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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 148, 23 June 1911, Page 6

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' '■~.." .■■•. "i *>;,.:.'?"-" - ~■! LONDOS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9.5 aJriSJ I/OXDONi June 22. ; .-.-, Bank', rate, 3; short -loans, 1}; three months' bills, '2fc Paris, 2i; Berlin, 3*. ' Consols, 78j; ... 1 -"'Colonial Stocks.-^South'Australian threehalfs, 98. Other stocks unchanged. Wool. —Bradford market unchanged. LONDON, June 22. Butter is in raHier less demand, owing to fairly general rains. Prices are practically unchanged, a holiday tone prevailing. Cheese is firm; *?ew Zealand, 60/. Hemp is quiet and unchanged. "Cotton, 7,03Jd. R "' " ■ frozen Meat.—Sheep:, North Island, 3|d; best-brands, 33d. liambs: Canterbury, light Oi<l, uiediufn sd, heavy *id; Southland, sd; North Island, 4Jd, selected brands sd; chilled beet, lores 2id, hinds 4d. Australian: .Sheep, light 3g£ beavy 43.0.; ewes, Sid; others un-changed. f Wheat—Tihe mfirjiets aire quiet, ana ibnyers cautious. European crop prospects are generally .favourable, but 'there is little demand for cargoes. Aii Australian cargo .pold at' 34/. SellDts are flrm in sympathy with a sharp rise in America on reports that winter wheat has ripened prematurely. For Australian afloat June 33/9 and 34/ Is asked; 33/ paid for a parcel arrived. There is moderate inquiry lor Australian on spot at 36/. * Flour Is quiet; Australian, 24/9 ex store. Oats are inactive. La 'Plata July-August shipments, 14/lOjd. ' ■ ' ' At the rabbit skin sales 2000 bales were Offered, and 800 sold. Australian winter Tvere a halfpenny to a pen-ny dearer. Summers unchanged. All New Zealand skins were fully a penny dearer. At the tallow sales 2008 casks were offered and 1719 sold. Mutton: Fine, 3C/3; •medium, 32/e. Beef: Fine, 33/6; medium, 31/. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London offlco under date June 20:— Frozen mutton and lamb: Prices are par to bne-etgh : th of a penny higher. Business is interrupted by the hojidays. Frozeu beef is unchanged. imt. 'LmiiL Ttmmmss. (Beceived 9.20 a.m.) (By Calile.—Frees Asuotilaticm.—-Copyright.) ' aiEDBOURN£, this day. The Mount Lyell .returns for .May IT to June 14, Inclusive, show that 2p,281 tons of ore were treated for 654 tons of blister copper, containing: Copper, 647 tons; silver, 40,958 ounces; gold, 743 ounces, KtoWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At Hahotu ..on Tuesday .there was a fair yarding, with a' good attendance of buyers. Young stock, was In. good demand, and sold at prices slightly in urivanee of late market rates. "Weaver helfei* made £2 6/ to £2 10/; weaner steers,' 38/6 to £2 4/;' mixed wganers, 3U/; small weancrs, 19/ to £2 2/; store cows, £2 12/6 to £3 4/; forward cows, £3 14/ to £4 17/; 18-months heifers, £2 13/ to £3 8/; epringing heifers, jj|s; bulls, £4 15/. A' quantity of furniture sold on aecopnt of Mr. Jesse Philips realised satisfactory prices.