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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 204, 29 August 1910, Page 2

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HIGH COMjIHSSIONEK'S CABLEGRAM. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) 1 1 ■ , J I ' WELLINGTON, this day. , The High. Commissioner's cable of -the 27th :! August Id as follows, quotations, umess ■otherwise 'ypecihed, being 'the average niiir!kei prices on spud— c i Aliitton. —a lie market is steady, ami prices ! axe weil jnaiuiiiiued. The price of Canter-s-bury mutton to-day is 3jd; iNorth Island, Lamb. —The market Is quiet, but firm. s '-Canterbury, sd; other tluan Canterbury, ±id. ; I Beef.—'.lie market is a shade weaker. jj'New Zcalan-d hind-quarters, 3gd; tores, 2id. s ! "Butler.—The ni-aiKet is iiraii, with more 1 ] inquiry. Danish, lls/; Siberian, l(Ki/. •, Cheese.— T.he market is quiet, but steady. 1 .New Zealand, 57/(5. • I Hemp.—The market is dull, with no 1 change in prices. The output from lilaniki ** for the week was 2!J,U00 bales, ilixpeet no • drnniedlate change in the market a j Cocksfoot .Seed. —There Is a better demand 1 (for '.New Zealand -bright ciean, 171bs ito the ", bushel, at GO/. s Wheat. market is quiet. New Zoa- - laud Jong-iberried, ex granary, per quarter of 1 4!Xilbs, 3-i/U; New Zealand short-berried, . 33/6. Oats.—The market is steady, Tvith. fair I 'business doing. JSew Zejiland short spur- - rowulUs, ex granary, per quarter of 3841b5, t IS/; A'ew Zealand Uauisli, ex granary, per s quarter of :£i'Jlbs, 10/0. t Beans. —The market is steady, with very 1 good demand. New Zealaml f.a.q., new r crop, per 5041b5, 35/ G. f l'ejis.—The market is α-rmer, with more , -demand. New Zealand Partridge, per 2 SU-ilbs, 44/. r Kauri Gum. —The market is firm, with . impuovetl demand. Oixlluary fair three-quar-i- ter-soraped, 170/; fair half-»craped, 105/; > brown fair half to three-quarter-sjcrapea, 5 00/; brown pickings, roimnon, good, 40/; , bush, fair good pale amber, scraped, 175/. 31 I 1 " LONDON. 3 J ; (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) I (Received 8.30 a.m.) i LONDON, August 28. '- Hemp.—Dull and fluctuating, with a 10/ L to 15/ decline. Uood to fair New Zealand is E \ scarce at ±.24. . J Coijra.—The market is active, with large 1 ! business at an advance of 7/6 to 10/. South 1 sea: Smull offerings in bags at 10/ to Cotton, ?.74d. iSl.ver. —Har silver is quoted at 241 d per dz standard. Antimony, £8 5/. Copper.—fcjpot, iiOs 18/9; three months, £50 15/. Tin.—Spot, £160; three months, £163 7/G. Lead, £12 12/ C. Angle si.eel, OJ. Tram rails, £5 9/. Kubber.—Best hard Para rubber is quoted at S/6 per lb. Ihibbits.—liigh prices are restricting the ■ : demand. No frozen are competing. 1 Hides.—At the Kale JJoOO were ottered, but there were no bidders, and prices were unchanged. Leather.—The -market is unchanged. Basils, light neglected, heavy advanced a penny; first Wellington's, ll^d. ■Sheep.—Canterbury, light and medium 3£il, hisivy 3 V-ltJd; otiiers unchanged. liiimba, unchanged. Beef.—Fores, 2jd; hinds, 3}d. 1 Australian Hheep ami lamb uncha^i^ed I Beef: Fores, 2gd; hinds, 3i<i. •i Hlver Hate.—sheep aud iambs unchanged. 'JBeesf: Fores, 2Jd; hiuds, aid.

RANGIIURI SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: We held a sale at ou Wednesday, -when we I yarded 11SU cattle of good quality aud conjclition, the majority '.jeing two to four-year-old steers. There was <a large attendance of buyers, and brisk competition throughout, everything selling at auction at the following prices: Grown steers in forward conjdltiou sold from £7 10/ to £8; three-year-old steers, £6 5/ to £0 18/; grown store steers, ■£C l/.to £G 10/; three-year-old steers, £4 18/ ; to £5 11/; two-year-old steers, £3 K5/ to £4 i 11/; 15 to IS-month steers, £2 IS/ to £3 7/U; 1 yearling steers. £2 11/ to €1 14/; mixed I yearlings, £'2 4/ to £> 0/; calves, £1 12/ to ■ £2 2/; empty cows in fresh condition, £3 5/ ■ to £3 17/; store caws. £2 10/ to £2 IS/; two- , year-old empty hellers, £3 !)/ to £3 15/; , yearling iheifers, £2 -1/ to £2 12/; dairy cows, • £4 13/ to £0. Mr Neville Ncwcomb will sell by auction, at his rooms, to-morrow at 12 noou, a residence of S rooms and about i;-acre land. In Mountain-road, Epsom; a new residence of 0 rooms "and conveniences, with very lar.ee section, in Wapiti-avenue, Eysom; a residence of 0 rooms and volcanic section in Woodside-road. Mount Eden; also three sections on tUe Mount Eden-road, and three in WooQ6itle-road. These. properties arc (rood and worth inspection.