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Evening Star, Issue 20089, 1 February 1929, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 31. Wheat; At country stations, 4s tlJdq ex trucks, Sydney, 4s 7sd, ■ ■ Flour, £ll. Pollard and bran, £7. Potatoes* Local, £18; Tasmanian, £l2 to £18; Victorian, £l6. Onions: Victorian,' £8 to £lO. Oats: Algerian or white, 4s 6d a bushel. ADELAIDE, January 31. Wheat: Growers’ lots, 4s 6d to 4s 7d. Flour, £lO 17s 6d. Bran, £6 os. Pollard, £(j 12s 6d. Oats, 2s (3d to 2s Bd. MELBOURNE, January 31. At tho hides market the best-con-ditioned were unchanged, while others were id lower. (Received February 1, at 10 a.m.) Wheat; 4s 71 to 4s 7RI. Flour, £l2 7s 6d. Bran, £6 15s. Pollard. £0 10s. Oats; 2s lid to 3s. Barley: English, 4s to 4s 3d. Maize, o.s. BRADFORD MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDOM, January 31. (Received February 1, at 9.5 a.m.) The Bradford market is stagnant. Spinners are not interested except at reduced prices. Sixty-fours, told; sixties, 43d; lifty-sixes, 32 id; fifties, 2Sid; forty-sixes, 23d, forties, 22d, Australian Press Association. BUTTER, CHEESE, ETC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 9.50 a.m.) Butter is quiet but steady. Choice salted: New Zealand, 182 s to 184 s; exceptional, 185 s. Australian, 182 sto 184 s. Uusalted Now Zealand, 186 sto 1945; Australian, 182 s to ISOs; Danish is firmer at 192 s to 1935. Cheese is steady. New Zealand: White 295, coloured 94s to 955. Australia : White 90s, coloured 935. Sugar.—February, 8s Hid. —Australian Press Association SHEEPSKIN SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 9.50 a.m.) At tho sheepskin sales there was a better attendance than for sonic time past. All descriptions were keenly competed for. Australians remain firm at December rates. All types of New Zealand advanced id. Four thousand three hundred halos were offered, and about 20 per cent, was withdrawn.— Australian Press Association. BEANS Tn~TIuTThX 1)f 11 ON. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 31. Largo consignments of New Zealand and Victorian beans arrived in the Sydney markets yesterday and to-day. They were in bad condition and wore condemned, 400 bags and cases being sent to tho tip. At least 75 per cent, were unfit for consumption. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, January 31. At the wool sales, 12,112 bales were sold, but the market showed no change. AH faulty and dusty winds were irregular and difficult to quit. Greasy merino sold at 26,^1. LONDON WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 9.10 a.m.) At tho wool sales the total number of bales catalogued was 102,766. It is estimated that about 49,000 hales were sold, to the Continent, 2,000 to the United States, 34,000 to tho Home trade, and 17,000 held over. Australian Press Association.

LONDON WOOL SALES. ■ The New Zoal.aud Loan and Mercantile) Agency Company, Ltd., has received the following cable Irom London, dated January JO;—As compared with last sale’s closing rates pieces are lower about par to 5 per cent, ior lambs (merino and cross-bred), scoured merino medium, and scoured cross-bred. Others are 5 per cent, lower. The sales closed with a fairly linn tone today. BUTTER AND CHEESE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., has received the following cable from London, dated January 31: —Butter; New Zealand choicest salted, 183 sto 184 s. Cheese: Coloured, 94s to 955; white, 925. WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 31. (Received February 1, at 11 a.in.) Cargoes arc firmer, mostly on a higher scale. The. Indian demand lias temporarily ceased. Parcels arc in quiet demand at an advance ol 3d to (id. Liverpool futures; March, 9s 3d; May, 9s 4jjd; July, 9d Gjjd. The spot trade is slow. Australian, ex ship, 49s 3d. Flour is quiet. Australian, ox store, 3(is to 3Gs (id. Oats, peas, and beans are quiet. —Australian Press Association-United Service. CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, January 31. (Received February 1, at 11 a.m.) Chicago wheat: March; 121 cents per bushel; May, 127 J; July, 129 g.— Australian Press Association. CALL MONEY RATE. Preu Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 31. (Received February 1, at 11.40 a.m.) The call money rale of renewal market opened at 7 per cent., the highest level being 7 and the lowest 7. The market closed at that figure. —Australian Press Association. SHEEPSKINS. Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from London, dated January 31 :• —“Sheepskins: Merino market firm; market shows no change. Crossbred advanced 5 per cent.; competition good.” JOHN FULLER AND SONS, LTD. FIRST MORTGAGE DEBENTURE Attention is drawn to a full singlecoluiun advertisement on this page in to-day’s paper announcing an issue of £300,000 of GJ per cent:, first mortgage debenture stock by John Fuller and Sons, Ltd. The company is widely recognised as the leading theatrical enterprise of New Zealand and Australia. Its interests rover a large number of theatres in all the loading cities, and (he present issue of £300,000 debenture stock is being made-upon the security of assets said to he valued at £700.009 exclusive of goodwill. The rents and profits, according to the prospectus, will ho nearly three times the amount of the annual interest. Applications for shares should ho made right away Full particulars are contained in the prospectus, which a ill he obtainable from the' brokers, G. Stewart Craig. Ltd., whose various addresses appear in the advertisement.