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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8868, 31 October 1907, Page 6

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SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received October 30, 9.32 a.m. SYDNEY, October 30. Greasy wool sold up to 16Jd per lb, a record for the present series of sales. WHEAT AND FLOUR AFLOAT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Received October 30, 10.39 a.m. LONDON, October 29. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,035,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,925,000 quarters. Atlantic shipments, 370,100 quarters; Pacific shipments, 80,000 quarters. CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, October 30. Small business is passing in wheat, though the demand is good. Trade has been waiting for Sir Joseph Ward's pronouncement on the question of the removal of the import duty when flour has reached a figure to make the price prohibitive. Present quotations are nominal at 5s lOd to 6s, f.0.b., sacks extra. For there is keen demand, but only small offers—smaller at this time of year than for many years. Sales have been made of small parcels up to 3s 9d, f.0.b., sacks in. Owing to the nearness of Carnival week holders of potatoes are disinclined to promise delivery until the holidays are over, and supplies are therefore reduced. Sales have been made on the basis of £8 ss, but there is difficulty in securing immediate supplies at that figure. Derwents at country stations bring £7, ordinary Up-to-dates £6.

WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. Special to the Wairarapa Age. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd., report as follows:—Maize, 5s 6d per bushel. Wheat, whole fowl, 5s 9d. Wheat, second quality, 5s 6d. Oats, prime feed, 4a 4d. Oats, crushed. 4s 6d per bushel. Horse beans, 4s 6d per bushel. Hay, £5 per ton. Straw, £3 5s to £3 10s per ton. Pollard, £7 15s per ton. Bran, £6 15s per ton. Sucrosine, 200's 14s, 100's 7s 6d, per bag. Prime oaten sheai chaff, £7 5s at rails.' Potatoes, New Zealand, £8 per ton for good lines. Potatoes (seed), Australian, Up-to-dates, £8 10s. Potatoes (seed), Up-to-Dates, Northern Star, £7 10s to £B. Onions, £l6 per ton. Butter, separator, 9d milled BJd, dairy pats, 9d per lb. Eggs, fresh, Is 2d per dozen. Honey, 60's, 4Jd per lb. Beeswax, Is 6d per lb. Fungus, 4£d to' 5d per lb. Walnuts, 5d to 6d per lb. Porkers, 70's to 90's, sd; 90's to 100's, 4£d; heavy pigs, 3Jd to 4d. Cabbage, 7s per sack. Cauliflower, 8a to 12s 6d per sack. Green peas, Is 3d per peck. Asparagus, 6s to 7s per dozen lb bundles. Rhubarb, 4s per dozen. Carrots, table reds, 6s per sack. Carrots, horse, £3 per ton. Swedes, £4 per lon. Parsnips, 7s per sack. Appl.s, dessert, 10s per case. Apples, cookers, 10s per case. Cocksfoot, 7d per lb. Ryegrass, 6s per bushel. Poultry Table roosters, 5s 6d; cockerels, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; table hens, 4s 6d to 6s; ducks, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; geese, 7s (all at per pair); turkey gobblers, 9Jd; turkey hens BJd (live weight). Dressed poultry—Roosters, 8d; hens, 63; turkey gobblers, 9sd; turkey hens, BJd per lb. Poultry in excellent demand.