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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 102, 9 May 1901, Page 3

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LOLDON MARKETS. WOOL HARDENING IN PRICE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, May 6. At the wool sales yesterday bidding was animated. Merinos showed n hardening tendency, and crossbreds wore linn : the latter included T’iti 0, } ,d. Wheat: Gugeschiu’s cargo of Victorian wheat sold at 80s lid. Tin is quoted at 120.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 8. The following prices arc ruling : Wheat: Chick 2s lid to 2s lid, milling 2s Gd to 2s 7d ; Hour L 5 Ids to JIG ss, Manitoban LlO 5s to .£lO 10s ; oats, feeding, New Zealand, prime Is 9d to Is lOd, local Is 7il to Is Sld, milling Is lOd to Is lid ; barley, feeding Is lOd to Is lid, seeding 2s Id to 2s 2d ; maize, 2s Gd ; peas, 0s Id to 3s Gd ; bran, pollard, Bijd to 9d ; potatoes, LG Is to LG 15s; onions, Victorian, prime, LJ to .CIO ; butter, dairy 71 dto Bd, creamery 9.1 dto lOd ; cheese, New Zealand loaf, old to Gd; bacon, New Zealand tlotches, 5.1 d to s:jd; hams, 8d to 9d. The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. Adelaide, May 8. Wheat, 2s Sd to 2s B'Jd. Flour, LG os. Oats : Algerian, Is 9d to 2s; stout, 2s Gd to 2s 9d. Bran pollard, lO.ld. Melbourne, May 8. Wheat is active: firm, 2s 9d to 2s 9.U1. Oats, feeding, Is Gd to Is 7.1(t; seeding, Is 9d. Barley, 2s od to 3s Gd. Maize. 2s Hid. Bran pollard, Hid to 11:,’d. Potatoes, L2 to LG 15s. Onions, L7to L 7 10s. London, May 7. For wool there is good competition, and the market shows a hardening tendency. Th total wheat and dour adoat in the United Kingdom is G,580,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,760,000 quarters. Shares: Bank of Australasia L 77, New South W’alee £4.2, Union L3B 10s, National Bank of New Zealand LG 10s, Bank of New Zealand four per cent, guaranteed stock Lll, New Zealand Land and Mortgage Agency Company four per cent, prior lien stock LBO.