjrapli.-rress a.,,,., -_e o pyrj;r n t. n L , London, Nov. .1. On the .Stock Exchange to-day ]>. and 0 Mi"res were quoted: Buyers £48(1, sellers The Peninsular and Oriental dividend on de.errecl stock is six per cent, with a C a hm.us of 3 per cent. There,'is also • , tot- • distribution of £20.-..n00 e,ual to a further hfveT.;, "* aki "" Ul " ,o,al ""wibutlwi for tne year 21 jier cent. LONDON TALLOW~SALES. a*i ~, Loudon, \ov. 3. mdVc' , I "' S . a ' eS 2m C ' lsl:s mf -' iow ,„',„" - . 3 F; " r miXOA decllMd is - »»•» ENGLISH MARKETS. nv , , London. Xor. 4. Tm stocks are 1!),U2 tons, of wl-icli 1-iOO »re on spot and 2:m afloat; deliveries liVr month were 17Bi; tons. '""flics last

AUSTRALIAN WOOL. rn, ~ London. Nor. 4. The Yorkshire Post states ,„. tt of 20 tales of Australian wool purchased l,v A,,,tna. the price for noon will he on ihc basis of prices at the last I,„„ don salt f()r fm "1" *!'"„ i,asis " f «" «m London nuc ons ~, 1;,-1, f„, .1,10,1 ~.„« 011 the bils| . on the basis of the third scries. Poland Is negotiating for the purchase of wool. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. KecelvptJ Xr,v. .". :,.; VM% ~ , Melbourne. Nov." " ey ~ E "= lis " "»»«!. 7«: Cape.-!,»,!, 6 .. Id a " R ;iS 2d ' liS U: C "" B 3s - 3s Potatoes, £r, 4s 4d, £1! 4s 4d Onions, £lO 4s 4,1. THE WOOL~MARKET. LATEST HOME QUOTATION'S. Iteceired .Nov. 5, r,.r. p.m. London, X'ov. 4. The wool sales open on the 9th. Nine thousand bales are catalogued, of which 3100 are merino combines. The Bradford top market show a rather hetter tone, win, sightly more imiuiry fol . prompt delivery. (luota.ions, nominally as follows: 154's ■iiiality. (i(id to OSd per lb • :>B's, 5Cd; DCs, 50,1; oil's, 40d; 4G's 24d • 40's, 19(1; C 4's for Marcl delivery, via. ANTWERP WOOL SALcS. By T»'ejrnpn.—Tress Assn Copyright. Received Nov. il, 7.20 p.ro London. Xo?. 4 At the .Antwerp wool subs ll.'S:! hales were offered and l'4o were sold. Th>v was mccerate competition, and prices were en „ par with last sal<--.~ Aus.-X.Z. Cunl- us 1.

ADDINGTON MARKET. Clirislchurch. Xnr. 3. A double market was held at Addinetr.n today oiTin K to Imp proximity i,f Carnival Week. There was an average entry of store sheep. Prices were similar to lasi week. Good halfbred ewe hoggets to 33s 9d; good crossbred ewe hoggets. 2Ss 2d to 29s 3d; cull ewe hoggets, 22s 8il: cciotl wether hoggets, 26s U lo 28s; s,:nall hairbred wetlier hoggets, 24s Sd, good ewe hoggets 31s 7d, inferior to medium hoggets 23s Id to 25s fid, sound mouthed ewes and lambs 22s Id to 24s (all counted), failing-mnuihed ewes and lambs 21s Id to 22s Id (all counted), 4, fi, and S-tooth empty ewes 235. shorn f in. ewes and lambs 14s (all counted). 4, I!, and S-tooth crossbred wethers .'Ms Sd, 4 ajnd fi-tooth shorn wethers 22s 4d to 295, 2 and 1-tooth wethers 30s 3d. 2-looth shorn wethers 245. A total of 248 fat lambs came forward. There wan keen coinnotltoin. the top price being r,()s. Nine races of fat sheep were penned and prices were about 7s richer per head than last sale. JWrn prime wethers (ills to riis, prime wethers .lis to r,!is, prime shorn wetrers 42s Cd to 47s 9d, medium wethers 45s fid to 50s, medium shorn wethers 23s fid to 39s fid, light and unfinished shorn wethers 30s fid to 33d, extra prime rwes to 575, prime ewes 4fis Cd to 525, prime shorn ewes 38s 9d to 43s M, medium ewes 39s fid to 4fis 9d, medium shorn ewes 34s to 41s, light and urflnished ewes 33s to 38s !)d, hoggetp 31s to of fat cattle, and values were similar to last week's. Extra, primo steers £34 10s to £44 10s, prime steers £2B to £34, medium steers £2l 7s 6<l to £2fi I.ls, light and tinfinished steers, £l2 to £2O 17s 6i, ext'n Minn t«If«r» S3U, prim* hiltan £l7 to C 26