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Evening Star, Issue 19126, 18 December 1925, Page 2

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Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON TALLOW SALES. LONDON, December 16. At the tallow sales 1,21" casks were offered and 157 were sold at late rates to fid decline. Fine mutton, 47s 9d; medium, 42s 9d; lino beef, 46s 3d; medium, 42s fid per cwt. —A. and N.Z. Cable. BETTER AND CHEESE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., has received the following cable from London, dated 16th just.:—Butter: New Zea» land choicest, 174 s to 17fis; Australian, 170 s; Danish, ]Bos. Cheese: Market, slow; 104 s. BANK OF ENGLAND PETERN. LONDON, December 17. (Received December 18, at 9.25 a.m.) The Bank of England ref urn is as follows :- -

Th-- prop. 'Cion of rr=rrv"« in li ihiliry iTlip ill*- r.f inm-p-;r op ■xli'vT. lo.,riv U<s J p r i cent,, an/j ileii on mp'-p month M!U 4’, r«r "mh. ■ A. and N. 7. Cable. AUSTRAL I. AN MARKETS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. Autlralmi mid N.Z. Press Association. SYDNEY. December 17. AVhoaf. fis Id ex trucks. Gals: Tasmanian White Giants, 5s 9d to os BV1; Algerian, Is 7d. .Maize, os 9d. Potatoes: Old, £2O; new, £lO to £25. Onions, £l3 to £l'!. ADELAIDE, December 17. Wheat: Growers’ lots, 5s B»id to 6m Oats, 2s Oil. MELBOURNE, December 17. {Received December JB, at 1.30 a.m.) Hide?; Very strong. The catalogues were cleared in sellers’ favor. December 18. (Received December 18, at 9.-IB a.in.) Wheat ; Shippers offer 6s )id to 6s lid on trucks at Williamstown; trade ((notation, 6s 2d to 6s 3d. Oats: Milling, 3s lOd to 4s. Barley; Malting, English, 4s 8d (o -Is 9d Potatoes, £ll 10s. Onions, £9 .1 Os. GRAIN AND FLOUR CENSUS. [Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, December 17 The census ol the stocks ot ’’’'nr, wheat, and oats in the dominion, taken at November 3D, showed the total Hour to he 7,819 tons, the wheat in -jam and milling 1,174,181 bushels (including 35] ,899 Australian), other than nulling 21.1’.750, in stack 8,6-51. Oats in grain amounted fo 1,381,M8 bushels, in stock or threshing 59,223 bushels, and for chaffing 59.158 tons. The Hour and milling wheat was held and owned respectively as follows: —

The acting Consul-GoneraJ of Chechoslovakia in Sydney advises than an ofic.ial nablo, reaching him on November ]B, 1925, intimates that the share capital of the National Bank of Czechoslovakia f being recently established in lite republic, as the bank issue, the share capital of which was fixed by law at £2,500,000) was over-subscribed two and a-balf times. Ileilly’s Central Produce Mart -e----ceivod this morning a consignment of English hothouse dessm t i.e .0.... grown by Mr F, W. Rxler, h .11.11.Jv, at 35 Park terrace, Kensington, and these were purchased by Mr Arthur Goddos, realising 6s 5d each, equal to about 3s 8d per lb. Those melons command very high prices on the English market. They have a most delightful perfume, and weigh about two or three" pounds.—[Advt.]

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