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Hastings Standard, Volume XIII, Issue 4311, 15 November 1909, Page 5

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(Received 15, 8.20 a.m) London, November 14, FROZEN MEAT. Sheep : Canterbury light and medium 4%d, heavy Southland none offering, North Island 4d, best brands 4%d. Lamb: Canterbury light medium and heavy Southland Ad, North Island selected brands 4d. Beef: Fores 3 li-i6d, hinds 3%d Australian sheep, heavy 3%d. light 3%d. Australian lambs, unchanged Australian beef, fores 3d, hinds 3 5-i6d River Plate Sheep: Heavy 3%d, light 3%d. River Plate lambs, unchanged River Plate beef, fores 3d, hinds 3% d CROP RETURNS. The Board of Agriculture's estimate of the British wheat crop is 7,695,000 quarters, barley 7,621,000 quarters, oats 15,397,000 quarters. HEMP & COTTON Hemp, Market firm. Good to fair 265. Liverpool November-De-cenucr shipments 7"49 d. 'RABBITS AND HARES. Rabbits in good demand. Prices are unchanged Hares, Market duHde?p:te shorter English supply. METALS. Tin plates, IC coke Is Id, IC charcoal is 2d Angle steel, £5 5 s Galvanised iron, best brands £l3 12= 6d seconds £l3 7s 6d SH RES. Waihi. buyers £9 lis 3d, sellers £9 13s 9<i Waihi Junction, buyers £1 18s 9d, sellers £2 is 3d STOCK EXCHANGE. By Telegraph. Special to Hastings Standard. Wellington, November 12 Messrs Harcourt and Co., Wellington, report the following sales and quotations at 12.50 p.m. to-day BUSINESS DONE. AT NOON CALL TO-DAY: Talismans 52/6, 52/3 Grand Junction... ... 40/0,50/0 Watchmans 2/8 Ross Goldfields ... 11/iq, II f 9 QUOTATIONS : Buyers Sellers National Banks 120/0 ... River Plate ... 35(0 ... Fielding Gas ... 2110 ... Napier (£5) ... ■ 247/6 N. ... 140/0 ... N.Z. Drug ... 46/6 ... May Queen ... 4/1 ... 4/3 Crowns ... ... 5/9 ••• —' New Sylvias ... 4/ 11 ••• Talismans ... 5 2 /° ••• 5 2 /9 Grand Junction ... 39'3 ••• 39'9 Waitangi ... 3/6 ••• - Consolidated Goldfields ... 17/0 Ro««s Goldfields ... 11/6 ... 12/0 Saxons .... ... 1/5 Kuranui Caledonian Tairua Broken Hills 1/2 ... 1/3 Mountain King(paid) (contributing)