COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 90, 13 October 1916, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

(DNITP.D PKESS ASSOCIATION.—<:OPIRIfiHT.) (AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) TALLOW SALES. LONDON, 11th October At the tallow sales 779 casks were offered and sold at an advance of 2s to 3s per cwfc. This was clue to sellers restricting their olferings, and buyers' requirements are large, as they have only been making light purchases of late Fine mutton sold at 47s 3d per cwt, and medium 425; fine beef. 475, medium 425. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, 12th October Oats, Algerian feeding 2s 5d per bushel, milling 2s 7d, Tasmanian white 2s 8d to 2s Gd; barley 3s 6d to 4s per bushel; maize, 3s 9d per bushel; potatoes, Tasmanian £0 10s to £9 per ton; onions, £5 10s to £0 per ton. ADELAIDE, 12th October Oats, Is 8d to Is lod per bushel. (Received October 12, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Oats, milling, Algerians, 2s 2d; feed, Is lOd to Is lid. Potatoes, £5 to £6. Onions, £3 10. to« 8 16.. HiDBBAIBg _ MELBOURNE,' 12th October • At to-day's hide sales there were fair sup: pllea. Medium and heavy sorts were id per lb lower, and lights were steady. WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, 12th October The week's wool sales closed with keen "competition for good qualities. A further record price, 26Jd per lb, was reached for greasy merino wool.