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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15490, 18 January 1916, Page 9

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(By Cable.—Frcss ACopyright.' j WHEAT AND FLOUR. LONDON, January 16- ' The quantity of wheat _/ in( { " afloat for the United kiupd°m 2,050.000 quarters, and f"r tn.' 3 tinent 2,193.000. Atlantic total SOI .000. ami Pacinc 20.000. total for Europe i« 1,190.000. including India 3000, and Argentina oGw. LEAD. The imparts total 20.'3-31 ton?) the exports 4000. SYDNEY "WOOL SALES. (Received January 17th, H.--3 !»- 1 V .SYDNEY, January 1.. The wool tales were resumed to-ua.\ • Competition was brisk. \ nines of merinos and crossbnv's wore hrmlj maintained at the I till icvii of the l'co'cmlier salet>, and fnuities were o to < 3 per cent-. higher. Greasy touched L-d, and scoured 2G}d._ The New Zealand Loan and_ Mercantile Afjency Co., Ltd., has just received the following cablegram 1 i"oin London :—'"The second series of wool sales has been fixed for February 29th. and the third for Ai'.ril 4th. Both are limited to 80.00;) bales. Sheepskins: Crossbred combing advanced fully 2d., half-woollod I'd, short ! and shorn id.''

AMBER LEY MARKET. Tho fortnightly stocii sale at Amberley v.-as held yesccrd.iy. The yarding comprised about iis.'O lamb:,. wethers. and 170 ewes. Sales were I'.v.vs; On a'counb H. 31. Burgin, 6-1 at. 17s to 19s; Buseli Bros., 13 at 18s Lid; J. li. Watson, (5 at lid; Mrs Tutton, — at 20s; R. J. Parsons, — at 2u.-, -td. Wethers: On account J. Harrison, 12 at 22s Id; R. Hunter, 10 at 10s; L. I\earns. 44 at 22s 4d; R. J. Parsons, 10 at 22s "d: J. H. Watson, 5 at 21s 9d.

Lambs: On account I>. L. Wilson, 20 at '20s 7d. 30 ;it 18s Del; T. Hassall. -8 ac Kis Id, (il at 14s; 11. Dobson, -17 ;it l(is lid; W. Davis. at 17s 3d; H.. Hunter, 27 at 17* lid; R. Harrison, 41 at 18s Id; I>. Bailey, 3i at iSs 3d; W. Henderson, 35 ,-it 19s 10J; lJusch Bros.. 90 at IDs 4d ; L. Kcarns, 90 at 10s lc!, 3-1 at 19s 0d; W. Kelcher, 15 at IPs; Miss Greis, 21 at los Cd ; Mrs O'Uricn, 11 at It's; G. Trail, 23 at 21.s -Id: 11. M. Burjiin, 59 at 17s Od. 140 ah 21s 3d : H. James, 30 at 21s 4d; Mrs Tutton. 41 at 22s 2d. 31 at 10s 7d, <50 at 18s lOd; .T. H. Watson. 01 at lfls; McAdams Bros.. 140 at 10s 3d; H. H. .Busch, 3 at 27s 3d; J. i-Staek-house, 10 ;it 17s 10:1, 223 at 15s lid. A line 'it' 241 rape lambs, sold on account of the Seariown Estate, realised lik 2d. There was a. small vardins of cattlc V««arlinas made 50s, coivs 30s to £5, 1 iTull £6 Gs. PLEASANT POINT STOCK SALE. There ivas a yarding of 742 sheep at the Pleasant Point stock sale yesterday •against 2081 at tho last .sale. The entries comprised IGI fat ewes, 256 fat Mothers, 28G lambs, G rams, and 25 stores. The sale was rather slow, and prices for fats showed a slight decline. Of the offerings. 172 were passed Ewes made lis Cd to 225, wethers I7s to 225. lambs 14s 2d to 23s sd, and. rams 5s to 7s (id. Twenty-five (mixed sexes) lambs offered in the store pens | were knocked down at 5s Gd. The yarding of cattlo totalled 87, of which G3 were in tho fat pens. There was a c;ood demand, and competition was keen, esneeiallv for some prime steers, which sold at 40s per 1001b. Other sorts brought from 30s to 355. Tho following prices were naid: —Steers £G 14s to £15 12s Gd, heifers £o 17s Gd to 1310 ss, .cows £8 to £9 Gs, and vcalcrs los to 30s. GRAIN SALES AT TIMARU. (special to "the tress.") ' , TIMAIiU, January 17. 'I ho first of tho new season's grain in South Canterbury was on tho market' in Tiniaru to-day. A line of Dun oats which was offered was of very good quality, considering the season. It is understood that it found a buyer at 3s 5d on trucks at a penny station. The yield of this particular line was 37 bushels to tho acre. An exceptionally good lino of Capo barley also canic on to tho market, and this changed hands at 4s 4d, sacks in, at a country station. In this ease the yield was 35 bushels per acre. Somo new wheat was also shown. Although the berry was smaller than last year, the -wheat was of exccptionally good quality.

CHKISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Salo reported:—N.Z. Drug Co. (£Z paid), £'i is. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Stock. , Buyers. Sellers. X e. d. £ a. d. BANKS— National of N.Z. .. 5 0 0 — BREWERIES — Crown .. >. 1U 0 115 0 Manning ... .. — "1 14 0 COAL— Sotckton ... .. 055 0 5 H Westport .. .. — ISO FINANCIAL— N.Z. and E. Fla'.e Land ifortgage .. 2 0 0 — (cx div.) GAS— ChristcimrcK . — 7 10 0 INSURANCE — National .. .. — 2 6 6 New Zealand .. ..650 — Standard .. .. 1 15 0 — MEATS— Christchurch. (£lO paid) 16 7 6 — SHIPPING— Union Steam Ship .. 15 0 1. 6 0 WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi .. .. i>s 0 — Moagiel .. .. 315 0 — fJama.ru • • — 16 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Mason, Struthers (£1 paid) — 12 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. .. — 2 6 0 N.Z. Portland Cement 0 10 0 — MINING— Waihi Grand J miction — 10 0 YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. (rRESS ASSOCIATION TEI.EGBA3IS.) WELLINGTON. Salo reported :—National Bank, £5. Closing quotations:—Mining stocks: Dominion Developiuj:, buyers 32s Gd; Talisman, buyers 15s :id; Waihi, buyers SGs 6d. Investment etocke: River Plate Land, buyers 40s; Napier Gas (£5 paid), sellers. .£); Wellington Gas, buyers i'l6; Now Zealand Insurance, sellers £6 Ps: South British Insurance, buyers 955; Standard Insurance, .buyers 355; New Zealand Shipping Co. (ord.), sellers £18; Union Steam Ship (ord.), buyers 24s 6d; Union Steam Ship (pre!.), buyer 3 •20s 3d; Wellington Woollen (ord.), buyers £5 Is; Wellington Woollen (pref.), buyers G7s 6d; N.Z. Drug Co., sellers 15s; Ward and Co., buyers £o 73 6d. AUCKLAND. Sale:—Grand Junction, 306. Salo reported:—Waihi, 36s Gd.