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Grey River Argus, 19 April 1929, Page 8

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WELLINGTON, April 18. Bl ported sales: English and Scottish Australian Bank £B/17/-; Wellisgton Meat Export, ord 12/6. DUNEDIN, April 18. Sale reported. Farmers’ Fertilizer 21/6. AUCKLAND, April 18. Sales: N.Z. Refrigerating (con) 7/3 Milne and Choyce deb. 26/, Taupiri Coal 26/6, Bank of New Zealand 26/R (ported: Renown Colliijriqis 17/3, Pukemiro 65/. New Zealland hams and bacons are selling readily on the Sydney market at seventeen pence per pound, with particularly good inquiry for theip. iNew Zealand onions are fetching £l3/10/- a ton. The Tasmanian potato crops suffered severely in the floods, and even some which it was consider'd had escaped, developed wet rot and 1000 bags or, so affected , found amongst the shipments reaching Sydney during the/ past week have been destroyed. Their market value was £lB per ton. LONDON, April 17. Tallow: 1045 casks offered, 519 sold at an average decline of about a shilling. Mutton, fine 43/6, medium 38/-, Be.’f, fine 43/6, medium 38/.

BABBITSKIN SALE REPORT. DUNEDIN, April 18. The Otago Farmers’ Co-op Assn, of N.Z. Ltd., held their fortnightly sale of rabbitskins on Tuesday, 16th ins-, to a full bench of buyers. The bidding was keen for all grades and prices can be quoted for; Sammer grades from Id to 2d down, while Autumn skins showed a slight increase on last sale They quote:— Small summer broken 324 d, milky 314.1, summer does 34}d, summer bucks 34|d, runners 43d, light racks 481 d, racks 47Jd, dawny autumns 54d. early autumns 59}d, late autumns 69d, spotty autumns 55’d, autumn broken 42}d; summer blacks 37V1, rack blacks 47d, early autumn black 49}d, autumn blacks 63}d, late autumn black 68? d, summer fawn 57d, autumn faWn 69|d, hareskins 40d.