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i AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Asan.—Copyright. Melbourne, Dee. 17. Hides, escept picked stouts, declined a halfpenny all round. The sales are to be resumed on the 13th proximo. Barley.—English 4s Gd. Oats—2s to 2s 3d. Potatoes.— £0 7s to £7 10s. Onions, £9, to £9 10s. ' HOMEBUSH SALES. Sydney,: Dec. 1". There ware heavy supplies of sheep at the Homebush sales. The market was Js and 2s cheaper for I,'eavies, slightly easier for others. SCHEMES CRITICISED. London, Dec. 13. Sir William Raynor, chairman of the Colonial Wool-buyers' Association, In on Interview, said the Australian scheme was clearly designed to maintain prices on a higker level than the natural competitive basis and rau't inevitably bo prejudicial to British trades, manufacturers and consumers. It was appalling to find that the Govern: irent Wool Department had made a profit (if 56 mtllions and had not met the market by reducing the price. For a rake off of about a penny per lb, the department refused offers of considerable amounts of profitable business.
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Taranaki Daily News, 18 December 1920, Page 2
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