COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 55, 6 March 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

RIVER. PLATE MEAT. (By Telegraph.— Press Association Copyright.) (Recehed March 6, 10.50 a.m.) LONDON, sth March. River Plate shipments of meat total: Mutton, 98,750 carcases; lamb, 25,500 carcases; frozen beef, 84,500 quarters; chilled beef, 308,500 quarters. RABBIT-SKINS. Arming's report show that the ► rabbit - skin sales closed linn. 2295 weroeold. • ' WHEAT. LONDON. sth March. The wheat market vi tlull and prices easier ; 36s 9d wa=s a<-ked for an Australian cargo. SILVER. (Received March 6. 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. Sth March. Bar silver is quoted at 27d per ounces standard. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY. sth March. Wheat. 3s 9id, 3« 9^l. Flour, £8 15s. Oats. Algerian feeding, 2s, 2s 3d ; milling, 2s 4d, 2s 511. Barley, Capo malting, 2s 6c', 2s- 7d. Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, JGS. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £6. Onions, £8. Butter, selected. ill2s; secondary, 108s. Cheese, f^d. Bacon, Is. ADELAIDE. sth March. Wheat. 3s B£d. 3s 9d. Flour, £8 ss, £8 7s 6d. Bran and pollard, U. Received March 6, 10.50 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Wheat, 3s lOd to 3s lOid. Flour, £9. Oate, Is 8d to Is 10^d. Barley, English malting. 3« 3d to 3s 6d; Cape. 2s 4£d. Maize, 3s Bd. Brand and pollard. £5 ss. Potatoes, £3 to £4. Onions, £6 10s. HIDES. MELBOURNE, sfch March. Good-conditioned Jots for the hides salesare ad higher ; others are unchanged. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date, 4th instant: — '"Wheat. — Wo have sold an Australian carg\> at 36s 9d, c.i.f. The ma-rket is quiet but steady. The outlook is uncertain. Wo quote per, quarter c.i.f., New Zealand wheat, long-berried. 35s ;^ short-bsrriud. 34s jxl. Tallow. — We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: — Good mutton, 35s per cwt ; good beef. 33s 9d per cwt; mixed, 32e 6d per cwt. The market is quiet."