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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 135, 14 July 1914, Page 8

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LONDON WOOL SALES. / By; CabU. —Prtw Asstctotton.—•Copyright. (Received July 14, 11 a.m.) LONDON, July 13. At wool sales, merinos- were very tout- erossbreds were rather irregular owing' to! the "miscellaneous selection. THE BULGARIAN LOAN. (Received July 14,. 11 a.m.) I* SOFIA, July 13. The contract with the German banks £ or. the £20;000,000 loan has been; signed. The Sebranje is discussing thor terms; FARM PRODUCTS. There is practically; nothing fresh in the local grain trade;, and'buyers and sellers are scarce. WHEAT. Very little demand exists for wheat, and the importation of Australian flour continues. Quotations: —Pearl 3/8 to jj/9. Hunters to 3/8,. Tuscan 3/7 fowl wheat up to 3/5. i , OATS.

Within- the past few days there has If been £l fair export of oats consequent g upon the cheapening of freights, espep - eially from Southland. .As the loeal demand has been very slack of late ipi" 1 the exportation has not had any apprep criative- effect upon- prices. The seed I* season is-now only a few weeks-off, so a demand for seed lines may be exS'' pected. . Quotations: —Prime Algerians I *'- to 1/9, ordinary 1/6 to 1/7J, A grade f Gartons to 1/8, B Gartons 1/6* to 1/7, Danish 1/7, Duns 1/7 to 1/B*. | BARLEY. £j This cereal is still as flat as ever,

jf. and- quotations are nominal. Prime milling" is quoted at 3/3, with other : " lines at relative rates'. ? CHAFF. y-- The; enquiry for chaff is particularly small for this season of the year, and x 55/- per ton at handy stations is pracj tically all' that can be obtained for prime oat sheaf.

I POTATOES^ p- The potato market is in a somewhat $ peculiar position. Northern buyers are waiting for a drop in prices which i tfiey seem to anticipate. On the other _ Hand' growers are reluctant to accept V under £3 per ton. The average price y ruling of late would be about 55/-, but not much business has been done. If [!* a merchant had to buy any quantity he would probably have to pay the higher v fignre. I ONIONS, i A fair demand exists for onions at \ from £3 5/- to £4. ■ GRASS SEED, j - Ryegrass is from 2/3 to 2/6, and in- - feribr quality ranges from 1/6 to 1/9. * White-clover is worth 9d to lOd, and ; f "cowgrass 7d to 7sd. f / OTHER LINES. X Linseed is worth from £9 to £9 5/-. No. 1 Partridge peas are quoted at tip tor 4/6; being very scarce, and other " lines are in proportion. Prussians, s realise from 3/- to 3/3, and Imperials * " 3/- to 3/6. Beans, are at 2/10. Bras is quoted at £4 5/- per ton, and e pollard £6. Oatmeal £l2 per ton. Flou?-4s now: Sacks £lO, 1001b bags J' V DAIRY PRODUCE!' r." Butter values now are as follow: — £ Pactary prints 14d, fanners' separator K lid to llj|d, and dairy lOd to jpC-. Cheese. —Large dairy loaf 6d, fkctory large s£d to 6d. r.:- Hams' are ! at 12d, sides 9£d, rolls {lofd; large llid. Eggs are tow 1/4 per dozen. Extracted honey 3Jd, sections 4/6 per dozen.

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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1914. TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. • P. Buyers. Sellers. #AItKS . £ s. d. £ s. d. J:.- A N.Z. ("fully paid) .. COAIr— Westport-Stockton .. 0 3 0 FINANCIAL — National Mortgage . . 4 5 0 - Permanent Inv. Cant. & 7 6 V" MEATS— Christchurch Meat Co. i (£lO paid) .. .. 16 10 0.: SHIPPING—f Huddajl-Parker (prf.) 1 o*o WOOLLENS— . t Kaiapoi .... . . 5 6 e —- MISCELLANEOUS- ~ " Bros. E., and T. Coj .. . ..* . . 0 7. 0 f N.Z. Drug Co. (£2 pd) 2 6 0 ?l MINING—r Talisman . . .. . . 1 13 0

DUNE DIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association> DUNEDIN, July 14

Sales.—New Zealand Drug 46/6, Talisman 38/6, Union Banks JE6-2-, Taupiri Coal 21/8, - 21/8.