COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 5, 6 July 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL.

~«i ANTWERP WOOL SALES. tPBESI ASSOCIATION. I (Received July 6, 10.41 a.m.) LONDON, sth July. Wool. — Tho Antwerp salos opened very dull. Crossbreds specially were neglected. Compared with tbe last auction merino fell 5 to 10 centimes, crossbreds 15 to 20 centimes. 2232 bales La Plata wool were offered and 491 sold. Wheat. — The American visible supply is 35,802,000 quarters. SALES IN AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, This Day. At tho sheep sales Tasmaniau merinos generally realised satisfactory prices. A ram owned by Thomas Gibson brought 425 guineas, and one owned by W. Gibson 450 guineas. Prices for fat stock tit tho Homebush sales showed a further advance. Best crossbred wethers made 20s, extra 243 6d to 275, best owes 19s 6d, extra 24s 9d to 275; best bullocks £12, extra £15 12s 6dj best cows £10, extra £11. MAIL NOTICES. Subject to necessary alterations, mails will close at the Chief Post Cflice as under :— For kew Plymouth and Auckland, per Manawatu train, daily, 6.30 a.m. FRIDAY, 6th JULY. For Blenheim and Picton, per Kgunguru, 5 p.m. For Southern Offices of New Zealand, also Australian States, to connect with Moeraki at Bluff, per Mararoa, 6 p.m. For Blenheim and Picton, per Blenheim, 7.45 p.m. For Blenheim aud Ficton, per Opawa, 7.45 P ' m * SATURDAY, 7th JULY. For Westport, per Taieri, 11.20 a.m. For Picton, Blenheim, Nelson, Westport, Greymeuth, and Kokitika, p er Arahura, 12.20 p.m. For Ceylon, India, China, Straita Settlements South Africa, also Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via Naples (due London 21st August) (for specially addressed correspjndence onlj), per Wimmera,, 2 p.m. For Australian States (due Sydney 11th July), per Winiinera, 3 p.m. For Southern OtHces of Kew Zealand, per Rotomahana, 7.45 p.m. For Nelson, per ttofcoiti, 7.45 p.m. MONDAY, 9th JULY. For Westport, Grevmoutb, aud Hokitika, per Futaki, 11.^0 j.m. For Picton. Blenheim, French Pas^. and Nelson, per Pateena, 12.20 p.m. For Kaikoura and Cheviot, per Wakatu, 3.20 p.m. For Kapier, Gisborne, and Auckland, pet Tarxwera, 5.20 p.m. Money crders for United State*, Ccoad*. I United Kingdom, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, 4 p.m. | I'arcel Mail for Cm ted. States, 5 p.m. Be£l3trred correspondence too despatch bjr Sun Frnncucu mail, 5 p.m. For Southern OlUcee of New Zealand, per Mararoa, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, 10th JULY. For Samoa, Sandwich Islands, Japan, America, West Indies, United Kingdom, nnd Continent of Europe, San Francisco (duo London- 10th August), per Manuwutu train, 6.30 a.m. For New Plymouth and Auckland, also Fiji, Fanning Island, Canada, United States, Continent of Europe, and Un'ted Kingdom (due London 15th August), per Taviuni from Auckland, to connect with Maheno at Fiji, per Manawatu train, 6.50 a.m. The next best despatch for Continent of Europe and Un'.tcd Kingdom will be via San Francisco, closing at Chief Post Office, Wellington, on Tuesday, 10th -July, at 6.30 a.m. (due London 10th August). Money orders for despatch by this mail must be procured be- ' fore 4 p.m. on Monday, 9th July. All registered correspondence and parcels for United States must" be presented before 5 p.m. on Monday, 9th July. Unlcu otherwise specified, registered letter! mutt be handed in ni-d money orders obtained one hour before, and parceli-poat mails thirty minutes before, the ordinary mail closes. J. A. HUTTON. Chief Postmaster.