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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 219, 15 September 1924, Page 9

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SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT. ANOTHER DUE THURSDAY. From now on shipments of wheat purchased by the Government in Australia will come forward fairly rapidly, as, with warm weather at hand, it is just as well to get the grain across, and avoid any risk of weevil. The Hanraki is due here on Thursday from Wallaroo, with 53,000 sacks of wheat. This is all milling grain, but I the requirements of fowl feeders will be filled from this shipment. THE LONDON MARKETS. FROZEN MEAT. 'LONDON. September 13. Lambs. —Canterbury, light 12* d, heavylid ; selecteds, light 12Jd; North Island, firsts lljd, seconds lljd. Frozen Beef. —New Zealand, fores 3}d, hinds sd; Argentine, fores 33d, hinds sid ; Uruguay, fores 3jd, hinds 4|d. Chilled Beef.—Argenine, fores 3Jd, hinds 7Jd ; Uruguay, fores 3id, hinds Cid. COTTON, RUBBER, HEMP, ETC. (Last week's prices in parentheses.) Cotton. — October delivery, lo.lld (1 Rubber.—Para, 14Jd (14} d) ; plantation and smoked. 14Jd to 141 d (14d to 13Jd). i j u te. —September-October shipments, £3o 15/ (£36). | Hemp.—September-November shipments, I£4l (£4O 10/). *-, Copra. — September-October shipments, i £29 12/0 (£29 15/). Linseed 0i1.—£43 (£43). Turpentine.—oo/ (67/3). WHEAT. Wheat.—Cargoes advanced 1/ to 2/ owing to strong American advices coupled with good demand chiefly from the Continent. January lots sold at 58/, 58/3, 58/6 and 58/71. Parcels were in good request at an increase of 1/ to 2/. December and January lots sold at 57/6 to 57/9; September (Liverpool), at 57/6. " SHEEPSKIN SALES. At the sheepskin sales, 5800 bales were offered. There was active demand, chiefly on Home account, with a fair demand from America and the Continent. Merinos and fine crossbreds advanced 5 to 7 J per cent, compared with July prices, and medium I low crossbreds, 7Jd to 10 per cent. | THE PRICE OF GOLD. Gold is quoted at £4 12/7 per oz, as compared with £4 yesterday.—A. and N.Z. Cable.) MANAWATU STOCK SALES. Abraham and Williams, Limited, report on Feilding sale held on Friday, as follow* : ! A small yarding of sheep and an extra heavy yarding of cattle came forward, inI eluding a large number of very prime fat I cattle. There was a large attendance of j buyers and several outside butchers. A ! keen sale resulted, every pen of fats being ' quitted at prices considerably in advance of i last week. All classes of sheep sokl freely. We quote: —Fat hoggets, 30/; f;it ewes, 2ft/, 33/. 36/. to 37/ : fat wcrhers. 34/9. : 35/, 37/2 (light) : mixer] store hoggets, 20/3, 23/8. 24/1, 26/8. 27/ to 27/9: four tooth store wethers, 34/0. Fat bullocks, £8 5/, £10, £10 3/. £10 15/ to £11 15/: fat cows. £4 17/. £5 7/6. £6, £7 17/6. £8 167, £8 18/, £9. £9 2/. £9 10/. £10 15/ to £11 7/6: fat heifers, £7 10/, £9 19/. £10 2/ ,to £10 15/ : dairy heifers, springing. £4. ,£5 10/. £6. £7 10/ to £8 10/: cows. £2. £3 .5/ to £4: yearling Jersey heifers, 38/. £2 12/6 to £3 17/ : store cows, 20/ to £2 : .1 and 4-year P.A. bullocks. £5 10/ to £7 3/6 : I 3 and 4-year forward S.H. bullo'-ks. £ ( ; 4 j and 5-year bullocks. £5 15/ to £5 17/6. I Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Palmerston | North, report having a small yarding of . sheep and a medium entry of cattle at their i Feilding sale on Friday. Both f.it sheep j and fat cattle were in keen demand. Quota- ' tions were: Empty ewes. 22/3: fat hogigets, 29/3; fat ewes. 31/6. 36/. to £2: 'fat wethers. 39/9. £2 J/, £2 2/9, £2 5/, £2 '6/ : springing cows. £8 5/ : cows in milk. I £7: springing heifers, £3 7/fi. £4. £4 7/6. £4 10/. to £5 30/ : fat cows. £4 3/6. £5 12/6, £6 5/. £6 32/6. to £6 15/; empty cows and heifers. P.A.. £2 3/6: yearling jersey -cross heifers. £2 7'C: store cows, 30/. 32/ : fat and forward cows, £2, £2 8/, £2 15/, to £3 8/. I