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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1843, 8 February 1913, Page 5

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SHAREMARKETS. Press A sen—By Telegraph—Copyright London, Fab. 6. Waihi shares are quoted at 32s 3<l to 33s 3d; Talismans,*37B (5d to 40s.

PRODUCE MARKETS. Melbourne, Feb. 6. Wheat, 3s to 3s 7d; flour, £8 10s; bran, £5 ss: pollard, £5 15s; oats, seed, 2s 6)£d to 2s 9d; milling, 2s 6d to 2s 6^d; feed, 2s 3d to 2s sd; barley malting, 4s 6d to 4s 7d; -choice, 4s 8d; malting, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; maize, 3s lid; potatoes, £4 10s to £5; onions, Globes, £4 to £4 os.

SHEEPSKINS WANTED. London, Feb. 6. At the sheepskins sale 5031 Australasian lots, 1554 Puntas. and 60 oddments were catalogued. Practically all were cleared. There was a good attendance of all sections of the trade, and animated competition for all descriptions prevailed. Prices showed a general advance of threeeighths to a half-penny as compared with the December prices. The rise was most, noticeable in merinos.

DALGETY AND CO. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report on their Palmerston North sale as follows: Small entry of sheep and cattle came to hand. Quotations: Mixed shorn lambs, to 8s 3d; store cows, £2 Gs ; bulls, £3 7s 6d; fat cows, £4 10s. WELLINGTON MARKETS. (Special to Times.) Wellington, Last Night. Sales— West-port Coals, 27s 0d; Taranaki Oils, 17 s. Quotations — National Banks, sellers 12is. Bank New Zealands, sellers 2255. River Plates, sellers 40s 6d. Trust and Loans, sellers 1445. Feilding (Jas. sellers 20s 3d. Christ-church Meats, sellers 300s (id. Now Zealand Shipping bnvers 2110s. Union Steam buyers 47s (id. Kaiapoi Woollens (preference), sellers 106s, cum. div. Taupiri Coals, buyers 22s (id. Westport Coals, buyers 27s ltd; sellers 28s. Taringamutu Sawmills, buyers 445. Portland Cements , sellers 20s. Waihis, buyers 33s 6d; sellers 34s (id. Junctions, buyers 21s Dd; sellers 22s 3d. Ross, sellers 5s 4d. Consolidated Goldfields, sellers ](is.