COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL.
I PRESS ASSOCIATION. | London, 12th March. At to-day's auction sales kauri was in strong demand, 1515 cases being offered and 1093 sold. Three-quarter serapcd. 112s to 115s. Tho stock now consists of 543 cases. (Received March 14, 9.45 a.m.) London, 12th March. Mutton. — New Zealand crossbred wethers and maiden ewes : Canterbury, 3sd ; Dvmedin and Southland, 3£d ; North Island, 2 13-16 d. Lamb — Prime Canterbury, 5d ; fair average (including- Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury), 4§d. liiver Plate crossbred or merino wethers — Heavy, 2|d; light, 2sd. The Agent - General sends the following cablegram to the Department of Agriculture : — Butter, choice factory, 102s to IOGs. Cheese. 37s to 41s. Heavy bright cocksfoot, 425. The market is advancing for immediate delivery. Messrs. A. G. Tame & Co. report on Saturday's sale as follows : — The entry was composed of a few good harness horses, the bulk bejng made up of inferior sorts and hacks. The attendance was large, and anything good was well competed for. We sold a young harness mare, .£l7 10s ; aged do, .£l2 : hacks and horses that had seen their best days, .£4 to ,£1 10s ; and privately, two fairly good draught colts, .£22 and ,£23 ; spring trap, £.S ; harness, .£3. The market can still absorb a good many young wellbroken heavy harness horses.
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Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 61, 14 March 1898, Page 4
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214COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL. Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 61, 14 March 1898, Page 4
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