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LONDON SHARE MARKET. (B7 Cible.—Pwa Association.—CopjrifiU LONDON, November 1. Short loans, 3i, tinoo months' billsfi 3 J J console, 60j; war loans, 891, 9iJ. Waihi Junction aharee are quoted at lis 6d. PURCHASE OF BUTTER AND CHEESE. The Government has raised the purchase price of Canadian cheese to 25 centß per lb, f.0.b., Montreal. It will purchase the New Zealand output at 102 d per lb, f.o.b. The purchase of New Zealand butter is still unsettled. It is understood that the Ministry of Food is offering 131s, f.o.b. Iho 1 factories are asking 1965. The Munstjy is paving 46 cents jyjr lb, f-o.lx, for Canadian » butter, and 6'2 cents for United States* i CEREALS. Wheat—Australian wheat, on spot, is quot- > is dull, and Australian ) flour is-not offering. Oats—The market is firm. i.vuf,. Beans—The nrnkel is quiet, and elsgm-y easier. ■ Sugar—Sugar is unchanged. • XATTERSALL'S HORSE SALE. H ilatsoD and -Co. had an entry o! 47 5 horses on Saturday. Th« quality was not : quite' up to the standard of recent markets, although the entry contained some »»d u»l ful young draughts, which met with a wady b gale. Older sorts, which, tot* - W ere harder to quit. Among the principal

transactions were;—On aooount of W, P. I Spencer, Cbaneyi, one thr&o-y»*r-old Ally one three-year-old colt #0; account eltaiit, five-year-old harness gelding *12; arcountJ. Bird, Spreydon, one eix-year-cld. *13 10s; account i\ W. Gretevw, Lincoln, flr»- v year-old gelding £9; account H. Heed, liar- 3 field, one seven-year-old pony £10, .eight-year- b old nony £6 10s; F. I'. Thomas, Dunaandel, " gelling £11; H. WatklM.Bel- B fast aeed mare £11 10s; client, ftve-year-old filly £20; account J. W. Mormald, Spreydon, g four-year-old mare £18; atcount I. C. Rob* o ineon, Spotawood, five-year-old « v.' t client, «ight-year-oid gelding £7. Ag*dhack» and haxnesa horaea aold at late latei. r FARMERS' BALEYARD9. j Report of weekly sale:—Mares, £20, £7 j lEn 10a i 3» M 15b, JEll# 10a # j ;£$ harness, £8* Bs, £3 8., £7, £2 16a, £3Bb/M IBi, £i 17a 6d. £2 13s; r. saddle, f £6; dairy oow. calved. £19; weaneri, 17» { Cd to 26s 6d /or small, keen cpmp e^ l o . £ Chaff. 8s 6d to 4a Id; damaged wheat, l.s , fed to 17a 6d;. potatoes, 18# Gd; plough# for j aarden; 30e to SSs; linos., £2 per loom; 13 } cases kerosene, 14s t o l4 ® 6d c * } get, 80s; water trough, 225; ..» tov «®'- 265; farm, dray, £26 10s; spring dray, £22. - do., £-20; eacka, lOd to Is; eheep. , lOd yard; harrowe, 20a each; spring dray, £11; fowlhouse, £5; sundries aa usual. Total ; £288 10s. : SATURDAY'S POULTRY MARKET. Messrs J. B. Merrett and Co. had a l 8 entry of poultry for thmr carnival chtkena Saturday. Prices were good, taWechvckene realising 5s 3d to 12b 3d, hens r » pullets 6a 6d to lie, ducks Se to lls. geeae 8s to lis, turkeya 11a 6d to 3-s 6d, all per pair. THE EGG MARKET. There is a good demand for •&?*>. ' listings of the Canterhury Egg very Wy. First grade hens and. craon are la 4d. aeconda' le 3d per dozen. SATURDAY'S POULTRY SALE. Hens, 5s 6d to 7s 6d; ducks, Ss; roosters, 5a 9d to 8a -d, t J.». , 6d to 28s; average le per lb. intention is drawn to clearing sale B£ Jesßon, Jesson'a road, off. rm on Tuesday November 12th Jam implements, stock, large and small an tnoval. Full particulars in daily papers Claridge and Smith, Auctioneers. NEW COMPANIES. Registration of the companiea ia announced in last weck'a "Mercantile baz Ct pion7cr Sports Club, Ltd Resistered October 17th, 1918. Office: Gloucester atieet, C-hristchurch. Capital: £200 »>to 200 shares of £1 each.. Subscri^ra-A^u^Do^ldson, S. Brown, E. E. Daniels, all one Bhaie each. Objects: To establish a club and to take over tho busincs of the , od ~l„i Motor and Sports Club, r P or «' igtered Ealing Saleyards Co., Ltd. October 24th, 1918. Office: ,^ V street, Askburton. Capital: ehares of £0 each. bubscnbers. p amp l Gallagher 2, Alex. TValiace 3. James Camp bell 2, John M. Johnstone 3 > c ob 4, T. J. Hurke 1, Robt S. Smyth 1. Ob jects: To carry on the business of auc tioneers in all its branches. Air M. T. Cameron, of Kliandallah, Wellington, has received a cable me,sage to the effect that his eld , Jack, a member of the v . a * rM Force, has been admitted to hosp " suffering from a broken J aw * ° j » /nerlv a member of the 6th Mounte - Rifles, the young New Zealander has I seen over three years' service, invalided home once suffering from en--1 teric, and having returned to active