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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. G’IAIN AND PRODUCE. By Teleg rajoh— Press Associal.on—Copyright. (Renewed Juno 4, 9.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 4. Wheal, 3s IOJd to 3s lid. Flour, £8 os to £S 7s 6d. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s Id to 2s 6d: milling 2s 7d to 2s 9d. .Ho Hey, English, 2s 6d. Maize, 3s lid. Bran and nollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £6. Onions, Vi dorian, £7 10s. Butter, ."elected, 103 s; secondary, 90s to 945. Cheese, 9Jd. Bacon, id. ADELAIDE, Juno 4. Wheat, 3s lid to 3s llltl. Flour, £9 to £9 Ills. Bran, Is ljd. Pollard, Is ojd . - MELBOURNE, Juno 4. Hides--There was a moderate catalogue at the sales to-day and good competition. Sloppy were easier. Others wore unchanged. ARGENTINE EXPORTS. 1 [Pi® Press Association.! WELLINGTON. Juno 4. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from Buenos Ayres, dated June 2:—“The following were the shipments of produco despatched from the Argentine to the United Kingdom during May, 1914, compared with May, 1913: 1914. 1913. Frozen beef, quar. 91,000 165.000 Chilled beef, quar. 363,000 282,000 Frozen mutton, car. 96.000 161,000 Frozen lamb, car. 52 000 61,000 Butter, owt . . 15,668 1,565 STOCK EXCHANGES. - CHRISTCHURCH. The following »re the latest quotation#: Buyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £ s. d. BANKSNew Zealand (£3 6» 8d paid). . . . 11 0 0 BREWERIES— Manning . . . 4 0 0 COAL— Taupiri . . 110 I> SURANCE— Standard of N.Z. .' IIS 3 Jil VIELLANEOUS N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. 2 7 0 Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil Wells . ,043 Whitcombs and Tombs 6 2 6 The , fol.owing sales were reported:— Manning’s Brewery, £1; Wellington Gas, £l6 7s, £i 6 7s 6d; N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op., £2 7s. - ■• AUCKLAND. [Per Press Association.] ’ * AUCKLAND, June 4. Sales made—Wailii, 25s 9d to 26s 3d. . : Third call—-Wailii Grand Junction, 86a. - . .. WELLINGTON. [Pf.r Press Association.! WELLINGTON, June 4. Sales made—National Bank, £5 15s Pd; Wellington Gas (£10). £l6 7s 6d; Christchurch Meat. £l6 14s. Afternoon call—Waihi Grand Junction, 265. MINING. MOUNT MORGAN RETURNS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. SYDNEY, June 4. Mount Morgan mine has made a leviathan output of copper and gold for the four weeks ended Mav 31. The value is £74,508. The amount of ore treated was 25.408 tons; copper, 705 tons; gold, 7654 ounces. ROSS GOLDFIELDS. [Per Prvss Assocjition.] WELLINGTON, June 4. The Ross Mine Superintendent triegraphs that the return for the past week is 430 z lOdwt of gold from 1700 trucks of waste. KEEP-IT-DARK [l'kr P'tcs.-\ssor..moN.l GREYMOUTH. June 4. The report from the Keep-it-Dark mine for the month of May is as follows “ Intermediate below No. 3 level: The drive towards the main abaft has been produced 35ft on stone