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Evening Star, Issue 19063, 5 October 1925, Page 2

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Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyiight. LONDON WOOL SALES. COM PETITION KEEN. LONDON, October 2. At tbe wool sales there was a Rood average .selenium, chiefly Now Zealand wools. The competition was of the keenest, and prices were fully as firm as at the previous sale. New Zealand “ Wharanui ” made 19. pl and 18d.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE MEAT MARKET.

LONDON, October 3.. Sheep. Canterbury heavy, Sfcl; North Island heavy, BJd; New Zealand owes, 7;d; Argentine heavy_G 7-Bd, owes C'Nl; Patagonian light 7gd, medium 7ld. frozen Reef.—New Zealand fores, I|d- Australian binds, spl. Chilled »Argontine hinds, 7Jdj'others unchanged. COTTON, RUBBER, ETC. LONDON, October 3. Cotton. —November delivery, 12fl per lb. Rubber.—Para, 35 Jd; plantation, 41ijd; smoked. 42|d per lb. Jute.—Octobev-Novembcr shipment, £SO per ton. New Zealand Hemp.-—August-Sep-tomber shipment, £39 10s per ton. Copra.—Septembor-October shipment, £29 16s per ton. Linseed oil, £4O per ton. Turpentine, 77s Sd per cwt. Antimony.—British, £75 to £BO per ton; foreign, £CG 10a per ton.—A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. LONDON, October 2. Cargoes are from Cd to 9d lower on American weakness. It is reported that India has purchased 100,000 tons of the Australian new crop, January shipment. Parcels are quiet and steady. Liverpool futures: October, 10s*3Jd; December, 9s 10 Jd; March, 9s 9id.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

LONDON, October 2. Cargoes are quick, with moderate world’s shipments. There is little change in quotations, excepting that with regard to tho old crop of La Plata it is occasionally harder to buy. Parcels are quiet, and are from Cd to 9d easier. Liverpool futures. October, lOs 21 cl; December, 9s 8 7-8 d: sellers— March, 9s Sid. —A. and N.Z. Cable. CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. NEW YORK, October 2. Chicago Wheat. December new crop 1341, old 133; May new crop, 135| cents per bushel. —A. and N.Z. Cable. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. RECORD BUSINESS. NEW YORK, October 3. All records since 1906 for a two-hour Saturday session on tho Stock Exchange 'wore broken when the total sales reached .1,274,400 shares. This is onlv the twenty-sixth time in the history of the Exchange that Saturday sales have passed tho million mark. Tho previous record was established on August 18, 1906, with 1,603,430 shares. -A. and N.Z. Cable. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland.—Kawarau, 6s, os 10d, 5s Pd; Taupiri Coal. 16s 9d; Auckland Gas, 22s 3d; Waihi, 25s 6d, 2os 7cl; breweries Debentures, 22s Od. Reported: South British, 50s 6d.