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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 288, 9 June 1909, Page 3

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THK.no.MK -MARKETS. fl**« I-"' — i.SKfiOIA'JMON ••;' AVKLi.i XOTOtf, yesterday. 'Pin-' j-i i.v.! 1 ! v. <• innii.ssi<iui'r cables as follows under (iaiv [/union*, oth hist : Thy nn! n;:-] ujji-rk.-l continues dull.Them \vm a l.vUor demand' at the | close of the market, on account of low prices, but stocks on hand are heavy, (food Mgh Weights are getting very scarce-- Canterbury 2£d, North Island 2gd. . The lamb market is weak. The low prices a-re increasing the output, and thti good demand continues. Canterbury 4-1& for light-weights j 4d for hoavy-weights. North Island light-w-eighta 4^d and heavy-weights 33d . The beef market is rising; stocks are small. There is a good demand for all descriptions and prices are advancing. New Zealand hinds 4gd, fo-res 2|d. The butter market is dull with very little business doing. Buyers are holding back, expecting prices to go lowor. Choicest Ncay Zealand 103s, Danish 109s, Siberian 98s, Australian 985.. .The cheese market is rather quiet, and the demand is falling off. New Zealand white 655, colored 665. The hemp market continues dull. No transactions of importance are reported. New Zealand good-fair grade on spot £23, New Zealand fair grade on spot £21 10s, -fair current manila on spot £22, June-August shipments New Zealand good fair £22 10s, New Zealand fair grade £-21 10s, manila fair current £21 10s. Manila output, 19,000 bales. . The wool market is quiet, and small business is doing. Bradford tops are quoted as follows: 36's low crossbreds Is, -40's Is Id, 44's medium 13 2d, 50'e halfbreds Is 6|d, 56's quartejireds Is lOd ,60's merinos 2s 3(1. The wheat market is quiet, but steady. New Zealand long-berried Avheat on spot, ex granary per quarter of' 4961 b 46s 6d, New Zealand short-beiTied 45s 6d. The oats market remains firm, with ho cihange in prices, viz., New Zealand oats short Sparrowbijls, ex granary, on spot, per quarter of 3841 b, 22s 6d; New Zealand oats, Danish, ex granary, per quarter of 32010 20s 3d.